Without patience, magic would be undiscovered.

A place to share my handmade jewelry. Mostly woven wire bracelets inspired by audio dramas, with the odd other piece thrown in. Got any colour combinations or inspiring photos you think would make a cool bracelet? Podcasts to recommend? Send them my way! I have an Etsy now! Check out my pinned post. main: bekabloodhound

[bekaterrier]

*Edit: Shop is temporarily on vacation as of May 30th 2026 while I deal with some life stuff.*

After some encouragement from friends and family, I've finally decided to set up a shop for my pieces. I'll still be making my various podcast fanart pieces (and anything else that strikes my fancy!) but now if there are any pieces that you would also like to own, you can!

BekasBeadShop - Etsy

Shop Handmade Jewelry by BekasBeadShop located in Ottawa, Canada.

I've set up a few basic listings, but I've also enabled custom requests so I can fulfill any ask!

It is my first time doing this, so all I ask is patience. :)

[tellnotalespod]

So a couple of years ago I put out this post of queer creators you can support financially during Pride month instead of buying Pride merch from Target

This year I’m compiling a new one, and I’m taking suggestions!! Please let me know if there’s anyone you’d like me to include (either in the tags or replies, or send me an ask, DM or even an email at [email protected])

It can be anything, audio drama related or not, and can include purchasable items or merch, music, art, books, games or any other media, or just Patreons or Ko-Fis.

Just any way to financially support a queer person directly this pride month!

[fox-bright]

Swarovski can continue to fuck off.

In 2021, Swarovski (the company that makes the very sparkly crystals you see in certain jewelry, on figure-skaters' twinkliest outfits, on red carpet dresses), decided they didn't want the grubby fingers of small-time jewelers, clothing designers and costumers and crafters on their shiny beads and rhinestones anymore. They decided to limit their sales to "luxury" and couture creators, not girls who sell stuff on Etsy. The tenor of their press release on the subject was snide and insulting. Resellers (like your favorite bead shop) would no longer be allowed to carry their product; the average Jane on the street would not be able to purchase them. You could only get them if you had an authorized business agreement that bound you to very strict brand behavior. And those of us who still had good stock of the crystals would no longer be "permitted" to use the brand's name in our listings for sale.

Every bead shop and craft supply place and many, many small clothing makers--wedding shops, prom and dancing dress suppliers, the sort of salt of the Earth mom and pop time machines of shops that are the backbone of the field--scrambled to find something that could replace them. The last of the stock dwindled quickly, all of us grabbing what we could get while there was any chance of it, and then it was gone and we no longer had any access.

I was Big Pissed about it at the time. It was just so goddamn stuck-up, when wholesalers and indie jewelers had made them so much money, when some people I knew--when *I!*--had been brand-loyal for decades. But with no recourse, everyone pivoted fairly quickly, most of us to Preciosa Crystals. Those are Czech, quite sparkly, and considerably less expensive than Swarovski. The faceting method they use is different, but not worse; any differences are hardly noticeable when you're seeing them as a hundred pinpoints of light.

Well, out of nowhere, Swarovski just dropped this: https://www.harmanbeads.com/swarovski-brand-policy-update

"Effective June 1, 2026, Swarovski updated the distribution and brand usage policies introduced in 2021. Businesses may now purchase Swarovski Crystals without signing a Brand Control Agreement, and Authorized Distribution Partners may once again sell Swarovski Crystals to resellers, including bead stores and online retailers. Businesses may also use the Swarovski brand name when following Swarovski’s Proper Use Guidelines. Designers, manufacturers, artists, brands, retailers, and resellers are now eligible to purchase Swarovski Crystals through authorized distribution channels."

They want us back. A lot of the companies who could have kept a brand relationship with them also have swapped to Preciosa, over the last half-decade, in solidarity with indie creators and out of a sour awareness that it could be them, next. And it doesn't hurt that Preciosa was able to expand their line quite a bit now that everyone who wanted sparkle had no choice but to go to them.

And I'm not seeing nearly anyone who intends to return. The feeling is, "Y'all told us to fuck off! Off we fucked! And now, that's what you can do, too!" I'm seeing a lot of "How many of us did you stab in the back?" comments from the people whose money they're hoping to attract.

