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Jessica McQuarter! Congrats Jessica! And a great big thank you to everyone who entered!
The Black Spot Books is the totally amazing Etsy shop of Philadelphia artist Margaux Kent.
Margaux's arts are made from olde things, treasures found and recovered from misfortune and neglect, relics of the unusual, the confused and the macabre, cut and pulled and bound into wearable curiosities and inscribable keepsakes.
I fell in love with her hand stitched leather book necklaces the first time I saw them! Her leather has been bartered from farms in Ecuador, ripped from old chairs in Holland, taken from boots and shoes and saddles, and found in abandoned houses across the United States. Every book is made with different materials, so no book will ever have a duplicate!
I talked to Margaux on Saturday where she was enjoying a day at the Jersey shore with her hubby, Walter, just back from Iraq and their baby Soren.
Margaux also has a wonderful shop full of vintage treasures called Plundered and a beautiful website where you can see what she is up to!
WHAT YOU GET:
The Black Spot Books is giving one lucky winner one of Margaux's amazing hand stitched leather book necklaces!
HOW TO WIN:
Visit TheBlackSpotBook's gorgeous shop and leave a comment below letting her know about your favorite item!
For additional entries:
(5) Twitter this post
(5) Blog about this contest; linking to this post
(5) Follow my blog
Let me know if you have done these things so I can give you additional entries. This contest is open to everyone.
DRAWING:
MIDNIGHT on Sunday, September 20th! CLOSED
208 comments
1 – 200 of 208 Newer› Newest»I love the The Lost Skull of a Sunken Monkey. Antique critter. necklace!
I follow your blog.
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/nina0205/statuses/3978036598
I like Handsewn victorian lace made into a Golden ring
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blogged http://sherrycontest.blogspot.com/2009/09/black-spot-book-giveaway.html
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The Silver bone ring from real bones looks amazing. I love it! dikatzen@yahoo.fr
I totally follow your blog and I love it! These necklaces are amazing!!!
My favorite thing in her shop is the Travelling Case - small pocket journal! Wow! I am so in love!
Quite an amazing shop you've found. I love her Handsewn victorian lace made into a Golden ring.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23868525
I tend to be a sucker for rings.
I also really like the Silver pelvis bone for the neck.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26183121
I also follow your blog.
Thank you!
I love the minijournal and the lace ring.
I follow your blog.
Oh I love the hand sewn victorian lace made into a gold ring. Pretty hand made lace is so hard to come by so to be able to wear it on your finger constantly is a lovely idea
+ following
I love the lace ring!
* My favorite item, next to the book necklaces, is the awesome Silver Bone Ring!
* I tweeted this post here:
http://twitter.com/theLostEarring
* I blogged here:
http://thelostearring.blogspot.com/2009/09/dont-miss-this-giveaway.html
* I follow :)
I love the necklaces!
wow.. this is awesome!! i love: Teeny antique chair leather journal necklace 1800s Peg and Awl no.2
Fun necklace! I want one ;-)
Oh, and I follow your blog - yay!
I like http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28877050. The journal with the compass
erin_melissa at juno dot com
I follow as erininkent
The Meta Stelly Journal is beautiful!
I follow your blog.
Cheers!
I have always loved everything in your shop (your entire oeuvre, really!), but I really love the antique leather book necklaces and the Victorian lace rings.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30143993
I follow your blog and I tweeted about the contest!
http://twitter.com/TeenAngster/statuses/3983630916
xo,
Alison
Oh boy! I want to win sooooooo bad, but I Tweeted it anyway & I follow your blog of course!
I love everything in Margaux's shop - it is full of wonders! Thanks for hosting such an awesome giveaway Cat!
xoxo,
Noelle
I love the Coral Tree journal! I imagine writing some Victorian verse on those inspiring little pages.
Oh and of course I follow your blog!
