Tuesday 10 May 2011

Afrosplendia

Oooooh I've found some more scweet tricks up my wonder web sleeves ... Rachel Stewart is a american based Jewellery web company, fortunately for us they ship world wide! Shipping to the UK is $5.00 - using todays exchange rate thats just over £3.00 which is pretty competitive !

Rachel Stewart is a mother who started her jewelery business about 3 years ago after redundancy. Checkout her standout statement jewelry, they emit such positive vibes. See below my fav pieces....


Black & Yellow $30. 00 ( now I've got Wiv Kalif stuck in me head )

The Black & Yellow earrings are particularly my favourite as they represent the sun! It just makes me smile.


DUAFE Earrings available in Wood, Silver or Gold  - $28.00
Gold Dwennimmen Adinkra $31.00


Leaving the best till last . I heart these so much not just because they ooze strength, a wicked sense of the 1990's Queen Latifah vibe. This is an Adinkra symbol - originting from the Gold Coast, Ghana whooo my mother country. Adinkra are symbols that represent concepts or sayings. These symbols are used a lot in African cloth as logos, design and used in Sculture.

Dwennimmen (Ram's Horn) - symbol of humility together with strength

There are a phenomenal amount of adinkra symbols which date back to the mid 1920's, probably a lot earlier, it would literally take a book for me to write about ... so I won't speak much more on this .
This specific symbol resides in my childhood home which also has pride of place nice and neatly in my heart.



Click Here to look at her other goodies, happy shopping....


Ciao for Now :0)

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