Discovering the Ir - RESIST - able Art of Jaspe

Just as weaving is an ancient craft found around much of the world, jaspe (pronounced hah-spay) is a weaving technique found around much of the globe. In other parts of the world, it is referred t...

Reflections of 2019

As a business grows year over year, every year is better than the one before (when everything goes according to plan). 2019 was no exception. It was a year that we grew as we learned new skills in ...

Serve the Warm Holiday Welcome of Ponche

Traditions play such an important role in every holiday celebrated around the world, no matter what your nationality or religion. They contribute to our memories and bring a sense of comfort and be...

Stitching Christmas Traditions

The women of Maya Mam Weavers value learning new skills. In 2015, our backstrap weavers invited Juana Ramos, a talented weaver from San Jorge la Laguna (along Lake Atitlan) to share her embroidery ...

Weave a Little, Leave a Little

In some ways, the process of weaving is not that hard to understand. A group of threads is strung in one direction, then another group of threads is guided one by one in a perpendicular direction o...

Introducing Delfina

If you've followed us on Facebook or Instagram, over time you have had the opportunity to see many photos of the members of the cooperative, in groups as well as individually. Chances are, if we as...

Taste of Summertime

When you hear the term “from scratch,” does that make you run to the kitchen, grab an apron and a whisk? Or do you feel the tension in your neck followed by a flip of your stomach and an image of s...

Barbecue – the Universal Language!

Yes, we know, music is really the universal language, but we think there is a case to be made for the shared human experience of roasting food over an open fire, basting it with sauces redolent of ...

Introducing Celia

 Like many other women in Cajolá, Celia wasn’t able to continue her school studies past sixth grade. She married young and now her husband is in the United States. She has been busy raising 4 child...

What in the WORLD is FAIR TRADE?

With World Fair Trade Day coming up on May 11th, we’d like to talk about the topic of "fair trade." Ethical consumption, conscious consuming, purchase with purpose, fair trade, transparency, these ...