Pack Your Bags Friday

Sending YOU on a Fabric Hunt

Sending YOU on a Fabric Hunt

We've scoured the world in search of its funkiest fabrics for 3 years, and now it’s time we send YOU on a fabric hunt, too....

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Pack Your Flags

Pack Your Flags

The Thai-me has come to stitch a piece of each country inside totes too.

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Open Ecua-doors

Open Ecua-doors

If we've learned one thing during our travels, it's that when one door closes, Ecua'door opens...

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Mesme-rice-d by Indonesia

Mesme-rice-d by Indonesia

Rice is the centerpiece of Indonesia’s culture, so it’s no surp-rice that every day life in Indonesia revolves around this tiny grain! Many rice and...

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We Ecu'adore You!

We Ecu'adore You!

Ecuador is a country chock full of awesome people with equally awesome stories.  You can’t help but Ecu’adore this place and Ecu’admire its people!

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Bone to Be Wild

Bone to Be Wild

Mexico celebrates life and death in a way that sets a happy skele-tone for the whole country.  The celebration is all about paying a colorful...

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Feeling Mali-ve

Feeling Mali-ve

If you’ve ever Benin this colorful continent, there’s no doubt that “A-frican love this place!” came to mind.  It’s something that happens Sudan-ly.  Uganda try...

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Singida the Same Tune

Singida the Same Tune

Some travelers take their adventures to the next level. While exploring another country, they find traditional fabric to continue carrying that culture back home. Take Rachael....

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Sarong...But Oh So Right!

Sarong...But Oh So Right!

Indonesian men AND women rock fabric sarongs for every occasion.  Whether it’s for a ceremonial pig-roast, a gathering at the temple, or just another day...

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Never.  Stop. MEXploring...

Never. Stop. MEXploring...

Our Taaluma fabric hunt through Mexico has officially been MEXposed (and it's time for you to MEXperience it with us!)...

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Holy Molé!

Holy Molé!

The trip started with one goal in mind...to spice up the Taaluma collection!  And what better way to turn up the heat than to leave the...

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Have you Herd?

Have you Herd?

Have you herd that cows are creating a whole new type of power?  Using a bio-digester, cow pies can be turned into cooking gas and people...

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Guatemala in Full B-loom

Guatemala in Full B-loom

Have you ever seen a handloom in action? Guatemala has a b-looming textile industry.  This national heir-loom has been passed down for generations and it...

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Cape-tivated by South Africa

Cape-tivated by South Africa

Taaluma has finally taken a trip to the southern tip of Africa.  A trip that left us cape-tivated by South Africa's cape-ital city—Cape Town.

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2015 Bucket List

2015 Bucket List

2015 blew our wildest dreams out of the water! Your totes have explored more corners of the globe than we could have ever imagined. From...

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To Be Continent-inued

To Be Continent-inued

Some adventures in life come to an end.  But this adventure of connecting the world, whether EurUPe high in the Alps, or in admirAsian of temple tops, is...

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Walking in a Winter Wander-land

Walking in a Winter Wander-land

Manda-lay bells ring, are you listening? In the land, Kuli'ou'ou is glistening...

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White Elephant Totes

White Elephant Totes

This phunny-looking, phour-legged animal is a worldwide phavorite. And some pholks go as phar as traveling across the world to meet one in person… 

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Let’s Taco About It

Let’s Taco About It

Everyone around the world has a staple food they were raised on.  Some rice-and-shine to a bowl of white rice.  Others have baking bread in the...

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A Lot to Hand-le

A Lot to Hand-le

There are a lot of hands that go into making a tote, but the first hands are those that make the fabric. Some countries hand-weave...

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A Monumental Moment!

A Monumental Moment!

It's a monument-al moment.  The moment we've all been wading for.  It's time to Peru-se the Taaluma collection, because totes are back in stock!

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En-Thai-sing...

En-Thai-sing...

It's about Thai-me we bring an old country back to the Taaluma mix!  A country where you're left tongue Thai-d by its golden glory...

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A Feast for the Senses

A Feast for the Senses

From the thousands of volcanic islands to the colorful cultures that make up this archipelago, Indonesia is a feast for the senses. As we scoured...

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Red, White & Blue-tiful!

Red, White & Blue-tiful!

This tri-colored weekend calls for celebration of all the red, white, and the blue-tiful places beyond our own borders. From the incREDible dirt roads of...

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Shea(r) Happiness

Shea(r) Happiness

Shea butter has been bringing shea(r) happiness to dry skin for thousands of years.  But do you know where in the world shea nuts churn...

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Taaluma TLC

Taaluma TLC

When it comes to making totes, there’s no such thing as too much TLC.  We like to think of every stitch as a Sistine Chapel. ...

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Totin' Everest!

Totin' Everest!

We have a habit of adding new places to Taaluma’s bucket list faster than we can check them off. But there's one place that sits not...

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WINE not Italy?

WINE not Italy?

Taaluma has seen its fair share of Italy, thanks to you. From Tuscany, where OLIVE the views are postcard perfect...

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Backpacks in the Shark Tank

Backpacks in the Shark Tank

Jack and I are in Indonesia scrambling to prepare for the sheer insanity of Shark Tank.

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2014 Bucket List in Photos

2014 Bucket List in Photos

2014 saw some wild places checked off the Taaluma Bucket List.  Travelers took their totes to: 1) Wander through gigantic redwoods in California

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