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Creating Vi Bella: a Beautiful Life

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Today I want to introduce you to Allume Sponsor, Vi Bella.

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Vi Bella is more than just a jewelry company—it’s a transformative life cycle.

 

Vi Bella grew out of a trip to Haiti in June 2010. A severe earthquake had devastated Port-au-Prince just five months earlier. Vi Bella founder, Julie Hulstein, was overwhelmed by the desperate living conditions that thousands of Haitians were and are living in. The foreign aid Haiti received after the quake helped save some lives, but it did not address the causes underlying this heart-wrenching poverty. Haitians needed good jobs to empower them. To release themselves from the cycle of poverty.

 

As Julie and the mission team spent more time with their new Haitian brothers and sisters, they realized many Haitians had been living in extreme poverty for decades. Jobs were and still are scarce. Many Haitians could barely afford to feed their families let alone pay for school, clothing or housing.

 

Julie prayed God would provide a better life for her new friends through employment. In April 2011, God answered these prayers with Vi Bella. Vi Bella means Beautiful Life, and our team is helping to create beautiful lives by providing life-changing jobs for people in need.

 

Julie spent time researching and learning essential jewelry making skills to help make this business a reality. Through this research, we noticed that beautiful places like Haiti were littered with trash. By taking this trash and upcycling it into unique handmade jewelry, we can create beautiful lives for our artisans and beautiful environments for them to live in. Today, we have many skilled artisans in Haiti, Mexico and the US making beautiful jewelry for you.

 

Making jewelry is a job our artisans can be proud of. Vi Bella artisans have a safe, encouraging work environment to develop their skill sets and to provide for their families. “I love Vi Bella! It has given me importance and skills I never knew I had,” says Maguy, one of our talented Haitian artisans.

 

Each day, in addition to making jewelry, artisans can choose to participate in a Bible study to support their spiritual needs. This positive environment has drawn the women closer together. Marie Therese, another Haitian artisan, shares, “At Vi Bella we live as sisters and share all things, including each others’ joys and burdens.”

 

Through their hard work, the artisans have put roofs over their heads, put food on their tables and have sent their children to school. They have restored their dignity and released themselves from poverty through their employment at Vi Bella.

 

We said “Yes!” to the inspiration, the dream, the mission of Vi Bella. You can join the cycle of transformation, too! Purchase Vi Bella jewelry, host a Beautiful Life Gathering, become a Beautiful Life Ambassador, share our story. Join us on this journey to create Vi Bella: Beautiful Life for people all over the world.

 

Today, we’d like to give away two sets from our new line of jewelry. The Reagan Necklace is a stunning statement piece featuring paper beads handmade by artisans in Mexico. Sarai (left), the Bible study leader in Mexico, is modeling the Reagan and the Crimson Earrings. The Sienna Necklace and Earrings, modeled by Maguy (right) from Haiti, are fun, trendy pieces for fall.

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Enter to win free Vi Bella Jewelry by leaving a comment sharing WHO or WHAT has made your life beautiful. One winner will be selected at random to receive both the Sienna Necklace/Earrings set and the Reagan Necklace/Crimson Earrings set.

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Giveaway ends Saturday at 11:59 EST.

Comments

  1. I have 2 very dear sister friends that I talk to daily via vox…and while we live miles apart they fill my life with such joy and beauty. I thank God for them both every day. Women that I met through blogging, dream chasers and women that I met IRL for the first time at Allume last year! God is good!! Kristin Smith (kasmith03 (at) gmail (dot) com)

  2. My life is beautiful all thanks to the One who gave me LIFE – Jesus Christ. He has added more beauty than I could possibly imagine by fulfilling the dream to serve Him overseas in Madagascar, given me and my husband two gorgeous daughters to be parents to, and a family who is beyond gracious in supporting us through prayer while we are overseas! I am SO excited that I will be home in the States during October so that I can attend the Allume conference for the 1st time!! His grace is enough!! snroberts519@yahoo.com

  3. Grateful to say over the last few years I’ve surrounded myself by a handful of positive, uplifting, inspiring, amazing and true servant heart women that I call my close circle of friends. They show their love of Jesus by the examples they lead. It would be unfair to name just one as each have impacted my life and changed the trajectory of it’s course. Life is “Vi Bella” because of each of them. tessatweets411@gmail.com

  4. My online relationships have added such richness to the beauty of my life. Whether it’s mother to mother encouragement, book reccomendations or learning from stories they share about their lives in blog posts – I’d say my virtual friends make my world beautiful. Lisha Epperson ( lisha (dot) epperson @ gmail (dot) com )

  7. My life is beautiful because I was created in the image of God and saved by his undeserving grace. Even though I do not always trust him the way I should, he continues to make life beautiful. I have a job that I love–being an elementary music teacher, and I am the wife to the most wonderful man. I am content.

  9. Recognizing that God created me with a specific purpose has made my life meaningful and beautiful. js1997 AT gmail DOT com

  10. My husband. He sees me as beautiful, even when I’m at my worst. So thankful. amykrancewendt at gmail.com

  11. My mom has shown me great love and always made my life beautiful. We moved very often and she always worked to so hard to give us a soft landing place. Now that I’m older she’s the first one I call if it feels like my world is caving in. She has loved me well. (maria davis at gmail dot com)

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