Baskets, Baskets Everywhere, Baskets Near and Far: Basket Round Up

October 3, 2018 Amber Folkman

I love baskets and I don’t care who knows it. I love bringing the culture into my home because I am a firm believe that when you surround yourself with your local culture you become attached and planted to your home! When you are attache and planted you feel comfortable, welcome and happy. When you’re happy you can spread that stuff everywhere! And that is what baskets have done for me, ha! I am most certainly a basket case.

I spilled the beans on my favorite markets and sukis before, today I give you an offering, a gift close to my heart that I am happy to share with you!

My Paborito Basket Sukis:

Dapitan|

Dapitan Arcade, located in Quezon City is a basket depot. You must be prepared to dig and get a bit dirty and sweaty. There is no one specific vendor, have a look around until you find a particular shop you like most.

read more posts on dapitan here

Tiendesitas|

Tiendesitas has a number of stalls in their ‘Home’ section on the second floor near the elevator entrance and the back wall. My personal favorite is Magayon Handmade but there are a number of choices.

Salcedo & Sidcor Market|

Sacledo and Sidcor weekend markets have everything you want from food to fun but also … BASKETS! My favorite is a small vendor who sells these baskets from Abaca. The price isn’t the cheapest, it’s still affordable, but I have yet to find another vendor (besides Magayon Handmade) who has the selection they do.

you can read posts for salcedo and sidcor here

Palangke & Dry Market|

Never underestimate the power of a dry market and palengke, I have found some of my best baskets there and they are ALWAYS the cheapest. Also, I use the chicken basket, qubi, for everything!

peacock chair from my collab with pottly n’ tubby and qubi from Marikina Dry Market

Kultura|

Kultura is my go-to store for all things Filipino. This includes gifts, clothing, food and of course, baskets. Find a Kultura near you.

read more posts about kultura here

H&M Home|

How lucky are we that H&M Home has a number of locations located throughout the metro? The baskets at H&M Home are a bit higher in price but so is the quality and selection. This option is great for people who don’t want to have to search.

C&C Home|

C&C Home is a younger local brand that I have fallen in love with. They are completely online but if you want to view the pieces in person keep up to date with their bazaar attendance.

Out Of The Metro: Paete|

We ventured to Paete last October and found the mother load of baskets. Paete is not near Manila, a 2-3 hours drive, but you can surely order some lovelies and have them delivered. Pwede!

A Momma Abroad