Stone Dot Earrings

Helenice is a lovely woman that has a cart in Praça da Sé (close to the Pelourinho, the historic center of Salvador) and sells your not-your-everyday-capim-durado (also known as “golden grass”). She is always coming out with new and different pieces of high quality and knows her stuff. My husband is the one that gets all of the credit for “finding” Helenice. He knew I didn't want to sell run-of-the-mill pieces, saw her stuff, and stopped to talk to her. He liked her and what he saw, and since I was out of the country he messaged me on WhatsApp and sent me some photos. I asked him to buy a sample from her so I could see the quality when I arrived. My husband has good taste (after all, he married me!), so of course I liked what he bought, so when I got back to Salvador we went to go meet her. Helenice was indeed as lovely as Bira had said, and her stuff was just as high-quality and unique. She is now my go-to person for golden grass jewelry and I’m thrilled to be working with her. So while there are there are lots of artisans that sell golden grass handcrafts, but not everyone does it as uniquely or as well as Helenice and she is now my go-to person for golden grass jewelry.  I’m thrilled to be working with her.