If I made some ephemeral art that was meant to be burned as the sacrifice, would you have a safe place to do that (a fireplace, a backyard, a bbq grill lol)? Nothing big, maybe 6 inches tall. Yes, I have places to burn ALL THE THINGS. Or just something small. We actually have a large bonfire area and a grill. No fireplace.
Would you want something from this website for your "light"? Sorry, they are not really my style.
Would people want a relaxing CD or a recording of the rainforest, or are people looking for things like mix CDs or something from a favorite artist? I kind of liked the idea someone had of wind chimes or bells. I'm really picky about my music unless it's on my wishlist. I do have music on my wishlist though! I don't mind getting thumbdrives or cds with mp3s.
Would you, Snowflake, be interested in getting a bracelet or pendant necklace as a "charm" for banishment or protection or shifting energy or bringing in luck? If so, what's your preference (bracelet, necklace pendant), size (wrist size, chain length), what metals to you prefer (copper, sterling silver?), and what colors /stones do you have an affinity for? I like about 19" length in necklaces and would need about 8" for a bracelet. I am allergic to everything metal except (for sure) sterling silver and surgical steel. I would love charms for protection, luck, job finding, school decision making, monies, romance/life partner finding, friend finding, what-to-do-with-my-life knowing, etc. (I know! I want so much! How about lottery winning? That goes under luck and monies, right??) I might use a charm more if I could anoint it with skin safe oils and if it had a long enough cord (rat tail cord or soft leather?) to just put off and on over my head. I don't mind bracelets but I VERY RARELY wear any jewelry at all except my BPTP scent locket. I do have a protective charm in my car hanging from my rearview mirror (that I acquired in a Switch Witch swap!) I'm planning on making mojo bags for monies, protection, beauty, romance, etc. so charms to go in or on the outside of those would be fun. I have an affinity for blues, purples, greys, blacks. Tanzanite, alexandrite (prefer blue/purple - not pink/green), amethyst, hematite, moonstone, opal/black opal, sapphire, aqua aura, azurite, iolite, kyanite, sodalite, fluorite, obsidian, onyx, black spinel, black tourmaline, snowflake obsidian, tourmalinated quartz, black star sapphire, etc.
So, are you the type that likes no color added at all, natural colorants and herbs, or rainbow glitter bombs ? I don't mind color added as long as it on the natural side. No phthalates, SLS, parabens, pro. glycol, -cones, etc. Prefer no glitter. Glitter is the herpes of the craft world. Mica is ok. Herbs are ok if they're almost totally pulverized so they don't clog our septic system or drains. I'm ok with coconut oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, etc. I don't have any allergies that I'm aware of to essential or fragrance oils other than sometimes I get contact dermatitis if I apply oils in the same exact area too many times in a row. I have to switch it up.
What's the best format to send you a whole music playlist (instead of an album)? Do you have a service you already use? Would you like it on a USB, iTunes, Spotify, etc? I'm kind of picky about my music as I think I said before... I wouldn't mind getting music on my wish list. either on mp3 or on cd.
Since one of the options for the sacrifice is an item to give away, I'm curious if there are any people, organizations, or causes that you like to give something away to? It could be anything - a charity you wish you could donate to, a stranger you see at the coffee shop who you've always wanted to do something nice for, an obnoxious coworker you'd like to receive one of those glitter-by-mail packages, whatever. I support some pibble rescue groups but I'm no where near them to give them anything and I rarely leave the house. I know some people who are deserving of some poop by mail anonymous packages... but those aren't really a sacrifice.
12 Days of Christmas Swap
I love crocheting, it's my favorite hobby. Can I make you a scarf/cowl/sweater/lap blanket to keep you wintery-warm!? Please, no crochet wearables. Amigurumi and stuffies are cute in crochet and I have quite a few in my favorites lists on ravelry. Blanket would be cost prohibitive with my yarn tastes. I actually have quite a few crocheted afghans from my grandma that I don't have room for, so I would say no on the blanket.
How do you feel about amigurumi (i.e. little crochet toys), either characters from a fandom, wee animals, or as decorations? If you take a look at my ravelry favorites ("halloween or vamp swap" and "make for me" bundles) you'll see that I feel like you should make amigurumi for me, yes indeed. *nods sagely*
How do you feel about knit socks? (Plain stockinette, lacework, cables, etc). Are there any other hand knit items you'd especially like? (Mittens, fingerless gloves, hats, etc). Sadly I do not really like knit socks that much and I received a pair in one of my last ravelry swaps. I don't wear socks at all for more than half of the year and when I do wear socks, they are black. And I have huge feet so you really don't want to knit socks for me anyway. But again, if you look at my ravelry favorites, I have two bundles with I would LOVE to get (halloween or vamp swap bundle and "make for me" bundle.) there are many options there! I am a picky bitchcake and I'm not afraid to say it. I mostly prefer shawls (really long and skinny-ish but not scarves. But not those triangle shaped things either.) and fingerless mitts. But on mitts I really need you to use very stretchy cast ons and bind offs as I have huge hands too. (I blame the nordic ancestors.) My preferred cast on is Jeny's Stretchy Slipknot Cast On and my preferred bind off is Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off, But as long as it's stretchy, we're good! I have measurements on ravelry linked to my profile.
What kind of snacks do you like? Does dried fruit or crunchy dried vegetables sound appealing? Do you like (raw) honey? Jerky? Jam? What sort of local products do you like to receive as gifts? If you're familiar with products in the Pacific Northwest, is there anything specific you'd like to try? - I love and adore honey! We usually have bees here at parents all summer from local beekeeper, and I tried beekeeping briefly in Seattle but my (wild) hive moved out and I never ordered any of my own bees. The beekeeper stiffed us this year and didn't give us the promised honey and honeycomb in exchange for keeping his bees here. I adore jerky but try to avoid corn syrup so I end up doing things like krave or my (previously local) butchers "made in house" jerky. I miss Bavarian Meats in pike place market - love their landjaeger. I have lived in Seattle the majority of my life but I am in Eastern Washington with parents right now until life is back on track. This is the home of the huckleberry things. I've lived in Denver, Dallas, and Toronto briefly as well. Would kill to have a place close to me that sells canons sweet hots (mild.) sadly mostly in New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, etc. I make my own dried fruit and veggies, so I'm good there.
If there's one place you could go in the world, where and why? The U.K. Because. (I have always just felt an affinity with Wales, Scotland, Ireland, England, etc. I'd love to visit Glastonbury Tor, Stonehenge, Hadrian's Wall, Bath, Loch Ness, etc. Now if I could just meet a nice non-alcoholic Scottish boy and move there, I'd be super happy.)
What sort of dollar store items do you always get a kick out of? Canadian dollar stores have the best dog squeaky toys, so we go there when we're in Canada, eh. Otherwise I usually go to the dollar store for stuff like the little sieves/screens that fit into the sink drain. They're the best for dumping out tea leaves and coffee grounds into so the water runs out and you can then pop the grounds/leaves into the garbage. My parents don't have any of these and I didn't bring mine with me from my ex house.
Do you like to receive plants or gardening stuff? Do you grow plants? What's your favourite flower, if you have one? My mom especially likes wave petunias. I love scented geraniums (not zonal), lavender, and fragrant purple roses. Although I'm partial to grandifloras, we have some lovely rugosas that we harvest the petals from and make rose petal liquor, jelly, syrup, etc. I make lavender wands/bottles and harvest the lavender for cooking too. (at one point I had over 50 rose bushes and 11 varieties of lavender but then we had to move.) Really I like any herb that is useful for rituals, edible, medicinal, or fragrant. I don't usually purchase flowers that are JUST pretty. Pretty and fragrant? Sold. I could use mugwort, hyssop, and rue especially - we have none of those. I'm sure we could germinate seeds. I forgot to get cuttings of my geranium before it froze. *sigh* Could use some more sage and beebalm too. Oooh -- I especially love purple and black bearded irises (they have a fragrance usually!) We only have yellow (ick!) and one purpley pink color. We're in Zone 5b: -15F to -10F. I don't think we need any gardening stuff per se though. I do love seed bombs with wildflowers and things as well, I could throw some in the pasture by the road... But they would need to be very drought resistant since we don't have water out by the road. I'd love sweet peas, carnation, chocolate cosmos, phlox, ....
oh! I'd love to have some carnivorous plants. We bought a venus fly trap this summer but it perished. Maybe a pitcher plant or a sundew?
I *HAVE* catnip, catmint, two varieties of mint at least (peppermint and spearmint I think), maybe one variety of lavender, wooly thyme, normal looking thyme, russian sage, asiatic lilies, california poppies, peonies, yellow and pink rugosas, yellow and light purple bearded iris, petunias, feverfew, parsley, rosemary, dahlias, zinnias, honeysuckle (two kinds), rhubarb, chives, raspberries, blueberries, pansies (black!), orchids, christmas cactus, mini rose bush, lilacs (two kinds.) Um, I'm not sure what else since I just moved here this month. It's my parents place so really things are not "mine". But I could plant things and take cuttings or divide later.
If you had a custom perfume/beauty/bath product made for you, what would it be and what would the scent description look like? (everything from prose to the specific selection of notes) It would need vanilla, patchouli and lavender at the least. Maybe some black and/or red musk and/or siberian musk. Leather and/or Tobacco? Label art with my pit babies or a friesian? I'm not a word smith, so the prose would have to be a quote or a passage from something. But I also have major brain fog, so I can't think of anything off the top of my head.
I love drawing! Either fanart chibis on my tablet (ok it's my daughter's but still) or portrait work in graphite pencil... but it's been a while..so I'd love to use this as an excuse to draw something for you! If you could commission an art piece, would you choose traditional or digital artwork- and what would it be of? Well, you can see what kind of artwork I like from my Pinterest art page. All of my art is in storage and I don't really have room for a lot more. But I do have a ton of IKEA fira 9 drawer chests that need to be painted and decorated. Wish I could have you come paint those for me!
When it comes to makeup, what is your coloring? Fair, dark? Sensitive skin? Eye color? Hair color? Style....funky, natural? Any additional makeup info? I don't wear very much makeup. My skin breaks out very easily so I only wear prescriptives full coverage liquid makeup in the lightest yellow/orange ecru shade. (not very often. On a daily basis I only use eyebrow powder and eyeliner (stila smudgestick or kat von d liquid eyeliner, black.) I don't have any actual eyebrow hair, just tattoos but they are pretty faded so I draw on eyebrows over them. hypothyroid = no eyebrows. I have t-zone skin, yay. Yes, my skin is extremely sensitive. I need to remember to moisturize 4-5 times a day so I can get control over the oily... I had it all normalized and then my life was disrupted and I stopped moisturizing. (And I could use more good moisturizer but its so expensive! I got a bunch of bobby brown when I had a friend who worked at nordstrom and I've used LUSH too but I'm out of both of those. Right now I'm using Kiss My Face but I think it is clogging my pores.) Eyes are hazel. Hair color is mousy brown/grey naturally but it is usually colored violet-black, dark burgundy/red, or some other color. It's usually shaved on the sides/back and long spiky/teased on the top (ala Robert Smith.) I really super need a hair cut right now because it's actually about 2-3" of grow out everywhere. I could use mascara. Style = lazy goth.
