About Me:I'm the Izile of "Izile's Oddities" a maker of odd fantasies and fantastic oddities. I primarily specialize in Magic Vial Pendants which are blends of corresponding gemstones and herbs preserved in oil in tiny vial/bottles and then wrapped in a variety of metals.
I also have a Shop Blog HERE and a DeviantArt Gallery HERE
Music:
Movies:I like all sorts of movies. Good movies, bad movies; I'm just not fond of "chick flicks." I'm chomping at the bit most of this summer. Excited to see the Underground Kingdom in Hellboy II.
TV:I don't have cable. I do have my shows I like, and lots of shows I miss from when I had cable.
Books:Acorna series, Pern series, Dark Tower series, Hitchhikers Guide series, Tolkien (of course), Bad Monkeys, and currently reading The Historian. Valis is next on the list.
Likes:Ask!
Dislikes:Don't push it.
Vices:Just the basic 7, you know, wrath, gluttony, sloth, pride .. . caffeine, chocolate, alcohol.
Virtues:Just the basic 7, you know, prudence, kindness, patience, valor . . . caffeine, chocolate, alcohol.
Finally another warm and sunny day. I was able to get out in the garden and keep up the prep for hopeful future plantings. Mostly, I was just getting rid of grass that had taken up in the beds. Also, I felt the need to prune off the dead parts of my Rosemary and Thyme bushes.
Pleasantly surprised to see the return of Parsley, Sage, Chives and one of my mints. I can't tell which of the mints it is. It apparently burrowed underground during the winter, put down huge sprawling roots and is now popping up all over the bed. It smells vaguley of liquorish. Which I dislike, and do not understand. Last year I had 4 mints, Citrus Mint, Chocolate Mint, Blackberry Mint and just Mint Vulgaris. I'm guessing this is the Chocolate Mint, because it's got dark purple tinged leaves and they're verry round and smooth. Hopefully as it turns into a full fledged plant it won't smell like liquorish anymore. Bletch!
My April Fools Day Sale went well enough that I was able to buy a weeks worth of groceries, but not well enough to pay any bills. Definitely no where near enough to buy plants for my garden. The good news is, being so far north, I've got a good month before I should start stressing about planting.
So far, I know I need to get new oregano, not-??-mint, lavender (very popular in my Magic Vial Pendants), and basil. I believe that should take care of my herbal needs. I'm still hoping that by letting all my tomato plants rot into the ground for most of the winter that I'll get volunteer tomatoes. I had some last year, so hopefully I'll get some this year. That'd be great if I didn't have to re-buy a whole new crop of tomato plants. I also HAVE to get eggplant. I LIVED off eggplant last summer, it was fabulous! I'm not going to even attempt cucumber again this year, my yard's just not right for it. I probably shouldn't try squash either, but I do love squash, and mine might have been OK last year if it weren't for the powdery mildew.
Well, I've got very limited space, and there's no point obsessing about it right now, because I couldn't even afford one of each right now!
Urg. I keep thinking "this has got to change, this has got to turn around, this has got to get better!" but it gets so discouraging saying that for almost 3 months now. Well, tomorrow's Monday, and I can start all over again, calling around looking for some kind of work. Repeat after me. "I will not sell myself to the foot fetishists on Craigslist.org" Keep saying that.
Hoping your search has gone well here too... I was just reading Jasmine's blog and see she's suffering from the same frustration of non-payers on her sales site (ebay).
Since I *STILL* can't find gainful employment, I'm having a HUGE April Fool's Day Sale at Izile's Oddities! (Making me, the fool, of course!) SALE *ONLY* from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (EST) April, 1st!
Read about it on my shop blog and remember. I SHIP INTERNATIONALLY!
I know I haven't posted in months! Life's just been kind of hard. I know this is a mostly UK site in a lot of ways, but the American economic crash has been very hard on me.
I thought, however, that I needed to pop on hear and at least say I'm not dead, I've just been focusing a lot of time to trying to find a day-job, and marketing the hell out of Izile's Oddities on etsy. That, and trying to pay more attention to the shop blog: izile.blogspot.com
So, sorry if I haven't been paying this site the amount of attention I should, I guess I've just been stretched a little thin between Deviantart.com (Izile), etsy (Izile) and blogspot (Izile).
Yes, I've been a bad little elfling and not keeping up with my Faespace. Sorry, life's just been tantamount to in crisis for some time. Actually, because of some of that, I'm having an early holiday sale.
