WA State Summer Con!

Books & Chains will be at the Washington State Summer Con this weekend, June 15-16th, 2019, in Puyallup, WA.
We’ll be at booth #284 so come stop by and see what new things we have! (Click map to view it larger.)

Map of Showplex

Geek Craft Market!

We noticed it had been a while since we’d updated the event calendar, which has now been updated to fully reflect 2019’s calendar. On that note, if you’re looking for a way to drown your sorrows that the man who was Chewbacca has died or celebrate this geeky weekend (May the 4th be with you, or possibly Revenge of the 5th, depending upon how you roll), come on out to Puyallup for the Geek Craft Market!

Books & Chains will be there Saturday with new books, art, and chainmaille jewelry! More details on the event can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/173227936896201

May the 4th Event--Geek Craft Market in Puyallup

GeekGirlCon!

This coming weekend (Oct. 27-28), Books & Chains will be at GeekGirlCon in Seattle, Booth 703!

GeekGirlCon 2018 Map

We’ll have the usual variety of geeky, handmade chainmaille jewelry, plus books by local authors Raven Oak & Jennifer Brozek! Raven will have prints as well as some limited edition canvas prints of her art. Both authors have new titles so come check out the goodies!

Website Updates

It was time! We’ve added images of new products to the PRODUCTS page, as well as updated the ABOUT US page. We’ve also added a few events to the EVENT CALENDAR. Feel free to check out the updates.

WA State Toy & Geek Fest

WA State Toy & Geek Fest

Books & Chains will be at the Washington State Toy & Geek Fest this weekend (June 30-July 1) in Puyallup, WA at the State Fair Grounds! We’ll have guest author Jennifer Brozek with us, along with new chainmaille and books, so come stop by and say hello! We’ll be at Booth E-15!

WA State Toy & Geek Fest

Lilac City Comicon 2018!

LILAC CITY COMICON is this weekend!

Books & Chains will be at LCCC 2018 this weekend in Spokane, WA. Besides some awesome new chainmaille by Elise, we’ll also have some new book related candles and some awesome sneak peaks from Raven. We’ll be at BOOTH 503 so come say hello and check out what new things we have!

LCCC 2018

Geek the Halls!

Books & Chains will be at Geek the Halls in Portland, OR this weekend! Geek the Halls is run by the PDX Browncoats so there’s guaranteed to be plenty of shinies for the Browncoat in your life! Come on out and finish your holiday shopping!

More info at: https://www.facebook.com/events/183075118857564/

Geek the Halls 2017

Anglicon 2017!

Books & Chains will be at Anglicon this coming weekend, December 8-10, in Seatac. Elise will have some awesome Whovian chainmaille jewelry and in addition to books by Raven Oak and Jennifer Brozek, both authors will also have some awesome mystery boxes for sale. Come check out the fun!

Anglicon 2017

Details on Anglicon can be found at: http://www.anglicon.com

GeekGirlCon

We’ll be at GeekGirlCon 2017 in Seattle this weekend, booth I-117! Come say hello and tell us what your superpower is!

GeekGirlCon Map

Rose City Comic Con Wrap-Up!

Rose City Comicon

This past weekend was our first time vending at Rose City Comic Con in Portland, OR, and it was a blast! So much excellent cosplay (some of which you can see over on Raven’s Wrap-Up post), geeky people, and fun guests. We had quite a blast chatting with all of you! Here are some photos from our weekend:

Set up booth
Elise & Jesikah attach fairy lights to the grid walls during Thursday set-up

B&C Booth
The view from the aisle looking in

Booth
Hero earrings, wallet chain, dragon “eggs,” candles, and Jesikah’s books to the left

booth
Display books, the rest of the chainmaille jewelry (bracelets, necklaces, dice bags), candles, and Raven’s books. Plus swag bags!

booth
Better shot of the fairy lights

We gave out 300 swag bags full of autographed goodies, coloring pages, and a chainmaille dangle made from maille that was created for NASA’s Mars Insight mission. The pieces were highly limited in quantity so those who got one were quite lucky!

 

R2D2
R2D2 visited our booth!

Friday morning, an entire parade of R2 units that went by, which you can watch in Raven’s video below.

R2 units
Photo Jesikah took of the R2’s paying tribute to the “dead robot” on the con floor.

dead robot
Better shot of the robot.

ussie
Jesikah capturing Raven in her selfie.

Elise
Elise making a TARDIS dice bag.

Doctor Picture!
Elise and Raven (the TARDIS) in their photo with The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Companion Bill (Pearl Mackie)

 

tear down
Time to pack up and tear down!

done
And that’s a wrap! Until next time, Portland! (Which will be Geek the Halls in December!)