Handmade Lokta Paper Garland- Heart

Handmade Lokta Paper Garland- Heart
We HEART the Handmade Lokta Paper Garland! Use the Handmade Lokta Paper Heart Garland to spread the love; it is a perfect decoration for a party or gift. The colorful Lokta paper is made in the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal. It is made using a traditional process that has been the same for hundreds of years. This process uses very little electricity and involves harvesting bark from the Daphne plant while the plant remains alive. The plant regrows the bark, so the process is entirely sustainable. A women's cooperative, also in Nepal, uses the paper to cut out the hearts. The hearts are then sewn by hand to form a garland that measures approximately 5 1/2 feet. You'll love the Handmade Lokta Paper Heart Garland.

Read more about Lokta papers in our blog post:
"Lokta paper is made from the bark of a Daphne bush, which grows exclusively at the foot of the Himalayan mountains. The inner bark provides extremely long fibers to create paper, which gives Lokta paper a very durable quality. To create the Lokta paper, the bark is striped from a living bush which not only helps the bush to grow, but the bark completely regenerates in six to seven years. (A truly eco-friendly paper!) The inner bark is cooked, beaten down into a wet pulp, and scooped up into paper molds. Color is added to the paper through natural bark and flower based dyes, and this paper never touches chemicals or bleaches. Not only is Lokta paper hand pulled, it is also hand-dyed, hand screen printed, and batiked (stamped with wax) making every sheet unique in color and weight."