Not only is every fashion girl (thanks, Who What Wear) wearing hand painted jewelry, but there’s a good reason! Hand-painted jewelry is on-trend for a mil other reasons. How many etsy or local artisans are you so in love with? The vibe you get by making a purchase, knowing that it was created by hand, is where it’s at. Giving back to society. Fair trade. Showing support for artists versus mass-producing machines. Hand-painted jewelry = Fashion done like a boss!
Discovered a gem, ladies. A jewelry label inspired by intricate and detailed folk art from dozens of different countries around the world. Each piece of jewelry has a story – and each one is unique. No more “Twinning” fashion moments. MAEI Jewelry.
You will not-even-believe how the jewelry from MAEI is created. Take a seat. Listen to this… The artists who create each jewelry piece start out by chopping a ball of wood. Ahem – chopping a ball of wood. Next, they rub those ball of wood pieces with sandpaper until smooth. Next, they round them to make them the exact size for the type of jewelry being created. This DIY is serious. Once that chopping and smoothing and sizing of wood is done, they paint EACH bead in a base color. After that – the beads are then passed on to a master artisan. These artisans paint a design, by hand, on each bead. EACH bead. HAND painted. Not done yet – there’s more. Once each bead has been hand painted by the master artisan, they are varnished.
Fact: each bead takes around 3 hours to create.
Math Pop Quiz: If you are wearing a MAEI bracelet with 13 beads on it – how many hours did it take to create?
Answer: The bracelet took over 40 hours to create. By hand.
Inspiration of each (obviously unique) piece of MAEI jewelry come from travels and visits from all around the world.
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*Loved partnering with MAEI jewelry for this post…but as always, all opinions are my own.
Wow! That’s truly special. I love handmade jewelry and it’s even more awesome when it’s hand painted. I can’t imagine people doing this for 40 hours. You know it’s special when so much effort is put into it. It’s definitely a must have, not only will you be in the trend, you’ll help out local artists as well. Beautiful!
I love handpainted stuff. These bracelets are adorable. Forty hours of work for 1 bracelet is amazing.
Beautiful and elegant! It treated carefully with high art design since the first process. Amazing! Your photos are gorgeous as well.
Oh those are beautiful and so unique, I am amazed at the talent of these artisans! I love too that they slip on and don’t have clasps that are hard for me to put on.
Karen. Seriously beautiful work. I love artists! Thank you for sharing, checking them out for potential stocking stuffers for my daughter, and maybe a piece for me, too!
Wow these are so pretty and the effort that goes into each one makes them even more special! Love it!
Such pretty bracelets. I am beginning to think of Christmas gifts and I can see my daughter wearing a few of these. So glad you shared about them.
Such beautiful bracelets and the amount of work and detail that go into each one is impressive. I love finding companies like this for gifts.
Those are so darling and have such detail, I love them with the jeans and sweater too! What a cute accessory.
Those beads are stunning!!! I love how beautifully they pop against the neutral beige sweater. Great fall outfit btw!
These are lovely! They add a nice pop of color! I love anything hand crafted.
I can’t believe it takes 40 hours to create one bracelet. That is insane. It reminds me that the price for handmade items reflects all the love that is put into them! I love the way they look with your bright pink nail polish!
Those are a cute jewelry. I want to have one of these and I love the beautiful design
These are really beautiful. Incredible that they take over 40 hours to make, that’s a lot of hard work!
Handmade jewelry is one of my most favorite things. I have so many beautiful pieces and just keep adding to my collection!!! I guess I need to add one more!
These are gorgeous! I love handmade jewelry, it’s something special.
It’s incredible how much craftsmanship goes into each bead. I think this makes the bracelet’s even more special and worth having. I have a few pieces of handmade jewelry and they are always my favorites to wear.
Those are gorgeous! Out of all jewelry, bracelets are most definitely my favorite! I will have to look into these, they look like they would make great Christmas gifts!
Omg how fabulous are these bracelets!!!!!!! Just love the coloring! Plus they match your polish perfectly 🙂