"I don't hate them, I'm afraid of them.  It's not the same thing."

"Those must be some killer late fees." 

At least I found my paperback version of my City of Ashes book!  Still need to find the hardback  copy...

I read waaaaaaay past my bedtime!

My yet to be read plus a few other favorites…Oh I am so behind in my reading list!

I was running out of space so badly I had to have a neighbor build a book shelf desk!  Nothing like multitasking…okay…so I can't do anything else when I read.

Uh oh!  Where is my hardback version of City of Ashes!?  I hope my mom has it…Speaking of, have you seen the new covers for Cassie's books?  Amazing!!

Author Cassandra Clare's book series The Mortal Instruments is being adapted into a TV series for ABC Family.  It premiers sometime in early 2016 but as the cast and crew film and edit, Shadowhunter fans are getting tons of behind the scenes sneak peeks and Twitter chats with the cast!  It makes it very hard to wait patiently with all the excitement building up so far away from the premier date.  In the meantime, fans of the books and upcoming show, are encouraged to share their fan art with the hashtag #SHFanArtFridays.  I decided to make these tags as my contribution!

A lot of the exciting action scenes in Clare's novels take place at night, plus shadowhunters wear all black while fighting demons.  I wanted to make the background of the tags dark and have them mimic the night sky and make the runes light and bright since they are in essence, magical.

Shadowhunters draw runes on their skin with their steles to help magnify their strengths and give them power to defeat demons.  It is said that shadowhunters are part angel so the angelic power rune is one you will always find on their skin.  The clairvoyant sight rune is the first rune a shadowhunter receives and helps keep their sight of the magical world clear.

Angelic Power:  "Shadowhunters:  Looking Better in Black than the Widows of our Enemies Since 1234."

In Clare's first Mortal Instruments novel, Jace jokes with Clary about a Latin inscription above the entrance to the City of Bones.  He says the inscription translates to "Shadowhunters:  Looking Better in Black than the Widows of our Enemies Since 1234" when in reality it translates to "The descent into Hell is easy."  Apparently it's a joke among the Silent Brothers who reside in the City of Bones.

Clairvoyant Sight:  "It's your gift, to see the beauty and the horror in ordinary things."

In the beginning of Clare's first novel, The City of Bones, Clary starts to see things that she realizes others around her can't, including the "murder" of what appears to be a human.  She then asks her mother's friend Luke what he would do if he saw something that no one else could see.  Luke appears startled by the question but eventually tells her she is an artist and she sees the world in ways that others don't.

Teal and black ribbon accented with silver organza ribbon add shimmer and shine to the tops of the tags.  A Tim Holtz mirrored star glued to the center of the ribbon keeps with the star theme and a Prima flower in a matching teal adds dimension.

No, that is not a complete Poe anthology displayed on my crafting table shelf…Okay, it is!  I love Poe!  Wow, two of my favorite hobbies are mixing more than I thought...