Updated with Winners: Congrats to Simply Things Family and S. Downey!
When I stumble upon a mom making a difference in our world, something happens inside of me.
It’s called hope.
I love that we can all do something (small or big!) to impact those in pain.
Delicate Fortress is a shop with purpose, offering quality products, hand made by artisans who are enriching their livelihood and pushing their way out of exploitation and pain and into hope.
You can shop to stop:
- Human Trafficking (click to shop)
- Illiteracy (click to shop)
- Forced Slavery (click to shop)
- Forced Prostitution (click to shop)
- Children at Risk (click to shop)
- Extreme Poverty (click to shop)
You can can also shop by items…
There are hundreds of items…just Click to SHOP! Buy something for Mother’s Day–and be a part of making a difference in our world.
Delicate Fortress is giving away TWO $25 gift certificates to readers today. Please tell me your favorite thing and what category is closest to your heart.
This giveaway ends on Thursday.
My favorite thing is the second to last bag and forced prostitution is most definitely the category closest to my heart!!
I like the Sari gift bags!
Human trafficking – and the Salvation Bracelet is lovely.
Great cause – great idea! Thank you.
The notebook Jot to note Journal (the blue one) really both I really love. Forced prostitution needs more attention to stop this aweful horrid things to our youth.
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I like the flowerd bracelet and colorful coin purse. Extreme poverty and children at risk are nearest to my heart. We just launched an orphan care/least of these ministry at our church last week, and we’re always looking for different ways to get increase awareness and get our church members involved. Thanks for the info!
I love the colored bonanza necklace, and I think the cause closest to my heart is human trafficking. auflag (at) yahoo (dot) com
What a great shop! I love it. Thank you for featuring it
As a social worker at non-profit for kids, at-risk children will always be near and dear to my heart. Out of the at-risk kids section, I LOVE the Amishi Hibiscus Tote! This is a fantastic idea for a shop!
The area closest to my heart is children in Extreme Poverty. I just returned from living overseas in Honduras, and we returned not of choice but because my husband is ill. As I miss ministering with the impoverished there, I look for any way possible to help them out. But that colorful coin purse is super cute, too!!!!!
Love that these are all for good causes. I really like the orange handbag at the end!
I love the Chroma Bracelet. Forced Slavery is a matter that is on my heart. Thank you so much for all you do.
So neat! I love to see the creativity and heart that drives people to act… according to their season and giftedness. Thanks for sharing this site with us! The issue closest to my heart would be human trafficking.
I love that striped bag! VERY cute.
Human trafficking makes me ILL and ANGRY. And just so very sad.
Everything is beautiful. What a unique idea! I think I’d pick one of the toddler backpacks.
Human trafficking is something we should be praying more for and helping a good cause that is trying to beat it. I like the punjammies
I am bookmarking this site for sure! Children at risk is the category closest to my heart, but they all are important things to fight against! So far as a product I like? I like a lot of them! The jewelry is beautiful and I’m a sucker for tote bags, so I can’t choose a favorite (yet). Thanks for sharing this site with us!
There are so many beautiful things but I think my favorite is the Salvation Bracelet. Human Trafficking is the cause closest to my heart, but it actually encompasses all the other causes.
I love the scarves and the bags. My husband and I recently watched a documentary on human trafficking and it really opened my eyes a lot.
I love the tribal art necklace
anything that will stop child abuse is top on my list……
suzi f.
Love the bags and scarves – Children at Risk is closest to my heart.
The category closest to my heart is Forced Prostitution – though it’s really pretty difficult to just pick one.
Out of that section I like the Citrus Vanilla hand lotion (assists women in Nashville, TN make a new way of life after living in forced prostitution and addiction.)
I also like the Lemon Sage Shower Kit (will promote the livelihood of women in Chicago, Illinois making their way out of poverty.)
ExtremE poverty is closest to my heart. I loved the Abeer purse.
Wow those PJ’s are the best…I can bum around in style
Human trafficking is the hardest thing to accept and just hope that we can make significant changes is protecting our girls all over the world!
I would probably pick homemade soaps and illiteracy is close to my heart.
I like the Harmony Maple bag. The cause of Children at Risk is closest to my heart.
The bags, the cards, the key chains, the jewelry (salvation bracelet)… it is all so wonderful. And the cause, that they actually DO that… makes me cry. I love it. Thank you for pointing us in this direction. What a blessing. I will be doing some gift shopping tonight!
and closest to my heart? Or most breaks my heart… forced human ANYTHING. kills me.
