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Welcome to Ten Thousand Villages in Oak Park, IL

November 2009

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Wrap yourself in harmonious elegance with our Tapestry collection. The gloom of darker and shorter days is cast aside as our handcrafted holiday decor pieces shine and sparkle. Transform your home into a chic yet welcoming retreat where you won’t mind staying indoors! Add an elegant and inviting atmosphere with shimmering golden accents of brass and copper, accented with glints of glass. The collection is characterized by intricate patterning and timeless beauty—the weaving of cultures represented by the tapestry motif.

Oak Park's Ten Thousand Villages is a fair trade, non profit retailer that is staffed almost entirely by local volunteers. Our goals are dual: to provide an affordable, international shopping experience to our local customers, and to better the circumstances of our underprivileged producers in the developing world.

Our range of exotic goods includes hand made products from Africa, India, Indonesia and South America. In addition to gifts for every occasion, we also offer a gourmet assortment of fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate.

Indulge your taste for the extraordinary and shop at Oak Park's Ten Thousand Villages.

Choose from:

  • Jewelry - Sterling silver, semi-precious stones, costume, etc.

  • Personal Accessories - Scarves, hats, gloves, purses, bags, etc.

  • Home Decor - lamps, vases, statues, picture frames, candle holders, planters, etc.

  • Coffee, Tea & Chocolate - Supplied by Equal Exchange & Divine

  • Toys - Educational, organically made, etc.

  • Musical Instruments - Drums, singing bowls, rattles, etc.

  • Art - Sculptures, wall hangings, embroidery, etc.

  • Music - Assorted Putamayo CDs
  • Linens - Table cloths, napkins, placements, comforters, bedspreads, pillows

 


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Wrap yourself in harmonious elegance with our Tapestry collection.

Labradorite Pendant Earrings Labradorite Pendant Earrings
Manushi
Nepal
$54.00

Manushi Manushi
The nonprofit organization Manushi, meaning “energetic woman,” was established in 1991 to assist poor, disadvantaged Nepali women.