Discovered your blog through Xenotee's retweet. I am a librarian and so naturally adore all TheBlackSpotBook's journals and necklaces, but my favorite is the necklace with a cover made from an antique chair cover: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30780159 A tiny portable library!
I retweeted this contest.
I like the Victorian Lace Ring in silver!
Wow! That is an awesome prize...love the little books...I have a librarian friend who will be all over that! I love the books the best, and the Vintage Lace ring...stunningly simple and oh so beautiful~
Enjoy the day!
Erin
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tweeted (curlyfrysc)
my favorite item in her shop is the journal with compass on the front - so creative & cool!
i also love the book necklace, of course.
My fave is Coral Tree handbound leather journal with Victorian Coral cut-out hand-coloured
i tweeted:
http://twitter.com/DinaEstyXu/status/3984493365
i follow your blog too!
d_esty88(at)yahoo(dot)com
My favourite item is: The Leaving's Leavings scrap scrap leather journal with a sneaky french bit from 1749 peeking through.
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I just became a follower of your blog.
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woohooo! this necklace IS my fav item in her shop. i've been eyeing these for quite some time now! thanks for a great giveaway ladies! :)
I just love Horses at Sea journal of antique chaps and a sailors rope
egateris at gmail dotcom
i like the silver pelvis bone for the neck!
Lmhoot@flash.net
I love the Handsewn victorian lace made into a Golden ring.
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I put a link back to this post on my blog.
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the Coral Tree handbound leather journal with Victorian Coral cut-out hand-coloured is just gorgeous!
gemini5757 at hotmail.com
Oh wow! I absolutely love The Illness Apprentice! It's so ethereal!
I've blogged about this contest here:
http://studiomme.blogspot.com
what a cute and awesome giveaway! I love the leather book from "the Promised, erm, Land." haha. twas my favorite. i'd tweet about you if i had a twitter but i dont!
so i am now officially a beloved follower!
keeping my fingers crossed
xoxo
Le Vintage
Love the Leather journal from The Promised, erm, Land.
Already following you!
melacan at hotmail dot com
I love this shop! My favorite is For the Unscrupulous Young Person Mini Journal 1700s
i follow now, hi! :)
I really like the Silver bone ring from real bones.
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I follow :)
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My favorite of Margaux's handcrafted treasures is...
The books necklace.
The one with all of the little books.
It's absolutely impeccable.
+ I am following your blog
- Anna
skiddish.blogspot.com
I don't even know where to start, I love EVERYTHING at Black Spot Books. I really do....in fact, its one of the shops that really inspired me to learn how to make books (still working on it). The necklaces are wonderful...especially for a book worm such as myself.
I follow your blog.
I blogged about the giveaway as well.
www.brianasspot.blogspot.com
Oh and I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/TheDizzyPixie
I am simply blown away by this artist's talent. The books are gorgeous but my favorite item is The Illness Apprentice II print
i adore margaux and have told her several times too! all of her items are jewels but i first fell in love with her nightwanderer print.
p.s. i've twittered this too: http://twitter.com/pomegranates
my fave is the For the Unscrupulous Young Person Mini Journal 1700s.
and i folow your blog! :)
Thanks for turning me on to "The Black Spot" Cat! What a great shop.
I love the scissor necklace: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30780035
So art teacher like!
I'm off to tweet about this.
Margaux is one of my faves; I'd LOVE to win one of her amazing necklaces! I also enjoyed reading about you as a Featured Seller and am very happy to have found your blog!
Wow! Beautiful!!!
I'm a follower.
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Hello. I'm a new follower! I'm going to tweet this. I'm CurvyQ.
twitter.com/CurvyQ
I like the Victorian Babyrosa 19th century necklace :)
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i follow your blog!
jrerwin6 at gmail dot com
I also really like the Antique handgun parts necklace, 1800s
katch05 at gmail dot com
I absolutely love The Black Spot Books and I remember watching the video on Etsy about her book making process and wondered if she sold the extra huge "diary" that she talks about in the video...it was gorgeous! One of my favorite things she has listed currently is the victorian lace ring but I'm head over heels for her handmade leather bound books!
