Over this coming month, we have lots of new products, promotions, and ideas that are going to be unleashed - we are excited! We are starting with our first-ever catalog, featuring beautiful photos of our own staff and kids wearing Nozomi products. Please enjoy - and share!
http://nozomiproject.jp/pages/nozomi-lookbook-2015
We were thrilled to have an awesome male computer team from Liferay (based in Diamond Bar, CA) come and work for a week with us in Ishinomaki. As they each had different chances to do some shopping at Nozomi, it was fun to see them (independently) choose necklaces for themselves. Don't they look awesome? Many forget that we have some great options for men - check out our Ayaka line here and fine your own favorite!
Christmas Gifts that Make a Difference!
During the busiest shopping weekend of the year, we wanted to share a blog that features Nozomi Project and other awesome organizations where your purchases make a difference in peoples' lives. Check out this list, and find extra joy in your shopping experience!
http://www.leeanngtaylor.com/christmas-gifts-make-difference-give-back-fair-trade/
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Our Mio earrings are fun! eccentric! beautiful! Our earrings represent the best of the Nozomi Project - beautiful colored pottery, ground smoothly with its perfectly matching mate. We have kept these reasonably priced at $25 because everyone needs their own Nozomi earrings.
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Nozomi Project:
Broken pottery... Needing to be repurposed by...a group of women in Ishionmaki
Finding dignity and hope.... Sending it to the world
From brokenness..... to beauty
Take a look at the beautiful shards on our Rumi sterling silver chain. We are sure you will love the delicate pieces that have been specially washed, sorted, cut, and ground in preparation for being worn by someone like you!
Today for staff meeting, each member of the Nozomi Project emailed one photo of something they have found beautiful this week. Sometimes, just opening our eyes to look for beauty can reset our thinking and bring healing. We loved the photos that were submitted... The theme was using Dostoevsky's quote, "The world will be saved by beauty."
Here are some of the images representing what we have found beautiful this week.
What has brought healing and beauty to you?
We received the coolest gift this week at the Nozomi Project - matching blue shirts for all of the staff with our Nozomi logo on it! Thank you so much to J & M K .for the amazing, generous present. We surprised the staff during our meeting on Thursday, and all of us went outside and took some photos. We haven't had a staff photo in a LONG time... even though three of our members were not there it was still great to get who we could in a photo!
The last batch of staff photos we took on the play set next to the Nozomi house. It was clearly the first time most of us have gone down a sliding board in a LONG LONG time. But, like any good rite of passage, every staff HAD to do it, sore bums and all. It felt so good to play for awhile....
Somehow we would guess that adding some play to our lives... helps with creativity. We love what our artisans are producing. See some of their latest workmanship here.