Is there any craft or hobby that you are interested in trying? I think I am covered right now. I have a lot of new supplies for new crafts that I need to accomplish now! Maybe different colors of embroidery floss for doing cross stitch?
Christmas decor? (not exactly sure what this question is looking for exactly? Do we decorate? What is our theme and colors? That kind of thing?) I just moved in with family and we did not decorate for Halloween (weep) and I'm not sure how much we are going to decorate for Christmas. Hopefully at least a tree! My tree ornaments are all over the place. I bought some last year at World Market -- a purple dragon, some horses, but I can't remember if I got a sparkly unicorn. I love iridescent, glitter, shimmery things. Purple, blue, and silver. My mom gives me Hallmark ornaments every year in whatever collection, so I have all of the rocking horses (mini and regular) and I think all of the Pony for Christmas. Last year I think I snagged some Hallmark NMBC ornaments too. It would be cool to have a whole NMBC tree that I could put up at Halloween and leave up until Christmas but it might have to wait until I have my own place again. I'm always eyeing the black bare branch trees at craft stores... I know I have one of those vintage aluminum Christmas trees with a color wheel that goes under it. In storage of course.
what kind of collector are you? And do you have a log or a list somewhere away from the forum of the things you love, hate or already own? I'm a hoarder type of collector. I have a huge list on scentbase but it isn't complete because I hurt my tailbone and back and wasn't able to sit at computer for very long for a few years, so didn't keep on top of updating scentbase. I do have a spreadsheet that is current but it isn't public. I could attempt to put it on google drive, but I've broken their spreadsheets before with the amount of data contained...
Would anyone mind bath and body works items? Such as hand sanitizer, lotion, candles, car scents or soap? I DO NOT use B&BW lotion, gel, perfume, anti-bac, etc. I DO use their hand soap but I'm trying to stay away from microbeads (deep cleansing) and I don't like the foaming soap that much - however, they do have a small amount of "creamy luxe" soap that I'd love in Vanilla Snowflake and I would also love to try the Energy and Stress Relief soaps.. I would love some pillow spray in lavender/vanilla (no chamomile.) I also use the wall flowers, three wick candles, and room sprays. I could use a new wall flower - I really want the bats night light/wall flower but they might be sold out by now. A snowflake would be cool though. Or the black embossed scroll.
Scents that interest me for room spray/3 wick candles/wall flowers: Twisted Peppermint Vanilla Snowflake Iced Vanilla Woods Vanilla Balsam Holiday (maybe? As long as it's apple wood, not apple. I don't want fruit smelling things.) Black Tie Cinnamon & Clove Buds (maybe? Winter is a little over powering. So not if it's close to Winter.) Oops, my mom already has this. Fresh Balsam Smoked Vanilla Evergreen Marshmallow Fireside Winter Rose Peppermint Marshmallow Mahogany Teakwood (high intensity) Cinnamon Pinecone (again, not if it's too overpowering.) Vanilla Coconut Vanilla/Lavender sleep
Any Lush showergel (or other product) you'd like to try? I do love me some Lush. I'd love Twilight, Silky Underwear, Snow Fairy/Candy Fluff, Snowcake, etc. shower gels (I also love the Lord of Misrule and Rose Jam but I stocked up last year and still have some. And I have enough Fairy Dust powder too.) Could use some Greased Lightning. Maybe the Mr. Sandman dusting powder if it is mostly lavender and not heavy on the chamomile. The snowfairy "fun" looks interesting - it's like a pliable bubble bar? Maybe a small bit of snowcastle soap. Bubbly shower gel looks interesting. I love their solid green sugar scrub. Mmmelting marshmallow moment, ceridwens cauldron, snow angel, and floating island all look lovely. If snow angel is the same scent as the cocoa butter bath bomb, then I LOVE that scent. (I could use some more facial moisturizer but it looks like it's pretty expensive!)
Do you like licorice or would you like to try it? Would you prefer salt or sweet? I've had salty licorice and it's good in small doses but not my favorite. Licorice in general is not my favorite. My mom on the other hand loves sweet black licorice.
I live in The Netherlands but I will visit England soon and might pay a visit to Germany. Anything special from here that you'd like to try? I have a ton of tea and chocolate on my amazon "edibles" wishlist (from England and France!) I'd love chocolates, tea, whatever else you think I might like! Germany has Wollmeise yarn...
is you BPAL wishlist updated? Indeed. I have not gotten any Liliths, Unicorns, or Weenies yet. Sniff.
Do you like office supplies like pens, pencils, highlighters, sticky notes, etc? No, I am boring. Sticky notes maybe if they are SO COOL that I MUST have them (like the coffin shaped ones I have - but unfortunately their "sticky" part is AWFUL and I have to tape them on things!) I use my BPAL pens a lot, they're my favorite. Do not use pencils, stationery, highlighters, etc. Maybe if I went back to school I would feel differently. I do like washi tape, I use it to wrap bubblewrap around bpal bottles & imps. I'm always looking for washi tape with bats, gargoyles, crows, skulls, etc. (I have lots of skulls right now.)
How do you feel about spicy, cheesy, or sour snacks? cheese!! ALL THE CHEESE! I love garlic/dill curds, cheddars, fresh cheese with jalapenos in it (used to get some every week at the farmers market in seattle), gouda (both hard and creamy), parana, cotswald, sage darby, parmesan, mizithra, romano, havarti, mozza, etc. I like mildly spicy things, like candied jalapenos or mild canon sweet hots. Not so much on the sour, more about the savory.
Would you like any cook-able mixes like for soup or baked goods, cooking ingredients like spices, sugars, salts, oils, or cooking gadgets? I wouldn't mind mixes but most of the ones I've gotten from places like World Market haven't been very good. I love spices, sugars, salts, vinegars, etc. but we have a TON of things and I don't know that I need anything. All of my spices are out in the garage because there wasn't room in the house with my parents spices... Don't really need any cooking gadgets right now. I can always use green tobasco sauce. I do, when I have my own place, have a skeleton themed kitchen and a NMBC cookie jar/container collection. I have a skeleton hand oven mitt, skeleton apron, bone shaped silverware, serving set, and salad tongs, skull cookie jars/salt & pepper shakers, skull measuring cups, skull measuring spoons, spatulas with skulls on them, skull wine stopper, skull bottle opener, etc. I would welcome more skeleton/skull kitchen things for when I actually get my own place again. I love sugar skulls and have some sugar skull kitchen stuff on my amazon wishlist (either in cooking/kitchen or housewares area.)
Would you prefer bar soaps or bath gel? I would rather not receive any bar soap unless I specifically request it because I have boxes and boxes of it. (I'm a soaper.)
And really, I have a ton of bath gel and sugar scrubs too. But that doesn't mean I'd hate to get more because hoarder... especially Lush.
Candles, wax melts, or incense - yea or nay? I'd love more ritual candles and beeswax candles (pillars or votives.) And some really good japanese stick incense. I always love loose incense/resins for charcoal burners. I don't need any wax melts but I keep eyeing the ones at Paintbox Soapworks and Two Timing Tart.
Jewelry - any preference about length of necklaces, earrings, etc? I don't really wear any necklaces or jewelry - although I would like to get my ears gauged a little since they need to be repierced. I have some ideas on my amazon wearables wish list. If I wear necklaces, I like around 18-19". I mostly wear stud earrings but my lobes are SO THICK that most studs are too short and the earring ends up being too tight on my ear and getting infected. Right now I haven't worn earrings for ... six months? a year? So once I save up some monies, I'll see about getting them pierced with an actual hollow needle since my original piercing was done in the early 80's with a gun.
How do you feel about sweeteners? Do you prefer sugar, stevia, sucralose, etc.? Anything in particular to avoid? I avoid sweeteners like the plague. I prefer raw sugar if possible. Definitely avoiding corn / corn syrup. Stevia is ok.
Do you have any interest in Shakespearean swag (insult mugs, play themed lip balms, oodles of other possibilities) or general performing arts related goodies? No mugs of any kind please. I just moved in with family and all of my kitchen stuff, which includes about five or six HUGE BOXES OF MUGS, is all packed up and out in a shed. I do love lip balm but I am a little picky on ingredients. I'm not really into performing arts swag. I'm such a curmudgeon!
What is your favorite Christmas story - be it book, movie, cartoon - and if there are various versions, which is your favorite? Hm. Nightmare Before Christmas? I usually watch Elf every year. I like the old Rudolph animated with Bumble. Bumble is awesome. I haven't watched that for years and years though. I'll watch silly movies like The Holiday or Love, Actually if they're on. Christmas with the Kranks is ok, mostly watched that for Jamie Lee Curtis. Christmas Story is kind of silly, I finally watched that a couple of years ago to much protest by my then DH.
Do you have a preference for numbered packages or random selection? Whichever is best for you!
Do you have any external wishlists, Goodreads, or anything else that you might not have listed in your survey? Yes, they are all in the SW Help link in my signature and/or in the link that says Switch Witch Stalking & Services spreadsheet. Believe me, there is probably way more there than you need.
For books that are part of a series, do you have a strong preference for whether you receive them in order, assuming that any overarching plot is reasonably easy to pick up on and the main story is self contained? I absolutely start at the beginning of a series.
Do you have a Trader Joe's near you? If not, would you want some of their famous delicious treats? (Cookie butter - original or pumpkin spice!, sweet plantain chips, chocolate covered potato chips, etc) I have a Trader Joes. I do not like cookie butter, I do not like pumpkin spice ANYTHING (ick, ptooie), no plantains, no potato chips... Give me ALL OF THE CHOCOLATE COVERED PEPPERMINT JO JOS, those babies are like crack. I like their PB&J chocolate bars too. I really do like way too many things from Trader Joes... so dangerous to go in. Their pub cheese with jalapenos? I could eat the whole thing (heated up) in one sitting.
What's your shoe size? Would you like to receive socks? Man, I am just no fun. No socks please. I have super huge feet and I tend to just purchase black mens socks. All of my sizing info is in my ravelry swaps area (link to which is in switch witch stalking spreadsheet in my signature.)
Do you like Steampunk? Would you be interested in any jewelry inspired by steampunk? I am fine with steampeak as long as we stick to silver/black and no brown/copper. However, again, I am not a big jewelry wearer. *sad face*
I make paper albums and journals. Would you be interested in receiving something like that? Would you like some other type of handmade paper craft? No journals, albums, stationary, or anything that would require me to write on it. I have a really hard time writing; my hand motor skills/flexibility when it comes to gripping things is very poor. I wouldn't mind cute note cards or "thanks for the swap / thanks for the purchase!" cards (with either my forum names (TwilightEyes/MissTwilight) or forthcoming etsy shop name. (which I still haven't come up with.)
Are you currently ISO any BPAL new or otherwise? What are your top 10 scents? Yes, those would be in my ISO post which is linked from my wishlist. *grin* I think I have my top scents already listed in my profile.
