The 'Always' Beaded Bracelet
The 'Always' bracelet is meaningful and beautiful piece of jewellery. The bracelet is made of natural amazonite beads and with a leaf shaped brass bead engraved with the word 'always'. Amazonite is a naturally occurring mineral stone with semi opaque colour ways. This bracelet combines the different colours in the beads in a soft feminine form. Every 'Always' bracelet is unique and beautiful with differing beads, however all of the bracelets have the same colour theme, and the same "Always" bead.
- Adult bracelet approximately 17.8cm or 7 inch
- Strong elastic cord
- Natural Amazonite stone beads
- Leaf shaped Brass bead with 'Always' engraving
- Fair Trade
- Handmade in Haiti
The bracelet comes with a lovely label and within are the following words:
”Always” is a powerful word. It's likely we all have that person or those people in our lives that are our “Always” people. As in… to my daughter, you can “always” count on me. And to a friend, I will “always” answer when you call. And that real special friend you can “always” count on me to drive the getaway car!
About the Makers:
Produced by the Jewellery Team of 2nd Story Goods. 2nd Story Goods have been working in Gonaives in Haiti for over 10 years, teaching and nurturing community groups in creating artisan goods from recycled and repurposed goods. They pay all the artisans that work for them a Living Wage, and support 108 children to attend school, not through hand outs, but through dignified fairly paid work.
The Jewellery Team of 2nd Story Goods was the first team to be established. These were mother's to the children in the local school in Gonaives, these mothers learned to make jewellery seated on the hard school children's school benches. These amazing women have become skilled artisans and in growing their skills provide income for their families and are able to keep their children in school. This is life changing and liberating for these children in a nation disordered by political instability and poverty.
In Haiti the stress of day to day life is real and harsh. Most of the products we receive from this poor island is made of substances that are recycled or freely available. The horn is a by product of the meat industry, and the metal in these earrings made from discarded pieces of brass sheets.
Details;
- Ethically made of natural materials.
- These earrings are handmade, and no two pairs are alike
- 7cm long and no more that 1.2cm wide at any point
- Made from Cow Horn and Brass
- Supporting Artisan Jewellery Makers in Haiti
About the Makers:
- a fair, living wage for working people, this is around 5 times as much as women are normally paid in Haiti.
- the lowest price is not always a Fair price
- 2nd Story Goods believe in building a company that benefits the community where it is planted.
- They believe that people that live within a community are best suited to bring positive change for their community, model leadership qualities, and empower upcoming generations.
- They act with hope, dignity, and connectedness in every facet of their business.
All of our products are packaged and shipped to you from our store in Melbourne, Victoria by our small team. We use FSC certified paper bags that are padded with recycled paper pulp. When your products don't fit in one of our parcel bags, we try and reuse boxes that have been sent to us.
Postage is $12.00 flat rate, 15.00 for express in Australia, $15.00 flat rate for New Zealand and FREE POSTAGE for orders over $200.00*.
We usually ship your order within 2 business days through Australia Post. Express Post is also available and can be selected at checkout.
Hampers
*When ordering more than one hamper or gift pack you will need to fill out our order form where you will then be contacted by our staff with a postage quote.
Gift Wrapping
We will happily gift wrap products for an extra $2. This can be added at checkout along with a short note to the person receiving the gift.
When purchasing multiple products don't forget to include in your order notes if you would like the products to be wrapped separately or all together. Around Christmas time, please specify if it is a Christmas gift or not so we can choose the wrapping paper accordingly.
Our products are a curated selection of intentional and purposeful items which work towards alleviating global issues and inequities. Many of our products hold Fair Trade Certifications from the World Fair Trade Organisation, Fair Trade Australia & New Zealand as well as sustainable textile certifications such as the GOTS Certification. Read more about our product selection process here.