Kirabo 3 Chunky Handmade Rustic Beaded Single Strand Boho Necklace (Recycled Medical Text Books)

We named these darling, simple to wear single strand necklaces Kirabo which means gift in Luganda (a local language in Uganda). It is also my Ugandan name.  These are bold, chunky, rustic and totally fabulous. I wear them all the time and they often stir up a conversation about the beads. Which is great, as I get to talk about my work. I wear them with a t-shirt and also with a pin stripe suit. Just love the contrast.  The paperbeads for these necklaces are made from recycled, outdated medical text book pages and magazine paper, no two are exactly alike. Some of the text is readable and very visible across the beads. So these could be a perfect gift for a teacher or health care professional. The paperbeads have been made from strips of paper, rolled tightly and then varnished 5 times for durability before being strung into a necklace. This is a very time consuming process. But, it is like making something beautiful from nothing.  There are different shapes of beads in this necklace. Bu