Blessings.
I love the punjammies!! They’re all so beautiful! I love that there are stores like this, I only wish I’d known about it sooner. I tried to buy all my Christmas gifts from similar shops. I thought I’d found them all, but I didn’t find Delicate Fortress. Wish I had!
I love the -children at risk- bag!!
Children at Risk – The jade wraparound necklace is beautiful.
I love the Rosette Ring in Black! The cause closest to my heart is forced prostitution. Thanks so much for sharing this site with us. I can’t wait to make purchases and pray for the specific ministry causes.
I like the Andrea Moore Cluster Tote – Children At Risk and Human trafficking are closest to my heart…
It’s all so heart breaking, I just don’t know. I guess human trafficking.
I love the bag and the punjammies.
I really like the punjammies, and human trafficking is something I find especially disturbing. Not that they aren’t all heartbreaking…
I love the punjammies. I think they are “funjammies” (: The cause closest to my heart is extreme poverty….
I really love the Ansley bag, but it is out of stock. The recycled paper necklace is on my want list too. I think illiteracy is an issue that is at the root of many of our society’s ills, especially in western culture. If we could empower more people with the literacy we would see dramatic change.
Children at risk is the category closest to my heart. I spent 6 months after I graduated HS working in a Brazilian orphanage, and have also spent time in Russian orphanages. This is such an incredible company!!! It is a great example of how God can use someone, if they are willing, to change the world for his glory! I love the jewelry!
That purse is very nice. I hate all those things but when I think about human trafficking I am sickened.
WOW! I LOVE this idea! I am so thankful to have seen this and will put a link on my blog for sure! I actually don’t want to win as I am happier to give to them then vice versa! But I will visit them often!
The children’s Soft Journals are so great and the Punjammies look so comfortable and awesome. Thank you for the great website to support great causes. It is too hard to pick a favorite causes, they are all awesome.
Can’t wait to shop! Thank you so much for sharing the links.
Human trafficking is closest to my heart. More specifically the children forced to fight in the LRa in Uganda area and the children working in the cocoa and coffee industries. I love so many of the thing. I use. The thistle farms lip smoothie already. I would love som punjammies too! Thanks for raising awareness!
With a functionally illiterate 83 year old grandfather, illiteracy is closest to my heart. He simply wasn’t able to get to school growing up enough, due to work needing to be done on the family farm. So I guess extreme poverty is a close second…
I love the Harmony Petals Bag.
read about you in the Chron – inspired to hear of your project in Kenya! thanks for sharing this shop.
I like the Naiya 5 Strand Olive Bracelet
Oh, all of the things they are raising money for are atrocious, but forced prostitution offends me to the core. With two daughters, I can’t imagine losing my daughter to a situation like that.
A Delicate Fortress is a beautiful company and I am looking forward to reading more about their efforts – thank you for sharing!
If I had to choose one product, it would be the striped handbag.
Thanks again!
I liked the Sari gift bags and my cause would be Human Trafficking. What a great company!
LOVE this. Thank you for highlighting these organizations. I will never ever buy a gift from Target again!
I like the Emma Pleated Handbag.
I’ve only recently found Delicate Fortress, but I just love them! I bought a gorgeous beaded necklace that I love, and everytime I wear it, I get compliments! I really want a pair of the punjammies they have! As for my favorite cause, it is definitely promoting and supporting literacy. I have a Master’s degree in International Relations and I focused on literacy and library development, and I volunteer with literacy orgs too, when I can!
I like the pujama pants. Human trafficking is so awful to me. I pray against it often.
Children at Risk
I like the Harmony Maple bag…
The punjammies and Emma handbag are my favorites, and forced prostitution is the cause closest to my heart!
The first time my eyes were opened to the horror of human trafficking was when we watched the movie Taken. I can’t imagine if that was my daughter who was forced into such a horrific practice.
Love the jammie pants!! My heart is closest to the children at risk. My husband grew up at risk and was blessed to be surrounded by people outside his family to “raise him” to move beyond it. He is now a director of a non-profit that raises funds to support programs aimed at bettering the lives of those less fortunate in our community.
Children at risk….and I love the salvation bracelet.
I like the Green/Blue Multi-Bead Necklace and the forced prostitution would be my pick
As an advocate with Compassion, the Children at Risk category is definitely nearest and dearest to my heart. I love the Coffee Wrappable Necklace!
I love the polk a dot bag! Children at risk is my pick!
Thank you for doing this giveaway with us!! And to all of you who are entering! Its so wonderfully encouraging hearing your words!
