Oracle of the Beads: Fantasy

The stripes whistled at her as she passed, trying to tempt her into wrapping them around her and parading around with an orgy of patterns that would surely tempt any young man into taking a second look at the curves those stripes intimated. She ignored it. She ignored the sultry whispers of the lace, soft words of passion and concealment. She ignored the rough purr of velvet and the slick patter of a hound's-tooth dress. She ignored it until she came to the beads that rattled in their own language, uncaring of the ways that the other fabrics and supplies tried to cater to her. The beads had their own language, one that they did not care whether she understood or not. They had their own concerns, their own views of the world, and their own plans--

Inspiration: the striped box holding a Victoria's Secret gift certificate
Story Potential: High.
Notes: Oracles and divinations through sewing and ornamenting. The beads that can be cast as bones. Bone beads? I'm also wondering how well this would work with the "meat witch" idea. Maybe an entire setting where every ordinary occupation is a dalliance with the supernatural? Could be an interesting world setting.