Category: Sports & Outdoors Vendor: Handmade by Neide Ambrosio Ships from Brazil within 10 days 
Product Description : NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, offers thousands of limited edition and one-of-a-kind gifts, jewelry, and home decor treasures handmade by master artists and artisans throughout the world. Neide Ambrosio presents a delightful backpack-style purse with chic, modern styling. Combining bright red silky threads with gleaming aluminum, she crochets the piece by hand. By recycling pop-tops, she makes a pledge for environmental responsibility. Artisan Info: "I still cannot believe how life can be so unpredictable and have everything change from one day to another. I am from Sao Paolo, and when I retired I moved to Rio de Janeiro because my husband is a singer, and Rio offers better career opportunities. At the time, my husband was very busy because he wanted to further his career in this new city and it wasn't easy, so I spent all my time alone. I was getting bored and feeling useless. I was unhappy and I didn't have any friends so I was alone all the time. "One of my friends in Sao Paolo was sick and I was going over to visit her, so I wanted to bring her a present. I went walking all over Rio looking for an original and I came upon an arts and crafts fair where I saw a woman making belts using recycled objects. I fell in love with that belt and I started talking with the woman. I confided how difficult it was for me to adapt to Rio, and she felt compassion for me. She said that she would teach me how to crochet and use recycled objects, so that this could became a
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