Jewelry artist Tiffany Hamilton’s passion is ever growing – peaking through the the dirt…rising, sprouting. “Beans are more than special, they are life changing,” says the 32 year old self proclaimed bean artist.
The idea of merging beans with jewelry came during a pretty mundane activity. “I was watching a music awards show and the BlackEye Peas had just performed.” Tiffany tells us. “I thought to myself ‘how cool would it be to have a blackeye pea bracelet?’” It took Tiffany 2 and half years before the idea became reality. “I put my faith in God and now String Beans Inc. is a full natural dry bean jewelry line.”
Tiffany describes her bean jewelry as durable, eco friendly and highly sustainable. “Beans live in a dry state unless you add water. I have come up with a process that seals the dry state of the bean and allows it to be water resistant so that it doesn’t decay.”
Tiffany says everybody has a story about beans, maybe how they were forced to eat them or even play with them. These days she hears them often, she’s nicknamed them “bean stories.”
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6 comments
Pepper says:
Sep 27, 2011
Beans…ha!….My grandmother used to force beans down our throats. Lima beans, kidney beans, black eyed peas….Recently, my mother finally confessed to her after 51 years that her beans are bland and tasteless…..Whyyyyyyyy! Whyyyyyy would you say that Mommy!?!?!?!?!
Needless to say, my grandmother came up for a visit about a month ago. We were all set to go out for dinner (crab legs and lobster…yummm) and at the last minute my grandmother said she would prefer to cook. After pleading and whining, we stayed in. My grandmother cooked lima beans with neckbones, rice, and baked chicken. The beans….those beans…..were salty enough to raise my blood pressure ten times over. They wrangled me into a migraine and 2 day food fast.
Lesson learned: Never tell grandma her food tastes bad, she’ll only make it worse.
TIF says:
Sep 27, 2011
@Pepper, I really enjoyed your “bean story” for what its worth, its priceless. Grandmothers are truely angels for us to cherish in anyway we can.
GOODLUCK
TIF
Lynn says:
Sep 30, 2011
Wow, I love the jewelry! My bean story…… My family is from Louisiana, yep thats right…land for RED beans and rice. As a teen my family and I lived in Florida, where we were introduced to BLACK beans and rice. On time my grandparents came to visit us in Florida, and I thought it would be fun if my mom and I made black beans for them. To this day my grandmother REFUSES to eat black beans, and blames me for the worst case of gas she’s ever had in her life. lol.
Tif says:
Sep 30, 2011
@Lynn, thanks:) Thats funny, I love red, and black beans and rice, and from my experience they both give you gas. lol
GOODLUCK
TIF
saniel says:
Oct 22, 2011
beans are very high in protein and there are so many combinations of recipes you can find. I did know you could use seeds but not for beans for jewelry. great idea
Tif says:
Oct 22, 2011
@Saniel, thanks, its truly a gift grom God.:)