christmas tree

Crocheted by hand, four white pine trees with accents of yellow, red, green, and blue make a delightful addition to the tree this holiday season. Guatemalan artisan Marleny Chajon designs these ornaments, which arrive with a handy cotton storage bag.

In assorted hues of red, green, gold, and white, four charming Christmas trees make an excellent addition to your decor during the holiday season. Guatemala's Valenzuela Family creates this set of ornaments, crafted by hand from conacaste wood.

Guatemalan artisan Victor Hugo Lopez hand carves and paints this set of four Christmas tree ornaments from cypress wood reclaimed from sawmills and carpentry shops. The trees are painted in assorted bright colors and decorated with colorful dots and gold tops. The ornaments hang from gold-colored synthetic cord.

Jose Arriola uses his incredible skill to carefullyhandpaints each ceramic Christmas tree with festive folk art motifs. The brightly colored patterns are borrowedfrom women's traditional clothing called Huipil in hishome country of Guatemala. The set of six ornamentsinclude a handloomed storage bag.

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.

Ring in the holidays with cheer courtesy of Guatemalan artisan Jose Arriola's delightful dove ornaments. Six vibrant birds, each boasting unique hand-painted floral and leaf motifs, are expertly handcrafted from ceramic and ready to adorn your Christmas tree on the accompanying red ribbons. Store the festive set safely in the gorgeous and practical hand-woven cotton bag, making organization a breeze when the season ends.

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.