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Three Kings Day and The Rosca de Reyes Bread
by Jacqueline FaberTalavera-style Tableware Playful Devotion The biblical story of Three Kings Day, or Día de los Santos Reyes, tells the tale of the Three Wise…
Celebrate Diwali – India’s Festival of Lights
by Judd WattsHope Shines Diwali is India’s Festival of Lights. This year, it radiates with renewed strength. During the five-day celebration, billions of people will light…
Spreading Joy in West Africa with the Dumpong Soccer Field
by Kwabena DarkoEven as Team West Africa works hard to develop new products to delight our customers, we’ve also prioritized our sense of social responsibility by…
Celebrate Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors
by Jacqueline FaberFor one night and one full day, social barriers break down. Caste differences are covered by a collective sense of togetherness. Powdered paint soars…
Heartfelt Thanks From the Far Reaches of the World
by Pamela HofmanThe presents have been opened. The meal has been eaten. The sun has set on the holidays, and on a particularly challenging year. But…
Hope Shines Bright for the New Year
by Jacqueline FaberIn a year filled with uncertainty, heartache, and change, we find reason to celebrate every small moment of joy. You may not realize the…
Long Live the Tradition of Three Kings Day
by Jacqueline FaberThree Kings Day, or Día de los Santos Reyes, marks the day that the Three Kings came to visit baby Jesus, bearing gold, frankincense,…
The Fight of Her Life
by Jacqueline FaberAn American woman (and Nobel Peace Prize nominee) who has lived most of her life with the Huichol people, an ancient tribe in a…
NOVICA is launching in Germany!
by Tatjana CadenovicWhile most companies are cutting back on their investments in these times of global economic uncertainty, NOVICA is investing in its international expansion with…
Gift of Life: Face Masks Donation in Delhi, India
by Anvita MalhotraLike elsewhere in the world, when India went into lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19, daily life became unrecognizable. Economic and social activity…
NOVICA’s Response to COVID 19 – How We’re Keeping Our Customers and Team Safe
by Roberto MilkAmidst the COVID-19 crisis, we want to do everything we can to make our customers feel comfortable in continuing to support and purchase from…
NOVICA Indonesia’s Regina Bimadona Named as Top Entrepenuer
by Pamela HofmanNOVICA is so proud to announce that Regina Bimadona, our national representative in Indonesia, has been one of the select few to be cited…
What NOVICA Artisans Tell Us
by Valeria GalindoConsolidating dreams for 20 years There’s a lovely saying that goes, “Words may be brief and easy to say but their echoes are truly…
A First for NOVICA! A Grand Opening for NOVICA Thailand’s New Operations Center!
by Walter NighOn May 21st in the small village of Borsang, famous for handmade mulberry-paper parasols painted with beautiful designs and landscapes, the temperature had already…
We All Have A Mother To Admire
by Valeria GalindoMexico has lots of reasons to celebrate Mother’s Day. We’ve done so each year on May 10 for the last 95 years. The custom…
For These Brave Little Warriors, Love Outshines Illness
by Emanuel MilanThe NOVICA Happiness Project teams up with My Last Wish to show a group of children that cancer does not define them. Seeing the…
The Essential Ingredients for A Spirited Christmas Fiesta
by Gabriel WoltkeHow one NOVICA Happiness Project in Guatemala shines a light on love this Christmas season Stars, ornaments, and Mr. and Mrs. Claus: the foundation…
How A Small Organization with A Big Heart is Changing Lives
by Anvita MalhotraThe lessons from one NOVICA Happiness Project in India are simple, yet profound: Love is shared in the small details, basic gestures, and many…
How to Make the World’s Most Neglected Citizens Smile Wide
by Walter NighNOVICA’s Happiness Project in Thailand spotlights an incredible group of kids, the orphans of KaeNoi, with a day they won’t forget. Groaning around hairpin…
Guatemalan Day of the Dead: Giant Kites and A dish with 50 ingredients
by Gabriel WoltkeEach year, during the Day of the Dead, the skies above the small village of Santiago are filled with giant kites called barriletes. Although Guatemala…
These Wild Boars (Thai Soccer Team) Burrow Deep!
by Walter NighThroughout history, the occurrence of a heartbreaking event has been known to unite entire countries with a single focus to bring relief to the…
Monsoon: The Kerala Floods — 6 feet Under
by Anvita MalhotraIn India, monsoons symbolize abundance and prosperity and are considered the harbinger of good times. They are celebrated with zest in Kerala with the…
Inside the 2018 Lombok Earthquakes
by Sekar BestariIt was a regular Sunday evening on August 5th, 2018, when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook Lombok, the holiday island of Indonesia. Everybody ran…
First Person Accounts of the Guatemala Volcano from Novica Artisans
by Gabriel Woltke“We were at home when we began to hear the sound of rain on our roof. But when we ventured outdoors and held out…
Guatemala Amid The Ash
by Gabriel WoltkeIn photographs of the popular tourist town of Antigua, the three surrounding volcanoes are always present. They are a distinctive part of the beautiful…
Behind the Scenes: NOVICA at the Ungasan Resort in Bali
by Shaye RadinPerched on the majestically jagged cliffsides of the Bukit Peninsula in Bali sits the Ungasan Clifftop Resort, an exquisite oasis that is comprised of several exclusive vacation villas….
