About PaulaWalla

PaulaWalla Imports is an online gift shop specializing in exotic, yet practical and fair trade international gifts based in Windsor, Connecticut. A longtime member of the Windsor Chamber of Commerce, PaulaWalla Imports supports the local community and volunteers regularly through Chamber programs.

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PaulaWalla donated 24 beautiful blue and white porcelain Chinese Tea Canisters to the Chamber's Red Rose Tea Fair featuring Wade Figurines where they were a big hit with the raffle prize winners! In April each year, PaulaWalla donates an item to the "Windsor Chamber Cares" Benefit Auction.

Paula M. Pierce, owner of PaulaWalla Imports, loves offering practical and fun international household and gift items to those who may not have the chance to travel and for those who would like a little reminder of a country they enjoyed.

She's traveled to many countries herself including France, Switzerland, Mexico, Thailand, India, Nepal, Hong Kong, St. Kitts and China.

Paula opened PaulaWalla Imports as an online business in 1997 with an Apple computer, a few international friends and an entrepreneurial spirit. Since then, the online gift shop has grown, has become a Connecticut Limited Liability Company and is certified by the state of Connecticut as a Small Business Enterprise (SBE) and a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) as a woman-owned business.

Paula is also on the Windsor Education Foundation Board of Directors and is the moderator of Windsor Freecycle, a local group determined to keep good, usable items out of the landfill. Find your local Freecycle group at http://www.freecycle.org

All packaging material received from vendors is reused, and customers are encouraged to send back the packing materials that comes with their PaulaWalla orders, in exchange for a free gift with their next order. If they don't want to send it back, they can find a local business that accepts packing peanuts for reuse through the Peanut Hotline.