And personally I'm sitting over here all rubby hands, mean snickering, because they really thought they were going to be able to outclimb the people who actually provided all their profits, and now here they are, hat in hand.

[deadcatwithaflamethrower]

holy shit, I missed this.

.....

So very glad I've been buying Czech beads from the start. Preciosa is very nice, so are...well, I haven't been disappointed by anything they've produced yet. Which is now like 16 years worth of beads (wtf)

[stitchposts]

unfortunately i have free will so im about to make art that is going to appeal to basically 4 people. let us hope those 4 people follow me.

[bekaterrier]

In honour of pride month, I decided to give a few flags a shot!

I tried to match the shades as closely as possible. What do you think?

[specialagentartemis]

Trans women characters in podcasts:

Olivia Breckenridge (Arden)

Paige Duplass (The Silt Verses)

Anne (Woe.begone)

Trans men characters in podcasts:

Brother Faulkner (The Silt Verses)

Brian Jeeter (The Strange Case of Starship Iris)

Michele (Moonbase Theta, Out)

Quil, iirc (This Planet Needs a Name)

Non-binary characters in podcasts:

Adjudicator Shrue, Vaughn, Gage, and Sibling Rane (The Silt Verses)

R. J. McCabe and Krejjh* (The Strange Case of Starship Iris)

Cal* (Microcosmos)

The Traveller and Óli* (Travelling Light)

Medusa (Khôra)

Ashwini Ray (Moonbase Theta, Out)

(a * indicates an AI or alien character)

[ghostsandmermaids]

Some more recs:

Trans women:

Danielle O'Hara (Hello From The Hallowoods)

Kove (Dustwalker)

Maddie Townsend (The Holmwood Foundation)

Hephaestus (Forged Bonds)

Trans men:

Percy Reed (Hello From The Hallowoods)

Arius Rosemund (Dustwalker)

Sydney Sargent (Camp Here & There)

Bellamy Pink (Killjam XXX)

Nonbinary characters:

Diggory Graves (Hello From The Hallowoods)

Olivier Song (Hello From The Hallowoods)

Leo Quinn (Tell No Tales)

[boombox-fuckboy]

A few more off the top of my head

Trans Women:

The Agent (PSST: Paranatural Support Services Team)

Annie InkWyrm (InkWyrm)

Agent 4815 (Project: Daydream)

Geneva (Interference)

Val Torres (The Night Post)

Rosie, Stella Muneshyl, Yak (Inn Between)

Alice Dyer (The Magnus Protocol)

Trans Men:

Sam Enfield (Spirit Box Radio)

Leosha (Lost Terminal)

Castor Acroterion (Inn Between)

Thomas van Helsing (The Holmwood Foundation)

Sebastian Fen (Night Shift)

The Man With The Voice (The Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity and Mortality)

Flynn Velasco (VALENCE)

Deck (Dos: After You)

Nonbinary:

Sopon* (Life With Althaar)

The Audio Tour Guide*, The Queen (The Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality)

Deseree O'Nassis (Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magick Services)

Kosa (Ghost Wax)

Wren (The Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio)

Captain Yeshi (Lost Terminal)

Rion (Sidequesting)

Friar Velune, Sargent Teric Knowles, (Inn Between)

Adair North (Night Shift)

[REDACTED] (SINKHOLE)

Riley (Tell No Tales)

Dr. Vida (The Patient Files)

The Runner (And 195)

Gable, Leotoa, The Broker (Campaign: Skyjacks)

Kiran Rao, Captain Mulden Foxskull, Captain Wiltham Nott, Starwatcher Ugne Winchwind (Skyjacks: Courier's Call)

Jade Wolfe (Skyjoust!!)

Lorum Ipsum (The Godshead Incidental)

Elas (Stories From Ylelmore)

Drosselmeyer (Hi Nay)

The Puppeteer (Malevolent)

Riley Matkins (World Gone Wrong)

Aksol, various (Starfall)

J. J. (Elixir)

Collette Geisse (The Kingmaker Histories) (she's genderfluid, in modern terms)

Dr. George Moreau (The Pasithea Powder)

Spirrus (Lost Cat Podcast)

Bell Summers (Second Star to the Left)

Polity Yellow (Gastronaut)

Abby (Unwell)

Perry (Camlann)

Caine Reyes (Under the Electric Stars)

Kai (Girl in Space)

Tyche* (Bodies in Space)

The Inominate* (Erraticus)

Caro Greene (Mil-Liminal)

[lawofnamesmedia]

Adding some specifically from our stuff.

