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Karen! Look what you've started!! This chalk thing was my project for today. I made some tiles using the white pearl clay and chalked with a rainbow of colors. Ahhh... Rainbow is my FAVORITE color! :-) I really like how they turned out, but I didn't make enough to do a bracelet or anything, so I haven't scanned them yet. Then, since I had some black scraps on my work surface from yesterday, I had to find out what would happen with bright chalks on black clay. I used copper PearlEx, too, and left a heavy dusting of chalk on the clay. Below is the link to 2 of my finished experiments. Thanks SO much for sharing this technique! I LOVE it! There were my clay and my chalks just a shelf away from each other in the craft closet and I would never have thought to put them together! Here is a link that might be useful: My chalked black clay things

Stacy, at first glance, I also thought the sand was actually "Grape Nuts." But I didn't try to eat them because, well, we all know what happened to that 70's health guru Euell Gibbons. He died from a heart attack eating grape nuts. Nope. Just shower me with pork rinds, thankyouverymuch. Wait, I'm confused. Does 'keep your thongs on' mean foot or underwear? Jessica, I can't answer that, on the grounds that it might incriminate me. Why do you ask? Do you feel like baring your sole, or do you feel like baring your "soul?" If it's the latter, could you please be so kind as to give us all a warning? Thank you. ;-Ã Allright my friends, ladies and gentlemen of the hootenanny... I would like to invite you all to join Sharon, Raul and I in Waikinky Island. Note: Please BYOT (Bring your own thongs). Sharon, I luv yew. Sunny Sol

The special tools/other items you might need depend on what kind of bracelet you want. It sounds like you already have an idea of what you want your bracelet to look like. You could string the beads on elastic or leather or ribbon - in which case you would mostly need to tie some knots at the end. You could attach your beads to a silver chain or create your own findings. Working with wire, you'll need something to shape it and something to cut it. A good place to start mighht be your local craft store/bead shop or adult ed program. Try taking a class on jewelry making. That should give you some ideas for assembly. This is a cool idea - I like the way you are telling your personal story. Here is a link that might be useful: craftfetish blog