A Tribute to Debbie Mondellini
by Pamela HofmanOur dearest Debbie Mondellini has passed away. She fought her cancer for many years and continued to bless us with her positive attitude and…
Update: Mount Agung Volcano in Bali
by Shaye RadinLately, it feels as though every time we turn on the television there is coverage of another country that has been rocked by an…
Handcrafting the Day of the Dead
by Allison DialWith Day of the Dead becoming more and more popular every year, it’s no surprise that Day of the Dead decorations are popping up…
Help for Alfredo Inga and Peru’s Flood Victims
by Sarah GrootersCatastrophic flooding hit Peru earlier this year, and NOVICA artisan Alfredo Inga was caught in the thick of the storm. His own home sustained…
The Aztecs, The Maya, and Their Mark On Mexican Culture
by Shaye RadinLet’s get AZ-TEChnical The Aztec Empire, whose territory spanned across the Valley of Mexico, is one of the most prominent ancient civilizations to date. The…
Living a life of Silver and Gold – Meet the Jewelry Artisans of Celuk
by Allison DialMost people would never want to live in an area where all their neighbors have the same job as they do. But the…
Peru’s Flooding Disaster
by Sarah GrootersDozens of deaths and more than one hundred thousand homes damaged or destroyed: Climate change is being blamed for Peru’s worst flooding disaster in nearly…
Artisan Profile: Devendra Kumar Jha, Madhubani artisan
by Emily GartlandIf you are here, you obviously love the handcrafted products available on the NOVICA website. But how much do you know about the artisans…
Giving Tuesday Artisan Highlight: Carolina Cabrera
by Sarah GrootersSeven years ago, we met painter Carolina Cabrera from Guatemala and immediately fell in love with her work. She is especially skilled at…
Struggling to Survive in India
by Sarah Grooters35 degrees in the winter, and 116 degrees in the summer. In New Delhi, India, the seasons swing in dramatic fashion and those who…
Update on Collins
by Sarah GrootersLast spring, we told you about Collins, one of our beloved jewelry artisans from Ghana. Collins was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease and needed…
Fermin’s Family Surprise
by Sarah Grooters“We were greeted with cold weather, but the family’s hospitality warmed us up,” said Lia Arriola about the day the NOVICA Guatemala team surprised…
Hammocks in the Yucatan
by Sarah GrootersImagine yourself in the Yucatan… the ocean breeze in your face, the beach on the horizon, a tropical drink in your hand. Seems like…
Help Us Save Collins
by Sarah GrootersOne of NOVICA’s beloved artisans in Ghana is very sick. Collins Korle has Chronic Kidney Disease and is in desperate need of a kidney transplant…
A Traditional Balinese Wedding
by Allison DialIt is said that you can never go a day without a ceremony of some kind on the island of Bali, but wedding ceremonies…
Happiness Projects Update for 2014
by Judd WattsIt’s been over a year since we launched our first happiness project in India and since then we’ve learned so much! We’ve been to…
The Guatemala Happiness Project – Building Confidence with Make-overs & Improv
by Sarah GrootersAt NOVICA we believe that confidence is the key to success. Our artists need to be able to convince themselves and their customers that…
West Africa Happiness Project
by Sarah GrootersCharles Spurgeon famously said “It’s not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” NOVICA’s team in Ghana just completed…
Thailand Happiness Project 2014 – Providing Sport, Fun & Fitness
by Sarah GrootersHappiness can come in many shapes.. and for some boys in Chiang Mai, Thailand, it was found in the form of sports equipment. NOVICA’s…
Happiness Project Update: Project Kids’ Carousel
by Sarah GrootersWe’ve all heard the phrase: when you give, you get … It’s better to give than receive. But this saying burst to life in Huaycan, Peru…
Hill Tribe Textile Designs From The Karen Tribe In Thailand
by Laura GrierI LOVE shooting for NOVICA, because I don’t just get to shoot their fashion catalogs in their regions all over the world, but I get…
Happiness Project 3: Rebuild a preschool to protect kids from the rainy season
by Allison DialWhen a community pulls together to help its own, happiness is contagious. So when one of our own NOVICA artisans came to us concerned…
Happiness Project Brought to Life: J.J. Camp, New Delhi
by Allison DialBack in December, our India office team members decided to organize the second NOVICA Happiness Project in their own backyard, in a New Delhi industrial…
A Guatemalan Fashion Shoot Adventure with Laura Grier
by Judd WattsOur friend Laura Grier, a jetsetting fashion and wedding photographer, was in Guatemala shooting a wedding and conducting a photography workshop – so we…