Black Friday will be a thing during this swap, anything you might want that will be on awesome sale? ... no idea. I usually avoid Black Friday and do Cyber Monday. I know that the Lab/Post usually has a treat if you order something and I'd love to have the treat, but it wouldn't come in time. I'm really more in the swap for friendship and happy then for "getting stuff" and I would be happy with homemade or handmade things.
Do you like to cook and would you be interested in cookbooks? If so, what kind? I like to cook when I have my own place... It is kind of crowded here and someone is ALWAYS in the kitchen so it kind of drives me nuts. I might have some cookbooks on my amazon wish list though.
Do you like games (board/card), and if so what kind and for how many players? I like games. I'd love cards against humanity or exploding kittens. I think they are both on my amazon wishlist.
If you have a Goodreads "to read" list, are those mostly books that you do not have and would like copies of, or are those mostly books that you already have piled on your shelves/lurking in your e-reader? I think on my "to read" list on goodreads, it is mostly things that I own but haven't read yet. My amazon list is a much better indicator of what I want, especially if you list it by priority. And I actually read everything on my ipad, so I would have no problems looking .mobi or .epub files that came in email or on a thumb drive....
Do you have a wood-burning fireplace or fire pit, and if so would you like handmade firestarters or scenting bundles to throw on it? (think bundles of apple wood chips and cinnamon bark, or little wax/herb/paper bundles with a wick) I do not have either a fireplace or a fire pit, we just have an area where we burn dead fall and things. Sadly I do not need any firestarters or scenting bundles right now, they would just sit and gather dust until it was nice enough outside to sit by a fire again. It's the rainy season and snow will be here soon.
You mentioned scarves in your questionnaire. Are you referring to a chunky thick keep-me-warm-in-a-snowstorm scarf, or a light and lacy could-be-warm-if-I-wound-it-a-hundred-times scarf? If I mentioned a scarf it was that I'm a knitter and I have relatives who are knitters and everyone always buys or makes me scarves and I do not need one at all, thank you. I have all of the scarves. Light, lacy, thick fabric, thin fabric, wide, thin, long, short, knitted, striped, solid, designs, silk, wool, etc. Really, stop with the scarves.
Would you like to receive a photography print? My pictures are mainly of animals or landscapes. What would you prefer? Any favourite animals you'd like to receive a picture of? Would you also like to receive postcards? You can view some of my pictures on http://www.by-ellen.com The web page didn't work for me, I got a grey screen with some different options at the top, but no photos. It's ok, I don't have room for any more artwork right now since I have downsized from a 4500 square foot home to a small basement to one room. All of my artwork is packed up right now.
If I were go get my shit together to actually bake before December 7, would you have any interest in fruitcake? I am not really a fruitcake fan, but one of my friends sent me a recipe for pear/cherry/almond/marzipan fruitcake that uses amaretto. And it was really good. (it was really hard finding dried pears though.) But the traditional kind of fruitcake? Um... probably not.
If I were still feeling the alcoholic spirit and decided to make boozy chocolate balls of some sort, do you have a preference for bourbon, rum or Irish whiskey? Mmmmmmm boozy chocolate! We usually do rum balls but I'd be up for whatever! I might have to try using some Sinfire or something this year ... cinnamon chocolate boozy balls. We're going to make some bailey's fudge in the next couple of days. (we = my mom. I will probably just watch since I am still sick.)
what sizes do you wear for jewelry purposes - rings, etc.
My ears are not pierced so no earrings please. I wear an 11 in ring size and my wrist is about 7.5" (I think.) I don't really wear a lot of jewelry since I don't actually leave the house very often and I have allergies to metals. (Sterling silver is ok, surgical steel is also ok.) I would like to get my ears pierced again but I think I'll gauge up and do a hollow needle instead of the "gun". Someday when I have money for things like piercings and tattoos.
what's your favorite fall food based treat?
Hm, good question. We make a lot of our own and right now it's all the types of zucchini bread (chocolate, ultimate, lemon blueberry...) I love pumpkin ginger bread (haven't found a recipe that mimics what I used to get at Uptown Espresso in Seattle though - right now Smitten Kitchens is my fav recipe.) It isn't food, but going to CORN MAZES in the Seattle area was always my favorite fall "treat" -- Spooner Farms and Carpinito Brothers. Hot spiced cider and kettle corn. Going to the fall farmer's markets. and all of the fall book signings!! those are the things I miss.
Are you more interested in a spiritual service you haven't mentioned practicing yourself, or would you prefer to receive something you do practice? Do you have a preference for if it's provided in writing/placed in the package vs over a skype/phone call?
I have major anxiety with talking to people in real time be it in person, skype, phone calls, chat, etc. So in writing/in package would be my preference.
For item no.5, what kind of thing would you most appreciate? (5) anything else you wish to send, maybe something fun, a movie, maybe a decoration, something homemade, handmade, something precious and old, ????)
I will appreciate everything you curate especially for me! (maybe not a movie though since I don't currently have a blu-ray or dvd player in my room and that is where I do everything. I just stream things from netflix/hulu/hbo/disney + -- I "share" accounts with other people since I can't afford them myself.) My amazon lists are humongous so that should give lots of ideas for tarot cards, stickers, wall hanging stuffs, all kinds of fall and halloween things. (I have multiple lists, the book list is the default so click on the other ones and you'll get an idea of the things I like.) However, I TOTALLY NEED MORE CARNIVOROUS PLANTS. I planted some purple pitcher plant seeds -- two packets -- and zero germinated. I was soooo disappoint. Occasionally they have Cobra Lily seeds too but really I'd like an already living plant since germination seems iffy. Would love Sundew too. Yeah, I don't know how you would ship them. I always love palm stones / crystals / rocks. I love bath milk/salts from luvmilk (scent lists in my SW help and on Amazon.)
Anything in particular you're interested in from the UK?
Heck yeah! Tea (Whittard / Bird & Blend plus lots of tea from your neighbors in France like Damman Freres and Mariage Freres), LUSH, wine gums, fancy chocolates (except now I'm "sensitive" to chocolate but I think I would risk it!!) Future Primitive Ghost Smoke anything (except bar soap and perfume - whipped soap would be AMAZING, I need like 50 of them, lol!) STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING. I could really use a pudding steamer and good pudding recipes for sticky toffee and christmas pudding. without wheat flour, haha. or corn syrup.
Any interest in apothecary style indies, e.g. essential oils, natural skincare, flower waters?
I have sooo many essential oils and flower waters that I never use, it would be wasted on me. I'm doing The Ordinary skin care regimen right now so I don't want to add anything else.
What is it that you're most wanting out of this fall season? (e.g. that could require magical assistance)
I don't know. Right now I'm trying to transform myself back into a useful person so I can work or go to school or both. Seeing a physical therapist and a dietician; pretty much just started so I have at least six months of this. Help with motivation, perseverance, clarity (massive brain fog). Help with self love is always necessary, as well as household harmony since five people are living here (all adults, three generations) and tempers got hot occasionally.
Books. Are you a big reader? If so, do you prefer ebooks, audio, or printed? Would you enjoy an art or photography book? Do you like poetry?
I absolutely inhale fantasy (and some sci-fi) books. I only do ebooks, mostly .mobi (kindle) unless a book is on my wishlist in a different format. I'm not huge on poetry; an art or photography book isn't that exciting in kindle format. Space is a huge issue for me and I really don't have room for physical books right now, my room is so crowded that I have to squeeze through a narrow aisle to get to my desk or closet. (Staying with family after divorce forced me to move from Seattle but I'm too sick to work, so I'm working on getting healthy.)
Is there anything typically sold at a Renn Faire that you'd be interested in?
ALLL THE THINGS. I especially like the cups sold at the Michigan faire (Messier pottery?) with the bats, pit bulls, etc. I got a gnome one for my mom and it's her favorite. (purple or black finish.) I love hippocampus or other fantastical equine buttons. I love the celtic knot tapestries in purples, blues, or greens - with dragons, horse, corvids, dogs, ferrets... I have a great pirate-y jacket from local artisans in the PNW as well as a floppy felted wool hat that can be made into a tricorne or a musketeer or just left floppy. I have quite a few drinking horns with horses painted on them. I always find tons of things I want! The fresh birch beer is my favorite (like root beer, not alcoholic.)
Candles. Any preferences? Taper/Pillar/Votive/Jar/Chime/etc.? Scented vs Unscented?
I have plenty of chime candles (as well as tapers, votives, etc.) (I used to be a chandler and I also used to sell PartyLite and I have SO MANY CANDLES.) However my respiratory issues make it really hard to burn them so I have to be really careful about candles I purchase these days. Sihaya's seem to work for me and I'm super interested in Black Roses. Also love Ember and Mallow, London Fog, Secret Society, Samhain Dusk, I am Here I am Whole, Long Distance Hug, Sisterhood of the Moon, Orphic Lodge, She is Still a Mystery, or The Divine.
Are there any types of makeup/nail polish that you would or would not like to receive?
I always need a really good non-smudging black eyeliner - but my skin is super oily and "waterproof" doesn't work; I need oil proof! I keep reading reviews on Sephora but haven't found the perfect one yet. I use Stila the most as it has been the best so far (not liquid, one of the smudge proof "pencils" that turns instead of needing sharpening.)
I love pretty nail polishes but again... for the past few years I haven't used any of the tons that I have....
I rarely wear eye shadow these days.
I could use a really good foundation / powder / and setting spray but it's hard to pick the color for foundations over the internet!
Is there anything you definitely DON'T want (either because you don't like it or already have it)?
Nothing with SLS / parabens / phthalates. No bar soap or coffee mugs (unless they're like 16-20oz and have a lid - so much dog hair floating around and my carnivorous plants aren't doing their job at catching the bugs that are tiny and fit through the screens!) I am "sensitive" (still haven't figured out exactly how I'm sensitive but blood testing showed that I am? Maybe the brain fog/fatigue/body aches/pain / respiratory?) to wheat, yeast, corn, eggs, casein (milk/cheese), and chocolate. I haven't had a chance to go over it with my doctor yet to see if I can do sheep/goat milk/cheese.
Are there any art/craft supplies you currently need?
I always "need" more yarn (but no, I really really don't since I haven't felt like knitting the past two years and I have over 1k skeins. Except when I REALLY want to make something and none of my yarn is appropriate for the project. Plus most of the yarn I "need" is around $30 a skein. Please do not get me craft store yarn, I am a super picky yarn hoar.) I would love a small oil paint set with a lot of colors. (I have canvas / brushes.) I would love some paper clay to make runestones for stitch markers or for gifts. Also need a sculpting needle and some metallic paint (silver though, not gold.) And I need a good pair of jewelry pliers (with springs.) I added some tools to my Amazon "Jewelry" list because my craft supplies list is private and I don't want to make it public right now because I don't want to sort everything.
Homemade treats...any likes and preferences??
