gifts for sisters

The Zamora Family brings us a fascinating creation made from recycled vinyl cords. This pretty basket is handwoven in Guatemala and comes in a palette of pink and cornsilk tones for a tender look. The item also features a handy lid that will keep everything in place.

The Zamora Family brings us a delightful creation made from recycled vinyl cords. This cute basket is handwoven in Guatemala and comes in a palette of turquoise and grey tones for a unique look. The item also features a handy lid that will keep everything in place.

Artisan Waraporn Khamsuk's puzzle set is crafted from raintree and rubberwood, bringing a touch of Thai artistry to hours of family fun. With three intriguing challenges—a rolling ball, a burr puzzle cube and a snake cube—this collection offers a mix of brain-teasing and hands-on excitement. Each piece fits perfectly into the included cotton pouch, making it easy to carry the fun wherever you go.

Guatemalan artisan Iliana Hernandez masters the intricate craft of crochet in this adorable decorative accent featuring a colorful llama. Crafted using the Japanese amigurumi technique, it is an enchanting accessory that will bring warmth and life to your surroundings.

The enchantment and mysticism of Huichol cosmogony envelopes this jewelry box from Mexico. Mastering decoupage techniques, Ana Maria González crafts the pinewood jewelry box by hand, featuring a top deck with a lid and a narrow compartment for earrings, as well as a lower drawer.

Stylized peacocks and pretty flowers pose on festive ornaments — one each in green, red, yellow and orange. Working in an ancient art they learned from their father, the Canto Sisters craft the set from dried gourds harvested from the yerba mate plant. They are cleaned, dried and painted before the images are meticulously engraved around the surface by hand.

Cultivated on the Peruvian coast for 6,000 years, mate gourds were decorated with images of birds and fish by the pre-Inca Moche and Chimu peoples. But it was the Inca who went on to use the gourds as cups and bowls, in ceremonial objects and in musical instruments.

Because each unique piece is handcrafted from a natural gourd, please expect slight variations in shape, size and motifs.

By Elias Garcia, this charming wreath carries a message — "Be Happy Always." He covers it with handloomed Guatemalan textiles and adorns it with diminutive worry dolls who wear red clown noses. The dolls are crafted by his sister of the Lopez Garcia family.

According to Maya legend, the sun god gave princess Ixmucane the gift of solving people's problems. With time people started making dolls in Ixmucane's honor and they would tell her their woes, hoping she would solve them through the dolls. Many people whisper to the dolls, then place them under their pillows at night, hoping that the doll will provide a solution as they sleep.