So, I posted about the giveaway here http://rubysupcycledesigns.blogspot.com/ and it will automatically post to my facebook. I tweeted about the contest and followed this blog (which I am so happy to have found)! Thanks for the opportunity to win! Elizabeth
I love "Bedside Manner no. 6 antique doctors bag leather book necklace"- I mean, I like tiny things, books, jewelry....and that's just a combination of all three.
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and I am following your blog!
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I love this:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28565713
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I follow your blog!
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I twittered here:
http://twitter.com/CherryBlossBaby/status/3996709093
CherryBlossomsDesign AT hotmail
YAYYY!!! I've loved this shop for ages and have always loved those little book necklaces. So clever and creative!
My favorite items are the book necklaces - so amazing!
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/roscatastuff/status/3997106052
I blogged!
http://roscata.com/blog/?p=670
I follow your blog and subscribe to your RSS feed!
Thanks!
XO
Rachael (aka Roscata)
www.roscata.com
I love the "For the Unscrupulous Young Person Mini Journal 1700s" its so small and adorable! Thanks for entering me into this giveaway.
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This awesome necklace is my favorite:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30834473
I would LOVE to win!!!
alteredbeauty@live.com
I am following :-D
alteredbeauty@live.com
I tweeted about this!!!
http://twitter.com/alteredbeauty/status/3997879870
alteredbeauty@live.com
Thisis an awesome giveaway! :) I actually like the silver pelvis bone necklace.
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I can't decide which one I like better of these three journals: Schadenfreude, North, perchance or Sorens Side Scuttle... they are all so inventive and beautiful.
And I follow your blog.
My favourite item is:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24256143
Thanks for your ideas!
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I adore the "Another Vintage Birdie Brooch" found at:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25777829
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I'm already a follower!
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Wow I was hard pushe dto choose a favourite as they are allso unique and clever. However it has to be the Handsewn victorian lace made into a Golden ring, its fascinating and really quite beautiful.
I follow
I love this item: "Horses at Sea journal of antique chaps and a sailors rope" :)
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I'm a follower :)
meninheira at gmail dot com
Love the Handsewn victorian lace made into a Golden ring:)
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Also following:)
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The Leaving's Leavings and the Silver Victorian Lace Ring are pretty fantastic. I also love the book necklaces.
I love the The Leaving's Leavings scrap scrap leather journal with a sneaky french bit from 1749 peeking through
**I follow your blog**
Sydney
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I love the Teeny antique chair leather journal necklace 1800s Peg and Awl no.2. But really, she has a great shop. One of the most unique shops I've seen in a LONG time. Great job!
Following this great blog!
Tweeted! http://twitter.com/LemonJitters/status/4009902744
I love this bird one the most:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26337883
i'm now following your blog! :)
Love this journal:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=24579067
Tweeted as well & I already follow your blog.
The little leather book necklaces are my favorite.
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I follow your blog.
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I love the Scissor Necklace! What a beautiful and interesting place!
ryanw@mts.net
wow just amazing!!!
I love the traveling case...
wow!!!
I like the Handmade Victorian lace made into a golden ring
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Blogged about it HERE
Following your fab blog now :D
The silver Victorian lace ring is GORGEOUS! I love it!
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The Endlessness of the Leaving, Polaroid Pigment Inkjet Print 2006
I love this print. Hauntingly beautiful.
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I follow this here great blog.
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I really like the "Leather journal from The Promised, erm, Land".
cinthia725@yahoo.com
I follow!!
tweeted!!
http://twitter.com/bookwrm89
North, Perchance journal with antique compass and covered in scrap leather is just about as perfect as they come!
I really like the Handsewn victorian lace made into a Golden ring...so sweet! and yet genuinely old, bringing age, delicacy, decay and preservation to mind...
