Handcrafted paper beads from Uganda.
Paper beads are created by rolling various lengths andcolors of paper strips around a tiny toothpick. The beads are then varnished several times before they become the fashionable necklaces, earrings, and bracelets we have come to love.
Paper beads are a great way to accessorize some the global fashion trends we are seeing this season, and when you pick a Noonday Collection piece like this one, your purchase has the power to lift artisans like Bukenya and Coral up and out of poverty and give them beautiful opportunities they might not have had otherwise: a home, furniture, a wedding, and prenatal care. All because they learned to roll beads out of strips of paper. What a beautiful story.
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