The weather in Tallahassee has been so wonderful with beautiful blue sky and nice evening breeze! How about planing a garden party with our March new items to enjoy one more hour of sunshine with daylight saving time?
Garden Delight Salad Servers: Spiraling vines and leaves – a garden delight to serve your salad. Hand-carved from Jacaranda wood by the artisans of Kaki Creations, one of a number of small workshops around Nairobi, Kenya.
Jacaranda wood is a sustainable, fast-growing wood, one of the woods recommended for carvings in Kenya. Kenya is developing a sustainability certification process for Jacaranda wood. Kaki Creations is a small woodcraft operation in the Nairobi suburbs. They use only renewable soft wood and purchase most of the wood from furniture remnants.
Spring Blossom Tablecloth and napkin: An extravagance of pink and yellow blossoms grace this screen printed orange tablecloth and napkins with yellow flowering border. Made by artisans in Rajasthan, india.
The labor-intensive, 12-step screen printing process takes several days to complete and involves a master dyer whose eye is so keenly trained that he can match color exactly without the aid of written formulas.
New Twist Napkin Ring: Have an eco-friendly picnic with bright New Twist Napkin Rings. Hand-woven napkin ring in assorted bright colors is made from recycled juice boxes. Filipino artisans clean, cut and weave the material into a useful and decorative product.
No-Blow Picnic Table Weights: No more blown-away tablecloths! A creative and attractive way to secure your tablecloth on a summer outing. Four onyx squares each have a spring-loaded clip that attaches to a tablecloth corner, giving just enough weight to prevent it from being lifted by an unexpected gust of wind.
This product offers a way for the artisans in Pakistan to use pieces of onyx too small to be used in other products. These smaller pieces are created when cutting large stones to the sizes needed for larger products such as lamps and candle holders.
Highlands Carafe and Highlands Glasses: A handcrafted Highlands Carafe and matching glass tumblers make a tasteful handcrafted addition to your table. Set your table with drinkware from Cochabamba, Bolivia. Mouth-blown using 100% recycled glass. This technique creates bubbling and variation, making each product unique.
Carefree Frog Candle holder: Cute and carefree, a lighthearted frog to hold your candle. Droll metal frog is made by Indonesian artisans.
Tough Tire Garden Bucket: A Tough Tire bucket for garden fun. Recycled tires from India make this bucket sturdy and useful. Use it in your garden to carry tools; use it as a planter; use it as a drink bucket for outdoor entertaining. Limited only by your creativity!!
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