A Bookworm Creates

I was scanning the Etsy discussion board while waiting for my photos to transfer over to my google drive when I saw a post from years ago that somebody had unearthed. It was about destroying books to make items. We all know that I have been making book page necklaces. If you don't know that, go scan my Etsy shop (Shopify has been taken down for... reasons...). You will see book page necklace after book page charm bracelet after book page necklace. Lots and lots of book themed pieces. If you follow my instagram you will know that it's a combination of old and new books. I cringe every single time I use a new book to make jewelry. I cringe and my book loving heart stops as I tearfully scan the pages looking for the word or name I'm looking for. The right scene. The right place. I prefer using old copies. Those old copies that are falling apart and are sitting at the used bookstore waiting for somebody to buy them, but are overlooked because of their condit...

Ever wonder what your favorite etsy shops do when they get orders? Probably not.  Some have everything preassembled/made. Some deal with custom orders. As evidenced by the first photo, not everything is preassembled. Most of my charm bracelets are assembled unless it's a repeat order like the Percy Jackson charm bracelets tend to be.   Instead the charms are sorted. A chain is added. It all goes into a small ziplock bag.  Then I wait knowing how many I have available to make and sell. Sometimes I talk in short, choppy sentences.  When one gets ordered I find the relevant baggie and dump everything in my work surface. Charms are lined up in order. Jump rings are pulled out of my supply box. My trusty green mini pilers are located. I settle in for the five minutes it takes to assemble. It takes longer to design the charm bracelet. Hours - literally hours - are gone into planning, finding, and buying charms. These particular charms, and th...