Backpacks and market baskets for every day
market baskets
$190.00
Elevate your home organization game with this exquisite set of three tightly woven nesting canisters. These charming baskets are perfect for enhancing the aesthetic appeal of your home, kitchen, and...
$210.00
Revamp your home organization with this stunning, tightly woven storage basket. Handwoven in Ghana by skilled artisans from our own unique design, this basket is the perfect blend of beauty...
$190.00
Get ready to elevate your storage game with our brand new set of nesting canisters, handcrafted with care in Ghana! Made of tightly woven wild grasses, this set of three...
$70.00
Introducing our signature design, the Classic French market basket - a timeless and beloved staple for shoppers worldwide. Handcrafted with care, this sturdy market tote is woven from durable date...
$95.00
Experience the perfect blend of simplicity and elegance with our Leather Trimmed backpack, crafted from sturdy palm leaves and finished with leather trimming. This limited edition backpack is perfect for...
$65.00
This handwoven date palm market basket is not only wonderful but also practical for various uses. It is a perfect companion for market shopping, laundry day, or a day at...
$65.00
This classic market basket is a timeless piece that can be used in various ways around the house. Handwoven from durable palm, this basket features traditional sisal handles, which not...
Medina Mercantile offers high quality, well designed goods for your home and lifestyle. We are committed to working with artisans around the world, and in the United States, to support artists and crafts people directly. We look for products that are beautiful, primarily, and beautifully made, but we don't buy anything that is not made with the highest integrity-- our overseas suppliers work with women's collectives in Bangladesh, farmer artisan weavers in Morocco, and local artists close to our home in the Blue Ridge of Virginia.
Today I registered my son for soccer, followed up with customers, planned for our Fall season, lined up a lawn mowing job for my son, the budding entrepreneur, and considered what to do with my daughter when we go to NY Now in August. There is no division, here, between our working and our personal lives, and that is true for all of us, in any field. We have a lot of young families in our area, a lot of new babies born every year, and I, of course, give baskets to the new moms. Not because I have so many lying around, but because they are so genuinely useful! I always give our double handled French Market Basket,...
Mint Tea is vital to the social life of Morocco- a quick visit leads to trays of mint gunpowder tea heaped with sugar. Mint leaves are carted around Marrakesh precariously heaped being donkeys. Traditionally, tea glasses are made in Fez from recycled coke bottles, the regional style of glass. INGREDIENTS 1 tablespoon loose Chinese gunpowder green tea5 cups boiling water3 to 4 tablespoons sugar, or to taste1 large bunch fresh mint (1 ounce)Special equipment : a 1- to 1 1/2-quart teapot PREPARATION Put tea in teapot and pour in 1 cup boiling water, then swirl gently to warm pot and rinse tea. Strain out and discard water, reserving tea leaves in pot.Add remaining 4 cups boiling water to tea and...
