Jewelry can subtly communicate its wearer's personality, with color representing mood, size corresponding to confidence, and charms spelling out what to prepare for dinner tonight. You are what you wear with today's Groupon to Bead City in Franklin. Choose between the following options:

• For $15, you get $30 worth of jewelry beads and jewelry supplies.
• For $25, you get $50 worth of jewelry beads and jewelry supplies.

The arts-and-crafts experts at Bead City unveil a bounteous quantity of beading tools and supplies highlighted by a glimmering collection of crystal and glass pieces. Stock up on intricately designed 5-milimeter Bali beads to later assemble friendship necklaces or enliven dull house-arrest anklets ($0.46 each). Sterling-silver alphabet beads ($2.30 each) allow crafters to form names and words of encouragement, and mother-of-pearl beads ($4.47 for a 16" strand) and mookaite heishe beads ($7.17 for a 16" strand) adorn décolletages with semi-precious stones. Visitors can also find necessary beading accouterments such as sterling-silver and gold-filled wire gauge, Easy Eye beading needles ($1.69), and Bead Fix glue for repairing broken pieces and adhering beads to eyelids during college lectures ($8.77 for a 10-gram bottle). For guidance through beading projects, thumb through the pages of 30 Minute Beading ($8.97) or A Beginner's Guide to Beading ($6.97).