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Country: Canada
City: Edmonton
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A bracelet to raise awareness
Miller, a Squamish resident, has had an interesting journey with her three different livers and was recently chosen by the Canadian Liver Foundation (CLF) to design a bracelet to help support the organization. Her combination of jewelry creativity and firsthand experience with liver disease made her an obvious candidate.
"I got to know the regional director of the CLF and brought one of my bracelets to one of their events last November," said Miller, adding that she makes all the bracelets by hand. "They liked my work and wanted to use it nationally. After some tweaking we came up with the final product."
The finished product became a series of liver-inspired sterling silver links with a charm on the end. Both Miller and the CLF are thrilled with the final product.
Read more at: http://www.squamishchief.com/article/20110506/SQUAMISH0501/305069955/-1/SQUAMISH/a-bracelet-to-raise-awareness