Catrinka
Black Lalita Tote
$ 52.50 $ 75.00
This bright, cheerful bag will brighten up any outing. Fully lined in a contrasting fabric with one interior zip pocket to keep your essentials sand-free, and two open pockets.
The bag was stitched and assembled from market fabric in a small woman-owned workshop in New Delhi by a number of women including Lalita. The workshop was established in 1996 with the motive of reviving the dying arts of India, and providing regular work to home workers - women in India who traditionally work irregularly from their home to earn income while also retaining responsibility for their work at home. The workshop's directors also run and fund a girls school that offers free tuition and midday meals. Each bag provided 1 day of fair work to women in India. The sale of each bag will provide a day of life skills mentoring for adolescent indigenous Mayan girls through our NGO partner, Redmi.
- Size: 15" h x 22" w x 7.5" g
- Material: 100% cotton with magnetic closure and plastic bead accents
- Handmade in India
Blue and White Kanta Weekender
$ 195.00
Off on an adventure? The Kanta Weekender is your perfect companion. This light, strong carryall has room for all your weekend essentials and evokes your most romantic destinations with a hand drawn Indian street scene embellished with hand embroidery and mirrors by a mother-daughter team in Rajasthan. Designed by Amisha Patel.
The embroidery and mirror detail for this bag was done by a mother-daughter team in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The bag is named for Kanta, the daughter on the team. The bag was assembled in a small woman-owned workshop in New Delhi. Each bag provided 3 days of fair work to women in India. The sale of each bag will provide a week of life skills mentoring for adolescent indigenous Mayan girls through our NGO partner, Redmi.
- Size: 15" h x 22" w x 7.5" g
- Material: 100% cotton, 100% cow suede handles
- Exterior zip pocket with suede edging
- Handmade in India
Orange and Yellow Carmen Tassel Necklace
$ 49.00
This necklace, like all of our Semillas Collection, was made by the 14 women of the El Palmeral collective in El Salvador. The necklace is named for one of them, Evelyn del Carmen Lopez Reyna, who says that she loves that now she doesn't have to ask her husband for money. She and her husband feel good about the future, and are building a home. "I feel more confident now, that I can offer my children a better future when we have them."
- Delicate tassel necklace made of beads and silk thread
- Length 19" (including 1.5" tassel)
- Woman-made in El Salvador
Petronila Pouch
$ 24.00
A go-everywhere pouch made from repurposed vintage corte textiles from Colotenango, a municipality in the Guatemalan highlands, where women traditionally wear them as wrap skirts. We collected the brightest pieces from Petronila, an illiterate textile vendor who sent her children and grandchildren to school, and finished them with a hot pink cotton lining, top zip and hot pink tassel, in an ethical production coop in Antigua, Guatemala. Every one is unique but all have the same colors and feel.
- Size: 9" x 6"
- Material: vintage cotton textile, cotton lining, top zip
- Handmade in Guatemala
Petronila Tote
$ 52.50 $ 75.00
A go-everywhere tote made from repurposed vintage corte textiles from Colotenango, a municipality in the Guatemalan highlands, where women traditionally wear them as wrap skirts. We collected the brightest pieces from Petronila, an illiterate textile vendor who sent her children and grandchildren to school, and finished them with tan suede details, hot pink cotton lining and an interior zip pocket. Each bag provides 1 day of work and 1 day of education and life skills mentoring for Mayan indigenous adolescent girls through the Catrinka Girls Project.
- Size: 12" high x 16" w x 4" g
- Material: vintage woven and embroidered cotton, hot pink cotton lining, 100% cow leather gusset and handles
- Handmade in Guatemala
Pink Lalita Tote
$ 75.00
This bright, cheerful bag will brighten up any outing. Fully lined in a contrasting fabric with one interior zip pocket to keep your essentials sand-free, and two open pockets.
The bag was stitched and assembled from market fabric in a small woman-owned workshop in New Delhi by a number of women including Lalita. The workshop was established in 1996 with the motive of reviving the dying arts of India, and providing regular work to home workers - women in India who traditionally work irregularly from their home to earn income while also retaining responsibility for their work at home. The workshop's directors also run and fund a girls school that offers free tuition and midday meals. Each bag provided 1 day of fair work to women in India. The sale of each bag will provide a day of life skills mentoring for adolescent indigenous Mayan girls through our NGO partner, Redmi.
- Size: 15" h x 22" w x 7.5" g
- Material: 100% cotton with magnetic closure and plastic bead accents
- Handmade in India
Pink Tassel Ana Maria Necklace
$ 49.00
This necklace, like all of our Semillas Collection, was made by the 14 women of the El Palmeral collective in El Salvador. The necklace is named for one of them, Ana Maria Santos, who has two children, and says now that she is part of the collective "I have known and learned things that before I didn't even imagine. Now I can give my kids a better education and nutrition with the money I make. I like the fact that with our work, we are also helping our communities. The men collect the seeds that we work with and sell them to us, and everyone goes home with a little money for their families. The work has taught us to be more confident, to speak for ourselves and to feel valuable, when before we were shy and afraid."
- Striking tassel necklace made from the seeds of the Alvellana tree, which grows near the sea and is a cousin of the hazelnut
- Hot pink knotted cord and tassel
- Length: 20" (including 1.5" tassel)
- Woman-made in El Salvador
Pink Tassel Vidalia Bracelet
$ 10.50 $ 15.00
This bracelet, like all of our Semillas Collection, was made by the 14 women of the El Palmeral collective in El Salvador. The bracelet is named for one of them, Vidalia del Carmen Duran, who has three children, and says of her work: "We are happy to be helping our homes and families and also because we are working in our own communities. We can all be with our kids and take care of our homes, without having to leave and look for work away, in the cities. That fact is something we are especially grateful for, to be able to work within our own community."
- Simple tassel bracelet made from seeds of a palm tree, adding a nice weight and the constant reminder of palm trees
- Stretch cord and hot pink tassel
- Available in 6", 7" and 8" diameters (note the 6" is for narrow wrists or girls)
- Woman-made in El Salvador
