Last week I finally made it to the Balloni store here in Cologne for the first time. As the name suggests they carry tons of balloons and other party decorations. But as I discovered they also have a huge selection of beautiful wrapping papers, walls covered with ribbons in every color and design you can imagine, as well as tables filled with wonderful paper goods.
I bought a sheet of this beautiful red Hiawatha paper that you can see in the second photo (btw a new addition to the good life series from NineteenSeventyThree, which I blogged about previously) and am thinking about using it to make a large photoalbum. The wooden toy crocodile also caught my eye. It’s handmade by a local designer and I’ll have to try and find out the name again.
BALLONI
Ehrenfeldgürtel 88-94
50823 Köln
On the Map
Oh wow your blog is GREAT!
Why, why, WHY don’t we have shops like this in the US?!
Oh my god! I was in Köln 3 days ago!!!! I didn´t find any paper shop! I have to note the adress for my next trip. thank you!
@Superkitina Oh no :( I’m sorry. Well you should also bookmark the Handmade Köln Guide, that Etsy just published 2 days ago:
http://www.etsy.de/blog/handmade-koeln
Or if you like me to give you a little tour, let me know!
@Miss B Thanks :)
@fun Frieda I don’t know :(
when i was living in cologne, i lived almost around the corner from the balloni shop. it was an almost weekly stop… just to get some inspiration :-)
Oh, I guess I should be happy to live a bit further away – they have really awesome stuff…