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In a few days I am off to explore Guatemala for the first time! I have every day planned out (in true Virgo fashion), and will be meeting with weavers from local co-ops and hitting up the markets to find amazing textiles! Deciding on Guatemala was pretty easy. I wish I could tell you that I spent months researching and narrowing down places, but what really happened was that just over a month or so ago I woke up one morning and decided that Guatemala was the place! Something about it was calling me there, and as I looked into it, all the pieces...

Happy (Frolic) Friday everyone!  A few of you have asked how I decided on the name Frolic, and let me tell you, it was years before I felt that I had the right name for my business. I've been wanting to do this for so long, but I was always too busy working, not the right time, nervous, etc... and I really wanted to have a name, an identity before going full steam ahead. About 2 summers ago, I was reading The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier (author of Girl with a Pearl Earring), a story set in late 19th century...

Hello and welcome to Frolic! Growing up in Chile, I was always surrounded by local craft markets and artisans, but of course, back then as a kid, that is not where the cool kids shopped. Why would I want a hand-knit sweater made of the finest alpaca when I could go to the mall and get the latest fashions instead? Well, fast forward many, many years and a career in fashion spanning almost 2 decades. I've been able to travel the world and work in factories in Peru, Turkey, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong to name a few, seeing first hand how...