Designs by Punnee
Vendor
Designs by Punnee features authentic, handmade traditional clothing and crafts rooted in Northern Thai Lisu Hill Tribe traditions. Founded by Punnee, a 100% Lisu native raised in a remote Chiangdao hill tribe village, our mission is to transform the incredible skills of Hill Tribe artisans into sustainable income. We proudly support over 500 hill tribe families and individuals back home, empowering them to become self-sufficient through meaningful, lasting work. We specialize in a vibrant selection of hand-crafted fiber arts, including crochet crafts, custom crochet bouquets, crochet flowers, amigurumi animals, handmade dolls, and unique crocheted gifts. We also design custom crochet flowers and bouquets for weddings, proms, and special events, alongside our popular elephant pants, dresses, and traditional accessories.
Punnee is 100% Lisu and was born in the mountains of Chiangdao in a remote Lisu Hilltribe Village. There were no paved roads, no electricity, no running water, no hospitals.
She was raised and lived off the land the same way that the Lisu, a nomadic people have lived for generations.
Social life and most of Punnees childhood memories revolved around food, making clothing & Crafts. In that respect not much has changed over the years.
The shared gathering, preparation and eating, making clothing & crafts is a cornerstones of Lisu Hill-tribe social & family life.
Over the last 20 years as tourism was becoming a large part of Thailands economy they would travel from the mountains to the city to sell their crafts to supplement their farm income.
Household income in the villages average about $500 per year
Punnee hand makes and designs many of the items herself and helps support her family by buying all the crafts they can produce and selling them here in the USA
