Paris Bead Stash

As my niece would say "what the heck?"

What kind of beaded necklace is that?

It's all because of this vintage bead vendor in Paris.

This doesn't look like much, but trust me if you go to the big market north of Paris you would find this bead and ribbon vendor. Their family has had a stall here for over 30 years. They sell beads by the cup. And by cup, I mean teeny tiny cup. One cup is $16 Euros. You can put as many beads in it as you like and people get very crafty layering beads in their cup. I have been coming here once a year for over 7 years. Multiply that by 2-4 cups of beads each time and you can imagine that my bead stash is getting a little unwieldy. Especially since I won't use the beads.

I have them all nicely organized into trays.

Well the trays came out!

I thought I would just make a few loops of these special mementos. One loop into another. It was fun, relaxing and I had three hours of TV to get through.

I didn't want the project to end, so I just kept on looping one set after another.


I used up some of the special beads that I had to dig in the wooden boxes for and only had one or two of.


I finally stopped. A mixed media piece it is. No plan. Just a goal to make a dent in my stash.
I think I could make 6 or 7 more and still have beads left over. No more hoarding.