Bookmarks!

Another post! Whoa!

So a few days ago, after trolling pinterest for a while, I was feeling crafty and decided to try out the cute paint chip bookmarks as found on this site. 

Ta da! So the pictures aren't too impressive but hey look! My shoes!

The process was really simple: 

1. Go to the hardware store and pretend you're going to buy paint but actually just take some paint chips.
2. Pick two (or more) colors that look good with your base paint chip (the actual book mark) and slice 'em up!
3. Grab your trusty glue stick and paste the sliced bits onto your base.
4. I also cut up a page from a book my mom happened to be destroying to make a book sculpture. So since I had that on hand, I went ahead and slapped that on as well.
5. Punch a hole in the top and tie some string through it if you so choose.
6. Show it off on the internet.

whoops!

So it's been some months since I've updated this and that's primarily because I've lost my mind and become totally obsessed with The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. This super nerdy fantasy epic is just too good and I can't be bothered to read anything else at all.

It's got everything! Action, adventure, romance, magic, weird creatures, mystery, and enough nail biting/fangirlflail inducing/shriek worthy moments to keep me going through EIGHT HUGE BOOKS. And I'm only half way done the series! Wikipedia says the whole thing is approximately 12,000 pages! It's wonderful!

So it's a Middle Earth-esque universe, reminiscent of our world but from some unpinpointable time and with magic and legends and all sorts of fun stuff.  The series ends up following these young people as they get pulled into events far beyond them and anything they've ever experienced and somehow they have to save all of humanity. With magic! And lots of swordfighting!

To sum it up: If you're into fantasy - read it! If you like adventure - read it! If you're into mythologies - read it! If you're easily excitable like me - read it! Just trust me on this one, ok?

Recommended for 13+ since there are a few scary characters (don't even start me on the myrddraals) and some slight hanky-panky.

(P.S. To give you an idea of just how truly nerdy this series is, here's what the original cover of the first book looks like.)