I have a texture thing so I don't like nuts in my cookies or fudge or brownies or whatnot. No corn syrup or artificial sweeteners. Prefer organic ingredients / non GMO, so I'm ultra picky about flour / dairy / eggs / butter. I keep looking at all of the fun things on Gather Victoria's website and wanting ALL of those treats if you're looking for inspiration. They have some awesome fall / Samhain recipes. I wish I could afford to be a patreon and I'm waiting very impatiently for their cookbook. I totally love the seasonal tea wreath! And I want to do a cake for priestesses of the dead. And the crabapple galette (I have two crabapple trees.) Anyway, so, I love all kinds of things. Smitten Kitchen is other my other homemade treat recipe supplier but doing a russian honey cake is probably too hard to ship. I love chewy caramels, especially sea salt and chocolate covered. Butterscotch is another favorite flavor (but not the hard candies) for homemade things. I should make a pinterest board with all of my smitten kitchen recipes for treats I want to try, but I think I already have a pinterest board with snacky treat things if you want to go look at it. Link should be in my SW Help page (link to that in signature.)
AND YES, I am also wanting to know what flavor/s of fudge you would love to get if I happen to be your Adept
I totally love Holly's fudge - especially the creamy melt in your mouth penuche. Seriously, I want the recipe for this. Most penuche that we attempt to make is more like Scottish Tablet (crystallized and crunchy.) I have looked at 500 recipes and tried SO MANY and I can't reproduce Holly's. (I don't do corn syrup, so was trying to stick to sugar, cream, butter but yeah, I can't seem to do it.) Also love the apple pie fudge (who would have thought I'd like that) and the forest fruit fudge. And peanut butter chocolate fudge. No nuts in my fudge or penuche please. Also holly made me the most wonderful christmas pudding a couple of times. And I love sticky toffee pudding.
What are your thoughts on sweet treats? If you like them, what are your favorites? And what is one that you consider extra special?
I do love sweet treats.
Penuche fudge (SUPER CREAMY LIKE HOLLY DOES - otherwise it's more like scottish tablet, which is fine, but not my favorite.) Milk chocolate covered sea foam. Butterscotch pudding. Chocolate mousse (especially from the Dilettante cafes in Seattle area.) Creme Brulee. Bailey's Chocolate Tiffin (with chocolate shortbread and dried cherries.) Chocolate shortbread in general. Really good Key Lime Pie. (yeah, like some of these things don't ship well but you asked.) Milk chocolate / caramel / pecans (turtles?) Chocolate covered sea salt caramels from Frans Chocolate (Seattle area.) Moonstruck Chocolate truffles. Vosges chocolate truffles. Tony's Chocolonely milk chocolate (also with hazelnuts or caramel or toffee or ...) Purdys chocolate! (They usually have halloween chocolates like sugar skulls or coffin assortments.) Licorice / Anise caramels.
OMG some extra special ones would be from L. A. Burdick. They have seasonal black cats this year but I think they're out of the price range for this box unless they sell them separately in their stores. I'd love to try the mouse and/or penguin samples.
Would you like anything from Spireside candles? https://spireside.com/
I freaking LOVE candles but right now I'm having a hard time burning them and still being able to breathe (chronic respiratory issues) so those and incense are probably out for me. I just told my son that he can have/use my huge stash of partylite candles from when I was a seller. So I guess the answer is "no candles please" - if I burn them, I pay for it with coughing, wheezing, and much emergency inhaler use over the next couple of weeks. Would totally welcome tarts though! I don't see a scent list there and I don't want to click through things one by one (it hurts to sit at computer for very long, sorry.) Doesn't look like wax melts are up at Sihaya yet either but honestly, all of their winter 2019 collection sounds like it would be lovely as wax melts. Maybe especially Fireside Tales, Warm Woolen Mittens, Winter Rose (I LOVE ROSE), and Everwinter Woods.
The WInter Collection (Winter 2019)
Cookie Party!: The scent of cozy kitchen chaos! Snickerdoodle cookies baking in the oven, oatmeal cookies piped with marshmallow frosting, and sweet sugar cookies cooling on the rack!
Courage, Comfort, & Joy: Glad tidings of warmth and hope. A collection of traditional wintertide scents to brighten the darkest nights. Mulberry, lingonberry, red apple, fir needle, and cozy wintry spices.
Everwinter Woods: The scent of the mountains shrouded in ice. A forest of evergreen and spruce, chilling ozone top notes of whipping winds, and a hint of shivering eucalyptus.
Fireside Tales: This scent is in honor of the nearly-forgotten tradition of telling ghost stories around the Yuletide hearth. Crackling boughs of cedar and birch, glowing embers, and the soft spice of saffron.
Gingerbread Latte: A steaming cup of cheer. A gingerbread latte topped with whipped cream and a decadent drizzle of caramel.
Old Saint Nick: Cherry pipe smoke, cozy hearth woods, and roasted chestnut.
Spiced Wassail: Fine health to thee! A warm mug of cider spiced with a strong kick of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove to keep you snug while the carolers sing.
The Court In Splendour: Glad Tidings from the King! The scent of the Tudor court at Yuletide. A festive blend of bayberry and tart cranberry on a bed of warm balsam and spice.
The Memory Of Snow: Silky almond cream, delicate spun sugar, a dash of nutmeg, and the memory of snow.
Warm Woolen Mittens: Comfort in the coldest months. Warm wool, sprigs of lavender, and softly smoked vanilla.
Winter Rose: A single red rose, freshly plucked and placed upon a bed of bayberry and green boughs of holly, ivy, and balsam.
Yuletide: A classic home for the holidays scent. Pine boughs strung with orange clove pomanders and cranberries, and then merrily wound throughout the home!
Are you interested in anything from Bird and Blend Tea Company? (https://birdandblendtea.com/us_en/)
Bonfire Toffee
Great British Cuppa
Terry's Orange Chocolate
Aniseed Balls
Smoky Russian
Vicky's Sponge Cake
- small amounts (1 oz or less) would be great since I have a *lot* of tea and I hate my parent's kettle, so I rarely make tea. I need to get an electric kettle for my room or something.
The story part-Books... Can you be more specific about any particular books you are interested in reading? Do you have any wishlist links?
I tend to get way more books than I can read (advance reading copies and the like) and I only do books on .mobi or .epub (kindle or ibooks) since my eyes are going and I need to be able to enlarge the font. My amazon wishlist is linked in my SW Help in my signature, but for ease... my amazon wishlists. Please make sure it's sorted by priority.
I'd be happy to have "story" interpreted in artwork or a knitting pattern on my wishlist or however you want to interpret it. Are role playing games stories? I think so! I have a wishlist on gog.com and another on Steam though I'm not sure how to share it (right now the only thing is Anchorhead which is a Lovecraftian graphics/text adventure, so retro and very interactive story.) So a steam gift card would be lovely! As far as dvd's as stories, I'm missing Red Dwarf V, VI, VII, and XII on dvd and would gleefully welcome those. The only other things I really want right now are the extended versions of LOTR and the Hobbit movies on blu-ray and those are expensive, so ...
As far as music goes, I would greatly welcome something like an itunes GC. But I'll take CDs, mp3, or whatever as well if you want to send a thumbdrive or burned cd. I can always rip back to mp3 and put on my computer and then phone/ipod or I can play cd's in my car. I mostly only listen to music when driving (on cd or my ipod/iphone) or when showering (on my ipod.)
On the decorating spectrum, do you head more towards classic/stylish or towards cheesy/kitsch?
Probably neither? hahaha. Nerdy/Gothy? My furniture and desk are grey/black and are marble/granite style. My bistro table is grey marble. My bed sheets are generally grey/black/eggplant. I have Nightmare Before Christmas comforters. or eggplant/black/dark grey. I have many iron/glass/silver/plaster with grey finish sconces. My artwork frames are all black. A lot of my artwork is black/white. I have tons of grotesques and gargoyles. I collect NMBC cookie jars. I'm pretty overloaded with decorations right now since I'm staying with family and can only decorate my room. Most of my stuff is packed up. OH. You probably mean Christmas decorations. Ummm I would love more gothy/nerdy tree ornaments, like NMBC. Unicorns, dragons... but not cheesy ones, nice ones. *wink* My mom used to get me a different Hallmark series ornament every year for my birthday but I think she forgot this year (right now the series is "a pony for christmas" or something like that. I have all of the rocking horses in the series that ended.) I would love a cthulhu tree topper... I really like Krampus things too. Or a weeping angel tree topper... (I have a weeping angel tree ornament.)
Fiber artists! (Knitters, weavers, crocheters etc) How would you like to get some nice yarn?
I'm pretty overloaded in yarn right now but as long as it isn't acrylic I can probably find a use for it. I prefer black/grey/white/blues/purples/dark reds/dark greens. (no yellow, orange, tan, cream, brown.) No variegated yarn please - I'm only doing solids/semi-solids and graduated. Self striping is ok if it's DK or above.
Is there any animal you feel a strong connection with?
Many. Pit bulls, Friesian horses, bats, corvids, dolphins, leafy sea dragons. Mythical would be gargoyles of all sorts (especially winged dogs), hippocampus and equines of all sorts... thestrals! (so many creatures in the HP world.)
favorite candles, companies and/or candle scents?
I used to sell PartyLite and I still really like the Colonial Candles of Cape Cod. They burn sooo nicely and all the way down to a nub. Their votives rock because they liquify completely and when they're done, I just have to take out the little metal wick holder and wipe it out. No scraping out wax or headaches.
I also really love Big Dipper Waxworks, they have some AMAZING scents in their pure beeswax candles.
REALLY like the Midsummers Night and Witches Brew Yankee candles. I'd love some of the Witches Brew car jars or a big pillar or jar candle.
I have some candles on my etsy wish list but I don't really know what quality they are. I'm willing to try them!!
I'm also a chandler so I do pour my own candles once in a while when I have time.
I prefer votives, jar, or pillar candles. No dinner candles or tealights please; I'm stocked up on those!!
I'm pretty much a general candle whore and will accept most top shelf type candles. Don't really want any dollar or grocery store type candles, I'm sorry that I'm such a picky biotch.
I love patchouli, rose, vanilla, sandalwood, amber, resins, clove, cardamom, pine/spruce, lavender, leather, honey... In candles I don't mind fruit - spiced plum, cranberry, peach, strawberry, etc.
favorite kinds of tea (flavors, companies)
My amazon edibles wishlist has my favorite tea companies/blends on it.
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE tea from mariagefreres.com - especially the butterscotch. It's like crack! It smells just like Lush's butterball bath bombs, srsly.
I could use another ingenuitea and wouldn't be adverse to trying the teavana tea maker of the same type so I could compare.
My tea company here in Seattle that sold Dammann Frères tea closed, but their tea is scrumptious too.
In general, I love loose leaf flavored black tea. No rooibos please. Sometimes I like a good flavored green (like coconut pouchong) but in general I drink black. I like flavors like vanilla, butterscotch, caramel, chocolate, chocolate orange, chocolate raspberry, rose, maple pancake, pumpkin spice, etc. I also like smoky tea like a good Russian Caravan or Lapsong Souchong.
I'd love to try tea from new places! I'm not a huge fan of either teavana (because of their hard sales techniques in stores) or adiago but my mind is easily changed by fabulousness.
any of the Villainess autumn or winter soaps appeal? Another soap company you'd like more?
