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Ann-Made jewelry is made from reused aluminum can pop tops.Photo courtesy of Ann-Made

by Debra Atlas

It glitters, it makes us feel good. Now jewelry can be eco-friendly, too.

I came across beautiful, handcrafted jewelry from Ann-Made Art made from recycled soda can tabs. It's artistic-looking, classy, fun.

Designer Ann Skydell Harmon was a special education / art teacher working with New Jersey inner-city kids. Wanting to make something valuable from something ordinary, in 2007 she handcrafted Christmas bracelets from recycled pop tops for her colleagues. They went wild over them! A subsequent gallery show sold 300 bracelets and a cottage industry was born......

Read more at -  http://www.redding.com/news/2009/nov/22/distinctly-green-aluminum-can-pop-tops-become/