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How to Set Your Perfect Summer Table

14th June 2019

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Summer is just around the corner! The freshness of a new season always gets us thinking about the simple pleasures of life—spending looooooong afternoons with friends, backyard dining, summer fruits, and chilled wine (to name a few!).

How They Styled It: Our 5 Favorite Instagram Tags Right Now

4th June 2019

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When we loving box up one of our handmade Rwandan bowls or Mexican pillows—we often daydream about what life’s like at their new home, whether you love them, and most excitingly how you’ve styled them! Well, wonder no more! Here are some real-life ways you’re styling our artisan goods and making them uniquely your own:

How to Hang A Bowl Wall

10th May 2019

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Creating a stunning bowl wall can be intimidating so we’ve put together a few tips to help you get the spacing and style exactly as you’d like it.

Introducing, The Blush Collection

7th May 2019

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With the freshness of spring, and just in time for Mother’s Day, we are *beyond* excited to share these very special pieces with you. From Rwanda to you, welcome to the Blush Collection.

We’ve Got Pillow Envy From These Real Life Customer Snaps

2nd May 2019

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These are bestsellers for a reason. Handwoven by female artisans in Southern Mexico, our Lumbar Pillows are inspired by their native tribe but designed to complement the modern...

The Blush Collection Art Installation

1st May 2019

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So, we've kinda fallen in love with oversized walls and bowl sets! In celebration of Spring's arrival and Mother's Day (just around the corner), we've created our largest art installation to date, featuring...

We Asked Our Artisans in Rwanda What the Holidays Mean to Them…

19th November 2018

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Here’s why the female artisans of Rwanda say the holidays are a time to be with family and friends, to reflect back on the past year, and to work towards their dreams

An Inside Look on How Our Pillows are Created

20th August 2018

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Say Hello to Our 3 Newest Lumbar Pillows

29th July 2018

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You asked for it, and here they are! Our most requested handmade…

The Real Impact Made From Every L+L Bowl Purchase

29th July 2018

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Our lives can get so busy (we’ve been feeling that a lot…

7 Ways To Use Our Zera Bowl So You Never Get Bored

22nd July 2018

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Our best selling Zera Bowl is a piece that offers too many…

A Thank You From Rwanda

30th April 2018

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Last week, we received a thank you from across that world that…

L+L In The Wild: How Real People Styled Our Products

25th January 2018

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Have you ever wanted to take a peek inside other people homes…

Bedroom Essentials: How To Craft The Perfect Minimalist Bed

24th January 2018

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So, you’re ready to begin crafting that magazine-worthy minimalist…

Our Guide to A Cozy Saturday

27th December 2017

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After all the holiday travel and festivities, it’s not surprising…

Artisan Stories: The Extended Cut

27th December 2017

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Local + Lejos was founded in 2015 with the goal of using business…

How to Spice Up Your Favorite Holiday Drink

11th December 2017

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There might be a chill in the air, and maybe even snow on the…

Our Top 5 Questions Answered on Holiday Decorating with Bowls

4th December 2017

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The Holidays are the perfect excuse to unleash your creative…

How to Style Our Handmade Ankole Cowhorn Candlesticks

30th November 2017

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Our goal for everything we create with our artisan partners…

Our 4 New Products That’ll Last Longer Than the Holidays

15th November 2017

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Trends and fashion are great but they can leave you feeling…

Meet the Artisan: Josephine Ngirababyeyi

8th September 2017

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Many companies who work with artisans in far away places, like…

6 Things You Didn’t Know About Our Mexican Textiles

7th September 2017

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Making textiles is a long-time, age-old tradition in Teotitlán…

Inspirational Chat with The Shift Creative

28th August 2017

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If this is the first time you've seen some work from The…

A Home with Intention: Michelle Solobay

13th August 2017

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When you come across timeless, effortless design, you know…

How One Artisan is Changing a Community

19th May 2017

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With each artisan collective that we partner with, there…

A New Kind of Pillow Talk

3rd May 2017

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When we launched the Catarina and Toluca Lumbar Pillows back…

Weavers of Teotitlán del Valle

18th October 2016

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We began our journey to Teotitlán with a plane ride to…

Our Artisan Partners

Our Artisan
Partners

Across the hills of Rwanda, groups of rural artisans are working to bring hope to their families through skillfully handcrafted goods. Azizi Life partners with over 52 independent groups- a total of over 745 artisan partners. Rising from the horrors of genocide, artisans from all backgrounds have joined together once again through their craft. Each artisan cooperative specializes in hand crafting products using specific techniques and raw materials. Azizi Life is honored to partner with these women and men, collaborating to connect makers, designers, and customers around the world.

Our
Products

We love serving your vision for beauty and meaning in the gifts you give, what you wear, and how you decorate. Azizi Life serves as a bridge, partnering with artisans and designers to offer high quality, ethically-sourced goods for life and gifting. Products are crafted by hand using local, natural, and renewable materials. Our modern and traditional collections include baskets, woven bowls, home décor, tabletop, woven jewelry, and bags. Azizi Life offers products to US customers from our warehouse in Exton, Pennsylvania, as well as FOB sales directly from Rwanda.

Our
Mission

Azizi Life is a fair trade organization which partners with Rwandan artisans to bring beautifully designed, hand crafted goods to the world. As a not-for-profit organization, Azizi Life is dedicated to the wellbeing of our artisan partners and their families. In addition to opening economic opportunity through fair trade, Azizi Life invests in a range of community impact projects. Our Rwandan-led team facilitates adult literacy classes and offers other practical resources for personal, spiritual, and economic growth.