I actually do not want bar soap. Please do not send me any. I'm a soaper and I have WAY too much bar soap.
Liquid hand soap? Sure! Whipped, smooch or smack? Bring it on!
I need to go check out the Paintbox Soapworks yule update but I do have many things of this variety already in my etsy and amazon wishlists. I have a wishlist at SoapBox Company too. See my SW Help link.
Any of the bpal Halloween scents you wished you'd gotten? Any Yule scents you're hoping to see come back?
I'm good with weenies; I run decant circles so I have pretty much everything. As far as yules, I did get to sniff protos at Will Call and I always look forward to Snow White. I'm really looking forward to the new Coraline bottles and any new Yules. Especially BPTP atmosphere sprays!
Do you have a general swap-related help post somewhere?
Yes, I have links in my signature. SW Help has links to thinkgeek, soapbox co, etsy, amazon, the loopy ewe, etc. There is also a link to my bpal wishlist, the SW Q&A, and another link to the Switch Witch Spreadsheet which has links to facebook, twitter, pinterest, last.fm, pandora, etc. etc.
Do you have Etsy/Amazon wishlists linked somewhere?
see question above.
Do you have a Tumblr/Pinterest you'd share with everyone (these can be really informative as to style?)
see question above the question above.
Do you like knitted items?
I am a knitter! Of course I like knitted items. I really don't like scarves or triangular shawls though. I do love wraps and long skinny shawlettes, wrist warmers, socks, etc. I'm an MCN (Merino Cashmere Nylon), MCS (Merino Cashmere Silk), and Merino Silk fan. I will say that I am a fiber snob and I mostly purchase indy yarn. But I'm ok with high quality LYS yarn too; I do have a lot of Malabrigo because it's such a buttery soft wool. I'll do Cascade 220 for felting or hats, but nothing that will touch my skin please. Please no yarn from Michaels or Jo-Anns (except things like cotton for washcloths!)
Words, Numbers or Spatial manipulation?
video games including any of the above.
I'm in Japan, anything that would interest you from there?
Sure! I have a green tea kit kat already (NOM NOM NOM) but I wouldn't say no to MOAR. I used to do a ton of origami and wouldn't be adverse to paper, but honestly I live really close to huge awesome asian supermarkets with excellent book & paper stores attached as well as dishes and cookware. They have a very large selection of origami paper and many times they'll have the imported kit kats and other goodies. I've never seen Green Tea ones there though, so I'm very thankful to have gotten to try one. I'm also pale and would be very interested in super pale foundation. I've never been to Japan so I don't know what to ask for.
Your package must contain "-A 'Sugar Plum' (ie a sweet treat)." With that in mind, what are some of your favorite sweet treats?
I am definitely a food and chocolate snob most of the time. I mostly shop at Whole Paycheck..er..Foods, co-ops, or snobby grocery stores, so there you go.
My amazon list (edibles section, my wishlist is all broken up into categories) has quite a few things I like on it.
I love clove flavored hard candy (drops or sticks.)
As far as chocolate bars go, I don't like white chocolate and I don't like plain chocolate (dark or milk.) Chocolate should contain almonds, curry, dried fruit (berries/raisins), crystallized ginger & chai spices, salt, toffee…
I love imported Cadbury Crunchies, Curly Wurly, Fruit & Nut bars. (there is a company that makes/distributes Cadbury in the states, but it is NOT the same. Imported only please! I used to make a semi-regular pilgramage to World Market for these but for some reason World Market no longer imports them. Sad face.
Dolfin bars are excellent, I really love their jasmine, green tea, earl grey, lavender, rose, hot masala, etc. Vosges Naga bar is wonderful. I like the Rittersport milk or dark with whole hazelnuts or almonds. I love Milka chocolate in Alpine milk (IKR? It's plain and I'll eat it!) or with hazelnuts.
I love clove, cardamom, rose, and lavender flavored things. Anise is yummy too but I'm not a fan of "black licorice" candy per se. Anise fudge though? Yum.
Honey? Om nom nom. I love love love honey. My mom is close to an apiary and we buy their honey by the 1-5 gallon buckets. (I actually had honeybees for a while but they were wild and moved out. pout. I still have all of my beekeeping equipment and hive; I just need to buy some bees. And have time to plant a bunch of good pollen producers for honey!)
Any sweets you don't like?:
I really try to avoid corn syrup. I don't like Hersheys or Nestle or most of the common "grocery/drug store" low end chocolate or chocolate candy, sorry. (well, Seattle is pretty sophisticated and sells high end chocolate along with low in the grocery stores, so YMMV.)
Do you have an eReader, and if so, which kind? Would you be interested in eBooks, and if so, how about a list of your favorite authors/books?
I don't have an actual eReader specifically but I use the kindle app on my ipad and iphone. I can also use ibooks, play books, etc. I think the formats are the most important - I can use .pdf, .mobi, .epub, and .prc.
I have never ever purchased ebooks. There are SO MANY free ones! I actually prefer a hard copy (I have quite a huge book collection with many hard back first edition signed books.) Used books are fine, though! And I would love to read Meilin's books.
I really wish that when you purchased the hard copy of a book that you had the option to get the digital book for free; like they do with Blu-Ray. Half the time you get the dvd AND digital copy too. Stupid book companies and their proprietary formats! It's like the war of VHS/BETA revisted... AGAIN.
Anyway, that is why I don't purchase them. Plus it's just not as comfortable to hold my ipad; the edges dig in and hurt my hands since I have the heavier first gen. I have no plans to get a kindle or other ereader.
I just discovered a new (to me) candle company, Witch City Wicks. Does anything you see there tempt you?
See my etsy wish list. Yeah, their plain jars are not super inspiring but I'm sure I can soak the labels off if necessary and wrap with a gothy ribbon or something.
What about desires (limited edition or not) from Black Phoenix Trading Post?
Any BPTP wish list items are either in my "wishing" wish list, my scentbase wishlist, or my etsy wishlist (or all three.)
I don't know if I posted this in other places, but please don't send me BAR SOAP or COFFEE MUGS (unless they're on a wish list) -- I have sooo much/many.
8/29/20
Does anything from Paintbox Soapworks catch your eye (http://paintboxsoapworks.com/)?
Hex on the Beach and Nightwalker are the ones without potential death notes. Non Weenie: Journey in Satchidananda, Pick-A-Duck, Rice Pudding, The Queen is Dead, Man in the Moon, Mandinka, Blackbird, White Rose of York, Whiskers
No to soap, perfume, hair oil, candles, and slip lotion. Yes to sorbetto and bath streusal. Would love some clean slate scrub (not the soap.) MAYBE on the wax tarts. I do have an electric tart burner that I should start using more often.
Does anything from the Trading Post's etsy page catch your eye (https://www.etsy.com/shop/bptradingpost)?
Not really. I really wanted one of the skelly shelves but I don't see them on the website anymore (and not on etsy either) but I couldn't afford one while they were up.
8/30/20
Is there anything you want from Japan? Current kit kat flavors are... Salty Lemon, Salty Lychee, Sweet Potato, Chestnut and possibly still some Cookies and Cream Ice Cream or Strawberry Ice Cream from summer. Other than that, anime goods, cute stationery, other Japanese snacks, lay it on me!
I love the flavored kit kats!!! usually. None of those flavors are sounding really good except maybe the Strawberry Ice Cream? Would love more origami paper .. mine is all packed up in storage. I don't know what other Japanese snacks there are!! I really miss going to all of my Asian markets in the Seattle area though. Japanese incense!!!
What are your favorite self-care items or activities? I'm especially curious about things that you hesitate to do/get because they feel like frivolous luxuries.
Reading and playing video games, baths with lots of scented stuff, eating out (MOD Pizza, Panera, Costa Vida, Dutch Brothers, Sonic, Taco Bell, Chipotle, Jimmy Johns, Subway, Thai food, Ethiopian food, etc.) Mead and sweet apple cider (hard.) There are all kinds of flavored liqueurs I want to try but yeah, alcohol seems like a huge frivolous luxury so I rarely buy any. I'm almost out of my cake vodka that I save for really special occasions and I haven't been able to find any more! I usually only get chocolate bars when it's on a major sale or I find some I like at Grocery Outlet for a reasonable price. LuvMilk is one of my favorite luxury bath item makers. Another luxury is purchasing things like Death Cups (coffee for Keurig) from Death Wish coffee company. Or Tim Horton's dark roast k-cups.
9/1/20
are you familiar with https://www.a-natural-alternative.com/ ? Take a peak & let me know if you might like to try something.
I'd be up for trying lavender or french vanilla lip balm.
9/2/20
Would you like a face mask from one of my favorite artists? https://akumuink.com/collections/facemasks
I'm good on facemasks right now. My mom and my BFF in France both make them and I rarely ever go anywhere. I do kind of want some gaiters but I'm concerned they would be too tight. I was eyeing the Last Unicorn ones (on my etsy masks faves) and a cheshire cat smile one (on amazon) but I have a fat neck so ... probably not a good idea if they're one size fits all. (plus I would wear them OVER my other masks.)
one of our fellow BPAL friends makes custom masks, Hakutaku Custom Masks on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/HakutakuMasks/ ). Would anyone be interested in one of her masks?
I already bought one from Jennifer (Hakutaku Custom Masks) for my mom's birthday so I'm good there.
9/3/20
Would you like anything from here? https://www.etsy.com/shop/TaterRoundsBeauty
The Black Phillip makes me laugh. Maybe some of the pure daily moisturizer? I need a good facial moisturizer since Kiss My Face stopped making the one that worked for me. Or the Ultra Hydrating Vitamin Rich Face Cream & Aloe Gel? Hyaluronate & Algae Face Serum - Face Serum? Vampire Tonic! ok, I totally want some of the Black Phillip perfume too. Would absolutely try the hair color. I added a ton of stuff to my "make up" and "other bath and beauty" etsy faves.
9/5/20
what are your feelings on home made/ home canned jams & pickles or syrups? I even make things with berries I grow in my garden. I make both brandied & bourbon cherries. Syrups good for cocktails, in lemonade or tea, flavors include Lavender, Lavender + Lemon, & Lavender + Vanilla.
Interested?
I only have one jar of homemade garlic dill pickles left, so yesssss bring the artisan dill pickles!!! This year we made peach jam, ginger peach butter, cardamom plum jar, star anise plum jam, plum butter (two different types), apple butter, applesauce, lavender vanilla bean liqueur, rose petal liqueur, dilly beans, green tomato dill relish, and I currently have plums and spices sitting in vodka (Slivovitz, but it won't be ready until December.) So anything else, I will gladly take!! Especially brandied and bourbon cherries!!! BRING IT.
Is there something that you're especially hoping to receive for this round? For example, a brand you've heard of that you're especially wanting to try, or a certain "thing" that you really want but just cant bring yourself to buy for yourself??
I'd really love some Scream Inside your Heart or Scream Inside your Snake Oil BPAL and a sticker. But I'm also in the 13 Nights of Halloween and asked for it there too, so you'd probably want to pop into that thread and ask my Pumpkin to contact you so as not to double up. Or have someone else do it for you since I follow that thread, haha.
