The Fairies Got Me Again

More than two weeks ago, I lost the remote control for my television. Not a tragedy, I know, but damned inconvenient. If I wanted to go from channel 56 down to channel 2, I had to get up, go crouch in front of the t.v. and hold the channel button down until I got where I was going.

After doing that for several days, the button got less cooperative. I started having to push it over and over again, or push it from just the right angle or beg it to work. This resulted in my missing the first few minutes of some of my favorite shows. Forget about going all the way up to channel 78 just to see what was on! By the time I got to the right channel, it would have been too late.

Of course I looked for the remote. I took all the cushions off of the couch – the bottom cushions and the back rest cushions. I stuck my hands in all the cracks and crannies. I looked under the couch. I looked on the floor next to and behind the couch. I looked on the floor next to and behind the t.v. I looked on the bookshelves next to the t.v. I looked through the disarray that is my crafting table. I looked under my crafting table. I took all the cushions off the couch and felt around in cracks and crannies again.

I started to think that maybe I’d had it in my hand when I went to do something in another room. Maybe when I got there, I’d needed two hands and set it down and forgot about it. I looked in the bathroom. I looked in the refrigerator. I looked in the freezer. I looked in all the kitchen cabinets and drawers. I looked in the bedroom. I looked under the bed. I started accusing the cats of making off with it.

Every couple of days, I repeated the search, including the Great Couch Exploration. I looked over, under, behind and next to everything. I picked up every piece of paper, magazine and scrap of fabric. No remote. Finally, crouching in front of the t.v., trying to cajole the channel button into cooperating, I began to consider just buying a new one.

After two weeks of this, I started to think the fairies were messing with me. They’ve done it before. I tried to reason with them. I said, “Come on, guys, can you please give me back my remote? It’s not all that funny anymore.”

Then, the night before last, I sat down on the couch and felt something hard and lumpy beneath me. I knew immediately what it was. Yep, the remote. I searched that couch at least four times that I specifically remember. The only explanation I can come up with is that the fae were having a laugh at my expense.

Cyber Monday Deals!!

In honor of Cyber Monday, reputed to be the biggest online shopping day of the year, I'm offering free shipping on orders over $35 in my shop!! Check it out!

These cute and sparkly earrings are the perfect thing for the holiday season! Made with sterling silver ovals and headpins, they feature three genuine Swarovski crystals.

What’s so special about Swarovski crystals? They are the finest quality machine cut and polished crystals in the world! They’re machine cut, so they are perfectly uniform in size and the facets meet perfectly at a single point. They also use special glass compounds, so Swarovski crystals will out-sparkle any lesser quality bead.

These earrings have red, green and white Swarovski crystals as well as leverback earwires for added security. The dangle measures about ½” (1.25cm).


This beautiful necklace is made with genuine rose quartz and tiny peridot beads. It’s 24 inches (60.96cm) long and finished with a gold tone lobster clasp. Very pretty and feminine!

Rose quartz is said to stimulate love and promote peace and happiness. Peridot is said to increase wealth, joy and emotional well-being. Just looking at this necklace will lift your spirits!


Got vampire? This necklace is the perfect thing for the goth in you. Genuine agate fangs surrounded by ruby red glass drops and set off by faceted black beads. Strung on a sterling plated figaro style chain.

The necklace measures 16" (40.6cm) so the beads nestle near the hollow of your neck.


A unique way to celebrate Yule. This charming Yule magnet features a golden sun with a spiral bead in the center, in honor of the annual return of the sun god. It is lined with green paper and the word “Yule” is written inside with gel pen. The outside has green ribbon wrapped around the lid. Gold and green to represent the eternal return of the sun on Winter Solstice! Put it on your refrigerator, in your bedroom, your office, your car or give as a gift for a distinctive stocking stuffer.

The magnet is a round tin with a glass top with a heavy-duty magnet attached to the back.
It is 2” (5.8 cm) across and 1” (2.5) deep.

I'm in a Treasury!

