"Baksheesh" (The Gift That Keeps On Giving)

Another SF Green Festival find... My purchases at the San Francisco green festival this weekend were minimal. I knew they must include (for my delight) items from Lydia's Lovin' Foods over the course of the day (3!).

Then this was one of those happy occasions where delight meets equitable; I found two things I love in the "Baksheesh" booth ('Baksheesh', at its purest best in a Middle East/South Asia word for kind/caring/giving)
Both hand made things I found are exquisite. One is a corded rope upon which is strung green/blue/turquoise drangonflies. So delicately made by Vietnamese artisans - $12.  If you're familiar with the Animal Medicine cards, you know the medicine of dragonfly is illusion (the breaking of...). I'll take it!

The other is a holiday season 'garland', ingenius design, intricately woven palm leaves to create (all red or red/green/natural) a delicate spiral garland - $4 (such a deal!).

IT COMES PACKED-DOWN TIGHT LIKE THIS AND YOU UNTWIRL IT...

There's no web store to get this stuff so I guess you plan on a lovely lunch with a friend in Sonoma, or you email them and get them to ship(?!) - I hope Baksheesh sells every single beautiful thing their artisans make.

The co-founder has an awesome claim-to-fame as well!: "CANDI SMUCKER, who along with her husband, Brian, owns Baksheesh, is part of a group of 1,000 women around the world who have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize" http://www.sonomanews.com/articles/2005/06/30/news/top_stories/news01.txt


http://baksheeshfairtrade.com/