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Fabulous Finds

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1. Illusion Photo Cases The collections consist of colorful, Peru, support education by paying the
I truly believe that everything around original photography from Beatrice salaries of auxiliary teachers, and assist-
you should trigger a happy memory in Pitocco, but also includes phone cases ing in health and wellness projects for
your mind, so when it came to my phone originally designed by the children of the children.
case, what was I to do? Looking at the Peru. Thank you Illusion Photograph and
phone triggers many feelings, high cell As if this wasn’t enough to make Beatrice for all you do!
phone bills, work calls I need to make, us sing their praises, they are also in Not only are these cases beautifully
returning phone calls that totally skipped the process of registering a charity made and will definitely trigger a happy
my mind, but happy feelings, not so (in Canada) called Living Heart (www. memory, both by the case you select
much…enter Illusion Photo. These artistic livingheart.co) - The concept is to create and the good you are doing with each
cases are made out of environmental- and encourage self-sustaining communi- purchase made. Buy a case and support
ly-friendly, leather-like material, have a ties, eradicating the mindset of poverty. this exceptional charity.
strap attached and provide RFID protec- Owner Beatrice Pitocco shared this with Go to www.illusionphotograph.com
tion material built into them. It is not just us, “I believe strongly that poverty think- and order your case today.
a phone case but has compartments to ing (in essence) is that which states, “I’m
hold credit cards, driver’s license, and not able to help myself.” Many people 2. CleverMade’s Snap Basket Luxe
even a spot for money. The case I own has living in poverty (including the children It was during a recent “Spring Clean-
a beautiful photo of Venice that brings me and communities being helped in Peru) ing” that I looked around my house and
back to my younger days and my trip to are born into that thinking; however, knew I needed help. Yes, I was organized
Italy, definitely a happy memory. all it takes is one person, one moment and knew where everything was, but
www.illusionPhotograph.com in anyone’s life to change, or alter their somehow it didn’t look that way to
makes a beautiful product, but not only thinking.” anyone else. I had to admit I was on the
the cases are beautiful, the owner of One of the ways to do this is by verge of being called that dreaded “H”
this company is as well. She teamed up having the Children of Living Heart Peru, word, hoarder. Well, there was no way
with Living Heart Peru to help support design wallet cases for sale. Illusion Photo I was going to let that happen. That is
their mission. For every purchase of a does so to show these children how they when I found the solution to my dilem-
colorful and unique smartphone case are helping their communities, as $5 from ma CleverMade’s Snap Basket LUXE was
(or any product from the www.illusion- every case goes to charity. “They are also the answer.
photograph.com website), $5.00 will be using their circumstance to their ben- This is a company that takes pride
donated back to Living Heart Peru. efit. Helping themselves through their in providing quality solutions to end
Living Heart Peru is a non-profit that creativity.” clutter. Their latest products were not
helps develop self-sustaining agricul- This new charity will have several only functional but stylish. They have a
ture, health and education initiatives in components, but their main focus at product called the Snap Basket Luxe. It
remote, impoverished highland com- the start will be to Support a home for comes in six unique colors and designs
munities above Peru’s Sacred Valley. abandoned and orphaned children in and has a built-in patented SnapHinge™

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