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Amy Pfaffman is an artist and designer who makes gorgeous jewelry pieces from the most unlikely items.  She has a huge range of materials that she works with from resistors to coffee beans and everything you never ever imagined in between.

One line that I found particularly stunning was the assortment of jewelry that she makes from plastic used in architectural applications.  Between the two layers of used plastic, she sandwiches a selection of materials to make graphic and beautiful patterns.  Even the materials between the plastic is made up of 40% post-industrial reclaimed materials.  This is then cut into small pieces to be used in her jewelry.

This line of recycled plastic jewelry includes rings, bracelets, necklaces, bobby pins and earrings.  It’s nearly impossible to tell just what exactly the pieces are made from just by looking at them.  All you see is their beauty shining through in the array of colors and shapes intricately laid out between the recycled plastic.  Absolutely stunning!  Any of these pieces would make a great gift for Valentine’s Day or any other reason…or maybe even no reason at all.

Green Colored Glasses will most definitely be featuring this designer again and again.  I definitely recommend checking out Amy Pfaffman’s site to see some more of her amazing creations.  There is also a list of places where her work can be purchased in person or online.

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Looking for a great eco-friendly gift for a music lover on your list?  Check out the site Wear Your Music.  It’s a really cool project that reuses old guitar strings that would normally be headed for the trash and makes jewelry out of them.  Even better, a lot of the proceeds from these bracelets go to charity!

The fashion bracelets like the one shown above from pink guitar string, come in a huge range of colors.  They’re available for only $10 each or 10 bracelets for $70.  They are made from used guitar strings and a portion of the proceeds go to charities that support music.  These would make great gifts or stocking stuffers for friends (or yourself).  You could buy the 10 pack and give everyone one or two each.  They look great with a couple stacked on top of each other on the wrist and fit all sizes.  This bracelet supports music, charity and the environment.

Even cooler are the artist bracelets.  These bracelets are hand made out of recycled silver and used guitar strings donated by dozens and dozens of different artists of every genre.  100% of the profits of these bracelets are donated to an artist chosen charity and are listed on the site.  There’s some great charities benefiting from these sales though — Unicef, Rock against Cancer, Peta, Michael J. Fox Parkinson’s Research Foundation, 1% for the Planet, Rock the Earth and many other great causes.

They have some great artists available in a huge variety of price ranges.  The silver bracelet shown above is one of James Hetfield’s strings.  His charity of choice is Music Cares.  At $250 for each bracelet, it’s a very cool Metallica souvenir that benefits charity and the planet.  Kinda expensive but I do love Metallica!!

There’s lots of other artists like Carrie Underwood, Avril Lavigne, Dolly Parton, Ziggy Marley, Pete Townsend and even the Naked Cowboy!  Many of the artists I’ve heard of before and many I haven’t.  There’s a big price range difference…The least expensive is a $50 string bracelet from Yuto Miyazawa who is the world’s youngest professional guitar player in the Guinness Book of World Records.  The most expensive is Eric Clapton’s silver bracelet at $500.  Very, very cool!  Worth checking this site out.  It’s full of big names, little names and everything in between with the money going to a host of great causes.

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