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Oh my GOSH if you want high-quality earring wires, go to Hackberry Creek online! They're a small business based in Louisiana and I just received my order of titanium and brass ear hooks. They're LOVELY. This is my new vendor for hypoallergenic hooks, man. Niobium will be next. hackberrycreek.net

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Hackberry Creek: Beads, Charms, Clasps and Jewelry Making Supplies

Unleash your creative spirit and embark on a journey of self-expression through jewelry-making with Hackberry Creek. Our online shop offers a curated selection of exquisite beads, charms, ear wires, c...

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 15h

I now realize "hook shapes" is a terrible way to communicate the DIFFERENT SHAPES available. It has been corrected.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 15h

Just posted these nonbinary earrings made with matte-plastic yellow trumpet flowers. The government can tell us we don't exist, but it can't stop us from being ourselves. 🔥 Available at the time of this post on Ko-Fi.com/Zyered! #LGBTQ #Pride #handmade

Close-up of beaded earrings in the colors of the nonbinary flag, next to a penny for scale in bright light.

The same earrings seen angled top-down, revealing the glass beads inside the flowers' bells.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

These will never not amaze me.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

First delivery to my new consignment location at Sea City Tattoo and Piercing in Everett, Washington! If you're in the area and you like hand-crafted jewelry made from upcycled and ethically-sourced beads, go say hi! Sea City is an LGBTQ- and Indigenous-owned business that deserves your support!

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I encourage you to watch The Librarians (2025) sometime during this Banned Books Week. It's available on PBS for a small donation, but of course you can watch the trailer for free. I had the privilege of seeing it at my local theatre with my library volunteer group. 🩵 www.pbs.org/independentl...

pbs.org

The Librarians | Book Policies Documentary | Independent Lens

The Librarians follows librarians and citizens responding to restrictions on library content across the United States.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Took some photos, went into Canva and made some new helpful graphics for my products. Gotta keep updating and improving my shop! (All of these were created manually, by the way, with no AI-generated guidance.) #smallbusiness #Ko-Fi

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Brand-new front-clasping necklaces are doing to drop soon! Here's a sneak-peek, because you're cool and get that kind of perk for following me here. 🐝

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Wait a minute, I didn't realize I could post more than four photos on BlueSky now. Anyway, LOOK at all this jewelry that my buddy from church donated for upcycling! Some gorgeous abalone and amethyst in there!

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Took some fresh photos of an old necklace. It's on sale right now for $5 on my Ko-Fi because I would like it out of my inventory! ko-fi.com/s/00faaaa050 If it doesn't sell by the end of this month I'll just dismantle it and make something new from the beads.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Was unable to get my shelves down to the new office space this week, but I did my best to stay regulated while working on the new stand for @seacitytattoo.bsky.social. You can follow them on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to see their more recent work!

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

SUCCESS! I now have three consistent consignment locations in Washington! 💛Worn Again Thrift in Bellingham 💚Encore Shoppe in Mount Vernon 🩵And finally, Sea City Tattoo and Piercing in Everett! (Also the only place that actually has a BlueSky account that I can tag, @seacitytattoo.bsky.social!)

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I may have discovered the joy of repurposing earring hooks to create reliable S-hook clasps for necklaces. ...i can't talk here, message me on the jeremy renner app.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

That's a really good question; there was a tag on them at the shop, but it was lost and I cannot for the life of me remember what it said. I should have taken closer note of it.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Some excellent new beads for my inventory, courtesy of a small local thrift store (left) and my friend from church (right). Real stone on both! I can't wait to wash these and use them!

Top-down view of a VERY long beaded necklace made of rich forest-green stone chips.

Close-up view of a portion of a bracelet, displaying a polished faceted amethyst teardrop.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I've been hard at work making more earrings for two consignment locations, as well as my online shops. My hand hurts but it's going well! Here are my favorite photos taken this week:

close-up of pink glass earrings with rose-gold decorative wire in natural sunlight. The beads on the bottoms are teardrop-shaped and opaque, while the rest are translucent.

Close-up of loop-shaped beaded earrings of black, pink and green with gold touches.

