SisterBang and I love these grass beads. I’m wearing some today with a black tee-shirt. I like to wear about eight strands around my neck and add a necklace with a pendant (like the one I’m wearing right now, a silver circle that says “FAITH-HOPE-LOVE” on it) that hangs slightly below the cascading beads.
I get my beads from a local woman who has a tiny indigenous art boutique and who trades directly with the African women who make them. She charges $8 per strand and my sister and I are collecting various colors slowly. The woman at my local boutique taught me how to twist them, wrap them, and have a lot of fun with them. I’m a big fan.
They’re a great way to add color to any outfit. SisBang often wears a bunch around her wrist. I think that might look cool on the more bohemian-type dudes, too.