So, I dunno, ever since I got back from DragonCon and got introduced
to Changeling: The Lost, I've been having crazy, mad, fun, fantasy ideas.

I'm not sure how to go about it, where to try and get interested
parties the information, or blah blah blah; but I want to start a REAL
Goblin Market.

Specifically, in DUMBO (down under the manhattan-brooklyn overpass),
either during the full moon or new moon; and the BIG rule, NO HUMAN
CURRENCY!

A fantasy/pagany/kinnish/hippie/faeish/eccentric barter market; people
could bring herbs, flowers, home-baked goodies, ACEOs, beads, odd
little knick-knacks, cool pieces of junk, poems, etc . .. and trade.

Since there'd be nothing sold or bought, it would bypass the need for
licensing.

Thoughts?

Few things to update about.  First off, I'm wanting to raise funds for more promotional materials, so I'm trying to drum up business with a bit of sale.

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I've had some new experiments, something a bit lighter and more fun.  I've made two tiny glass bottles, 2" tall and 3" in circumferance, filled according to two very different themes, and then capped off with different colors of raw silk and satin ribbon.

The first is "Fairy Food" and is filled with porridge, poppy seeds, sunflower seeds, red quinoa, saffron threads, lemon thyme, and honeycomb. (All ingredients are dry and uncooked, except for the lemon thyme which was fresh from my garden).

The second is "Vampire Repellent" and is filled with a clove of garlic, a dried red rose bud, a sterling silver cross, and a miniature wooden stake. 

They're both available at my etsy shop, Izile's Oddities, for $10.00, or, I have listed both of them as "trials" on my new WinkElf.com site, HERE, where I have a "make an offer" feature activated on each one. 

I'm not too sure about WinkElf.com, yet; but it's free so I'm willing to give it a try.  Very wait and see for now.

Aside from that, I'm getting ready to go to Atlanta, GA this weekend for DragonCon!  It's my first ever convention - since I don't count SantaCon (just 500+ people in santa suits wandering Manhattan yelling, "Santa needs a beer!").  My costume won't be fab, tight funds and all; but it won't be that bad, I don't hope.  I'm going to be the pirate Pride, of the seven deadly sins. 

The joke has been that I'll strut around as Pride, Lust will follow after me, leering, Wrath will follow him, glowering, and Envy will follow him, wanting the attention.  I'm not sure about Gluttony or Greed; and Sloth won't be there, because they were too lazy to come.  How much of this actually comes to pass, well, it's dubious.  Funny concept, though.

Took today off.  Thursday worked myself passed all sense and reason.  I'm trying to rest and recoup today.  Worked with my garden, had some powdery mildew infecting my cucumbers and squash.  Had to uproot all the cucumbers and massively amputate on the squash.  Hopefully my garden will be OK now.

I'm taking the night to seriously rest; watching Primeval.   I've got some more empty bottles to futz with, and a brand new shipment of my bulb-bottomed vials, and more sterling silver wire. 

Still waiting on my shipment of sapphires and rubies, but it's coming from out of the U.S., so it may take a while

I'm working on formulizing more European shipping rates, just shipped two vials to Spain that worked out to $5.00 USD, and I know I can ship single vials to the U.K. for $3.50, so most of Western Europe should be around that.  I figure my stuff is so cheap on the Euro, that being more global-friendly might be a good idea.  I just haven't put up the "EVERYWHERE ELSE" shipping on Etsy because I figure that as soon as I did that, I'd get an order from Australia and end up having a big chunk taken out of my pay.

Anyone interested in knowing what S&H would be to their country, feel free to ask.  I think the only thing I can't ship would be my body scrubs.

Trying to keep up guys!  I've just restocked my shop *again* with a bunch of caught up custom requests and a few new pieces. 

I've also got my promotional postcards in and sitting out on display at the day job.  Already had quite a few people taken by the cards.  yeah yeah yeah!

I don't get as much time in my garden as I would like; but at least now that it's producing, my sister goes out and is picking and eating what's growing.  I'll get some soon!

I've got my plane ticket for Labor Day Weekend, and I'm excited.  I haven't gotten to celebrate my birthday in 2 years now!  First, due to divorce, and Second due to poor choices and bad boyfriend.  BUT, I am DETERMINED, and more importantly, my new friends seem to be determined, that I'm going to actually GET to celebrate this year! 

I'm a bit dubious over whether or not my sister and roomate will even remember or try to do anything, but I know my two new girlfriends from work both want to take me out; and if I felt up to playing a game of "Don't Touch Me!" I could go out with this guy friend of mine who doesn't quite seem to understand that I MEAN IT when I say, "I'm done with men, and I'm never dating again, and that means you, too."  No, don't worry, he's completely harmless, and he doesn't do anything inappropriate.  The most I have to do is keep him from trying to hold my hand or touch my knee. 

Seriously guys. I AM NOT playing hard to get.  I'm SICK and I'm TIRED and I'm HURT beyond description and I AM DONE!

A little respect for that is not so much to ask, is it?  It's not like I just had *one* bad relationship.  It's that I'm batting 1000.  100% of all guys I've ever ended up with have ended up being more pain and suffering and freakishly bad treatment than all the good days added together; and I'm not talking 55/45 split here.  I'm talking like 65/35 at BEST. (and that's 65% bad, 35% good).  PLUS, since I have PTSD, that means each time it's worse, it actually accumulates.  So even though the last b/f didn't physically hurt me, means he STILL did more damage and hurt me worse than anyone else. 

I'm sorry guys, I didn't mean to get into this rant.  I'll stop now.

Another day off, and another day of crafting, creating and updating.  I've just uploaded a whole batch of images to my gallery here

The title of the blog is because the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, "Y-Control" is on my mp3 player right now, and I really do appreciate the lyric, "I wish I could buy back the woman you stole."

Yes, I've been having a pretty melancholy go of it as of late, but then again, how's that any different from any other time in the past 5-ish months?  It's not.

My garden has finally started producing comestibles for me, however!  And that is quite lovely.  I made a dish of eggplant and tomato completely with home grown ingredients.  It was quite lurvely.

My Mom also seems to have found a possible new provider for me to get rough/raw gemstones, at least certain ones.  It seems way too good to be true, but if it turns out legit, I'll have a much better/cheaper source for stones like sapphires and rubies.  I'm running a poll on my DeviantArt blog (http://izile.deviantart.com/journal/ to see which stones people would like to see more of, if cost was not an issue.

I'm also running a deal on DA, that whoever grabs the 15,000 visitor screen cap on my front page on DeviantArt will get 50% off any item in my Etsy shop.  Right now, it's at 14,822!  And, of course, when it gets up to 20,000, I'll over another free custom pendant.

Aside from that, I've finished reading Warren Ellis' "Transmetropolian" and will start in on The Gunslinger Born to feed my Dark Tower addiction. 

Maudlin, I know, but sometimes I wonder what I would be like, as a person, if all that has happened, hadn't.  If I had been allowed to become a fully-functioning adult without PTSD, or any of the other things that came with it.  It's been so long now, I can't really remember what I was like before the monsters.