Many times when we are working with the Maasai we watch the women sitting around in groups doing their beadwork. I imagine the same with these beads - women sitting around conversing about their lives with treasured friends while their hands are busy working away on these colorful recycled magazine beads.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
New TRIBAL CHIC Line w/ Paper Beads from AFRICA
These earrings were inspired by my LOVE for AFRICA. I picked many of the beads up on one of the outreach trips our family went on to Tanzania & Kenya. Some of the others were purchased through Fair-Trade from women in Kenya.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Bottle caps & Beads from AFRICA
Ahhhh...Aren't these a refreshing sight? When I see them they make me think of the children in Africa. Everywhere we would go while on our outreach we would collect these little discarded waste items. There were a few times the locals would look at us and think... "Those crazy Mzungus" (tourists). Although I am not sure the name really fit, most of the time we were not participating as tourists... we were out doing real life with the people of Africa. From the crowded, mucky slums to the dry desert Maasailand.
Well these little earrings are for sale in my etsy shop. I have several colors & types - with more to come.
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