Are you kidding me???!!! I must have one!! Those little book necklaces have got to be the coolest things ever!! Books rule - What a great conversation piece also. Darling!! I am so glad I follow your blog so that I can keep discovering such great artists.
conmel2838@msn.com
I LOVE the Victorian Lace Ring in silver - handsewn in 1800s SIZE 8.
Gorgeous!!
hello@balancedcrafts.com
Victorian lace ring is my favorite - thanks for the opportunity!!
meredith(.)targarona(at)gmail(dot)com
I really love the Silver Bone Ring.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20906532
It is so unique! Hard to find words to describe it.
Thanks for the entry!
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I'm now following (Ally/rubymoon)
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I really like the Victorian Raven necklace, I believe that is my animal totem.
following your blog
I like the Handsewn Victorian Lace made into a Golden Ring the most. cardshark42(at)hotmail(dot)com
I love the North, Perchance journal with antique compass and covered in scrap leather. It's gorgeous!
aikychien at yahoo dot com
I tweeted about this giveaway. Here’s the link:
http://twitter.com/aikchien/status/4032251943
aikychien at yahoo dot com
I love the http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28566723 which is the The Leaving's Leavings scrap scrap leather journal with a sneaky french bit from 1749 peeking through.
I have a huge book fetish! LOL
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I follow you too!
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I like Handsewn victorian lace made into a Golden ring.
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I blogged:
http://blog-giveaways.blogspot.com/2009/09/giveaways_8967.html
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I L-O-V-E that victorian raven necklace. Omg!
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I'm following your blog
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I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/soypea/status/4033859200
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Your things are like finding a secret treasure... I like the horseman journal.
I follow your blog!
I really like the Travelling Case Small Journal for the pocket made from an antique leather suitcase.
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The Happy Wife
Homeschool Unit Studies
Margaux's lovely library of book necklaces is my favorite in her store currently!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30883602
I'm proud to say that I'm now following your blog, YAY!!!
I also, twittered/tweeted this Giveaway posting!
http://twitter.com/quenchmetalwork
Thanks for this opportunity to win such a unique adornment!
I love the "Coral Tree handbound leather journal with Victorian Coral cut-out hand-coloured". What a beautiful book!
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i like the leather journal from the promised land!
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I love the Coral Tree Handbound Leather Journal with Victorian Coral cut-out hand coloured. Thank you.
sabrita@juno.com
they're all really interesting, but I like the Antique handgun parts necklace the most.
am a follower
wow. what an unusual and beautiful shop. the journal with the hole in thecover is my favorite. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26668122
Tweeted while going through the shop: http://twitter.com/wildemoon
Peace & Love,
Beth
star_momma at yahoo dot com
It was so so hard picking a favorite!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30834473
Peace & Love,
Beth
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I already follow your blog :)
Peace & Love,
Beth
star_momma at yahoo dot com
Bedside Manner no. 6 antique doctors bag leather book necklace
that's my fave, I think. or the antique lace silver ring?
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following you
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I love this shop- my fave is maybe the lost skull of a sunken monkey!!
I follow
blogged here:
http://easilyamusedhardtooffend.blogspot.com/2009/09/stuff-id-get-if-i-had-buncha-money.html
sandtneal at mfire dot com
love these little books so much!
I have to win this- That necklace is freakin fabulous-
I will post a twitter msg- right now-
Gosh I hope I win - Great giveaway!!
kellyannstudio.blogspot.com/
The Boon necklaces are amazing!!!
Love Love Love them ;)
I enjoyed checking out the wonderful creations in her shop. Everything is so beautiful and i can tell how much love and energy is in each piece!
I also love the Coral Tree handbound leather journal with Victorian Coral cut-out hand-coloured..Trees are my favorite and this journal looks wonderful!
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I am a blog follower;)
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I love this shop and especailly the victorian lace made into a golden ring!
I follow!
I'm speechless, that necklace is just on amazing piece of art.
