Enhance your home: our new home decor showcase!

Dear Friends,

The hands of time keep turning! Here we are already, with a series of favorite holidays fast approaching. Perhaps you are planning to host a Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, or New Year's Eve event. Or maybe you're visiting this year as a guest.

Below please find our favorite home decor ideas, as well as gift recommendations for hard-working hosts:

Home Decor Showcase - treat your home to something special!

All-occasion Vases - stunning gifts for hosts!

Area Rug Showcase - beautifully transform a dining room or
other favorite gathering place.

Best wishes,
Catherine Gallegos
Novica Editor

Unique gifts, and letters of thanks - for you (Dec 2006)

Dear Friends,

Thank you for making this the busiest week yet in Novica's history. Holiday greetings and messages of thanks are flooding in right now - for you - from Novica artisans around the globe (please see below).

If you're searching for a few more unique gifts - or if you'd simply enjoy brightening your own day with a wonderful Novica surprise - please explore the following suggestions! Your purchases are lovingly gift-wrapped free of charge (with a few size/shape exceptions):

Unique Gifts!

Our favorite gifts (you'll scroll down to search by recipient)

*Gifts for her, a stunning selection, lovingly crafted.

*The most delightful holiday décor ever!

Best wishes,
Catherine Gallegos
Novica Editor

PS: Please enjoy the following messages, sent to you by artisans around the globe:

"In India we have a saying 'When you do good it comes right back to you many times over.' I have received so much love and appreciation from all Novica customers - my greatest wish is that they receive many times more love and happiness than they have given to formerly unknown artisans like me, across the world."
-Alok Jain, jewelry designer, India

"Thank you very much for all your purchases in this great year of 2006! I look forward to continuing to create beautiful jewelry for you in the years ahead. We donate part of our personal Novica income to a local orphanage, so less fortunate children can have a better life. So these dear children thank you too! Wishing you a very happy holiday season." -Busarin Hutawarakorm, gemstone jeweler, Thailand

Paintings for Everyone! (Jul 2006)

Dear Friends,

We're especially proud to present our 2006 Novica Paintings Exhibit, featuring original paintings by some of the most creative (and many still undiscovered) painters around the world!

Paintings Home Page

Bring home a thematic masterpiece, experiment with an edgy abstract, or color your hallway with the life and joy of a rich cultural or religious inspiration. You'll discover original paintings ranging from under $100 to several thousand dollars - every one a bargain, and every purchase a blessing for its
creator!

Highlights include:

***Abstract paintings - from cool to hot, dark to enlightened, complex to serene.

***Religious & Spiritual - from Christ to Mary, saints to angels, Buddha to dharma, Ganesh to Surya... perhaps the world's finest collection of belief, passion, and faith.

***Impressionist Paintings - luscious, tempting dreams conveyed masterfully on canvas.

***Cubist Paintings - one of my favorite categories, these phenomenal works are hard to categorize as simply cubist, they bring together so many different influences and approaches, all worth seeing.

***Landscapes & Seascapes - The Amazon in all its mystery, magnificent ships at sea, languid lagoons, untouched forests, deconstructed barrios, haystacks in the rain, vivid rice paddies, gilded gables, ancient pagodas, the eye of a hurricane.

Enjoy!

Catherine Gallegos
Novica Editor
Paintings

Warming the home: 2007 Area Rugs Showcase!

Dear Friends,

Please enjoy our 2007 Area Rugs Showcase, featuring exceptional handmade designs from artisans working in many regions of the world. Beautiful and practical, each is an exquisite work of art.

Our alpaca and sheep's wool rugs are recommended to lend the most warmth to your home (and to chilly feet!), while lighter designs in jute, rattan, and sisal are ideal for more temperate climates. All are guaranteed to brighten your home or office, with the added benefit of softening sounds, helping to create a comfortable and peaceful environment.

Find our entire 2007 Rugs & Tapestries Showcase here:
Area Rugs Home Page

Our top recommendations for cold climates:

*Stunning Zapotec wool rugs from Mexico*

*Our top recommendations for warm climates:

*Beautiful jute & wool blend rugs

Best wishes from all of us!

Catherine Gallegos
Novica Editor
NOVICA Area Rugs

New Masks Home Page!

Dear Friends,

We've just launched our new Mask category!

You'll find some of the finest handmade creations in the world among these pages, many from phenomenal new artisans:

Masks Home Page

Masks have made tremendous conversation pieces in our homes and offices - and we've attempted to make the hunt easy by dividing our new mask homepage into clear categories and sub-categories.

Of the more exotic masks, my personal favorites are the African Masks. These are reminiscent of what you might see at the Smithsonian's African Art Museum, each carefully carved and skillfully aged. Enjoy!

"Be good, have fun" and happy wishes from all of us!

Roberto Milk
Co-Founder and CEO

Vases, Colors & Carvanal! (Feb 2006)

Dear Friends:

We wish you could be here with us in Rio this week! Preparations for Carnaval festivities are going on everywhere. This is one of our most exciting times of the year.

Most everyone becomes an artist (at least temporarily!), creating fantastic samba costumes, dreaming up colorful parties -- all sharing in Brazil's most famous and joyful event.

In celebration of Brazilian Art and of our beloved Carnaval, please view NOVICA's Brazilian Gift Showcase!

Also, please enjoy the colorful, contemporary art glass vases in our Vases Home Page. These wonderful handblown vases showcase the spirit and color of Brazilian culture.

Many artists, such as the Seguso Family, infuse their masterful vases with the wild, high-energy colors of Brazil.

Abracos & Beijos from all of us!

Ms. Hainy Nercessian
(Currently hard at work at Novica Brazil!)
Vase Showcase

Novica's 2007 World Jewelry Showcase (Mar 2007)

Dear Friends,

Today we're pleased to announce the launch of Novica's 2007 World Jewelry Showcase!

New and longtime Novica silversmiths and master jewelers around the world are continuing to add stunning new designs to their collections. We are thrilled to share their beautiful works of art with you:

New Jewelry Home page

We have also upgraded the navigation on the left side of the Jewelry page, introducing new ways to browse by material, style, and other important attributes. We hope this new navigational system makes browsing our jewelry collection easier for you.

Jewelry Section Highlights:

* Pearl Necklaces

* Garnet Necklaces

* Cuff Bracelets

* Amethyst Rings

Happy exploring!

Catherine Gallegos
Novica Editor
Handmade Jewelry Home