LIFESTYLE _ BLOG

After five years of living in Guatemala and many requests from travelers coming through town, I've finally put together a custom map and short guide to my favorite spots in Antigua. Follow the link below to see my recommendations for where to eat, drink, and shop for textiles plus other activities in and around this beautiful old city. LUNA ZORRO CUSTOM GUIDE + MAP TO ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA Enjoy and feel free share!

With Mother's Day just around the corner, we are so excited to launch two new special products to our Every Mother Counts collection. The Orange Rose Wrap is a handwoven, hand-embroidered piece that has a three-fold social impact. Handwoven by Luna Zorro partner artisans, hand-embroidered by Women's Justice Initiative grantees, and 50% of sales will go directly to support Every Mother Counts. Why is the Orange Rose a symbol of Every Mother Counts? The Orange Rose is a powerful reminder that safer motherhood is possible. It represents a beautiful, vibrant and strong life, like that of a mother who has...

My love for textiles goes all the way back to my childhood. Growing up as a girl, I was surrounded by vintage collections from around the world: pillows, blankets, napkins, decorative wall hangings, table cloths, and picnic blankets from Mexico, India, Hungary, the Middle East, Guatemala, and the United States. These were textiles that had been carefully and thoughtfully accumulated by my great-grandmother, my grand-mother, my great-aunt and my dear mom. Many of those pieces have been passed down to me and I truly cherish them. Because of this, textiles are in my blood. I am drawn to them no...

We are very excited to release our latest capsule collection of throw pillows and throw blankets. Affectionately named after "El Casco Viejo" in Panama, the Casco Collection embodies the warm, neutral, earthy colors that we love right now - dust, rose and mustard, emboldened with cream and black. All designs are original and modern, woven traditionally on foot looms by our Luna Zorro artisan partners. The process is labor intensive and inspiring, creating a final product that is as beautiful as it is meaningful. Every product sold means a longer, stronger line of sustainable work for our families of weavers,...

In the Spring of 2017 I received an email from Christy Turlington Burns. It was through that initial introduction that I became enthralled with the foundation known as Every Mother Counts (EMC) and Christy quickly evolved from the super model I had known about since I was 10 years old to a genuine, passionate and driven advocate, founder & CEO (not to mention a mother of two). She was planning her annual trip to Guatemala and wondered if I might be interested in meeting to chat about one another's work within the country. Photo borrowed from the EMC website. For...