Zye Red

Thank you! So are you!

Made these trans-themed earrings for delivery to one of my consignment spots.

Don't let the world's toxins leach out your color. You deserve to be your favorite version of yourself. I am glad you exist and hope you continue.

#LGBTQ

Okay, try now? I changed a setting.

Senator Tim Sheehy of Montana broke the arm of Brian McGinnis, a Marine veteran who was protesting the recent bombings of Iran.

I don't want to share the video here because it's quite graphic, but I assure you it's true. He then called McGinnis "unhinged".

And people wonder why we're angry...

Absolutely understandable. Can you not DM me on BlueSky? There should be an option on my profile.

I literally gasped at these photos. You did a FANTASTIC job with arranging the gradient of blue to black, and the rainbow is lovely!

Question, do any of the stores have online websites? I would love to have more small businesses on my list of resources.

*learns how to make a pair of looped earrings one time on YouTube*

I don't even know what other shapes are at this point.

PHOTOS PLEASE

I'm so delighted to share the joy of beads! What's your favorite aspect? Where do you like to source them? Do you have a favorite color to work with?

First batch of March just dropped. Like a microphone, or maybe a really hot potato. Or a really hot microphone.

#beading #handmadejewelry

March Donations Zye's Beads published a post on Ko-fi

IMPORTANT INFORMATION! My friend Maelah will be the person receiving Bead Money this month! My blog post explains why. You don't have to read it, but it'd be pretty cool if you did.

ko-fi.com/post/March-F...

Got some new pens for the customized business cards included in every package. They're glittery.

Because no manager or CEO gets to tell me I can't. ✨

#Ko-Fi #smallbusiness

customer: can i have a beef soft taco please?

me: of course, would you like that individually or in a combo?

customer: yes

me:

customer:

me:

customer: and can i also order a cheese quesadilla and ---

Should I Post in Batches or Spread Stuff Out? - Click to view on Ko-fi Zye's Beads added a poll on Ko-fi

Hey, could y'all help me out with this poll I made? I need some opinions.

ko-fi.com/polls/Should...

Haven Social: Stopping AI Art Theft & Surveillance Social media that prevents AI from stealing your art, your biometrics, and your privacy.

Some fine people are campaigning for an anti-AI social media platform! Their ideas are extremely clever, too.

They need to reach their fundraising goal in forty-two days, so please read about them here and spread this around. Better yet, pledge some money! 🫵🏼

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hav...

TikTok thinks this video deserves to be under review for some reason. So I posted it on YouTube as well.

(I deleted the image preview because I dislike the freeze-frame it chose for my face. 😅)

youtube.com/shorts/9BRDr...

I haven't watched your newest video yet, but I just want you to know that I really appreciate what you do. After a long day in customer service interacting with people who...shall we say, do not share my moral values, seeing your ferocious compassion is very refreshing.

Support Zye's Beads Upcycled jewelry from donated materials. A multitude for every mood!

🫵🏼 Do you like supporting independent artists who need to eat food and live in places?

Consider subscribing to my Ko-Fi! A single dollar a month from a thousand people would be a very consistent and trustworthy form of security! You don't have to, but it'd be cool if you did!
ko-fi.com/zyered

These earrings were in a group of commission options from a previous post, and they're now up for sale on ko-fi.com/zyered/shop!

Get 'em quick before somebody else does! I'd love to make more of this style in the future, but I guarantee they will not look precisely the same. 👀

a customer: hey can you please make some earrings based on Vox from Hazbin Hotel

me: I will do my best.

You do not need to read or listen to the files.

If you choose to, make sure that choice is based on you, not the pressure you might feel to "do enough".

You do not need to shove yourself deeper into the pit just to prove you can see the darkness that's all around us.

Seed beads! Seed beads!! SEED BEADS!!

#handmadejewelry

More fun news! Zye's Beads published a post on Ko-fi

New blog post just dropped, featuring official news regarding TWO improvements to my shop (and the stuff in it)!

#Ko-Fi #smallartist #beading

ko-fi.com/post/More-fu...

haha cool

👍🏼

Update: I gave the display stand to a customer so now I'm waiting for a new one in the mail. 😅

okay be honest

If I came up to you in Wal-Mart looking like this, would you trust me?

Someone requested earrings to match a necklace I set aside for them, in the style of "crow gathering shiny objects for their nest".

I enjoy presenting 3 options for earrings, so I pulled out my Numbered Card Backings and got to work. The first image is one of the reference photos they sent me.

I purchased a new necklace display stand! Now for better photos in the future.

#smallartist #jewelry

lookin like he popped out of phineas and ferb

‘A profound sense of being hunted’: with all eyes on Minneapolis, ICE arrests continue quietly across the US Immigration operations are still stoking fear and disrupting the ability to go to work, school or doctor’s appointments

‘A profound sense of being hunted’: with all eyes on Minneapolis, ICE arrests continue quietly across the US

Immigration operations are still stoking fear and disrupting the ability to go to work, school or doctor’s appointments

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Da baby snuck into my large box of beading supplies and peed in it.

The Bead Peer's access to my apartment has now been restricted to certain hours of the day.