Sizzlin’ Summer Sweeps #giveaway Day 15: Earth Divas Handbag

This post is part of the Sizzlin’ Summer Sweeps – 31 Days of Giveaways for July 2010, brought to you by Crazy Coupon Mommy and Sisterly Savings! Make sure you check out all the other open giveaways you can enter!

I love to accessorize with handbags, my closet can attest to that! I look for handbags with style, flair and practicality. Since I am one of those people who tend to “lug” everything around in my bag (including the kitchen sink as my hubby jokingly refers) I prefer large and roomy bags that are durable and can withstand the test of time.

I was happy to find Earthdivas, a fair trade based company that offered a wide variety of handmade hemp bags and I was overjoyed at getting a handbag to review

The Earthdivas Story: From Hemp to Handbag

All of Earth Divas products are handmade, natural fiber, fair trade accessories made by women for women from around the world. The hemp fabric used is hand cut by the villagers and softened in water. The stalk of the hemp plant is then brushed into a wool like material and then spun by hand into a strand of twine. The twine is then woven by hand on a pit loom into a piece of fabric that is 1 meter by 3 meters long. The fabric is then carted down the mountains on foot and to the nearest road where it is brought into Kathmandu.

In Kathmandu, the craftswomen buy the fabric and make the unique and beautiful creations that are offered at EarthDivas.

With such a wide selection of gorgeous bags to choose from, I had a really hard time selecting just one but finally narrowed my choice down to the Hemp & Wool Kashmir Handbag. It was a great choice, the bag is really roomy and is beautifully made. My daughter was impressed that it was handmade and tried to confiscate it immediately! You really can tell the difference in a handcrafted well made bag!

Not only do they offer handmade bags at great prices, as a fair trade company, Earthdivas pay their artists 30% more than local wages and give back 100% of the company’s profits back in the form of a bonus check at the end of the year. The owner, Ed, doesn’t even take a salary. What a wonderful company to model after! That just makes my heart all warm & fuzzy and makes me want to go buy a few more to support my habit I mean the skilled artisans who create such beautiful bags

In addition to handbags, you’ll find an assortment of other handcrafted items including belts, hats, slippers to name just a few!

Giveaway!!
Earthdivas has generously offered one lucky Crazy Coupon Mommy or Sisterly Savings reader their choice of a fair trade, sustainable hemp bag!

How to Enter:

MANDATORY ENTRY: Your entries will be deleted if this step is not completed!
*Please visit Earthdivas and leave us a comment with which handbag you would like to win!

LOTS OF WAYS TO GET BONUS ENTRIES!! Once you have completed the above mandatory entry, you can do as many of the below as you like for extra entries! Good luck!!

1. “Like” EarthDivas on Facebook
2. Follow earthdivas  on Twitter
3. Subscribe to SisterlySavings via RSS Reader or email. (If you are already a subscriber, that counts as one entry, be sure to leave a comment!)
4. Subscribe to Crazy Coupon Mommy via RSS Reader or email. (If you are already a subscriber, that counts as one entry, be sure to leave a comment!)
5. Follow SS on Twitter
6. Follow CCM on Twitter
7. Tweet about this giveaway – just click on the retweet button at top of post. (After your first tweet, you can re-tweet this once a day for extra entries! Just leave a comment for each day you tweet!)
8. “Like” SS on Facebook
9. “Like” CCM on Facebook
10. Vote for this giveaway on Prizey by clicking here and then click “Vote Up”(entry not avaialable yet)
11. Blog about this giveaway and leave a comment with a link to your blog post (This will earn you 3 bonus entries! Leave a comment for each entry!!)
12. Got a blog or webpage? Place my link button on your site and leave the URL of where I can see it. (This will earn you 3 bonus entries for this! Be sure to leave 3 comments for each entry!!)
13. Vote for Whistler here (You can do this daily for extra entries! Just leave a comment each date you vote.)
14. Enter any one of our other giveaways listed (found on top sidebar) and get an additional entry for each giveaway entered! Leave a comment with what giveaway you entered as your entry. (if you enter 3, you get get 3 entries and so on)

**IMPORTANT** You need to leave a separate comment for each of the above that you complete. Each comment acts as one entry, so if you only leave one comment saying “I did 1-3 above” then you’ll only get ONE entry instead of the 3 you deserve! ALL entries will be verified!!

Contest will end 7/29/10 at 11:59pm PST. The winner will be chosen randomly via computer using “And the Winner is…” WordPress Plugin. Winner will be notified by e-mail and a blog post (so be sure to subscribe to my newsletter so that you don’t miss the winner announcement!). Winner must respond within 48 hours or another random winner will be chosen.

Disclosure : Many thanks to Earthdivas who provided me with a Hemp Handbag for the purpose of this review and one to give away to one randomly selected winner. No other type of compensation was received. This has no bearing on my completely honest review and the opinions expressed are 100% my own.

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