small earrings

Small rectangles are meticulously painted by hand with tiny flowers to represent the fine women's huipil dresses of San Antonio Palopó in Guatemala. It is Meliza Tzay's homage to the culture of this community located in Guatemala. The earrings swing from sterling silver hooks.

These leaf-shaped earrings will remind you of the fantastical beauty of nature. These open center, multicolored beaded dangles are handcrafted by members of the Pearls of the Sea Youth Group from El Salvador, young women in a small island community. They swing from sterling silver hooks.

Cunning kingfishers dangle from beaded buttons in shades of yellow and green in these whimsical earrings designed by India's Radhika. The birds are attached by way of brass loops and feature round and tubular glass beads in shades of yellow, orange and red with small rows of sequins for contrast. The beads are stitched together on a base of yellow velvet and dangle freely from brass earring posts.

On a mission to combat poverty in her small village and create opportunities for women in her community, Guatemalan artisan Mirian Zet dedicates herself to creating beaded jewelry as a means of income and generating employment for others around her. Growing up on the shores of breathtaking Lake Atitlan, Mirian took inspiration from the wildlife and forest that blankets the Guatemalan highlands. Turning her love of nature into art, Mirian crafts these extravagant waterfall earrings inspired by the striking macaws that soar through the pure mountain air, utilizing red, yellow, black and white glass beads on sterling silver hooks.

Small rectangles are meticulously painted by hand to represent the fine women's huipil dresses of San Juan La Laguna, then hung on 925 sterling silver hooks. It is Meliza Tzay's homage to the indigenous culture of this community located in Guatemala.