To you: Love, Hope, Health ...
Product Description
This has been our long standing best seller of all of Judy Vilmain's pocket charm ensembles.
The gift card reads:
To Keep in Your Pocket: A Heart for love, a Peace Sign for hope, an Acorn for a long and healthy life, an Angel to watch over you, the World because its future is in your hands.
Each organza bag of Judy Vilmain pocket charms comes with 5 assorted pewter tokens and a card that relates their meaning. These small sentiments are a wonderful everyday gift that can be easily tucked in a padded envelope and sent in the mail.
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About the artist:
Judy Vilmain was well along the path her life had taken when she began to realize she was on the wrong path. After much contemplation, she left her position as a university professor teaching experimental psychology in the Midwest, and headed for the east coast to live near the ocean. The about-face wasn’t so she could follow her heart, but rather her hands. Growing up in Iowa, the love of decorative arts was woven into Judy Vilmain’s nature.“I come from a long line of women who make things,” she says. “My mother, grandmother and great grandmother all excelled in handiwork - embroidery, knitting, crocheting, quiltmaking, weaving, tatting and lacemaking. My mother’s gift to me was the love of working with my hands. And today, I’m still compelled by it.
“My father was a physicist, so from him, I get my love of science. He gave me my appreciation for geometry and nature, which are so much a part of my designs. His approach to life was simple, rational, direct and kind.”
That kindness is intricately woven into the Vilmain tapestry, if you will. Judy’s parents displayed an unflinching lifelong tradition of volunteerism and philanthropy - principles she reverently puts into practice because of their example.
So can a girl from Iowa find happiness using her head, her hands and her heart? With a smile, she sums up the 180-degree turn her life took over a decade ago. “Now, my former profession is my hobby, and my former hobby is my profession.”
True success requires a sixth sense. Judy Vilmain’s dedication to building a sense of community is unswerving. Poured into the company’s very foundation is a commitment to embrace conscience in action. Judy has made a promise of good will…
…to employees. The promise is kept with an enrichment program that funds employee’s continuing education and personal exploration. A yearly contribution is made to each employee’s charity of choice.
…to non-profits. The promise is kept by donating 10% of annual profits to local and national non-profit organizations.
…to our environment. The promise is kept by using recycled material whenever possible. And by donating excess materials to RI Recycling for education.
Judy Vilmain, Providence, Rhode Island