The book necklaces beat everything else in the shop, obviously ;-) But the lace rings are wonderful as well, so my choice is "Handsewn victorian lace made into a Golden ring".
I also follow your blog :-)
I love this shop- how amazing! Love her photos - especially the waiting at the seashore one!
I follow
Bedside Manner no. 6 antique doctors bag leather book necklace.
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I'm a follower!
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I really like the Handsewn victorian lace made into a Golden ring.
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My fave is the prize for this giveaway- but everything is amazing- love all her photography, too!
I follow
oh my gosh ,so many entries and I can see why, I'd love to be wearing this around my neck too. please enter me
Lynn
http://trashtotreasureart.blogspot.com
I have a giveaway going on right now if you'd like to enter stop by!
My favorite thing is the Erstwhile no. 3 Antique leather from handbag journal with red and white striped fabric detail...one of many that is! The red and white fabric is way cool. Got some really cool Christmas gift ideas.Yay!
I follow your blog.
I twittered your contest :)
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Gotta go and check out the vintage shop now..buhh bye :)
the store is absolutely wonderful, but I still find myself going back to the book necklaces!
They are too lovely :)
The raven necklace comes in second :)
zlyn88(at)gmail(dot)com
Ohhh I love handbound books, so this is one of the coolest necklaces EVER!
I adore the Coral Tree handbound leather journal with Victorian Coral cut-out. It has such a rich, antique look.
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I am a blog follower :)
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I love the Sea Monster journal, amazing with the magnifying glass looking at the ship, an awesome gift for any sea captain.
I now follow your blog.
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The autumnal library is my favorite!!! And Margaux is my favorite too!!!!!!!!
I love the vintage and peculiar little boy in flames pouch.
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I follow
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How can anyone live without one of your handmade books? I used mine earlier this year as a journal when I wrote my latest novel. There are still blank pages left, so I've been using it as I work on another book. I take it to bed every night(along with my dog). It's a fun bed.
I love everything in this shop- my fave is the victorian lace golden ring!
Hi Margaux!! My favorite is North, Perchance... How I adore compasses. I wear a compass ring with my husband's name inside as I always want to find my way back to him. I write in Listlessness everyday also...she is my confidant! Thanks for sharing these beauties!!!
I love, love the mini-jornal and the lace ring- what a wonderful, beautiful shop!
I follow this blog
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24896126
I have a thing for this print...the entire collection is amazing together!
Twittered! http://www.twitter.com/MetroGypsy
Wow! The handgun parts necklace is stunning. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20406889
I am a follower for 5 entries. Thanks for the contest and the lovely blog!
I posted about your giveaway on my blog for 5 more entries.
http://concreteandnailpolish.blogspot.com/2009/09/zoya-pasha-givaway-roundup.html
This necklace is my favorite piece! What a stunning creation!
love the mini library necklace, its my all time favorite ;D Especially when you just wan a quick read on the go~
I love this book necklace the most. What a great idea to give one away!
Although reeeeeeelly hard to choose I think that my favorite item is Nightwanderer, a drawing created on a lovely sea (16 x 20).
I, like so many others, follow your blog.
I love the antique library necklace! I'm twittering it too!
http://twitter.com/SasheStudio/status/4138593040
thanks for the opportunity
brenda
Hi! I'd like to enter. I tweeted here: http://twitter.com/KristieLB
And I subscribed to your blog.
Thanks!
Wow- I'm so glad someone thought to post about BSB on neatorama. The illness apprentice series is fascinating, and the babyrosa necklace absolutely charmed me (I thought it was a capybara at first, and will now have to learn more about babyrousa).
I'm afraid I don't tweet or blog, but just wanted to let you know that this was a very successful advertising campaign- I've come across six references to the book necklace in the past half hour of surfing!
I'm a writer, so I'm in love with the autumnal library necklace. The colors are beautiful, and the collection of little books would be like a muse around my neck!
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