Take a virtual step into the Echos of Spring Shop on Etsy and you will find yourself surrounded by unique, fun and fresh, beaded creations. Gemstones and Swarovski crystals pair up with sterling silver and unexpected found objects in these one-of-a-kind handmade designs that reflect Echos love of color and symbolism.
Green Valley Bracelet
Purple Amethyst and Pearl Lariat Necklace
Chic and modern earrings!
Green Valley Bracelet
Purple Amethyst and Pearl Lariat Necklace
Here is a blurb from Echos Etsy profile, please stop by and check out her amazing shop, Echos of Spring, and get to know her a bit more:
An engineer by profession, jewelry making is my passion. Jewelry design and creation helps me find relief from a fast paced techno-savvy hectic day and lets me reconnect to my feminine creative side. Honestly, I cannot keep from buying the beautiful and gorgeous beads when I visit the beads stores. I tend to use local bead stores for all my jewelry supply needs and my favorite materials for jewelry making is silver and copper. I love chunky pieces of jewelry in an outfit balanced appropriately with some lighter and quieter ones. Through this shop, I strive to make available to you fun and flirty handmade jewelry created with quality raw material that would prove to be perfect accessory for your wardrobe and style. May the colors of spring always echo in your wardrobe throughout the year with these colorful handmade jewelry.
Where to find Echos of Spring:
Etsy
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QuellyRue
Hip hip hip horaay! Today my homeland Ghana celebrates her 53rd anniversary of independence!
On this day March 6, 1957, Ghana became the first nation in sub-Sahara Africa to gain independence, with the memorable words ushered by great Pan-Africanist and founder of Ghana Dr. Kwame Nkrumah:
"At long last, the battle has ended. Ghana--our beloved country--is free forever!
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And yet again I want to take the opportunity to thank the chiefs and people of this country, the youth, the farmers, the women who have so nobly fought and won this battle. Also I want to thank the valiant ex-service men who have so co-operated with me in this mighty task of freeing our country from foreign rule and imperialism. And as I pointed out... I made it quite clear that from now on – today – we must change our attitudes, our minds, we must realise that from now on, we are no more a colonial but a free and independent people. But also, as I pointed out, that also entails hard work. That new African is ready to fight his own battles and show that after all, the black man is capable of managing his own affairs. We are going to demonstrate to the world, to the other nations, that we are prepared to lay our own foundation. Our own African identity As I said in the assembly just minutes ago, I made a point that we are going to create our own African personality and identity. It's the only way that we can show the world that we are ready for own own battles. But today, may I call upon you all - that on this great day, let us all remember that nothing in the world can be done unless it's had the purport and support of God. We have won the battle and we again re-dedicate ourselves ... Our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa. Let us now fellow Ghanaians, let us now ask for God's blessing and for only two seconds in your thousands and millions, I want to ask you to pause only for one minute and give thanks to almighty God for having led us through our difficulties, imprisonments, hardships and suffering to have brought us to the end of our trouble today. One minute silence. Ghana is free forever and here I will ask the band to play the Ghana national anthem." Reshaping Ghana's destiny I am depending upon the millions of the country, and the chiefs and people, to help me to reshape the destiny of this country. We are prepared to pick it up and make it a nation that will be respected by every nation in the world. We know we are going to have difficult beginnings, but again, I'm relying upon your support, I'm relying upon your hard work. Seeing you in this… it doesn't matter how far my eye goes, I can see that you are here in your millions and my last warning to you is that you are to stand firm behind us so that we can prove to the world that when the African is given a chance he can show the world that he is somebody! We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world.”
Happy Independence Day Ghana, and may God continue to bless you!
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QuellyRue