Close-up of earrings on a T-shaped display stand . They are vibrant, fiery orange and completely glass beads with golden metal bead caps.

Close-up of purple-and-black earrings on a T-shaped display stand. The beads are all glass and the largest ones are fire-polished with touches of electric blue and lavender.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Oh, and since my MM shop is pretty fresh, if you experience any issues whatsoever PLEASE tell me. I'll do my best to solve the problem or contact people who can! Mayhem Marketplace is still a rather new project and there are always improvements in the works. 💚

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

HEY FUN FACT: I'm selling more jewelry on Mayhem Marketplace, a grassroots alternative to Etsy in which 100% of the profits go directly to the artists! (I'm not leaving Ko-Fi! I'm just expanding so you can have more beads.) You can also follow @mayhemmarketplace.bsky.social zyesbeads.mayhem.my

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Zye's Beads

Handmade jewelry from ethically-sourced or donated beads. No two items are ever exactly alike.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Bisexual Pride flag strikes again! #LGBTQ

close-up of a pair of earrings on a brown card backing next to a penny for scale. The earrings are glass and plastic in pink, purple and deep blue.

Close-up of the same earrings, now dangling from a T-shaped display stand.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Made some earrings in the colors of the Achillean Pride flag! I couldn't quite get the periwinkle blue, but I did my best.

Top-down view of four types of beads, some silver findings, and greenish-silver ear hooks. From left to right: Dark green seeds, light green seeds, sky-blue seeds, and small light green rounds.

Side view of the finished earrings against a pale background in natural light. They dangle from a T-shaped display stand.

The Achillean Pride flag. Two blue bands on top and bottom of a pale greenish-white band, with the outline of a green flower in center.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Beading is extremely rewarding, if a little addictive. Proceed with caution; you turn your back for two seconds and suddenly your closet's full of 10,000 containers of faceted rondelles.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hey good job! What size beads did you use for this?

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Some beads to bleach your eyeballs after a long day, my liege? #jewelry #Pride

Close-up of beads arranged in a rainbow spectrum separated into the square compartments of a plastic box.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One of my new roommates wasn't using this scale and gave it to me, so now I have more accurate measurements! My USPS scale is more attuned to larger packages, but this one has more precise measurements. So when you see more decimals on ko-fi.com/zyered/shop, that's why.

One cardboard cylinder full of colored pencils that weighs 1.620 ounces, sitting on a small silver scale.

One beaded pale pink necklace sitting on the same scale, which now reads 0.619 ounces.

Top-down view of a pair of purple and blue beaded earrings on the scale, which now reads 0.129 ounces.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Made this bookmark yesterday so you can read queer literature and banned books with pride!! It's available at the time of this post at ko-fi.com/zyered/shop/...!

Close-up of a beaded rainbow bookmark made of glass and stone.

Side view of the same bookmark hanging over the spine of a black hardcover book ("100 Poems That Matter").

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Well it's about time Ko-Fi enabled customized organization of shop categories. I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner, but I'm very grateful for the update! #smallbusiness

Screenshot of the Ko-Fi categories in my jewelry shop. Top line: Options to create a new Category. Center column: A list of all my current categories with editing tools visible.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hey by the way, beaded bookmarks are now available in my shop! They're quite small and quite simple, but if they're popular enough I hope to expand. Because who doesn't want to sharpen their media literacy in style? ko-fi.com/zyered/shop/... #beads

Top-down view of a curved copper-colored metal bookmark on a flat white surface surrounded by scattered golden beads and tiger's eye chips. The bookmark has a beaded dangle made from stone, glass and more tiger's eye chips on golden findings.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Oh hey! I'm actually in the server already! Which person are you in there?!

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Posted a new necklace to help fundraise for my buddy who lost their housing! It's tiger's eye, very fancy. ko-fi.com/s/1ccb618bab

Close-up of a beaded necklace made of polished tiger's eye rounds, pearl, and white glass.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Oh yeah! I absolutely love the concept of MM, and I used it a little. My biggest problem is the user interface. It's much more clunky than Ko-Fi, in my experience. I look forward to their future updates so I can feel more confident and comfortable operating a second storefront there!

