Handmade Gifts - Fashion Accessories to Get You Noticed

Eco fashion.... encouraging creativity, talent and individuality.

Handmade gifts as it relates to eco-fashion encourages creativity, talent and individuality. Eco-fashion focuses on the use of natural sustainable materials and recycled materials (that do not compromise the environment and ethical standards) to design new and innovative fashion accessories including beauty products. The results being sustainable handcrafted gifts from talented artisans made from sustainable materials. The financial profits from which are used to empower and support families and communities worldwide.

Fashion accessories both unique and fun

One of the advantages of eco fashion is the creation of unique gifts and therefore unique gift ideas especially when buying for the woman who is perceived as having everything. More than being fun to wear because of the uniqueness of shape, colour, design and materials used; handcrafted gifts allows us to differentiate ourselves in a crowd. As I have said often enough, unusual jewellery gifts can always start a conversation as to - "where did you get that?"

Recycled jewellery

Recycled jewellery is a massive fashion trend and very popular when it comes to handmade gifts. Mana Bernandes is one eco jewellery designer who comes up with innovative jewellery necklaces and earrings from recycled materials such as phone cards, hairpins, elevator buttons etc.

More and more consumers are moving away from mass produced items and there is a shift towards handmade. This is happening for many reasons including environmental awareness, reducing our carbon footprint, the feel good factor of supporting local industries and communities globally not to mention encouraging creativity, talent and individuality. Redistribution of wealth away from global giants to artisans and small businesses also plays an important part.

Farmers' market and craft markets

Hence the reason many of us frequent farmers' markets and craft markets because in terms of food, we are looking for fresh produce that has been organically grown and have not been harvested and stored for weeks before being trucked to the supermarkets compromising taste, texture and local industry. While at craft markets we welcome the rare opportunity to meet the e designers or hear more about where and how a handbag or an earring was handcrafted.

Following a trend doesn't make you different, creating a trend does. Here's your chance to help your loved one create their own style and trend as well as do your bit for the environment by choosing to give handmade and unique jewellery gifts on that special occasion. If you feel you cannot choose the ideal gift for her, a gift voucher from an online fashion boutique that specializes in unique jewellery gifts and handmade gifts would show certainly show that you have given it some thought.