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If you’ve ever bought a piece of pottery from Mexico By Hand and received a personal message from me asking how your order arrived…here’s why. We are emotionally invested in every piece we buy from Mexican artisans, so it’s a fulfillment of our vision and intent to get the pieces to you, and for it to be a great experience. Everything we bring in from Mexico is packed by us (Doug and me) and that takes a lot of doing right there. Over the years, acquiring packing material has been really challenging, believe or not. We’ve spent hours going to...

As Mexico By Hand prepares for the AI revolution, wondering if I will eventually embrace it and see the benefits for our business, I want to take a moment and discuss something I'm definitely comfortable with now--the internet search. Recently I've had some interesting requests from new customers who found us by googling. (I'm going to still use that word even though I personally search other ways.) If we didn't have an online presence, recent custom orders I've received would never have happened. So that's the upside. But there's also a lot of shady crap going on, and every once in...

Almost every buying trip to Mexico includes at least one event that I couldn't have anticipated, no matter how much I prepared. Some are lovely surprises, and others are downright sad. When it was time to confirm my visit with the artisans of Capula, I received a message from Ines, the young woman who was making mezcal cups and cazuelitas for us. She told me she wasn't able to finish my order because her sister just died. Not only was the sudden and mysterious death of her 42 year old sister a shock and a tragedy, but Maria Georgina was...

Breaking news from Los Cabos, Mexico! I recently saw a story from the Cabo Sun Times that begins: "As you stroll along the sun-drenched Cabo San Lucas marina, it’s easy to get lost in a sea of colorful trinkets. But beneath the vibrant displays of sombreros, blankets, and painted skulls lies a growing issue that savvy travelers need to be aware of: __________." Okay readers-- what do you think it is?? Drugs? Cheap adulterated tequila? I myself was anxious to know what lies beneath the sombreros... Here it is: "...a huge number of these souvenirs are not authentic Mexican handicrafts, but...