http://www.novelprops.com Curiosities and wonders inspired by the writings of others. Sun, 02 May 2010 02:44:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.novelprops.com/2009/09/where-the-wild-beads-are/ http://www.novelprops.com/2009/09/where-the-wild-beads-are/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:50:38 +0000 Tiffany http://www.novelprops.com/?p=49 A couple of years ago The Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy.Com (say that five times fast) challenged its members to create items inspired by books.  The array of creativity is astounding.  The entries ranged from The Pilgrim’s Progress to The Little Prince to the ubiquitous Harry Potter.  All the entries are fantastic, but my favorite (and the eventual winner) were Humblebeads’ beads inspired by Where the Wild Things Are.  She captures the palette perfectly – anyone who saw these beads would know what book from which they came.  I’m almost positive if you dropped them into water you’d have an instant monster with a terrible roar and gnashing terrible teeth.

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