Your Source for Hand-woven Ethnic Doll Clothes that fit American Girl
and other
Fun Stuff
from the Markets of the World 

Home     Products       How to Order     Mayan Villages     News     Search 


Beautiful Silver Earrings!!!
  Doll Clothes and Accessories

  Huipils & Clothes for Children & Bigger People

Children's Books  

 Paintings, Arts & Crafts
  Other fun Stuff

Books on Textiles

The Mayan Experience

Options to
 Help!

Mayan Village Index 
or click on pictures of villages  below 

 
1e5a.JPG (47163 bytes)
Santa Catarina Palopo

ts_both.jpg (30400 bytes)
Todos Santos

wpe5.jpg (16428 bytes)
Patzun

santiago atitlan.jpg (75771 bytes)
Santiago Atitlan

wpe2EF.jpg (17110 bytes)
San Juan La Laguna 

Nahula & Santa Caterina Ix.
1734.JPG (52645 bytes)
Chichicastenango.

solola6.jpg (11268 bytes)
Solola

Doll Friends
 
 Our
 Commitment
 to F
air Trade and Environmental Responsibility

u
How to Order
u

 



What's New at Terra Experience's Web

March 31, 2008 --- Madison Guatemala Network to host Guatemala speaker April 20-23rd

March 27, 2008   --- Coming soon Traje for Girls and Dolls

February 14, 2008 ---

February 12, 2008 ---   whoa - Time flies.  Hope you had good holidays and start of new year.  In Madison we have beat our snow record with over 76" so far this winter.  We went to Guatemala for 2 1/2  weeks where  my Sony H2 camera had the shutter button drop off (worthless) and when I got back my laptop crashed (now with new motherboard and screen - thanks to Dell's extended warranty). Both are fixed and I am almost caught up to where I was at the beginning of the year with lots of new stuff from Guatemala that I am gradually adding.  Some things I've managed to update so far:

November 24 ---  Terra Experience's doll clothes were identified by COOP America as one of "10 Green Toys for the Holidays"!!!  Check out http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/shopunshop/10GreenToys.cfm

Green Toys    Doll ClothesFrom the article:

6. Doll clothes – The owner of Terra Experience follows the Fair Trade Federation model, by keeping close ties with her producer partners in Guatemala. She partners with Mayan weavers to offer high-quality traditional outfits that fit 18” and other sized dolls. Terra Experience commits to paying a living wage, supporting environmental protection projects within the producer community, and has ongoing relationships with producer partners. The Terra Experience Web site includes a full breakdown of payments and benefits to the producer group so shoppers can follow where their dollars are going. Line of products includes dolls; hand-woven doll outfits; doll accessories like hats, bags, aprons, and jewelry; and children’s books about the Mayan culture.

October 23, 2007 --   2008 Arte Maya Calendars are finally here!

September 27, 2007 --- added 7 huipiles from San Raimundo S

September 26, 2007 ---  Just updated the Tzute (carrying cloth/tablecloth) page and added 9 huipiles from

Tecpan  acatepquez

 

September 25, 2007 --- Just added 10 very wearable huipils from
San Dominigo Xenacoj

 

September  24, 2007 ---  15 New Huipils on Terra Experience Web:

September 22, 2007 --- Just added lots of boy's and men's shirts from San Antonio Palopo

September 2007 --- Whoa what a July and August it was!  Helped my Dad celebrate his 90th birthday in July and then in August he ended up in the hospital with pneumonia.  He is doing well now and is safely at home enjoying his view of the migrating white pelicans along the Mississippi.  In Madison we had the wettest August (actually month) on record with over 15" of rain. No sandbags, but the natural wetland I planted after our last flood needed some restoration work.  Anyway - I'm back focusing on the Terra Experience web and just put over 50 new Huipiles on our web site and have others to add.  Please check our huipil page out.
June 15, 2007

  Click the picture to Watch a You Tube Video of Josefina Relaxing in her Hammock. Can you name the birds you hear?

 Note I am just learning how to put together videos and get them on you tube.  Once I figure it out I will upload some clips I took in January this year and hopefully have them directly on my site.  I have to find some young expert to help me. 

