As I’ve mentioned here before, I like to bead. I adore a creative project I can get done in one night! This past year, I’ve made several steampunk-inspired jewelry sets. I finally got all the photos uploaded to Flickr. I thought if anyone out there is doing steampunk novels, you might be able to use the images of gears and whatnot for your cover art textures or just for your own inspiration.
The full-size images are here.
The pix are uploaded under a creative commons license which means (as I understand it) you can use it for anything you want. Although if you DO use it, I’d love to hear about it. I’ll try to keep a running list of links here if anybody does want to run amok with the pix.
Here’s a small sampling of the images. Some are better than others, obviously. No editing was done here, unlike my writing 🙂
Happy creating in 2013!
Jessa Slade 
Gorgeous, Jessa. Nice that your creative talents are varied.
I’ve resolved to get back to quilting in the New Year, which is one of my loves. Like jewelry, it’s visually rich and projects are finite … unlike a book which can be edited forever.
Happy New Year,
Cathryn
http://www.cathryncade.com
I bet quilting will come in quite handy considering your snowy new home! And ya know, quilted book bags would be a lovely giveaway on your blog…
Really beautiful work, Jessa, and definitely one of a kind. I would think that anyone writing Steampunk would love to buy some of these trinkets form you and offer them as giveaway prizes.
The steampunk designs are funny; sometimes they come together easily and sometimes it’s a nightmare of fighting pieces. Hmm, much like writing… Except for the easily part 😉
Beautiful, Jessa, and so original.
Wow, Jessa! Your designs are gorgeous!
Lovely work! Fun and artsy. Love your designs.