natural ornaments

A set of four trees makes a lovely addition to your holiday decor. Costa Rican artisan Blanca Padilla handcrafts these stars out of the fiber extracted from cabuya, a succulent that looks like agave. The artisan works with the cabuya's natural texture to form the trees, each a different color and topped with a red ribbon bow.

The art and skill of creating handicrafts from cabuya has been handed down through Blanca Padilla's family for generations. The artisan sources her material herself, growing and harvesting the cabuya, extracting the fiber, and preparing it for use in the handicrafts. Blanca Padilla hopes to help revitalize the cabuya craft industry with the success of her designs.

If you hold the Christmas holidays close to your heart, then this set of six heart-shaped ornaments crafted and painted by hand will be the perfect decoration for your tree. Guatemalan artisan Jose Arriola designs the ornaments from ceramic in red, yellow, blue, light blue, purple and green with lovely floral, leaf, animal and sun motifs. Each one comes with stainless steel hooks and waxed polyester cords to hang from the tree and can be safely stored in the accompanying striped bag made from 100% cotton.

Ryan Chappell aims his lens at capturing nature's original beauty. For this set of color photographs, Chappell focuses on different leaves, highlighting their exotic shapes and textures. Printed on Fujicolor crystal archive paper, each photograph features a mat board. The set of five arrives in a silk box.

Let the charm of autumn take over your home with this pair of handcrafted cotton pumpkins that brings artisanal warmth to your seasonal décor. Designed by Indian artisan Renu Rani, the charming duo is exquisitely embroidered with rayon and Lurex that create intricate floral and leaf patterns, adorned with delicate beads and jute cords, and topped with natural mango wood stems, blending rustic tradition and festive elegance.