Would you rather receive supplies/tools for your own craft/hobby or receive something you can't make yourself?
I have sooo much yarn and really don't need any more. I can always use Chiaogoo Red Lace needles in a size US 7 though! I like getting things I can't make myself too.
Is there anything you'd like from Penzeys (https://www.penzeys.com/)?
I think I have everything I want spice wise on my Amazon Cooking wish list. It has a bunch of things from Penzeys on it.
9/8/20
Art and artists - anyone dig any of this? https://www.studiodesade.com/ (They also do masks, see here.)
Really not my color palettes or style.
If you knit/crochet/weave, would you like custom dyed yarn? And if so do you have preference on weight, fiber, colors?
Anything from fingering to bulky is fine. I prefer either gradients or semi-solid. Black and grey are always needed for neutrals, especially paired with a great contrast-y semi-solid (or gradient, lol) to make brioche or colorwork hats (so like dk/worsted) - I love jewel toned purples, blurples, blues. Dark blackened reds. Merino is awesome, merino cashmere, merino silk, merino silk cashmere, anything with yak... I don't love alpaca, llama, bfl, acrylic. Bamboo and tencel are great!
what is one fun/frivolous thing for $20 or less that you’d enjoy?
A pig or dragon tea pet!
If I sent you to a dollar store with $20, what would you walk out with?
maybe some frames to hang up some of my artwork, assuming they had frames matted for 8x10. maybe some gift bags or wrapping paper/tissue. if it's halloween time and they have cool bats or skeletal animals, that's all me.
9/9/20
would anybody like a small cross stitch thing, like a patch or pin? or cross stitching notions like handmade needle minders?
I am old and losing eyesight, so although I really wanted to learn cross stitch, I just can't see. So no notions. I would love to receive a patch or pin!
9/11/20
Is there anything you'd like from the UK?
um, yes! Tea! Chocolate! Future Primitive stuff!
Do you have a particular fandom you'd like stuff from?
I have fandoms that I like things from that are on wish lists - I'm still kicking myself for not getting the Princess Bride funko pops when I was at the Everett store but unless I really love them, I don't collect them. If that makes sense. I know it when I see it? And I usually add it to a list? There are a lot of fandom pins, for example, on my etsy jewelry faves from Firefly, HP, Brave, Buffy, etc. I love Nightmare Before Christmas and love the cookie jars. Hot Topic usually has a new one every year? Or used to, I haven't been shopping for the past four or five years so my collection is very small and all packed up.
How do you feel about tea? Preferences? Would you want anything from David's Tea (https://www.davidstea.com/us_en/home/), Steepologie (https://www.steepologie.com/), Bird & Blend (https://birdandblendtea.com/us_en/), or do you have a favorite tea maker to suggest? What about tea tools or cups?
YESSSSS I have things from Bird and Blend, David's Tea, Mariage Freres, Dammann Freres, Harney & Sons, Stephen Smith Tea, etc. on my amazon Beverages wish list. Oh! And I love Blackthorn Hoodoo Tea, I should add some of those.
As far as tools go, I have a variable temperature electric tea kettle, multiple tea pots, and a couple of ingenuitea type tea strainers so I'm probably good. Please for the love of god no more coffee or tea cups unless they are specifically on a wishlist. Oh, I do have some ice tea pitchers / infusers and water bottles on my wishlist. There was one kind that had a screw off bottom so you could fill it with ice easily but I can't remember where I saw it at. Any water bottles need to be stainless/aluminum and preferably dishwasher safe. I do kind of want another black iron japanese style tea pot but they're never large enough for me.
How do you feel about fragrant things for the home like incense, candles, atmosphere spray?
I love pillow spray! Would love to try the low smoke incense from Shoyeido (all of the scents sound fine.) I don't burn candles very often because of my respiratory disease but I do love Sihaya & Co's candles - I burned one during our recent four day power outage and it didn't irritate my lungs so I am hopeful. Would love Black Roses, Samhain Dusk, Celtic Twilight, I am Here I am Whole, Long Distance Hug. I rarely use atmosphere spray because I don't want to choke the dogs. I have three or four boxes of it (BPTP) in my closet.
Do you share your home with any loved ones (human, feline, canine, etc.) who might enjoy a tiny treat too?
My dogs always love treats! I also have pigs, goats, and sheep but they are all totally spoiled and love bananas, so I think they're set.
9/12/20
Does anyone like the prints or items from www.ElissaMarieCreative.com ? I have a few of her prints and the notebooks and they are quality!
I kind of like some of the art work but the color palette is very much not me. (and I'm getting full walls for artwork and don't use notebooks.)
What about www.drawingsbynicole.com? Anything specific?
Nope.
Does anything from www.vapidlacquer.com stick out to you?
Sugar Scrub or Body Mist both sound nice. Sugared Rose, Continuity for the Body Mist. Available scent notes are missing for the sugar scrubs. Maybe Butter Beer or Vanilla Vixen?
I do pour painting/acrylic fluid art (with varying degrees of success, haha). Would you like a custom piece in colors of your choice (takes 3-4 weeks with curing, longer if you want it sealed, so it would arrive post-round if custom) or a piece already finished in my collection? I have mostly 12 x 12 and 10 x 10s right now. Pics available upon request!
Would love to see what you've got. My walls are getting full of art already and I have a ton more to hang up that I need frames for (matted for 8x10 artwork from Brian Serway.) I only have a small room in someone else's house and being disabled, I don't know that I'll ever have my own place again.
After enjoying looking at the links several others have put in the questions, I decided to add some of my own favorite independent artists who I enjoy supporting - so, what do you think of the goodies from these people? And specific items you love? Enjoy!
1) https://www.catcoven.com/ -- Creature of the Night silver pin. Curious Wanderer Silver pin.
2) https://www.mineralgypsy.com -- I love crystals. Anything you'd think I'd like.
3) https://www.redbubble.com/people/thelatestkate/shop -- Super cute but bright. I could actually use a new ipad case but I need the kind that doubles as a stand (I have an older iPad air.) I'd say a water bottle but none of her water bottle designs call to me.
4) https://www.marikapaz.com/shop/ - would totally take sheets of stickers to decorate packages with.
5) https://www.faunwood.com - nothing really.
6) https://www.shannatrumbly.com/ - I really don't need any prints right now and the stickers are pretty expensive.
7) https://fiddlersgreenzine.com - are these zines? I love the style (very Tolkien) but don't really like zines.
8 ) https://www.hedgespokenpress.com - I really don't need any prints right now
One of the things I do is make nifty things from sweaters that I cut up & upcycle into things like super warm mittens, arm warmers, striped arm warmers, cowls, teapot cozies, & French press cozies. I don't have a slipper I love yet, but I'm working on it. So, which of these things might you like? Give me some thoughts on colors you like & if for a teapot or press, I need to know a size.
TBH, I am too hot 99.99999% of the time and I'm a knitter, mom is a knitter/crocheter, and I absolutely do not need anything to wear that would be warm (except maybe some nordic style pajama socks.) I don't need either a teapot or french press cozy. I am super picky about my cowls. But if you're a knitter or crocheter and want to make me something, I have a bundle on Ravelry called "make for me!" filled with thing to knit (all kinds of colorwork and stuff) or crochet (mostly amigurumi but also some top hats) Warning -- all of the fox stuff is for my mom. So if I receive any of that, she will get it. I do wear socks, fingerless miits and double length cowls or long cresecent shawlettes. I don't wear knitted hats or choke-y cowls or smoke rings or mittens or triangle shaped shawls.
Feets are huge, size 11w. Hands are also huge. If you knit socks for me I REALLY REALLY need a stretchy cast on (if cuff down socks) or bind off (if toe up socks.) And both the stretchy cast on AND bind off for mitts. (I use Jeny's for both, myself, although a cable cast on is usually stretchy enough too.) I think the stretchy thing is one of those tics of being autistic. (shrug)
I enjoy historical reproductions and am a fan of LBCC Historical Apothecary. Is there something in her store you might be interested in?
I'm not really into vintage-y type stuff and I really don't like things in round tins (especially lip stuff.) The Rose scented ink is the coolest but I don't write at all! I can still type and knit, but my hands don't like writing for more than a few words on a note. The Egyptian Geranium EO or the Organic Clove Bud EO both caught my eye but I don't really have a pressing need for EO's right now. Maybe a large loofa sponge? Oh! 4 Thieves Vinegar! Ok, the 1896 Cleopatra's Enamel looks interesting too.
9/13/20
Do you have a favorite art style/movement/artist?
I think I talked about it in my original answers. But since I don't really need any artwork right now...
Who is your fashion icon(s)?
I don't know that I have any particular fashion icons. I'm mostly attracted to gothy/fetishy/industrial mixes of clothing and makeup but I am too lazy to dress that way myself most of the time.
What is your favorite mythological creature?
Anything equine really (I used to collection tons of unicorn/pegasus figures but they're all packed up. I love hippocampus too!) as well as grotesques and gargoyles. And Krampus. And Black Philip.
is there anything you want from Lush?
always. like every single bat bath bomb!! ALL OF THEM! I have other stuff from LUSH on my Amazon Bath, Body, Fragrance wish list.
Do you need any astrological work done, since thats one of my professions? Any particular areas you could utilize a consultation?
This would be fun if Holly was my Witch. But I don't know my birth time and my mom can't find my baby book.
How do you feel about the homemade fudge I sell in my etsy shop? https://www.etsy.com/shop/HollysRainbow -particular preferences, flavors (consider I take special flavor requests all the time!)?
No nuts, Penuche!!!!! And the apple pie fudge!!!!!!! *sad grabby hands towards all the fudge*
How do you feel about keto or sugar-free, low carb baked goods or treats??
I'm ok with real sugar, butter, cream. I try to avoid corn syrup. I'm also ok with coconut sugar and alternatives, but I prefer using castor sugar or brown sugar in things. My mom makes a lot of alternative, gluten free, oil free, low sugar stuff so I already have access but that doesn't mean I wouldn't want any from my Witch if that is their specialty - I just don't require it?
9/14/20
Anything you'd like from Future Primitive: https://futureprimitivesoap.co.uk
I am interested in the Bath Salts, Shampoo Bar, Sugar Scrubs, and Whipped Soap (especially if you want to send something for my son - he LOVES their whipped soap and uses it for shaving - Ghost Smoke is his fave.)
Scents that sound good are:
Festival
Four & Twenty Blackbirds
OM
Rook & Raven
Sylph
White Witch
Lughnasadh
The Gloaming
GHOST SMOKE
Do you have an Etsy wishlist?
Yes, I believe it is linked both on the Switch Witch Spreadsheet and on my Switch Witch Help (both are in signature.) And I put it here for ease as well. ❤️ ETSY FAVES. That being said, once an item is sold out I am unable to remove it from the sorted lists which drives my virgo heart absolutely crazy. So make sure to check the "show only available items" when looking through lists. It's a major bug and the only way around it is to make a new list, add all of the items you want to it, and delete the old list.
