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I’m closing my shop on December 1st so I can deal with the inevitable wedding flotsam. I’ve got my dress where I want it, and now we need to pin down the wedding coordinator and I have to write itineraries so people get an idea of what’s going on, where to call a cab, etc. There has to have been some generation somewhere where weddings weren’t a big freakin’ deal. As it is, I’m re-reading the Psyche and Eros myth with my mythology reading group and suddenly the people surrounding the couple are a lot more interesting to me, as I see now it’s far more than just a tale of love conquering all.

Despite all the weirdness and my sudden urge to buy a travel vest, going against all my more fashionable inclinations, I’m still trying to forge ahead with my Etsy shop. I’m even braving the waters of New Stuff with only one day to sell them.

borrowing my friend Brenda's tiara for the wedding

I had ventured into decoupage and altered art, and these very humble items are part of my offerings. I still plan to do some other upcycling-related stuff to offer when I get back. I’m buffaloed as to how I’m going to shoot some of it, though.

But if you want random items that are still functional, I’ve got this perfume bottle and spice jar available right now on Etsy:

I’m also trying to clear a few items out, residual stock that’s still good, etc. Most of it’s going in my trashion or clearance sections, so it’s a good time to go take a look!

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I managed to score a treasury – thank you, Craftopolis – and since I had a little time to kill, I got to thinking about the nature of thinking about oneself. Narcissism and humility seem like their rank opposites, dwelling on either side of a coin, but maybe it’s really a pendulum. Sometimes, you need to really, really look at yourself and make it about you – and sometimes you have to pay for those moments by really, really being outside yourself and aware of how everyone around you really works.

It was just an odd reflective moment – thus all the silver.

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photo by Sasha W. on flickr

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My friend Joel and a group of his friends love the movie Heathers. For some reason this translates into all of them calling each other Beck (why not Heather, I dunno.) So one night before a hectic club gathering, I whipped up this scent for them to wear – a happy spritz of raspberry, chocolate and a bare hint of coconut. It’s smell is like licking a fruit-scented icing, and something in it just screams Lip Smacker(TM).

These spray pumps hold 1.5 ml fragrance – a nice, pocket size way to spritz!

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