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I always look forward to our trips to Michigan because I know we will come back home with a unique find. Last year we found this amazing paper chandelier, known as pajak in Polish which means spider, at the Polish Art Center in Detroit. It's very old and the colors are just so gorgeous -the photos don't do it justice. Some of the colors have faded from being exposed to light over the years and if you get real close you can see the tips have pastel colors. And if you peer deep down into the curled paper, the deepest color is hidden; it's truly fantastic. It's all handmade with color tissue paper, thread and natural straw.

This is an old tradition that Polish families do during the winter months; then they display them around the house or above the dining table for celebrations. I think is so important to pass on old customs like this one because it's really what makes a country and the world so, so precious. We live in a Polish neighborhood and I have asked some Polish businesses about these chandeliers and people think I'm crazy because they have no idea what I'm talking about. I guess it must be a dying tradition.