..Kate's Message..

Gypsy Gems,


I received a lovely email from Kate in North Carolina yesterday. Kate put her own spin on the task at hand - wearing the gypsy jewel and capturing the essence of her locale. The jewel was enjoyed. The pictures were taken. And in the the spirit of spreading Karma, Kate decided to send the jewel gifted to her, on its way (with its original tag). Kate incorporated the re-gifting into her pictures. (See previous post).


Kate informed me in her email that there are a chain of stores called Goodwill, where you donate your things that you no longer need and the Goodwill re-sells them at a very good rate.


"Its a great store for people living on a budget and people like myself that just don't want to support the production of new materials when there's already so much out there. The entire outfit I'm wearing in my photos was either given to me or bought at a Goodwill".


By doing her shoot at the Goodwill, Kate hopes to "bring awareness to the issue of poverty in North Carolina and really in all of the states... I thought a lot about this project and didn't want to portray everything as perfect and without need for social change here... There are so many young people in the area in need of love in their lives. It is my hope that a young woman or man will find the earring and connect with the message to love oneself and continue the process of passing the earring along."

Kate, Thank you for your message and all your love.


Until Next Time,


Much Love.


<3 Your GypsyQueen




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..FiftyEight..

Gypsy Gems,

I am so excited to share that tonight I gifted my 58th gypsy jewel. I have been keeping a log of all the lovely ladies and (the few) men I have encountered and presented with a handmade one-of-a-kind gypsy jewel.

Each and every experience has been unique and rewarding. I simply believe that random acts of kindness should not be a dieing deed. I am one lonely girl, trying to do her part to sustain the endangered species of selfless acts.

In other news, I received some beautiful photos this week and cannot wait to make it back to my apartment this weekend to make the posts. I am travelling for work (story of my life) and don't have the programs I need to make the post. But more posts are on their way :)

Speaking of travel, I will be travelling quite a bit in the next few months. I will be heading to Montreal in November, Grand Rapids, Michigan for part of November and December and Toronto in December. If any gypsy gems are in those areas and would like to be apart of this social experiment - please send me an email to gypsykarmafashion@gmail.com.

Until Next Time,

Much Love.

<3 Your GypsyQueen

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