Handmade Blog

A Botanical Painting Artist from Palestine: Lois Nakhleh

From a long career in nursing to a botanical painter, Lois shares her story of how she became a botanical artist.

Christmas gifts for mom - Unique Gifts & Gifts Ideas 2018

Gift Guide for mom I don’t know about you but I seriously struggle with holiday and birthday gift shopping. Especially at this point in my life. I ...

The History of Keffiyeh: A Traditional Scarf from Palestine

This scarf we call the keffiyeh today has a fascinating history dating back to Sumerians and Babylonians in Mesopotamia. It is also known as a shem...

Meeting the Artisans: Domari Society of Gypsies in Jerusalem

The Domari Society of Gypsies was established nearly 20 years ago, in 2000, by Ammoun Sleem with a vision to preserve the gypsy culture carried by ...

Press Release: Handmade Palestine Autumn Market

We're hosting the upcoming seasonal artisans handicraft market next month! This is a call out to artisans to come participate and show us they're w...

Morgan on her rooftop garden in Ramallah.

Minimalist Gift Ideas - What are the top 5 handicrafts a minimalist must have?

Morgan sharing some of her favorite minimalist gift ideas from the fair trade handicrafts at handmadepalestine.com for her minimalist friends and f...

Nursing necklaces and teething rings: a remedy for babies, and a relief for mamas!

Are you struggling with a teething baby? Read this blogpost by Morgan, an expert mom on the subject.

Handmade Palestine Market - Aya from Bonds without Borders

Ethical Consumerism: In relation with Fairtrade Handicrafts in Palestine

Our answer to what is ethical consumerism? What does it have to do with our lives here in Palestine?

Earth Day in Palestine and Why We Sell Handmade...

Earth Day. In a country where the Israeli occupation literally dumps its sewage and nuclear waste on the occupied people, where the Palestinian gov...

On Boycotts and Being an Ethical Consumer...the NRA to Israel and How to Support Palestinians

I've been thinking a lot about what it means to be an ethical consumer. This is likely going to be a really political, likely also emotional, mess...

Supporting Artisans and Planting Trees in Palestine

Looking back at 2017, we did a pretty awesome job together! We hope that in 2018, we can plant 500 trees and support 30 artisans and cooperatives....

25% Site wide discount through end of year!

Clearing out our Closet! And a Goal! We are pretty small scale so we don't have a warehouse, just a storage closet. We need your help cle...

Handmade leather wallets, tobacco pouches, card holders and more from Palestine!

JELLD is a fair trade initiative that makes beautiful, hand crafted leather products. They began with only 4 pieces, basically their card holder an...