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by Yuka Yoneda

The Circle Cascade is a bold bib necklace made of carefully carved Tagua nuts

If, as a child, you ever picked through shrubbery for the perfect berry to adorn your crown of wildflowers, you’ll be able to appreciate the Andean Collection’s bright and bold jewelry made from smooth, lustrous seeds. Although they’re almost as natural as the grassy creations of our childhoods, these necklaces, bracelets, and earrings have a modern flair that can add just the right amount of colorful interest to an outfit. And even though these polished pieces are made from the kernels of trees indigenous to South America, you can feel good knowing that the fair-trade company’s mission to carve a “path out of poverty” for Ecuadorean artisans is anything but seedy......

Read more at -  http://www.ecouterre.com/3276/the-andean-collection-natures-jewels-provide-better-life-for-women-in-ecuador/