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

No listing fees whatsoever, and only a very small percentage of transaction fees. Why do you ask?

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

THE SHOP IS OPEN ONCE AGAIN! I have a brand-new shop category and new commission options, with more on the way! I will now be shipping out guaranteed on Fridays every week. Due to increased distance from the post office, we get -3 speed but +3 accuracy. 😁 ko-fi.com/zyered

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Support Zye's Beads

Upcycled jewelry from donated materials. A multitude for every mood!

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

WE MADE IT FOLKS! Now my shop will be temporarily closed while I move all my beading supplies to the NEW HOUSE!!! Ideally I will be done by next week. I can't make promises, but I will do my best!

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"[Google Maps] said in a Saturday post on its corporate website that it made the change because the U.S. government's geographic names database has formally renamed the lake." This is how I learn our dumbass government changed something else they have no right to?! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Lake America replaces Lake Ontario on multiple Canadian websites after Google Maps update | CBC News

Some Canadian websites, including for the federal government, displayed maps with Lake Ontario renamed as Lake America on Sunday, a day after Google Maps announced the change to align with an executiv...

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton lived a long and wonderful life, and now she's sitting "on the banks of the river of happiness." Don't let her passing crush your heart; let it blow a cool wind into your spirits to keep your inner fire going. We need to continue her legacy of active compassion and generosity. ❤️

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Nothing like some freshly-washed beads to brighten the day.

Close-up photo of some yellowish-orange glass beads lying on a white towel.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Beautiful! Welcome to BlueSky!

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I've reached #250 in my Ko-Fi shop. ❤️ The jewelry represents the Mexican flag, and this set was originally created to raise money for my local farmworkers union, but I learned about something more urgent in my community and had very heavy thoughts. Read them here: ko-fi.com/post/250-A-S...

Close-up of a necklace and earrings in sunlight on a flat white surface. They are both made from green, red, brown and white materials in the colors of the Mexican flag. The earrings have brown wooden crescents and metal feather charms to represent the eagle.

Shot of the set in bright sunlight, with the earrings now displayed on a T-shaped stand. The necklace is on a white leatherette display model.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"The crew is in its ninth month at sea, and has spent 250 days consecutively without making land – a record for an aircraft carrier in modern times." Damn. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports

Aircraft carrier’s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

New earring batch just dropped! All of these are available in my shop at the time of this post, and all are handmade from donated and up-cycled beads! ko-fi.com/zyered/shop

A pair of earrings in faded blue and bright orange, made from glass, polished shell and stone. They hang in bright sunlight on a T-shaped gold bronze display stand.

A pair of earrings made from glass and plastic rounds in the colors of the Palestinian flag (green, white, black and red). They lie in partial sunlight on a white faux-leather surface next to a quarter for scale. I made these to raise money for the Gaza Soup Kitchen.

Close-up in bright sunlight of pink-and-white earrings made from polished rose quartz chips and glass seed beads.

A pair of earrings made from deep brown wood and cerulean glass beads, lying in partial sunlight on a white faux-leather surface next to a quarter for scale.

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

My reposts of other people? I can still see them, though. Or wait, does it mean that if someone has muted my reposts, they can only see the original content that I post?

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

How is it gatekeeping? What is it gatekeeping?

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Did you get to read them with your own eyeballs?!

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

To my understanding, muting reposts simply means I won't receive notifications when someone reposts my stuff. Is that correct? I'm not sure why BlueSky decided to mute reposts OR why people are upset. Genuinely, would someone mind please explaining it to me like I'm five?

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Zye Red @zyered.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

LOOK AT WHAT MY FRIEND HANNAH SENT ME IN THE MAIL!! It's all supplies from her old jewelry stock from when she used to bead, and I'm FLOORED by her generosity! 💜 This is one of the greatest joys of my job!

A multitude of beads and pendants organized on a wooden table. Strings of beads lie in front; bags of beads are center; bags of pendants are on the left, and square containers of beads are on the upper right.

ALL THE SEED BEADS, arranged on a wooden table. Two tubes are in the foreground, in front of six bags and FIFTEEN tubes of seed beads.

Closeup of the faceted glass beads lying in a neat pile.

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