After reading N.K. Jemisin's The Broken Kingdoms, - and enjoying it immensely - I made a Madding necklace! With, of course, peridots and aquamarines. (But mostly glass beads. Peridot is expensive! O.O Also, my birthstone. ♥) It turned out longer than I meant it to be, but it's still a nice springlike palette. I tried a new thing - for me - and did ( Read more... )

So...pretty much since I started reading the series(around the same time this community started, actually) I've been wanting to make jewelry for Lauren Willig's The Secret History of the Pink Carnation and its sequels.  More specifically, I wanted to make jewelry for Jane, particularly after one book specifically mentions some of the pieces she ( Read more... )

I've been gathering beads for this necklace for a long time - finally assembled it tonight! \o/
( The Graveyard Book Necklace )

Jewelry making classes in February Tucson Gem Show at J.O.G.S. Affordable prices. Free gift for every student. Sign at www.ArtBeadCircle.com

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Hey guys - below is the text of an email I've been sending out. Feel free to pass this on to your friends and social networks ( Read more... )

The auction we held last year for the Interfictions anthology was partially inspired by this community. I always enjoy seeing your creations and I hope some of you will contribute this year. I know a few who are definitely going to :) And our own qotcpcf is doing the photography.


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ok, i know this is really late {last summer, already?!?!?}, and we haven't been using this community much, but if anyone's still here, i just had to share!
i just finished my own version of the "crystalline bracelet" by abby cross, from the dec '07 issue of bead&button magazine ( Read more... )

My son and I are loving the Percy Jackson Series... and pretty much greek mythology in general. I thought that because there is so much available topics that I could have some fun making charm bracelets for each god / goddess.... these are my 3rd and 4th respectivly ( Read more... )

Not book-related per se (although there will be a chap book to accompany these necklaces published in early 2008 which will also be auctioned), but do take a look at these pretties on my journal? 100% of the money goes to suicide prevention and research.

Hello, this is my first time participating in a book prompt, even though I have been following the community for a while. This is my Dracula inspired necklace.

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