I wanted to share this link to a soapmaker I love and ask if y'all see anything you would like from them! https://www.herbneden.com/
No bar soap, but I would up for trying the bath salts, scrubs, facial stuff, etc. I put a bunch on my amazon bath, body, fragrance list for fun. Some of them are kind of spendy but the bath salts and masks aren't too bad.
Nui Cobalt Designs perfumes...(just got her latest email): How about the scents being discontinued? The Critters? https://nuicobaltdesigns.com/collections/critters-2020?page=1
or other ones?
Nah, I'm good. I have so much perfume and no more veins.
9/15/20
I have a friend who does pet caricatures. He's done ones for all of my pets. Is this something you would be interested of for your pet(s)?
Not caricatures, no.
Do you decorate seasonally/for holidays? Is there anything in particular you would like to that end?
My room is always filled with bats and skulls and skeletal things and gargoyles. I would love Nightmare Before Christmas ornaments and especially the new Pumpkin King tree topper (Hallmark.)
Would you like anything from House of Gloi, especially from their Autumn Update? (https://www.hausofgloi.com/collections/fall-1)
The Fancy Witch body powder sounds nice. Black Rose or Marshmallow butterbombs. Do they not do whipped soap anymore? I'm trying to avoid sugar scrubs right now because I'm battling skin infections and I don't think sugar helps. Prefer oily/salt scrubs.
I know the tea question has been asked, but what, specifically, about Adagio teas?
mmm tea
Samples are great. Loose leaf.
If you wanted to create a blend for me with your own artwork, that would be fun! (I don't like mate, pu-erh, or rooibos/honeybush) Lapsang, Cream, Butterscotch, Clove?
This is Hallowen (by Bran Mydwnter) https://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/blend.html?blend=96188
Trick or Treat (by Bran Mydwnter) https://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/blend.html?blend=96259
Flavored Teas:
Kentucky Bourbon
Cream
Vanilla
Thai Tea
Butterscotch
Caramel
Hazelnut
Blackberry
Orange
Gingerbread
Hibiscus
Chais:
Masala Chai
Raja Oolong Chai
Matcha Teas:
Matcha
Uji Matcha
Matcha Peach
Matcha Sticks Peach
Matcha Sticks Jasmine
Matcha Sticks Traditional or Sweet
Matcha Sticks Black
Black Teas:
Earl Grey Lavender
Lapsang Souchong
Black Dragon Pearls
Tangerine Tuxedo
Green Teas:
Jasmine Phoenix Pearls
Sleeping Dragon
Fujian Jasmine Pearl
Jasmine Chun Hao
Green Dragon Pearls
Guizhou Twist
Wenshan Mist Green
Autumn Mist Green
Herbal Teas:
Kona Pineapple
Elderberry Wine
Berry Creme Compote
Blood Orange
Wild Strawberry
Berry Blues
Dragon Fruit Dream
Turmeric Bliss
Wellness:
Throat Therapy
What about anything tempting from Dandelion Chocolate? (https://store.dandelionchocolate.com/pages/home)
Sea Salt Caramels
Chocolate Covered Almonds
Dandelion Chocolate Chip Cookie
Anything from the Pantry & Baking - nibs, chips, chef's chocolate. (Tiffin is one of my favorite things and I like to make it out of "good" chocolate instead of plain chocolate chips.)
9/16/20
Would you, my dear Witchee, like anything from April Gloom? https://www.etsy.com/shop/AprilGloom (this is our @spookygrrrly - switch witch code coming soon to a spreadsheet near you.)
I'd really super love a planchette / skull pendant from her but I love her cute pins too.
Would you enjoy anything from my friend Brian's Etsy shop? https://www.etsy.com/shop/BrianSerwayArt?
I have sooooo many of his prints. I really need some matted (white mat, black frame) for 8x10 for all of his artwork that I haven't hung up yet. The only one I super want in stock right now is I Am No Man.
Are you a sock person? If so what are your favourite kinds to wear? Do you have a sockdreams wishlist?
The sockdream's wishlists are shareable!! I don't actually like wearing socks but I *DO* need some new ones. I'd love a bunch of black cotton footie socks! Also black cotton crew would be good. I have size 11w feet, so they can't be "one size fits most." I think I put a bunch of sockdreams stuff under my SW Help (in signature.)
If you're not near one, is there anything from Trader Joe's you'd like?
I'm near one! I can't think of anything I super want that I can't get myself.
How do you feel about local items from my city, like spicy (think chili) things or local coffee? The coffee is not spicy lol.
I love dark roast coffee but right now it needs to be k-cups. I love green chiles! I have a bunch of chile stuff on my amazon cooking and kitchen and snack wishlists.
do you have good feelings about Funko Pop?
I don't collect them just to collect them but I have gotten a few that I love. I have the Goblin King, Death, Demogorgon, Jack Skellington. Would love The Man in Black (Princess Bride) and/or Inigo Montoya -- I'm still kicking myself for not buying some when I was at the flagship store in Everett last time. Would love Black Philip. I can't remember if I have a Krampus already or not.
Candles! Anything from these places catch your fancy?
https://cantripcandles.com/collections (restocks Friday 9/18 at 9:00 PST)
https://miruscandles.com/collections
https://briarwickcandles.com/collections
without knowing if they would irritate my lungs or not, I'm going to have to say no. I love candles; I am a chandler ffs. But my stupid lungs and chronic respiratory disease! Argh!!!
9/17/20
Is there something from your fandom that popped up in another country you'd be particularly interested in? What, and what store?
I'm not sure! I don't have any disposable income so I don't really go looking.
Would you be interested in some boozy chocolates (or anything else) from https://www.chocolatemoonshine.com/ ?
I'm always interested in boozy chocolates but this site does say that all of their chocolates are non-alcoholic. The Creme Brulee and Black Cherry Bourbon fudge look interesting - how much do you get for $20, I wonder? (You can get a pound of Penuche fudge from Holly with free shipping to the US for $20... just saying... and it's SO. FRICKING. GOOD. and the apple pie!!! She could probably try her hand at any custom flavor.)
9/18/20
Witchee, assuming you like home made/home canned condiment goodies, what is your spice level preference?
I'm a bit of a spice wimp - maybe as high as cayenne (30-50k) but assume I'm eating it with sour cream or cream cheese or something to cut the heat a bit. I like flavor more than just heat.
Would you be interested in anything from Cellar Door Bath Supply Co.?
The name makes me laugh because so totally Donnie Darko. Sadly all of their bath salt is sold out and the scents are pretty generic anyway. Much more interested in Luv Milk milk baths.
9/19/20
Lilith are up! Is there anything from the release that you want? Decant or full bottles?
I don't really like (or ever use) decants, I'm a full bottle kind of person.
Aoede, Melete, Mneme - Sugared cream, vanilla husk, white sandalwood, and flecks of caramel.
Baby’s First Ballista - oakwood, vanilla bean, and sugar cookies.
Boop - Lavender cream, puppy paws, white patchouli, and honey dust.
Between Classes - Fleece spiderwebs, lavender mist, and pink carnations.
Perfectly Normal Childhood - spun sugar, vanilla marshmallows, cardamom, and cake batter.
Rose Quartz Bedroom - Sugared vanilla rose with saffron, white musk, and Lilith’s favorite lavender.
Sentence First, Verdict Afterwards - white roses, tea roses, climbing roses, blood red roses, and a cluster of thorns, blood-spattered and sword-sharp, with clove bud and tobacco flower.
Thunk -teakwood, tobacco, iron, and pine tar.
Two Frames - buttercream-frosted sprinkle cupcakes and a sprig of lavender.
Velut Luna Statu Variabilis - ylang ylang, pink vanilla, carnation chypre, and red benzoin.
Metal Twins - Vanilla cake batter (she only wants the batter!) and flan.
How would you feel about recipes?
You should share them in our BPAL recipe group on facebook?! (whatever happened to our recipe / cookbook area or was that the old forum?)
Would anyone be interested in anything from Bucees?! It’s a magical giant beaver gas station/shop! It has spices, fudge, Knick knacks, all things Texas, candy, beef jerky, roasted nuts, and of course beavers! Most things like the fudge and nuts are made in house.
No beavers, thx.
9/20/20
How do you guys store your decants so they are not a confused mess? If you've got a system, please share it.
I store mine in 100 count ammo boxes and use a grid spreadsheet.
9/21/20
I'm a knitter. I have some knitted washcloths done, and can knit up more. Would you like some? Also, if answered soon enough, I can maybe get a scarf done. Would you like one? What colors would you like? Thin or thick? With or without fringe? Are you allergic to any fibers - wool, cashmere, angora, alpaca?
I think I have answered this one multiple times. Anything from my Make for Me bundle is great. No scarves. No washcloths. I prefer merino, merino cashmere, or merino silk cashmere. Bamboo is great for socks. No alpaca or llama. Meh on angora. Absolutely no acrylic except for amigurumi.
Witchee, darling, there's a *slight* chance I might be going on a trip next week and *might*, in the course of this trip, have access to Disneyworld goodies from Epcot and Magic Kingdom - any stuff you might desire?
WHAT ABOUT HARRY POTTER WORLD?!?! ALL THE CHOCOLATE FROGS!!!!!!! Obviously I like Nightmare Before Christmas stuff -- especially canisters and plates/bowls from Disney. No coffee cups though unless they have really large ceramic or stainless travel mugs with a lid (large = 18-20oz.) I like enameled pins and buttons too. Large oversize hoodies and zip up hoodies but those are probably getting pricey. Would take Haunted Mansion or NMBC pandora type charms for my leather bracelet. NMBC or Haunted Mansion pens -- the HM pen is purple with a bat on the end! YES.
9/22/20
Would you like any of Snag Tights’ Halloween offerings and if so, what size?
maybe footless tights or chub rub shorts. Probably a G because I'm a 20/22 and I'm tall. Sigh. Black, purple, skulls, bats... anything gothy.
Do you prefer getting one or two really nice/more expensive things or several smaller/less expensive little things? Or do you have no preferance?
Whatever my Witch prefers!
Witchee, do you like tea? If so, what kind?
Srsly? *looks at huge tea wishlists*
Witchee, do you want anything? Shirts, mugs, postcards from Anarchist Seattle, Portland, or New York.... https://www.redbubble.com/people/litlnemo/shop?artistUserName=litlnemo
Would you be interested in a gently-used tarot deck (or other oracle)? If so, toss out some styles you gravitate towards, cause I have SO MANY DECKS and I'd love to send one or more along!
I'd love the Dark Wood tarot from Abigail Larson. Or some runic sets. Or one of the tarot sets from The Creeping Wood. The Phantomwise Tarot is like my holy grail, I wish Erin Morgenstern would make more.
Are you interested in receiving a burned CD of music? If so, name of genres, artists, styles that you are into or would like more of to explore.
Sure! I mostly love darkwave and gothy stuff.
Do you have an Amazon wishlist? If you do and you're ok with getting stuff from it, please share the link!
Yes, it's already been shared multiple times in multiple places, lol. SO I KNOW YOU'RE NOT MY WITCH. Unless this is some kind of reverse psychology.
