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Bees are abuzz in these petite silver earrings featuring lively details and amber drops of honey. The post-style earrings also carry a message about the plight of wild bees and their dwindling populations. Mexican artisan Flora Maria crafts the pair with elegant detail, and completes the silver with an oxidized finish. Save the Bees!

The alluring beauty of amber is captured in this beautiful necklace from Mahavir in India. A glowing piece of amber centers a sterling silver pendant with a butterfly motif. Evoking a captivating sunlit garden, the pendant flutters on a cable chain.

Due to the natural, organic origin of amber, please expect variations in color. Amber is a solidified resin which may contain fragments of fossilized plants, a testimony to its authenticity.

Flora Maria captures the spirit of freedom and transformation of dragonflies in this delicate pair of earrings. She handcrafts two dragonfly shapes from 925 sterling silver and decorates them with a pair of cylindrical amber beads and two small round amethysts.

Due to the natural, organic origin of amber, please expect slight variations in color and size. Since amber is a solidified resin, there may be remnants of plants and insects fossilized within — which only proves its authenticity.

Flora Maria was born into a family of jewelers and decided to continue with the family craft after studying architecture.She currently runs her own workshop and enjoys mixing contemporary designs with traditional techniques in her pieces.

Using the "lost wax" casting technique, Mexico's Flora Maria creates these delightful dangle earrings. The sterling silver turtle earrings feature beads of peridot and natural amber below.

Absconding with faceted crimson garnets and beads of natural amber, two swallows are delightful. Flora Maria in Mexico designs the sterling silver dangle earrings, with each bird flying in a different direction.