About Wow Imports

Wow! Imports started in 2005 as a family business and quickly became the premier online store for African fair trade bead & wire art, particularly our beaded collectible animal figurines, piggy banks, beaded key chains, wire wrapped and beaded serving pieces, beaded Christmas ornaments and decor and recycled plastic bag animals. Consider our many collectible animal figurines as the perfect animal theme gifts, animal home decor and animal lover gifts and our beaded animal garden sculptures for your animal theme garden decor and patio decor.

In 2006 we established a relationship with one of Jerusalem's finest and most experienced makers of personalized jewelry specializing in handcrafted sterling silver and 14k gold personalized name jewelry. Within a short time we've become one of the top online name jewelry stores, offering the largest selection of name necklaces and name rings in many languages and exclusive styles. Our Hebrew name rings, Hebrew wedding rings and Carrie necklace are among our most popular! A nameplate necklace or name ring makes a great gift!

In the Summer of 2008 we introduced an exclusive selection of reasonably priced name earrings and name bracelets in unique and taseful designs. Just as with all our personalized jewelry, these name bracelets and name earrings are available in many languages! Also, most of our name earrings can be ordered with a matching name necklace.

Our master artisans are dedicated to handcrafting the finest wire & bead art, recycled art and name jewelry. Contact us about custom design requests.

We are committed to socially responsible and fair trade practices. Our African crafters are mainly disadvantaged artisans from Zimbabwe and South African townships. They set their own wages and hours and are provided with materials and pleasant work accommodations. We provide them with useful customer feedback to help them create the finest and most marketable designs.

History of Piggy Banks

After selling piggy banks for more than a year it suddenly dawned on me, why are they called piggy banks? What does a pig have to do with saving money? A pig would be the last animal you'd associate with saving! Why not bunny banks or doggy banks and for that matter, why an animal at all?! Additionally, piggy bank sounds like it was intended as a child's item as how many adults would use a piggy bank for collecting change? To satisfy my curiosity I did some piggy bank research and have learned some interesting things and thought I'd share them with you.

Choose a custom ending for your name necklace!

Choose your favorite name necklace style and personalize it with any one of our custom nameplate endings! These exclusive endings are available with many of our nameplate necklaces. Wow Imports takes personalized jewelry to a new level!