More Austen

I feel as though I haven't been producing as many pieces of jewelry as I had been earlier this year, but I'm still at it, adding to my stock little by little! After I made all of those Sherlock Holmes pieces, I made a couple of pieces with random book page beads...which was a lot easier! No searching for names and specific words to use cuts the process of making the beads in half! lol But after those, I did do another book--Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen. I know, I've done lots of Austen, but this book was a request from a friend, and it's my goal to make pieces from all of her books anyway. ;) So, I prepared lots of beads, all of which bear a name or title from the book, and got to work! Here are some pictures of them all...

I made sure every bead had a character name, or the name of a place from the book

I made these 2 bracelets first... simple, but pretty :)

This cuff bracelet was a custom order for a friend. I made it a bit different from my other cuffs, as I strung black beads instead of using chain as the main frame for the bracelet. I like how this one turned out, and I think I'll use this method again next time I made a cuff bracelet. :) 

(A shout out to my friend Cindi who ordered this for her friend as a gift--I'm so grateful to my friends and family for their support!)

And last, but not least... a necklace was a must, of course

So those are my latest Austen additions! I'll post again with other miscellaneous pieces I've made recently. Until then!

My Latest "Literary Fashion" Jewelry

My all-time favourite Jane Austen novel is Persuasion, and I knew it was my friend's favourite too, so it didn't surprise me when she asked if I could make her a bracelet using pages from Persuasion. I got to work right away, and made two different styles. The one made specifically for her is the second bracelet in this batch of photos... the vertical beads; and the horizontal bead bracelet is now in my etsy shop! Next Literary Fashion book beads will be taken from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre! So watch out for those!

I took these few photos on my latest purchase of Persuasion... a gorgeous material binding :)

I was glad to get a few beads that read "Captain," "Elliot," or "Wentworth" on this one ;)

Literary Fashion, Take 2

I wasn't quite happy with the end result of the bracelet I made yesterday, so today I decided to try making the bracelet a little bit different. I used a different kind of chain, with links that were closer together. That made a big difference in itself. I also decided to use two different size beads, which helped make everything fit nicely.

I also decided to put in a large pearl at each end, for a little flair ;) 

I am much happier with the way this looks... I hope you agree!

Even kitty seemed to like it! ;)

Now I can't wait to make more!! 

Literary Fashion

I decided to try a new kind of paper bead, using paper from a book. I wanted to make something for my cousin, so I chose the book Sense & Sensibility (which I had several copies of) and went to it! The beads turned out nicer than I was expecting, to be honest!

I had bought some chain that I thought would be good to use to make the bracelet with, so using that with some head pins, I attached the beads vertically to the chain links. The end result looks like this:

Unfortunately, I'm not totally content with the chain I used...it tends to kink too easily. So I think I will be changing that, and by doing so, putting the beads a bit closer together as well. But at least this gives the basic idea of what I'm aiming for! Hopefully I'll get it perfected soon! Keep your eye out for more "Literary Fashion" jewelry in the future!