(Excluding the anthologies because that starts making the number of characters untenable.)

Trans Women

All the Roxannes (Dakota Gold Mysteries, Cloud City Sonata)

Screw-Loose Lugh (Dakota Gold Mysteries, Cloud City Sonata)

Trans Men

Elliot Baldwin (Arcadia, CA)

Aidan Moss (At the Bottom of the Garden)

Engstrom (Dakota Gold Mysteries, Cloud City Sonata)

Nonbinary People

Tessa Thorne (At the Bottom of the Garden)

[boombox-fuckboy]

I added it late but at the risk of it getting lost: Breathing Space (also by previous) has a delightfully large number of all three, but the anthology of it is indeed unmanagable for this activity.

Also, I fucked up earlier, so:

Nonbinary:

Riley Matkins (Tell No Tales)

Riley R. (World Gone Wrong)

The Dollmaker (Malevolent)

[bichir-gang]

I don't usually bring it up when I suggest Midst to people because it could be a bit spoilery, but I absolutely adore that they don't tell you which father is trans. Unend, the sequel, follows a nonbinary protagonist and one of the prominent secondary characters is a trans woman.

[heinouspod]

From Heinous Investigations…

Nonbinary:

* Morgan Pendleton (side character, local witch)

*Spoiler characters who have not been formally introduced

We also have a few characters who don’t fit into the gender (or sex) binary, but I don’t feel like I can categorize them in the style of this list. As an example, one of them is from a species that does not express sex and gender like humans.

I hope to include more representation in the future. 🏳️‍⚧️💛🤍💜🖤

[thenightpost]

Trans men:

Allan Coleman (Heartglass)

Hamuel Burger (Hamuel Burger and the American Dream)

Connor (Leftovers at the End of the World)

Nonbinary:

Clementina Bianchi (Additional Postage Required)

Jamilla Gardner (Woe.Begone)

Nama Fishercliff (Eeler’s Choice)

Ran Fishercliff (Eeler’s Choice)

Emeril Augustine (The Night Post)

Archangel Michael (Be Not Afraid)

Evan Harbinger (The Veins Below)

Thana (Copperheart)

[movementnudge]

Movement nudge, for hands and wrists!

X

[bekaterrier]

It's been a while since I've made anything, but I was able to get the creative juice flowing to try a couple new earring designs for mother's day. Behold!

[hellenhighwater]

Okay, I've officially made a buttload of bunting (over 70 ft) and some of you have asked how I did the appliques because yay not sewing those on.

To do this you need:

quilting cotton fabric, any pattern you like. Nothing too heavyweight!

heat and bond iron-on interfacing (link is amazon; your local fabric retailers should have it. Buy local if you can!)

an iron and ironing board

a computer, with access to www.photopea.com or an image editor of your choosing.

a cricut or other cutting machine that works with sticky mats to feed material.

A roll of vinyl transfer tape--you can do this project without it, but it will be easier with.

To begin, make your design in your image editor. You want large, single color, relatively simple shapes on a transparent background. I have a 12x24 cutting mat, so I made my image 11.5x23.5. Export it as a PNG, and then upload it into design space or whatever application runs your cricut or cutting machine.

Prepare your fabric by cutting it to the size of your mat. For me, that's rectangles of 12x24 material. Also cut the same size out of heat-and-bond. DO NOT REMOVE THE BACKING PAPER FROM THE HEAT AND BOND. Once you've got rectangles of fabric and rectangles of heat and bond, attach the heat and bond to the fabric with an iron.

Prepare your sticky mat by attaching a layer of vinyl transfer tape face-down, so the sticky side is up when you remove the backing paper. This will prevent the fabric from leaving lint all over the mat, and the backing paper for heat and bond is very prone to tearing--without the transfer paper, you'll be cleaning your mats a lot between every cutting.

Stick the heat and bonded fabric face-up on the mat, so the paper backing of the heat and bond is adhered to the transfer tape. Smooth out to remove bubbles. And then load the mat into your cricut! I've got an explore air 2 (several years old now) and I used my normal blade at its deepest cut settings, and fire away. (Designs do not need to be mirrored.) Before removing your finished cut from the sheet, double check that the blade has gone all the way through and you will not need a second pass-I never did, but check just in case!