The pumjammies are so cleverly named and so pretty too! Children at Risk and Illiteracy are two areas close to this teacher’s heart.
I love the children’s felt coin purse and the little girl’s bracelet with the pink cat-eye beads. The children at risk and extreme poverty causes call to me the most. Thanks for sharing this site. I have bookmarked it for future shopping.
Children at risk is closest to my heart. I love children and I love educating them also. This is a great place to shop! Would LOVE the chance to win!
Debra
I am so happy to see you promoting Delicate Fortress Creations! My dear friend Karyn is the person behind such an inspiring website, and I am happy to support her efforts. I had no idea what human trafficking was until Karyn started this business. It’s appalling. But I am so glad she is providing a way for all of us to help fight it. And what better way than shopping??
My favorite items…there are many…but I especially love my punjammies and the beautiful “elle” apron.
The cause(s) closest to my heart…human trafficking and forced prostitution. It really makes me sick to think of how far we’ve gotten from “loving our neighbor as ourselves”. But again, so glad there are businesses like Karyn’s that are helping to provide HOPE.
Wow! So beautiful! Can’t wait to look for Mother’s Day gifts on here! Thanks for the heads up. I love the bag and the scarf…and would have to say that extreme poverty and illiteracy are the ones closest to my heart.
I like all the bags. Extreme Poverty is close to my heart.
I liked the Dual Strand Chip Necklace, and the closest thing to my heart is Children at risk.
I love the Batik scarf – I think the cause closest to my heart is Extreme Poverty.
I like the beaded bookmarks…they make great small gifts for friends, family, coaches, children, and teachers! I think everything that Delicate Fortress helps is wonderful, but Illiteracy and Children at Risk are closest to my heart…
Children at Risk is closest to me as I used to work in the local DHS shelter and saw some absolutely horrific things. I often wonder about those children and what happened to them.
I really like the Ansley bag, especially that it converts to a backpack
I love the second to last striped bag the best, it is just fun and seems to beckon for sunny day just like me right now! And they are all fabulous causes, I would have to say that human trafficing and forced prostitution are closest to me. I have a niece and nephew who have done several mission trips reaching out and ministering to individuals impacted by these horrible situations.
I really like the aprons, and China is dear to my heart. I guess the category would be “oppressed people.”
It’s hard to choose just one cause that is closest to my heart.They all are.If I could just choose one it would have to be the Children. My favorite item is the Body Balm.
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I think the Human trafficking is probably closest to my heart, though it all breaks my heart!! I love the bags, so cute!!
I love the punjammies. Children at risk is closest to my heart.
I love the pj’s at the top! I would have to say Children at risk would be closest to my heart.
I love the flower bracelet. Closest to my heart is forced prostitution…can’t imagine living like that. Thanks for all you do!
Children at risk–I can’t imagine such horrid thing after having a few of my own. I liked the purses…I’m a purse-aholic. You also got a new follower! Please check out my page and follow if its your forte’! =)
I love the purses. I have a strong love for children so children at risk was on my mind.
Well, they ALL break my heart, but I’d say the one that is most on my mind is human trafficking. The item I love the most is the Andrea Moore Cluster Tote.
Oh wow, I cannot pick one. Thank you for sharing this!
Difficult to choose from such colorful, artistic, beautiful pieces. I dig the salvation bracelet. I’m learning so much about Human trafficking. Glad to know this organization cares.
Thank you for the giveaway. I care a lot about all of the causes, but probably extreme poverty the most. It seems to hard to get out of the cycle. I love the children’s handbags – especially the ladybug one.
Children at Risk is near and dear to my heart… have done training on children at risk and an independent research project as part of my graduate degree in Intercultural Studies was dedicated to children at risk. I am now a proud mama of 2 and loving my own children whose American mama is of Swedish ancestry and their father who is Kenyan. My best friend is Indian so I am partial to the cozy looking punjammies.
My favorite item is the coffee wrapable necklace and cause is human trafficking. Humans are trafficked every day in the city I live in. (phoenix, az)
I like the gift cards sets. The cetegory closest to my heart is human trafficking.
The punjammies are my favorite. They all are worthwhile causes, but the cause that I have been thinking about lately is human trafficking. What a wonderful company!
Forced prostitution, human trafficking and children at risk are all very near and dear to my heart. The bella bag and several pieces of the jewelry were beautiful.
Illiteracy is an issue close to my heart. The Harmony Petals Bag is beautiful!
What a wonderful site – thank you for sharing.
I love the soy candles.