Recent ATC's

My recently made and favorite ATC's, which are all sadly sent off to their new owners.

 This is probably my favorite. It's simple but the skull is hand drawn and pretty accurate. You can't tell, but I hand painted the skull metallic silver. Then that was glued onto Dutch ephemera and outlined in black. Much cooler is person. I did not want to give this away.

 This is the first in a series of 7 Deadly Sins. I hand drew the body and then painted it.

 This was for an ATC swap featuring our favorite lyric by our favorite band. My favorite band is the Weepies and my favorite lyric is from "The World Spins Madly On". It goes "I thought of you and where you'd gone and the world spins madly on".

 Cryptozoology ATC. I did my second favorite cryptid the Lusca, which is a mammoth man eating, ship destroying octopus.

I also really loved this one. It was for Little Red Riding Hood, obviously. I didn't want to give it up. My partner did not seem to like it much. I was disappointed because I hand made vines with clay, hand drew and painted Little Red, and put together her basket.

Voodoo Dolls and Magic Wands

I've joined some Pagan themed groups on Swap-bot. I'm not Pagan myself but I admire the religion for many reasons. It's got some great symbols, stories, and paranormal-esque (magic, spells, etc) beliefs. All of those things make for some neat swaps.

Last month I created an "authentic" magic wand. And tonight (or this morning really..it's 7 AM) I finished my voodoo doll. The wand is complete with a single terminated quartz Arkansas crystal, which all wands must have (apparently..I don't know much about wands). The voodoo doll was themed around "junk" or scraps of things we had. All parts of it had to be made from scraps, which was easy for me since I have a ton. It was themed "Banish the Junk Voodoo Doll". I almost want to keep it and Lily really wants it, but I've mad tons of voodoo dolls so I'll just make another.

I'm pretty proud of both. Here they are for your viewing pleasure:

 I actually went outside and found a nice stick. I sanded it, added shimmer pigment to purple paint, and let it dry.


I affixed the crystal to the end with super glue and wrapped wire around it. You can see but I braided this silver/pink Martha Stewart ribbon and wrapped it around the base of the wire wrapped crystal. Then I added a silver gemstone.

 The handle is made with this metallic silver Premo polymer clay. More braided ribbon and gemstones, plus a glass butterfly pendant.

Unneccessary Censorship: LOST

My friend shared this on Facebook and it made me laugh so hard. Especially the last one.

New headbands

I'm really like the pink bow one. And it was so easy to make.

New Packaging

New packaging that is cuter and more cost effective:

Headband

Tonight I started and finished my first sewing project. I've done a few before, mainly pillows, but never finished them because they were too...lumpy.

I know this one is simple but I thought it was a pretty cute idea. I plan on doing more but my fabric stash is sad.

New Stuff Part 2

Little by little I'm adding new things to my Etsy, Cyanide & Sprinkles. I recently renamed it this because I sell on both ends of the spectrum, with dark things (like carved coffins and poison potions) and dainty, sweet things (like tea cup earrings).


Birds of a Feather earrings $9.00

 Spot of Tea adjustable ring $4.00

Frog's Breath charm necklace (from the movie Nightmare Before Christmas)  $7.99

 

 The Harry Potter Potion Collection $8.99 each
Felix Felicis. Polyjuice Potion, Oculus, Wolfsbane, Magi-Me-More, Amortentia, and Veritaserum (more to come) Oculus, Wolfsbane, and Amortentia have a really amazing look to them. Visit the shop for a closer look.

Love Potion #9 keychain $5.99 or necklace $8.99
These both have a really intense pink shimmering elixir inside.

Spot of Tea necklace $5.00
There are two other styles like this.

Stop by the shop to see the rest of my items.

Etsy.

I added a bunch of new items to my Etsy store including Felix Felicis (Liquid Luck), Pixie Dust, Love Potion No. 9, "V" from True Blood, and Arsenic! Head over to see what else HERE.

For Truth. For Justice. For Five Bucks a Day.

I have been sent a "Juror Qualification Questionnaire". Many people would groan and think up some excuse as to why jury duty just isn't possible for them. Not me. Jury Duty has been the ONE constant aspiration I've had since seeing  Jury Duty starring Pauly Shore when I was 6. It's a gem among many shiny Pauly gems, that movie. I'm serious. Jury Duty>Son in Law. I love Pauly Shore and I love the idea of jury duty. I'm pumped and have promptly filled out my questionnaire. It should soon be in the hands of Madison counties finest.

I've already started day dreaming about my interview with Carl Wayne Bishop's lawyers. Lucky for me, I don't interview well and any opinion I've ever had about anything flies out the window when I get nervous and I become a slobbering uneducated dummy. Unlucky for them I'm not on paper and plan to fight for Carl's immediate release, since he's innocent. He has taser marks on his neck, people!

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about his Father

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about his Father

(a documentary by Kurt Kuenne) 

Andrew Bagby

Dear Zachary is the true story of Andrew Bagby, his best friend Kurt, and every single person Andrew knew before his shocking murder. After ending a bizarre relationship with his girlfriend, Shirley Turner, Andrew was ready to get back to his life practicing medicine in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Not even 24 hours after the break up, Andrew was found murdered in a nearby park. He was shot 5 times by Shirley. Soon after her arrest in Canada, Shirley announced that she was pregnant with Andrew’s child.

Filmmaker Kurt with Zachary

Andrew’s death was a tremendous tragedy, affecting everyone he had ever known. In his friend’s honor, filmmaker and director Kurt Kuenne dreamt of a tribute that recorded and memorialized everything anyone could ever know about Andrew and the amazing life he lead. It was his hope to one day pass his friend’s history to his unborn son he left behind, Zachary. With this idea in hand, Kurt left on a journey for which he had no specific time-line or end in mind. He would film until there was nothing left to learn about Andrew.

He had no idea the painful, beautiful, heart wrenching story that would unfold.

Andrew's parents with Zachary

For anyone who believes human beings are noble god-like creatures, with resilient hearts and minds, Dear Zachary will be the most riveting, Earth shattering film you’ll ever watch. And you’ll only watch it once, despite the fantastic musical scores, montages, and beautiful words spoken to a son about his father. It’s the worst story ever told in the most fantastic, beautiful, graceful way by fantastic, beautiful, graceful people. Though Dear Zachary illustrates humanity in its most disturbing hour, it also illustrates humanity at its most profound, remarkable and resilient.

-Sarah

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This is the only film Netflix has ever recommended to me with a 5 star rating according to my rating interests. Netflix hit the nail on the head and I also give this film 5 stars.

This is one those stories that makes you wonder why. Why oh why oh why? It's terrible enough of a story to lose your faith. For me, it confirms that we humans are alone. There is no higher power. There is no one watching over us. There is nothing out there. It's just us and that's all. Maybe that in itself is a tragedy. But the brighter side to a story like this and the revelations like mine, is that humans are awe inspiring. The resilience of the human heart is better than any desperate prayer ever to a pretend man in the sky. It makes me wonder why humans create gods to worship, when we are god-like ourselves.

Watch Dear Zachary and learn something about your own humanity.