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Exotic World Gifts has a message for shoppers: They can have it all -- gifts that are easy on the purse, feel like luxury, and connect to a much deeper Fair Trade meaning. From more than 500 items in their online store (www.exoticworldgifts.com), founders Liz Allen and Mark Fangue have price ranges to fit every shopper, including those looking for gifts for her, children'ss presents, girlfriend gifts, gifts for homeowners, or simply the most unique gift idea. Gifts include a range of handmade jewelry, fashion accessories and home decor items from around the world. Items range from Thai silk shawls to finely hand-crafted, silver jewelry from Bali, made with precious gemstones, to embroidered cashmere pillow covers from India. Each item ties directly to an artisan'ss life story -- women who can now get their children an education or pay for medical care, men who now do not have to travel far from their families to earn a living.

Our work touches eight regions of the developed world and we pay our artisan partners Fair Trade sustainable wages. They have thanked us for discovering them in remote villages, creating a way to sell their products, and for providing additional philanthropic dollars to their villages, said Liz Allen, CEO. When we saw their extreme need to get out of poverty and incredible quality of their items, we simply had no choice but to make them available to the global market. They are even on display at galleries in southern California.

Allen and Fangue have packaged items into several key categories to make it easier for online Christmas gift ideas.

Unique Gift Ideas #1: The Eco Shopper - Economical Gifts under $50

Photograph #1 illustrates three gift suggestions which include (1) a hand-made scented trivet with an aroma of cloves and cinnamon, made by women in Guatemala, which retails for $24.95 (2) a hand carved soapstone box with an elephant lid from Africa, retailing for $39.95 and (3) a greeting card from South Africa depicting two cheetahs on handmade paper, resin and fabric, retailing for $16.50.

Unique Gift Ideas #2: Ethnic Present Ideas: Gifts from Thailand $50-125

Photograph #2 illustrates three gift suggestions from Thailand (one of eight regions of the world represented by Exotic World Gifts), which include (1) hand-woven silk shawls, retailing at $69.95 each (2) pearl necklaces from Thailand, which retail for $125 and (3) a Thai purse, hand-stitched and woven by hill tribes in mountainous regions of northern Thailand, which retails for $59.99.

Unique Gift Ideas #3: Handcrafted Jewelry: Gifts from $200

Photograph #3 illustrates some of Exotic World Gifts's most beautiful and exotic jewelry from around the world. This collection includes (1) a freshwater pearl necklace created by Saranarat, an artisan in Thailand, which retails for $240 (2) an amethyst and silver bracelet from Bali, which retails for $235 and (3) a turquoise and coral drop necklace woven into silk threads with a closure embellished with silver and beads, which retails for $450.

Unique Gift Ideas #4: Gifts for Children: Gifts from $25-50

Photograph #4 illustrates some of the unique gift ideas for young children including (1) a framed print of an elephant painted by an elephant. This is a perfect gift for a child'ss room and retails for $39.95 (2) a Junkyard Critter, in the shape of a poodle, which is a sculpture of salvaged machine parts made by an artisan in Vietnam, retailing for $24.95 (3) a tree-free journal made of recycled cotton turned into pulp, with soft bond paper and appliqued and embroidered as an elephant design by artisans from Rajasthan, India, retailing for $34.95.

Unique Gift Ideas #5: Sophisticated Home Decor: Accessories for the Elegant Home from $50-300

Photograph #5 depicts some of the high quality home decor items offered by ExoticWorldGifts.com which include (1) a ceramic/weave bowl created by Swaziland women who support children with AIDs, which retails for $285 (2) wild olivewood salad servers from Kenya Africa, retailing for $57 (3) a hand embroidered pillow cover from Kashmir India, retailing for $55.

Exotic World Gifts is a privately-held Web-based import company and the founders reside in Del Mar, California. The Company currently imports more than 500 distinctive gifts, jewelry, fashion accessories, art and home decor items from eight developing regions of the world (Thailand, Bali, Africa, Vietnam, Cambodia, Central and South America and India). Each item is culturally authentic and of high quality, often resembling a work-of-art, and also has utility in everyday life. Exotic World Gifts.com follows the tenants of the Fair Trade Federation in the payment of fair wages, good working conditions, direct trade, community development and environmental sustainability and is involved in numerous humanitarian efforts. For more information, visit the Web site: www.exoticworldgifts.com.

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