Exquisite sterling/semiprecious gifts

[boerumbiddy]

So Christmas is coming (or any other gift-giving occasion) and I wanted to alert people to an Ebay dealer called Novica that offers really nice and reasonably price hand-made sterling gift items and jewelry. I gave myself a refillable sterling ballpoint pen with a little bezel-set garnet on the pocket-protector part (what's the word?), and it came in a lovely draw-string fabric pouch with a personal note from the artisan -- all for just over $60 plus shipping. The stated goal is to support individual third-world craftsmen and women. I am sold!