  
June 11, 2007 --- Fair Trade Commitment I finally have found time to pull together a web page that explains and documents Terra Experience's Commitment to Fair Trade and Environmental Responsibility and some of the actions we are taking to meet that commitment.  I attended the Fair Trade Federation's Conference in Washington D.C. earlier this month and realized I really had to take the time to get this down in black and white.  If you have questions, comments, suggestions I welcome them.  Our
 Commitment
 to F
air Trade and Environmental

Mark your calendars - the American Girl Doll Sale is Saturday July 21 and Sunday July 22.  We will be at a new location.  2230 Pinehurst Drive --- just around the corner from where we have been in past years.  Please look for us there.

May 6, 2007 ---  I am finally getting time to update my web site (I retired from 32 years with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in January and also bought a new digital camera).  I just put together information and pictures about the weavers that Terra Experience has worked with to make its doll clothes as well as artists and artisans we have regularly bought from over the past 5 to 8 years as Terra Experience has gradually grown.  We will be adding more in the near future. But in the meantime please check out: 

Patzun
  
(Chimaltenango)
Kaqchikel 
(or Cakchiquel)

Doll Outfits
Huipils and Textiles  
San Antonio Aguas Caliente 
 
 (Sacatepéquez)
Kaqchikel 
(or Cakchiquel)

Doll Outfits
Huipils from and Textiles  
looms
 
San Juan Sacatepequez
 
 
(Guatemala)
 
Kaqchikel 
(or Cakchiquel)

Doll Outfits
Huipils and Textiles  
Santiago Atitlan
  
(Sololá)
(Tzutujil) Santiago_Atitlan_doll_clothes_market_scene_(30).JPG (31153 bytes)
Doll Outfits
Huipils and Textiles paintings 5_76.JPG (76010 bytes)
Paintings
Cummins, Ronnie and Rose Welch (photo)_Children of the World, Guatemala.jpg (80202 bytes) 
Todos Santos Cuchumatan
 
(Huehuetenango)
   (Mam) a71.JPG (83928 bytes) 1660.JPG (27977 bytes)
Doll Outfits
Huipils and Textiles
Bags & Purses
 

 

April 24, 2007 --- Just back from Chicago's Green Business Conference & Festival.  Neat event to see the number of Green Consumers!!!   I've updated and added Huipils to the Todos Santos and Quetzaltenango (Xela) web sites.

April 1, 2007 ---     Just added 14 New Tapestries we picked up this year. Some examples are shown below

March 29, 2007 --- Well we are back from Guatemala and I have my taxes done, so I will be putting stuff on as fast as I can.  Here are some of the items and pages I have updated recently.  Thanks for your patience
Don't forget to refresh your pages that have been updated!!!

Paintings by Angelina Chic Ixtamer

        

Updated
Huipil Pages


Santiago Atitlan
   

San Juan La Laguna & Santa Cruz La Laguna

  Spring Scarves Now Available (Refresh your old page)
   
Todos Santos Bags and Purses by Francisco


To 12" Shoulder bags


To 11" Double-sided Brocaded Bags



  
 To 7" Zippered  Cord Bags

 

  To Traditional Crocheted Shoulder Bags 

1fd8.JPG (78294 bytes)
v
To 4" Coin Purse
 Guatemala 

 

December 7, 2006 --  Just Updated Paintings Pages & Added at least 30 New paintings and several new artists.  Our paintings options are now organized by Village and Artist.  I've been meaning to do this for a while - but just not had the time.  Will also be adding pictures of many of the artists.  You can get a idea of the style of some of the artists by checking http://terraexperience.com/P_Paintings_Guatemala.html or go to our products page and look up the names of the individual painters or family of painters at http://www.terraexperience.com/p_products.html#Arts_and_Crafts 

Sept 20, 2006 -    
Just arrived 2007Arte Maya Calendars. We usually sell out so get them while they are available!!!

August 14. 2006 -  New additions!!!


Wood Santos Figures

Wood Santos Figures

Wood Santos Figures
I have pictured the families who made most of these items.  