What's a Treasury? It's a collection of items chosen by an Etsyian to fit a theme and/or to display some of that Etsyians favorite items from shops on Etsy. I'm in one this morning! Here's a screen shot of it:

See? There's my little Yule magnet, right in the middle of the top row! Items chosen by SummerseaHerbs

I Was a Listing Fool

I listed a bunch of new stuff over the weekend. Some of it has already sold, but some is still there!

I have a new vampire series necklace, Fangtastic:


Got vampire? This necklace is the perfect thing for the goth in you. Genuine agate fangs surrounded by ruby red glass drops and set off by faceted black beads. Strung on a sterling plated figaro style chain.


I've also got new Yule and Christmas magnets:


A unique way to celebrate Yule. This charming Yule magnet features glittery silver stars with white acrylic gems in the centers and a stamped red pine tree. It is lined with pine tree printed paper and the word “Yule” is displayed with clear backed letter stickers. The outside has green ribbon wrapped around the lid. Put it on your refrigerator, in your bedroom, your office, your car or give as a gift for a distinctive stocking stuffer.


Cute little holiday magnet celebrates Santa Claus. A darling little wooden Santa face and holly with berries sit atop printed holly paper. Stamped silver stars add subtle sparkle. The outside has red ribbon wrapped around the lid.

Put it on your refrigerator, in your office, your car or give as a gift for a distinctive stocking stuffer. Celebrate the innocence and joy that are Santa Claus!

A Real Renaissance Woman

Meet my dear friend, Jessica Black. She's a Renaissance woman in more ways than one! She takes the most amazing photographs and is also an animal advocate, interior designer, pirate, gypsy, vampire and Pagan!

She has a magnificent website, where you'll find photos of exotic animals, pirates, gypsies, elves, vampires, Pagans and her gorgeous home with its self-designed black bottom pool! Truly something for everyone.

Check it out! PrimalX

Sneek peak:
















Larry and cougar.

Jessica herself.
Photos by Jessica Black, PrimalX.com

Rhapsody in Blue

I just put this new bracelet up in my shop. I've never made a dangly-type bracelet before - it takes a lot longer than stringing the beads! It was fun, though and I did enjoy making it. Wrapping each headpin was sort of meditative.

Stunning pottery!

This past August, I had to say goodbye to Goblin, my pet cat and familiar. As you might imagine, it was very sad and awful. She'd been with me for 18 years and I felt the loss deeply.

I had a private cremation and kept her ashes. I wanted to put her ashes in something really special, something just for her. I contacted Ant at Ant's Pottery on Etsy. I'd long been an admirer of her work so I asked her if she'd be willing to do a custom order. She was and we talked back and forth about what kind of vessel I wanted for Goblin. I chose the shape and the colors and told her a little about me and my beliefs, such as that I am Pagan and that I am a devotee of the Egyptian cat goddess, Bast. I left the details of the design up to her.

Today I received this gorgeous vessel! It has a little cat as a handle on the top of it and the legs it stands on are two little cat paws in the front and a little cat tail in the back. It also has an ankh, the Egyptian symbol for eternal life, on the top. It's perfect, it's beautiful and I love it.

But that's not all! Apparently, her little girl heard about my loss and was moved to create a commemorative drawing just for me! What a wonderful child, to be so concerned about someone else's pain that she felt moved to try to make it better. I love the drawing and I'm keeping it forever.

Have a look at Goblin's vessel and be sure to check out Ant's Pottery.
Her work is awesome.

Holiday Magnets!

I'm so into this magnet thing right now! Typical fire sign - discover something new and become obsessed until you burn out. Hopefully there won't be any burning out this time. I've tried to learn to pace myself.

I have a refrigerator magnet fetish myself. I just counted and I have 32 magnets on my fridge, some of which can be seen in an earlier post. Magnets are cool because they're a small and inexpensive way to express yourself. Making my own magnets is so much fun. I went to the craft store last night and spent a small fortune on tiny supplies to make more. Here are some seasonal magnets I made the other day. Click on them to see more!