Gray Boots Kickstarter Project Launched! November 26, 2013

I can’t believe it… it’s up and running!  Check out the Gray Boots Kickstarter Project and help spread the word!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/73146342/gray-boots-custom-designed-handcrafted-guatemalan

How it works: The goal is set at $2,000, and people pledge how ever much they wish, and they receive the corresponding rewards at the end of the campaign (Saturday, December 14th!) given that the total goal is met.  If we don’t make the $2,000 goal (oh no!), nobody is charged and no rewards are given.

This is a pretty small project, with a small goal and low production caps.  But by combining orders and taking advantage of people who can take suitcases full of goodies to the states, both you and I are able to save on shipping.  So take a look yourself, and please spread the word!  If you are looking for a lovely gift for a special girl, consider giving her the gift to design her own pair of unique boots!  There’s no way you can go wrong with a gift like that!

 

El Día de los Muertos Giant Kite November 10, 2013

It’s hard to make giant kites fly!

El Día de los Muertos

I spent the Day of the Dead, November 1st, with some friends in Sumpango, where they hold a gorgeous kite festival every year.  They fly kites with diameters up to 6 meters (or was it it 8?) which translates to GIANT KITES.  This tradition is said to have started to be able to communicate with the dead who are up in the sky, and also to chase away the rain as by November 1st the rainy season should be coming to a much-anticipated end.

The cemetery was festive, with family members having a picnic all-over and eating their fiambre, a traditional pickled dish, together.  Children flying kites everywhere, families laughing together, graves decorated with marigolds… all-in-all probably the”happiest” visit I have ever had to a cemetery.