Atitlán Beaded Medallion Jewelry Beauty & Wellness Then a fair trade embroidery

Then a fair trade embroidery group of Zapotec women embellish the neckline by hand

Such a classic style looks great with just about everything

They say that pieces of it still wash up on Baltic shores today

now a conversation-starting window onto our ancient past

it really is a birdhouse

Atitlán Beaded Medallion Jewelry Beauty & Wellness Then a fair trade embroideryYou never know where a compliment will go. One day a woman near Lake Atitln, Guatemala, admired another womans handmade beaded earrings. Not long after, the two had formed a workshop and launched a successful cottage industry among the artisans of the local Tzutujil Maya community. Glass seed beads, Czech fire polished glass crystals, and, in the necklace, a lapis stone cabochon evoke the colors of the Guatemalan highlands.