This post on Re-nest about finding alternative reuses for glass made me smile. I’ve been going through and gently decoupaging wine bottles, with an eye towards using – and selling them – as fragrance diffusers for awhile. I’ve got a few early forays up in the trashion section of my shop right now -I hope [...]

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I won’t claim I’m an expert blogger. I did that “31 days to a better blog” thing from Problogger last year, and there’s a bunch of stuff I couldn’t bring myself to do. I know, I know, be informative and useful, make bullet points and lists, chat up my product in an integrative way… Yeah, [...]

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1. I do not live anywhere near where I grew up. Even though I’m still within the United States, the culture is totally different. 2. I just got married last December. My husband and I have been a couple for more than five years. 3. I own both a Roomba and a Dyson. 4. I [...]

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Around the end of 2008, a new phenomenon rose on Etsy: the Etsy Guide. For prices ranging from $5 – $75 you can get, usually in pdf format, a set of instructions for how to make your Etsy shop either a)the best it can possibly be or b)a freakin’ money magnet, man! Written for the [...]

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Warming Fire One of my running projects this year is to get comfortable shooting video. Right now I’m just running around, shooting spontaneous video of soothing images I encounter in real life. But I’m storyboarding, kind of, kicking ideas around with friends. Some of it might be funny, a lot of it, just for fun. [...]

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I am asked almost weekly to create a reproduction of a fragrance. I hate this – hate hate hate it – with a burning passion. Asking me to do imitations denies me of a creative outlet, and frustrates me because it tells me that some perfume fans aren’t willing to adapt and change as perfumes [...]

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Tuning back in to this blog as I gear up for another round of picture posts and related content for your general entertainment. I’m still running stuff at the perfumery on Etsy, and while my feelings regarding Etsy are complicated, I’ve decided to try to simplify everything by just playing in my own sandbox. Once [...]

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I just wanted to let you all know today is my last day for free shipping worldwide. For you lovely international clients, I do want to give you a heads up: customs restrictions are getting enforced a lot more on both sides of the pond, and because of that, I have been hearing reports of [...]

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance – Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! I use this book as an example of what’s possible in a land free of trademarks, and where copyright has expired. Jane Austen is an odd phenomenon, wherein the 19th century and the Internet meet – and since Ms. Austen [...]

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This appeared on my balcony just as I was going to give up on the flowers blooming at all. It was a beautiful, much needed surprise, and a reminder that some things just need a little more nurturing before blossoms burst forth. Share on Facebook

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