Monday, April 14, 2008

All that glitters

Should I say I have organic and sustainable earrings? My earrings and my purse below are not made of gold. They are made of golden grass, a plant that has this unique and natural gold color.


Golden grass can be found only in in the Amazon region of Brazil, in a place called Jalapão, and is harvested only once a year. The artisans make beautiful earrings, handbags and other items.

This is my entry for the Project Yellow at Anna's blog!

10 comments:

Anna said...

What a beautiful handbag...

sonia a. mascaro said...

Just beautiful, Cris!
I have many photos from Jalapão and someday I will post this amazing place with wonderful crafts!
Many hugs!

Gina said...

Gorgeous bag..beautifully made! Loving your yellow pics :O)

Connie Peterson said...

I love the work on the handbag. The earrings are awesome!! I love hand woven things - golden grass sounds awesome!!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful pictures Cris! Great entries for Project Yellow! I have my Project Yellows up.

Paula said...

Wonderful handbag ~ really interesting info about the golden grass. I am really enjoying your yellow pictures...

Carletta said...

I love the first one!

Tammy said...

Golden grass earrings...how beautiful!
And love your handbag, too!

Cláudia said...

Cris, adorei os brincos de capim dourado e a sua bolsa já tinha visto é super linda. Por causa da luminosidade, a foto não sai tão dourada como ela é!

bjs

Chica, Cienna, and Cali said...

more precious than gold, for sure...