CHRISTMAS IS COMING!!
Get it done early! ALL PREMADE MAGIC VIAL PENDANTS ARE BUY 1 GET ONE HALF-OFF!!
Put codeword: "BOGO" into "Message to seller" and I'll send you a custom invoice for the sale amount!
Take advantage while the stock remains! Custom orders are already being placed, and the Holidays may get *VERY* busy for me!
And to the FaeSpace community I remind you. I SHIP INTERNATIONALLY! Just contact me about what country you're in and I'll find out S&H for you. UK is $3.50 USD for Shipping & Handling (most of western Europe should be about the same)
which really won't change anytime soon, with the parents coming to visit on Monday, and then still gotta get pieces up and done for the Steampunk Day at the Brooklyn Indie Market while still doing all my custom pieces, AND a day job. . . . oy, I hate the day job right now.
I had volunteered to get The Iron Fairies up on faespace.com I don't know why. I'm not paid nor treated exceptionally well. Pity, because if I'd've had it done by today, I could have announced the 1 Year Anniversary party tonight.
And part of my brain goes instantly into guilt-mode saying I should stop blogging right now and go do this thing, just this quick, it wouldn't take long.
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OK, there, I did it. *sighs* Sometimes I wish I wasn't so compelled to always be such a nice person. I look around and see some really selfish bitches, and think how easy it must be for them. But it's just not in my nature, and I suppose I should be thankful for that.
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So, yes, busy. I'm still a mad addict to Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab with no sign of slowing down. My collection of imps is growing. I'm going to the post office just as often for Imp swaps as I do to mail Magic Vial Necklaces. The fact they have a whole discussion board devoted to non-perfume uses for their oils just fuels the fire. I've made a solid perfume with cocoa butter and soy wax out of *Lightning* and have then used that to rub into my wooden hairsticks to scent my hair with. I made a soap out of *Kubla Khan* and have diluted *Kitsune Tzuki* into a spritzer (with jojoba oil and vodka). I've got an order of 6 1 ml rollerballs on the way for easier use, and am chomping at the bit, wanting to buy *Fairy Market* from the Neil Gaiman Stardust line. I have an imp of it, and it's an AMAZING scent!
It wouldn't be so tempting to spend my paypal money if I hadn't had my bank account at WaMu. So it's been accumulating in paypal, instead of getting downloaded into my account and used for utilities and food. I don't know when I'll have the time, but I've GOT to get a new bank. *sighs*
NOTE TO EUROPEANS: At this rate, the dollar's going to be worth ****. You seriously might want to check out my shop, the exchange rate has *GOT* to be huge in your favor, and I will ship *ANYWHERE* as long as you cover the postage. Izile's Oddities Magic friendly, and custom work welcome!
As the saying goes every dog has it's day, so does an urban-coyote. If you feel the urge to bite give a lick instead, you may like the taste and it's less to swallow.
Your full time job at the shop sounds like so much fun! Next time I come back home to NY, I'll have to find you. Also, I can't wait to see all of the new herbal scrubs and such you're working on. Yummmmm. Okay, off to take the Camelot quiz now. . .
I've been trying to grow sprouts in a pot, but they only get so high and then they die. I seem to have better luck when I start from a pre-grown sprout.
Last year I had them outside, but this year I've got pots (its easier for me). Last year none of the plants I started inside grew, not even the beans! They were in partial shade, with sun in the afternoon (i believe).
Thyme and Rosemary? I'll definitely try those, as I've seen a lot of uses for them in my encyclopedias. I just need to find a good place in my house, because my cats will eat them otherwise. On that note, I also have some catnip seeds I think I'll try.
And yeah, we have a lot of mint that grows around our back porch, so no need to grow any. xD Thanks for the tips. ^^
Hello Izile, warmest welcomes to our community. Thank you for joining us here dear friend & sharing your magical oddities, they are enchanting & so imaginative. I love the fun humour in your profile *big smiles* we too are looking forward to a summer of great films, yay! What an amazing photo of you in the Giant Catalpa, a true elf methinks =) I adore trees so very much & this one is just awesome. It is always a real delight to see how the wonderful friendship is extended on EF, especially when these special beings sense someone in need, we are blessed indeed...
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Izile,
LiseWishing you extraordinary luck on your job search.
I'm trying to have a positive attitude too... I find that dreams have more of a chance of coming true with that.
Many blessings
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