Macrame Necklace: Amazon Ivory with Desert Fossil Stone

September 1, 2009

This necklace features an amazing stone from the Mexican desert with fossilized shells, that blend into different designs open to one’s unique interpretation. This fossil stone is polished into a circular shape, and conserves its natural colors. Topped with a stunning vegetable ivory Tagua seed that I picked in the picturesque town of Jipi Japa [...]

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Macrame Seed and Stone Magic Fairy Necklace

August 31, 2009

A gorgeous orange Tagua seed, with two shiny seeds from the delicious fruit of the gum tree, and a mysterious looking dark smoked agate stone with an orangish center wrapped in macrame, brought together by a design of brown and orange tones of linen, give life to a special fairy. It is hanging from a [...]

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Macrame Amazonite Forest Necklace

August 31, 2009

This necklace features a watery agate stone from Brazil that displays various shades of green and turquoise, surrounding a center of light. The centerpiece stone is wrapped in green and brown linen, with amazonite stones embedded in the diamond shaped macrame design (double half hitch knot). The same pattern is followed in the rest of [...]

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Macrame Necklace: Shells down the hill

August 31, 2009

A beautiful honey brown agate stone with white strikes circling it, is wrapped by the top with brown linen, and combined with two shells that hang on each side. The closely knotted macrame design is made mostly with brown linen, discovering some areas of apple green linen. It is [...]

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Macrame Purple Agate Drop with Amethyst Necklace

August 31, 2009

A smoky agate (has a tiny plant in it!) covered with purple macrame knotting, hanging from a necklace of beautiful amethyst stones.
To clasp the necklace insert the acai seeds (from the Amazon) into the bead opening. The necklace can be washed with gentle soap and a soft brush. It can be used in [...]

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San Jose Raindrop Macrame Necklace

August 4, 2009

Many hours of knotting during rainy days in San Jose… my new home is a very rainy place, that means plenty of indoor hours listening to the the hypnotizing sounds of the raindrops falling to the ground… This is what I tried to express in this necklace. Seriously, it rained so much, every single [...]

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How I Got Into Macrame And Making Natural Jewelry

February 1, 2009

Hello, I am Daniela Chavez. I have been creating jewelry from natural materials for the past six years. I first started making handmade jewelry after I finished college to help support my dream of traveling. For six years I traveled all around throughout the US, Central and South America, selling my jewelry in the streets, [...]

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