Market in Stockholm

This is a long overdue post and finally as promised, here is an update from my stall in Kungsträndgården in the heart of Stockholm. It was a fantastic day with hoards of crowd pouring in to enjoy the India day, with yoga, cultural activities, food and things to buy.

This is the picture of my table.Notice the sign at the upper right corner of the picture?

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I loved making this sign. I had some real boxes and brochures stuck to the board and a real necklace and earrings made with paper also on the board. Quite a few people were attracted to my stall looking at this board as it highlighted the recycling concept of my handmade jewelley and you could see the fascination in their faces.

I had my tools and beads out too as I was also doing the demo of how I make my jewellery.

I also had made my own display for jewellery using an old box, toilet rolls and some cloth. I found the jewellery hanger in a thrift shop. The paper beads jewellery and paper jhumkas on display.

Some more paper bead earrings and quilling earrings. These were a colourful array of paper bead earrings and a crowd puller and quite a hit. I had then with gold, silver and copper wires.

My paper bead bracelets. again these were very loved and the display is self made with kitchen towel cardboard rolls and cloth covering them.

Some of the sets that I had made and on sale. 

It was a great experience and an amazing feeling to see the love and respect for handmade products here in Stockholm.

Paper bead jewellery sets

I love to wear my paper bead jewellery with pride when ever I am meeting friends. Recently I wore this set to a party and when talk got around to my unique jewellery, I explained that the beads were made with a recycled cornflakes box. In this era of recycling, you can imagine the excitement this created. Everyone wanted to find out how I made it and if I take orders!

So these are the 2 sets that I made with one cornflakes box.

The green and red one was the first one that I tried. I applied the paint after making the beads. It is a bit noisy and loud in color, but not bad for a first try. And with a matching dress it goes quite well.

This is the set that I mentioned in the beginning of the post that I had worn to the party. Here I painted the edges in copper colour before rolling the strips. I have also used semi precious turquoise gemstone beads to complement the paper / cardboard beads. I love the colours here and the royal touch that the turquoise beads are lending.

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