Exploring the Enduring Fascination with Vampires
Carmilla, Dracula and Lestat, three of the most famous vampires in fiction Ever since I first watched Bela Lugosi in an old black and...
How Each Piece of Jewellery Reflects a Love for Literature
Welcome to Paper2pearls: Where Creativity Meets Craftsmanship At Paper2pearls, I pour my heart into each and every piece I create. What...
From book to jewellery
Why Old Books? A Personal Journey into Upcycling The allure of old books is unmistakable. Pages yellowed with time, the scent of worn...
Jane Eyre and the importance of books
What Jane Eyre Teaches Us About Books and Reading It’s September again, and for many, this means one thing: back to school whether...
Discover the Hidden Magic of Nature: Lessons from The Secret Garden
My focus book for April is "The Secret Garden" a book that was one of my childhood favourites and one that implanted itself so firmly in...
The Enduring Appeal of 'Little Women': Exploring Its Timeless Themes
Introduction Have you ever stumbled upon a novel that feels like a warm embrace, transporting you to another time and place with every...
Can books be recycled?
Books have been cherished companions for centuries, offering us escape from our everyday life, as a source of knowledge, and as a...
Christmas past, present and future
Christmas Past: The Ghost of Christmas Past takes us on a journey back to our childhood Christmases and for me how I continued to create...
Book lover or book murderer?
Am I a book lover or a book murderer? As a lifelong reader and book lover, I often feel torn between two groups, bibliophiles who...
Trying to catch butterflies
All my life I’ve had a mind that periodically flits from thing to thing, stopping me from anything productive that takes longer than five...
