TBeads' Blog

Artisans in the Andes - Fair trade direct from Ecuador

Published: 04-19-2013 12:29pm

Come visit my new shop: ArtisansintheAndes.com Fair trade and lovingly made! I moved to Ecuador from Canada in 2012, looking for a new adventure in life. Ecuador is an amazing country. I live with my family in the Andes mountains in a small town called Cotacachi. The towns around Cotacachi are full of artisans, there are many tiny work rooms that produce lovely leatherwork, jewelry and handloomed textiles. I started ArtisansintheAndes.com to bring some of these items to the world wide market. Right now I am focusing the new shop on jewelry made with tagua nuts and acai seeds from the Amazon jungles. The jewelry is made by local ind... » Read More