 

October 11, 2005 - Guatemala Flood & Mudslides create more misery and challenges. We have put together links to information about the Guatemala Flood and ways to help through NGO's that already work in the affected area

October 11, 2005 - Calendar of Fun Events Terra Experience will be selling at.  Please mark you calendar. The Madison Fair Trade Festival will be Dec 3rd at Madison Technical College Downtown (new location, same great stuff). We will also be in Steven's Point and Burlington this fall.

September 27, 2005 - New things we have added in last week

Santos and Saints

Mayan Slingshots

Santiago Atitlan Paintings

 
389f.JPG (45992 bytes)

Todos Santos
Traditional Crocheted Bags

August 19, 2005 - Just updated a number of village huipil pages to include more adult and child sized huipiles and cortes (skirts) from the village. Click on the name or picture to get to the page.

Santiago Atitlan

        
Todos Santos

Nahuala

July 20, 2005 - Working on updating my doll outfit pages.  Just updated the Santiago Atitlan doll outfit page and also added a page of "seconds" .

May 6, 2005 -  A number of you may have wondered why the Terra Experience Web site has not been updated recently.  My Mom, passed away April 23.  She was a wonderful woman and while I miss her, her faith, life values and love will always be with me.  I will be gradually updating the web and catching up on Terra Experience requests.  So if I haven't responding to a inquiry in the past month or two - please feel free to contact me again.  I think, with the help of my husband Dave, I am caught up on all orders.  If you haven't seen something that you did expect please let me know right away.  Thanks for your understanding.  Lynn Persson   lynn@terraexperience.com


March 22, 2005
- Just added 15 new Mayan Naive  hardboard paintings  from Santiago Atitlan area.3895.JPG (43764 bytes)   3899.JPG (43832 bytes)

March 14, 2005 - Just added 8 beautiful huipiles from Chajul to the the web3809.JPG (80267 bytes)       Also check out the doll clothes from Chaju

Jan 27, 2005 - Just added many new Mayan Folk Art Tapestries from a woman's group in the Solola area to the web.  Check them out by clicking on the  picture below.
36ea.JPG (77100 bytes)

Jan 21, 2005 - Back from Guatemala where we saw many friends and helped out at  Casa de Luz with a good friend who is a doctor (OB/Gyne).  Will have lots of fun stuff and pictures to add to the Terra Experience Web soon.

Oct 20, 2004 - Paypal is working fine now.  They were upgrading their system and had problems during transaction.  You shouldn't have any problems now.

Oct 11, 2004 - Note - Paypal payments has had intermittent problems since Friday Oct 8th - If you are having trouble using Terra Experience's shopping cart system please use our old ordering system or contact us at lynn@terraexperience.com (if you include a phone number we will call you back within 24 hours)

Oct 8, 2004 -  Just updated San Juan Laguna Web Page and added Huipils from San Juan and a neighboring village San Marcos La Laguna http://www.terraexperience.com/p_huipils_San_Juan_la_Laguna.html 

Oct 7, 2004 -  New - Mayan Folk Art Embroidered Tapestries These wonderful embroidered tapestries are folk art of today - where traditional Mayan skills and themes have found a new medium of expression.  This project was started in 2001 by Ramelle Gonzoles, the founder of Foundations for Education   a nonprofit organization which provides financial and logistical assistance so that Maya youth  can go to secondary schools. 34e7.JPG (62372 bytes)
Oct 5, 2004 -  Looms for Dolls We just added wonderful complete small looms to our web.  They are great for display and hanging.  You can even used them (if you are an experienced weaver) 
33f4.JPG (48031 bytes)

Oct 1, 2004 -  We now have new fun stuff ---  teachers and parents " Mayan Kits" that can be used with Marilyn Anderson's new Teachers Guides on Fair Trade and the Mayan Culture.  For those sharing the Mayan Experience with children we hope these will be valued additions both in the classroom and at home.

