Hand Crafted Paper Bead Earrings

I hand crafted the paper to make the beads for these earrings. 

To color the paper: I used water, enamel paint, and Borax. It sort of Tye Dyed the paper. After it dried,  I cut and rolled the paper around square toothpicks to make the beads and sealed them with modpodge (not sure on spelling). The post earrings are hypoallergenic and there are plastic black and metal silver beads to accentuate and fill the earrings. Each pair is one of a kind and won’t be duplicated.