Creative Solutions for the Inconvenient Truth

Fire and Finesse Announces Their Picks for Eco Friendly Holiday Gifts

Weston, MA -- November 14, 2007 -- The mantra Reduce, Reuse, Recycle doesn’t just apply to plastic containers anymore. Recycled and repurposed items can be great gifts, too. There are plenty of jewelry and home décor gifts that contribute to the welfare of the planet and are still chic and trendy and perfect picks for holiday gifts.

-- Recycled glass is used to create this beautiful amethyst vase by first melting then pouring the recycled glass into molds.

-- Roofs of old barns, bicycle chains and car parts are all used to give Umbrella Girl and Giraffe their second life.

-- Perfectly good woolen sweaters are converted into dense felt and then made into fun oven mitts....great in any kitchen…gourmet or not.

-- And computer geeks love the computer circuit board clocks.  Each features a recycled circuit board and CD.

-- If it is jewelry that you need pottery shards are set in gleaming sterling silver to create the red and white bracelet – a real holiday favorite.  

-- And cuff links for him out of real leather baseballs – a great tribute to his favorite pastime.

All these eco-friendly items are featured on Fire and Finesse, a web-based resource that offers the hand made works of more than 150 community minded artists.  Baseball cuff maker Les Sumner states: “I am thrilled to be working with Fire and Finesse and being given the opportunity to showcase my work with so many other talented artists.”

FIRE and FINESSE’s founder, Rebecca Raibley, dedicates 5% of the sales of eco-friendly products to supporting St. Jude’s Children Hospital. More than 10% of products on the web are made from recycled materials, and all are made with uncompromising skill.  For more information on any of these products and to see more spirited works of ‘great green products’ go to www.FIREANDFINESSE.com.  FIRE and FINESSE is a Simply Extraordinary Company, Weston, MA.

CONTACT:  Rebecca Raibley
FIRE and FINESSE
A Simply Extraordinary Company
800.734.7576 ph
800.791.9196 fax
www.fireandfinesse.com

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