Sept 15, 2004 - We just got our copies of Tzute Maya 2005 calendar.  We ran out last year, so please order early.
33b4.JPG (651907 bytes)

Summer 2004 -  My Mom was in the hospital this summer, so I didn't have much time to keep my web up.  Glad to say she is now improving.   Check back soon and we will be adding lots of new stuff ---  Lynn

June 24, 2004 - We have just added hand-woven doll huipils from Chajul and San Juan Sacatepequez. Click on pictures below to see:

2f49.JPG (38465 bytes)      Chajul

San Juan

May 10, 2004 - I can finally update the Terra Experience web (see note below).  Check back to see our new stuff soon!!!

May 7, 2004 -  I am really glad you are able to read our news!!!   If you have any trouble using or accessing the Terra Experience Site - please contact lynn@terraexperience.com .  

My apologies if you have been looking for our site and not able to find it during the past week.  Our long-standing webhost Dellhost stopped providing service and sold our account to another company who then again sold the account to Purehost last month. The experience has not been good. The Terra Experience web site was down for the last 7 days and  I have not yet been able to get access to my web to update it via Frontpage or FTP (I am updating this page via an incredibly inefficient option) since Purehost took over.  Hopefully things will be better soon and we will be able to add all our new huipiles and doll outfits to the site!!!  

March 1, 2004 - We are back from a wonderful trip to Guatemala.  Just added many new paintings that we brought back to the Terra Experience Web site.   We will be adding lots of other neat stuff too!!!
____________

Dec 6th - Mark your Calendar!!!  Madison's Fair Trade Fair at the Pres house.  Look at our home page for more information

Nov 29 - Did you see the Capital Times Weekend Edition?  If not check out  The Artful Shopper: Fair trade friends By Linda Brazill November 29, 2003   http://www.madison.com/captimes/features/62273.php . Its an article on Terra Experience and how we began.

Nov 10 -   Check out new page : Where to Buy Fair Trade Gifts, Coffee & Chocolate In Madison, WI 

Nov 4 -   Web Additions

October 15, 2003  

 FAQ:   Where Can I find a 16 or 18" Multicultural or Ethnic Doll that fits Terra Experience Doll Clothes?  Answer

August  15, 2003 ---- 

Guatemala Human Rights Alert  -  Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum and her relative have been attacked and intimidated. 
Please Read  and  Take Action       >>>>>>
to
Amnesty
 International Action Alertl

May 22, 2003 ---

Please note:  Between May 27 and 30, 2003 we will be moving the Terra Experience Website to a larger server.  We anticipate we may be down for about a day.   During that time you can still see and order Terra Experience items at our temporary backup website http://terraexperience.net , The change may also temporarily affect our email.  You can always reach us at our back up email terraexp@chorus.net .  

Sorry for any inconvenience.  http://terraexperience.com  should be back and better than ever soon ---  this change makes it possible to add many more pictures of Guatemala to our site. Lynn 

May 7, 2003 --- We have just added many Guatemala Oil Paintings to our web site both from Santiago Atitlan Area and Comalapa.  You might want to check out:

Miniature Oil Paintings (3" x 4")

4 x 5" Oil Painting from Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala

9 x11" Oil Painting from Santiago Atitlan Guatemals

Mayan Oil  & Embroidery  9 x 11 Paintings

- Mayan Oil Paintings from Comolapa Guatemala

April 24, 2003 --- We have added lots of new stuff from last visit to Guatemala.  You might want to check out:

 

January 19, 2003 --- We are heading back to Guatemala and so can't ship things until after February 20th.  You can still use our Paypal shop to order something, but we can't ship it to you until after we get back.  We do some one-of-a-kind items (big peoples huipiles etc) - if two people pay for the same item while we are gone, it will obviously go to the person that pays first.  Our web site is fairly current as of today, with most things that were sold over the holidays - marked sold.  We should have lots of neat new items when we get back.

New children's  books!   A number of people have asked if I had the book "My Name is Ana Maria ... and I'm from Guatemala".  We managed to track down some copies and have also added some other good books to our selection.
         

