#beads!

[midasinc]

marius! marius my boy! the money (six-hundred-thousand francs) is cosette’s! the (bead money) fortune (made from glass beads) is her’s to live in luxury (glass beads i spent years producing)! marius- you must listen (SIX-HUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS FROM BEADS), this money came from my factory (glass beads) which had great success (bead money made from being better than german black glass) and had grossed (“Berlin Jewelry” my ass) high sums! MARIUS (twelve hundred beads)! you must enjoy this money (bead money from my bead factory), marius!

[itscolossal]

Jeff Rubio Chains Ceramic Beads and Childhood Memory in Giant Lizard Sculptures

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

getting older can be so amazing? you get more familiar with yourself. learn tips & tricks for troubleshooting your own brain. trial & error helps you build routines that minimize discomfort, maximize reward. your preferences/interests don't get set in stone, but you do find out which ones are going to stay with you in the long-term, and which ones are fun but transient joys to appreciate in the moment.

you learn that the world is so much more complex than you were taught, and that that's okay, and that there's an endless supply of things you can learn or watch or experience or think about if you want to. if you're lucky, you loosen up, stop putting so much pressure on yourself. if you're lucky, you learn to recognize that negative inner voice, and whack it with a baseball bat until it hushes up. if you're lucky, you learn to treat yourself gently, not because you are fragile but because you are worthy of gentleness. (i hope you are lucky.)

and some things will change. some things will get better. some things will get good. and maybe you start to recover from the dehumanizing stress of childhood/education. maybe you learn the power of your own autonomy. maybe you learn how to walk away from bad situations (which is a superpower even if you don't realize it yet). and you get to choose your own clothes. and your own food. and which relationships to pursue! and what you do with your free time. and with your life (but don't worry you get to choose that gradually). and that's crazy! and sometimes scary. and extraordinarily, indescribably precious.

[spacewonder19]

Solar Eclipse 2024 © Jason Guenzel

[whimsigothix]

Amethyst bracelet made by Faeriesjewels

[lilislegacy]

i think it’s the most funny and romantic thing ever that they’re so attracted to each other in dangerous/deathly situations. in both those scenes, they are an absolute mess - percy covered in dirt, blood, and spiderwebs, and annabeth covered in muck and sewer water - and yet they find each other so beautiful. they could literally be about to DIE, and yet all they’re thinking is “wow you look so hot right now.” i just love when they percabeth like that. they are so funny.

also. perseus jackson, where the HELL were you going with that thought about the way her beads looked on her throat before you stopped yourself, young man?

[syd9draws]

I'm selling beaded earrings to fundraise to help a Palestinian family evacuate! Please share and donate if you can!

[nearlybanjou]

I bought a bunch of fuse beads and have spent hours over the past few days making different shapes and color palettes but this is the first actual design thing I tried and it’s really cute!

[ericafails]

I'm now at 514 pieces of embellishment (rhinestones, studs, beads) on this baby, not counting the rhinestone trim. Moving on to the front!

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Peter Solarz: ‘Abstract Photography’ (2014)

[dozydawn]

Beaded necklace by Colleen Toland.

[saydesole]

African Waist Beads 

[fashion-runways]

APPLE BEACH BEADS Bra (click to enlarge) if you want to support this blog consider donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways

[pahtoosh]

arts and crafts! arts and crafts!

[annalise-austenne]

Chillax dude its the 90s!!!