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A set of four stars is ready to brighten up your holiday tree. 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 stars, each bordered in a different color.

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.

Smiling cheerfully, six stars are handcrafted from wool felt in a variety of different colors. Indian artisan Ashish Mehta designs this ornament set.

In colors of blue, green, red, and white, four stars are handcrafted from petite glass beads in this set of four ornaments from Guatemala. Say the artisans, "Christmas is a marvelous time that allows us to share with our families, spend happy moments, remember, and give thanks for familial union."

Add a touch of warmth and charm to your holiday décor with this beautifully handcrafted set of six wool felt ornaments by India’s Renu Rani. Shaped like stars and hearts, each decoration features intricate cotton embroidery in festive leaf, floral and bird motifs, highlighted with glass beads and silver-toned accents for a subtle sparkle. Perfect for Christmas trees, door knobs, windows and beyond, these ornaments come with cotton cords for easy hanging and a practical pouch for storage.

Bright stars shooting across the Guatemalan skies welcome the holiday season as a set of cheerful ornaments. Jose Arriola handcrafts the ornaments of ceramic and paints them with acrylics. Each of the six ornaments hangs from bright red ribbons, and the set arrives in a traditional cotton pouch woven on a pedal-loom.