Crafting Relationships through Beads. Life is about connecting the dots. This is the answer Malana Ashlie received when trying to decide how to join special people in her life for her birthday. The threaded Gem Adventure is a how to book for creating a memory chain using beads representing each of the special people in your life. The basic explanations, supported by photographs of the process, are presented as stepping-stones in a story that traces the author's personal journey of awareness. Thank you. Profits from sale of The Threaded Gem Adventure supports a Single Mother's Project in El Porvenir, Honduras. This project helps these women to move above the poverty level and develop financial freedom through the operation of small home-based businesses.