Matching Results: Progress Updates
Abaca and Aromatic Lavender
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I love the scent of lavender and often see lavender sachets packaged in synthetic material or pouches like nylon or organza. Wanting to enjoy lavender packaged in a natural material, I filled up one of our own hand-made abaca pouches with lavender. The combination is a nice East/West and earth-friendly gift — with East as … [View Details]
Bioneers Conference, October 14-16, 2011
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We pleased to announce that we are exhibiting at the Bioneers Conference on October 14 to 16, 2011. Please visit us at the Exhibit Tent, open between 12:30 PM and 8:00 PM. The conference will be held at the Marin Center, in San Rafael, California. Bioneers is a leading-edge forum and environmental conference with social … [View Details]
Coconut Twig Runners are back in Stock
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Our popular, rustic and ultra unique coconut twig table runners are back in stock! Made from the coconut tree’s flower spikelets — these runners bring a touch of nature to your table settings AND helps to protect your table. Back in stock in our 3, 4 or 6 ft. lengths. From our Shop our Market … [View Details]
Earth Friendly Gift Baskets
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We have posted our romblon gift baskets on our “Shop Our Market” pages. If you looking for that perfect gift basket to present your thoughtfully chosen gifts, take a look at our hand-woven and beautifully textured romblon baskets. With 2 styles and many colors to choose from, our re-usable gift basket totes are perfect containers … [View Details]
From Sleeping Mats (Banigs) to Place Mats
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Many people in the rural areas, or provinces in the Philippines sleep not only on beds, but also on woven leaf mats. In the Philippines, sleeping mats are called Banig. And for some folks, it is sometimes preferred over beds, even in these modern times. In the hot, tropical climate and without air-conditioning, one feels … [View Details]
Got crinkle paper for your holiday gift baskets?
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We do! Now available under the new category, “packing and crinkle paper”. We love using Kraft crinkle paper as fill to construct sumptuous gift baskets (using Native Leaf’s beautiful gift tote bags, of course!). Our crinkle paper cushions carefully picked goodies, and made from 100% recycled content. So what is the difference between Native Leaf’s … [View Details]
Independence Day
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We have posted additional placemat colors, and now have the story behind our place mat in the “Our Story” section. Happy 4th of July Independence Day weekend! Did you know… Up until 1964, Philippines Independence Day was also celebrated on July 4th? This date originated when the Philippines was a colony of the U.S., and … [View Details]
Interesting search term…and why natural bayongs are ALWAYS better than plastic bags
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Every now and then, I look at what search terms — a word or a string of words — bring visitors to our market website and blog. These search terms are typically about the banig, the traditional Philippine sleeping mat (see my article in “Our Story”, From Sleeping Mats to Placemats), our earth friendly gift … [View Details]
Just tie a bow on the handles…and there you go!
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Our customer, Sharon B. from New Orleans, Louisiana reminded us how easy gift giving can be with our hand-woven romblon leaf wine bags. A wine lover, Sharon originally purchased 20 Native Leaf wine bags from a winery during a visit to the Napa Valley, and recently ordered a new supply of bags from our … [View Details]
Natural leaf wine bags…for your cousin or for corporate gifts this holiday season
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At the Santa Cruz (California) Heritage Foundation Holiday Fair last weekend, our hand-woven wine bags were among the best-selling items. We are fortunate to live in a part of the United States— California — with an amazing number of designated wine growing regions. Did you know 90% of all the wine produced in the United … [View Details]
New Gift Packs for the 2012 Holiday Season
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We are working on our gift packaging kits for the holidays. Stay tuned to see our combination of natural and sustainably made romblon gift totes bags and boxes, with our abaca (sinamay) mini gift bags for an easy to give, and easy to use green, earth friendly option for the upcoming holiday season. Visit us … [View Details]
Placemat Page
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Our Aqua color square place mat is the first featured product on our Placemat Page. Here is our color swatch — and the other colors you will see posted on the place mat page over the next day or so. And we will post our weaver pictures, and the family group that weaves our placemats … [View Details]
Rectangle Gift Basket Totes
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We added our rectangle shaped gift basket totes to our market shop, and now have in stock the colors Mango (pictured below), Lime, Eggplant and Natural. These are like lunch bag sized or mini bayongs (and in fact, some of our customers use these for packing lunch). Bayong is the term used for native Philippine … [View Details]
Romblon Gift Boxes
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We have added our square size, 4 piece set romblon gift boxes to our retail site. We also have rectangle and bottle shape sizes (view product pages on our wholesale site, www.nativeleaf.com if you are interested in other sizes). We will post the other sizes in a few days. I hope you are having a … [View Details]
Romblon Gift Boxes – More sizes
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~~Click on Title Link & Scroll down for Customer Comments on our Romblon Gift Box Sets~~ Our rectangle and bottle shape gift box sets are now up on our market page. Our boxes are made 100% from romblon leaves —- we do not use cardboard lining— and thus avoid the use of adhesives. We have … [View Details]