_________________________________________

November 26,  2002 --- Time continues to Fly!!!  We have just done a lot to update our web site (and continue to do more). You can now find:

__________________________________________

June 4, 2002 --- Time flies!!!  We are gradually adding a Paypal ordering system to our website and making a major revision to our pictures and information on Guatemalan Villages.  We are also adding a lot of new products -  both child's clothes, funs stuff and new doll outfits.  Keep tuned!
__________________________________________

October 20, 2000 --- We have just moved our web site to a new web host. Please update your bookmarks !.  Our new webhost, Dellhost, should provide faster picture downloads and we will be adding a secure ordering form. 

October 15, 2000 ---   Children's Books new   ---We have added  children's books on Mayan culture, Guatemala and Mexico to the items we sell.   A couple of my favorites are highlighted below.    We have also added Books on Textiles  new reference books on Guatemalan textiles that we have for sale or you might want to look up in your local library.

Foxx, Jeffrey,_Angela Weaves a Dream_The story of a Young Maya Artist.JPG (28092 bytes)

³Angela Weaves a Dream: the Story of a Young Mayan Artist, Michele Sola (text) and Jeffrey Jay Foxx (photographs), (1997)  more

Cummins, Ronnie and Rose Welch (photo)_Children of the World, Guatemala.jpg (80202 bytes)

 ³Children of the World: Guatemala; Ronnie Cummins and Rose Welch (1990)

more.

Macdonald, Fiona_Step into the Aztec & Maya Worlds.JPG (84907 bytes)

³Step into the Aztec & Maya Worlds, Fiona Macdonald (1998)     more

Orozco, Jose-Luis and Elisa Kleven (Illus)_De Clores and OTher Latin-American Folk Songs for Children.JPG (98658 bytes) ³De Colores and Other Latin-American Folk Songs for Children; Orozco, Jose-Luis; Elisa Kleven, illustrator; (1994)  bilingual   more
Bierhorst, John_The Monkey's Haircut and other stories told by the Maya.JPG (20559 bytes)

³The Monkey's Haircut and other Stories Told by the Maya; Bierhorst, John (ed) and Robert A. Parker, Illustrator; (1986)   more.

 Click here to see more  Children's Books new .

 We have also improved our order form so it prints on one page.

January 12, 2000 -----  We reformated the doll accessories page and some pictures to improve downloading time.  Many of the pictures are "thumbnails" and are hyperlinked to a higher quality photo.  Try clicking on a picture if you want a better view.

November 5, 1999 ----- We were back in Guatemala in September and just updated our web site to reflect many of the new doll outfits and accessories we found.  We have more pictures of the women (and their families) who made many of the outfits.   We added an order form and a doll accessories page (check it out there is lots of new neat stuff). 

As always a  few parts of the web site are still being developed (and others are being continuously changed and hopefully improved), but you should be able to get an idea of the types of products we offer and how to contact us.  We will be adding childrens books and reference texts on Mayan textiles to our web site soon.

We welcome your comments and suggestions (as well as your business). We also have lots of unique items that don't lend themselves well to a web site.  Email or call us for more information or check what we have listed on EBAY ("terraexperience" is our Ebay name).

Lynn Persson     lynn@terraexperience.com   

Phone: (608)231-1247           Fax:  (608)231-1445

logo2.gif (8499 bytes)

Your Source for Hand-woven Ethnic Doll Clothes that fit American Girland other Fun Stuff from the Markets of the World  

Stonyt Hill Antiques & Gallery.JPG (8205 bytes)

2140 Regent Street, Madison, WI   53705 

 

[Products]

Children's Books   Doll Outfits  Doll Accessories  Huipils & Clothes for Bigger People Other Fun Stuff   Books on Textiles      u ORDER FORM  u [The Mayan Experience]  

          [Home]

 [How to Order]  [News]  [Contents]  [Links & Info.] [Feedback]  [Search] 
Contact Terra Experience:  lynn@terraexperience.com  

Teachers Resources

Copyright © 2002-2007   Lynn Persson, Terra Experience.  All rights reserved. Contents not to be used without permission.
  But formally ask us, let us know how you plan to use (non-commercial),  give us credit and we will be glad to share