Peel everything off the mat, discarding the paper backing/transfer paper layers, then iron your fabric designs onto your bunting! If you want things to be really durable, you can sew the edges down like a normal applique, but for bunting, I didn't feel it was necessary.

[monstrousproductions]

The Lion and the Adder - A 1920s Detective Audio Drama

Robin Sylvester, gadabout demonologist, finds time between gin martinis to solve the most magical crimes 1920s London has to offer.

The Lion and the Adder Kickstarter is now LIVE!! ✨🥳

If you love spiffy little trans lads, psychic lesbians, demons and beasties, and Golden Age detective fiction, then this is the full cast audio drama for you 🎉

We're aiming to raise £4,500 by June 2nd. There's tons of cool rewards available for backers, including personalised artwork, character playlists, behind-the-scenes peeks and the chance to hang out with the cast and crew!

Check out the campaign to learn more about the show and help us bring this fabulous project to life!

[thememedaddy]

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

[ookaookaooka]

it is soooooo dangerous* how much crossover there is between different fiber arts. at their core theyre all just twisty twisty makes long string and twisty twisty plus over under makes fabric

*for me who has too many hobbies already

[hauntedwhiskers]

[fageleh]

hobbies should not take up this much space. there ought to be a hobby pocket dimension, where I am able to store everything I need in a breadbox that weighs no more than my cat.

[pixelartpeach]

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[pixelartpeach]

Y—o—u—P—e—o—p—l—e—W—i—l—l—R—e—b—l—o—g—A—n—y—t—h—i—n—g

[seven-oh-four]

needs an em-dash at the beginning and/or end, otherwise the first or last letters will be right next to each other

[pixelartpeach]

϶—O—h—T—r—u—e—ϵ

(added clasps)

[pancake-blogging]

϶—F—r—i—e—n—d—s—h—i—p—B—r—a—c—e—l—e—t—ϵ

[too-many-blorbos]

϶—C—U—R—S—E—D—A—M—U—L—E—T—ϵ

[bees-official]

Cursed amulet necklace that doesnt have a cursed amulet its just the phrase cursed amulet

[sentientballofpeas]

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[pixelartpeach]

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[bekaterrier]

Happy Audio Drama Sunday! It's a quick one today, getting in just under the wire because I'm sick and also got one of my rare but devastating migraines. In the middle of making crêpes! I have rested some and will rest some more, because sometimes you just need to take the time and be ready for another day.

@storiesfromylelmore Episode 311 - Something Witchy: The amount that this episode had me giggling and kicking my feet is ridiculous. How I said how much I love these kids? From the mascot discussion, to Keryth's enthusiasm about Oly, to her worry about her own spirit, to Rion looking things up on his phone, to Elas' Dandelion Dandy, to them learning about how it feels when someone you like likes you enough to want to talk to you just cause they saw you, to Dan Blade, to what is a friend even?! So fun! Then we learned more about Voran and why she is the way she is—a lot of which was subtext or implied previously, but now it's all out in the open. Good for Elas for still wanting to try to be for Voran what Keryth and Rion were for them. But also good for Keryth and Rion for setting boundaries about how involved they want to be in that endeavour. 🎒

@midnightburgr Welcome to the Horizon 2.3 - Two Humans Walk Into a Bar: I just love how we see the Hood's Pocket community come together time after time to deal with all these strange, new things going on. Eldin gets Deidre to get Trinkett to get Frank to take Leif around town to fix all the things and bond over Clementine. Everyone else trying to figure out these two weird "earthlings" after Doug clocks them. Steve being Steve. But we still get those serious moments, like Leif realizing that they're just people, that even the Teds are not a monolith. And then a moment of Dark Leif! 🍔

@forgedbondspod - Chapter 41: You get a wedding! And you get a wedding! Weddings for everyone! Also new idea for sea glass rings in my head... Then a very difficult conversation for Persephone. I'm glad she has Hades to remind her that forgiveness is never required to be given, and that everyone's healing journey is different. Just because Hera could speak with Demeter again doesn't mean Sephy could or should. I'm just glad Sephy got the apology she deserved. 💍