This is the 3rd design that has come in to participate in our Jewerly Making Contest and win our packages of Tagua Beads. I am posting the artwoks as they come in, trying to be fair to all the contestants.

Since the first of October the straw hat has been exhibited in the MoMa (Museum of Modern Art in New York) museum. This is erroneously known as Panama Hat. Its true origin is from Ecuador. 

4th design that has come in to participate in our March’s Jewerly Making Contest and win our packages of Tagua Beads.

The trade promotion entity Pro Ecuador, in collaboration with the Hong Kong firm Yee Fung Hong, is carrying out an intensive promotion activity this year in Tagua, a subtropical tree nut that has been nicknamed "vegetable ivory" for its whiteness and hardness.

We are starting to accept the artworks to participate in our April bead giveaway.

The Montecristi hat mistakenly known as the Panama Hat is woven by Ecuadorian hands. Montecristi is the center where these handmade hats are found. Weavers take between 1 to 6 months to weave a fine hat.

The pleasure is in the repetition. Our friend  Divya Sreekumar has emailed us these beautiful bead jewellry to give another shot into our Jewerly Making Contest, July’s Giveaway, and win $20-worth of  Tagua Beads.

Three days ago, our friend Naz of Coffee Lovah sent us an email with pictures of all the beaded jewelry she elaborated with the tagua beads won in our April Giveaway.

There is an infinity of handmade jewelry, made with various natural materials. These are recognized for their color, size, quality and purity of materials. The ecological ivory or tagua is a durable material for making handmade jewelry.

In Ecuador, the workshop schools are an alternative craft training and working, oriented to men and women over 15 years, generally of scarce resources

For more than a century, Montecristi Hats or Panama Hats have captivated important personalities and tourists around the world with their style and elegance.

Check this interview and look what our last winner Siobhán Keogh did with the tagua beads she won in our last giveaway!