u/endlesslyawkward

Hi!! I've always been in love with pins and the way they look, especially on bags, but in the past, I haven't exactly had a great time with them unfortunately...

Now I'm looking to decorate my (thrifted) Juicy Couture bag with some, but obviously it's kind of a weird material for pins since it's like a crushed velvet all around the bag pretty much. I've tried to research the best ways to attach them online like through attaching them on another keychain, different backs, etc. Although even with those ideas, I don't think lanyards or lots of accessories would be big enough to display multiple at least.

It is also a side note that I do plan on making my own pins.

I'm not really sure since I'm only giving pins another try after a few years and maybe someone here would have some recommendations or ideas of what to do.. or if I'm just destined to have no cute pins on my bag :(

Hi, I'm pretty new to the Tudor community and I am desperately in need of any good book recommendations for Henry VIII biographies that are as accurate (or least biased) as possible. Unfortunately, with much research, I find it's difficult to find a decent book that covers him well and without bias, major rumors being evidence, lack of citations, etc as I tend to find with authors like Alison Weir. Even more unfortunately, I've started reading one of her books, Henry VIII: The King and his Court which I've heard is quite filled with the things I've said above as well as not really being what I'm looking for and a bit boring to be honest. (I've looked around only now and realize that Weir is not necessarily the best resource, especially some of her older works).

I feel like I've looked everywhere for decent recommendations, but I'm rather lost on what would be considered some of the better ones. With every book I look into, it seems there are just as many flaws about it as there are good things, or sometimes they are even more bad than good! Now, I know it can be subjective with things such as writing style, although I don't tend to care about that in comparison to the information being accurate (relatively) and somewhat relevant. I'm sure this question is asked a lot and answered just as much, but I genuinely have no idea where to start and would absolutely appreciate any recommendations anyone might have to help me out with this silly problem! Thanks so much!