Pumpkin/pumpkin spice – yay or nay? Yay in food/drinks but nay in other products (soaps, perfumes, etc.) or vice versa? What are your thoughts?
I love the spices that are in "pumpkin spice" but I don't love the way that people think it needs to be orange or to have actual pumpkin in it? It's not about the pumpkin. It's about the clove, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, etc.!!! I dearly love clove, please all of the clove scented and flavored things. But meh on "pumpkin spice" stuff because it's usually not.
Candy corn – love it or loathe it? Or just don’t care much one way or another?
HISSSS *holds up cross* *drops cross when it burns her hand* BACK EVIL ONE! BACK!
9/23/20
https://www.poesieperfume.com/loose-leaf-tea <---- would you be interested in receiving tea and / or scents from Poesie?
Tea, yes. Scents, probably not. Trying to cut back on the perfume that is taking over my room! Most of their tea sounds great except no yerba mate, no rooibos/honeybush, no chamomile please.
I have been remiss--witchee (or anyone needing a minion), I am notorious for homemade caramels, shortbreads both savory and sweet, and catnip/catnip laced toys. I've also started playing with homemade marshmallows and fruit candies. Any interest?
I will always accept homemade tasty things! I especially love chocolate shortbread and would love to try a savory one. Love caramels. Would totally take homemade marshmallows. Love candied fruit peel and fruits!
9/25/20
I happen to live near this amazing place. Do you have any interest is anything that I could pick up there? The have hand made pottery, cookie molds, cookbooks with historical recipes all sorts of good stuff. https://www.gcv.org/shop/
Not my time period! I prefer older medieval type things.
10/1/20
Would you be interested in anything from KBShimmer's new Fall nail polish collection or their Falloween collection?
No. But I do love their magnetic multichrome polish in other colors! And I could totally use a nail strengthener because my thumb nail keeps splitting. And then of course I need base coats, holographic topper coats, and quick dry top coats. Dang, gets expensive fast!! (but I added some to my Bath, Body, Fragrance amazon wishlist anyway.)
10/3/20
Witchee, darlin', anything appeal from this goth-metal-Satanic Tea company, Pitch Black North? https://www.pitchblacknorth.com/category/all-tea
Breath of Demons (natch), Antichrist Pumpkin Spice, Coconut Chai (in that order.) The Vanilla Earl Grey would be my last choice as everything else has chamomile or mint.
10/4/20
the other day I found the pattern I made for a small crocheted skull. I have made some before and included some herbs and oils and such, things that both smell good and are said to carry protective virtues, in the stuffing, and hooked them up to hang in a vehicle or such. Would any of y'all like one of those?
UM, DUH. YES.
10/5/20
is anyone a Daredevil fan?? I'm going to be working with Christopher Brewster who is Daredevil in the suit (i.e. the stunt performer but not the FACE of the actor... but when the suit is on... its Brewster). I worked with him on something else... and he was super cool... excited to get to work with him again... but if that's anyone's fandom... I wanna know LOL
All the men in tight leather suits please. And Charlie Cox!!
10/12/20
Darling witchee, would you like a candle or other goodies from Last Craft? https://lastcraftdesigns.com/
um, hello my pretties!!
pins, stickers, or patches: Robert Smith, Goth Eyes, Strange as Angels, Enjoy the Silence. Bowie.
Would totally take Strange as Angels womens t in 2xl.
Love Cats lace locks.
Candles: Saint Robert, Buffy, Trent Reznor (Emperor of Dirt), RBG
NEW WAVE TAROT CARDS
Better Off Dead Screen Print!!!! (I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS)
SWITCH WITCH HELP <--- clickie
Hey, Witchee, it's getting cold. Socks, scarves, hats or arm warmers?
Socks and wrist warmers. I only wear page boy type hats and I have like 500 scarves so PLEASE GOD NO SCARVES. (Unless they're silk or can be used as a table runner or something.) Wraps, yes. Love wraps. As far as knitted items go be aware that my skin is really uber sensitive (probably from wearing so much perfume; I get contact dermatitis at the drop of a hat) so please only buttery soft merino, silk, cashmere, or a combo. No acrylic or scratchy wool. My feet aren't as sensitive so bfl or merino are both fine (some nylon content in socks is excellent.)
Halloween Candy, Decorations, and Costume supplies - What kind are your idea of FUN and which ones would you thoroughly dislike?
Decorations yes! But no ghosts, pumpkins, or witches... I love bats, gargoyles, ravens, skulls and I decorate all year round with those.
I'm super picky about my chocolate and candy... but maybe reese's peanut butter cups would be ok. I've been craving chocolate and peanut butter lately. (I'd really prefer Newman's peanut butter cups but I don't think they make halloween bags of candy? I try to stick to organic/fair trade.)
As far as costume supplies, I'd love a nice weeping angel mask and wings... and something to make my skin weeping angel color. I saw that Hot Topic had nasty plastic weeping angel masks but I'd love a full head one. In case you're crafty and know how to make masks.
WHAT traditions to you partake in for Halloween? Knowing what you do our how you decorate or how you celebrate?
We usually dress up in our (normal to us) fetish type gear and go out. It's the only night of the year that the other half feels comfortable being in "public" while dressed up like a pony. Yeah, probably TMI, but you asked.
Are you a fan of anything that you would like a tshirt of? If so, what size would you wear? I usually only wear babydoll type shirts in XXXL or XXL if they're stretchy. I love Nightmare Before Christmas, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, etc. and I would wear shirts for all of the above. I have a lot of shirts on my Amazon and Think Geek wishlists. Edit: and Firefly, but I don't like brown (which sucks!) so no brown shirts. I prefer black, grey, or dark purple.
Do you love, hate, or are indifferent to.....pumpkin flavored things? Usually I'm not super crazy about pumpkin flavored things in general, but I LOVE pumpkin bread and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. I've been known to have the occasional Pumpkin Spice Latte but I don't HAVE to have one. And right now Teavana has an oolong tea that is FANTASTIC -- Pumpkin Spice Brulee. I bought some last week and I've already emptied the bag. But I get 30% off at Teavana so unless you also get a discount then it would make more sense to send me a GC instead of buying me something.
Name some DVDs you wouldnt mind receiving, or are they on an Amazon list? I think my Amazon DVD list is private because I don't usually buy DVD's new... And I'd like to get a PS3 / blu-ray player, our dvd player upstairs just died so now we have to watch dvd's downstairs. Our tv's are ancient so they don't work with most blu-ray players. And a new tv just isn't in our budget or a priority right now because the dishwasher ALSO stopped working (it's been a bad month, everything electrical is breaking except for (knock on wood) our computers, and ...yeah. The other half is leaving for Argentina a week from today and won't be back until late December. So his pay for doing shows in Argentina won't be home until he comes home. He's supposed to get a partial advance soon and I have to budget all of the bills from it and my future pay checks, so things are going to be lean around here. I might have to sell a bunch of bpal and yarn in order to buy new fun bpal and bptp things. Sorry, ketchup burst there. Things that I would like that I don't have yet
* Much Ado About Nothing (Joss Whedon version)
* The Year Without a Santa Claus / Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey / Rudolph's Shiny New Year
* The Original Television Christmas Classics (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town/Frosty the Snowman/Frosty Returns/The Little Drummer Boy/Cricket on the Hearth)
* Joe Versus the Volcano
* Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Dear future Witchee, did you get anything from the Beaver Moon or Weenie updates that I need to know about, so I don't accidentally repeat anything? Not yet!! We're totally broke and I think my credit card doesn't have any room on it for anything else. gulp. But I *WANT* both of the BM's (AHAHAHA, what, I'm 12) and the single note. So I will probably attempt to find some way to order them. Even if it means I have to pimp out the other half. And I already have everything from the Halloweenie update because I do decant circles. I DON'T have anything from the BPTP update yet but I plan on getting everything I want... someday... edit: I am also doing a BPTP circle so I have everything now. and I also ordered both Beaver Moons and the new single note. And I'm doing a Philharmonic circle, so I have all of those too. I hope the Yule and Inquisition are small..
If you were my witchee, would you be interested in anything from my store or something similar? (Nut-made by LisaNut on etsy.)
You have all kinds of awesome things but nothing that is really my style.
Say your witch works at a used bookstore. what kinds of things might you like from there? cool old pulp fiction paperbacks? tarot cards? (we have those.) a dr who pen? books about haunted cemeteries in seattle? you may have all of these things:) oh, and also movies. and cds. Yes yes yes. dr who pen, sci-fi/fantasy, movies, cds. My amazon list is pretty extensive except for the cd's and movies. I wish LibraryThing would document movies and albums along with books.
Witchee, the Haunt Halloween update goes live tomorrow! When it does, please post right away and let me know your dreams and wishes! I saw some entries for Halloween things when I was updating my amazon wish list (because I still have wishes for Haunt Lip Lust!) I'd be interested in any yummy lip lust, shower scrubs, perfume, or body glossing that sounds like it would be up my alley. Usually she has too much fruit, floral, or chocolate but every once in a while there is something I MUST HAVE. I love lavender, honey, vanilla, spices, amber, patch, woods, incense. Gloaming is a favorite but I'm set there for perfume and body scrub but I could use more body gloss of that and I'm almost out of my other one too... Roma? I'll have to look.
Ok, update is up!!
I'm interested in...
Lip lust in: cask, pumpkin cake, caramel apple
Skin glossing oil in: incantare! Winchester, gloomy Sunday, hobgoblin, claw & cobblestone
Sugar polish in: incantare, Winchester, tell the bees, hobgoblin, claw & cobblestone
Perfume in: incantare, gloomy Sunday, Winchester
I've got some canned goods put up -- mostly jams/jellies, some apple butter, some applesauce. Want some? If so, what kind(s)? Apple butter, applesauce, jams/jellies -- all are good!!
How feel you about lip balms, glosses, and lipsticks? Any particular favourite scents/flavours? Any favourite makers/sellers? I like lip balm and I have a bunch of my amazon wish list under the bath and beauty section. Haunt, Better Botanicals, and I'd like to try some Tokyomilk Dark Lip Elixirs.
Since wishlist links never seem to work in forum mail, won't you please re-post your wishlist links here, so they're readable? Mine are all in the "SW Help" link in my signature. I have links to Amazon, Etsy, The Loopy Ewe, Think Geek, Soapbox Company, Scent Addict (THEY STILL HAVE STUFF LEFT. IT'S ALL HALF PRICE.) And a couple other things. My Amazon wishlist has TONS of stuff on it added with the Universal Wishlist adder, so for things like Haunt, Lush, etc. - they're all there!
Table Games - do you play them? If so, which ones, and which versions, and are there any goodies you might like related to them?
Meh. I would love playing games if I had people to play with. My games are all packed up and out in a shed with the majority of my stuff (books, gargoyles, bearistas, mugs, depression glass, candles & holders, candle and soap making equipment, unicorn collectibles... someday I'll get to unpack!) long story short (too late), no, not right now.
Witchee, are you in need of any particular spices?
I would like some pumpkin pie spices and I could use some pure vanilla. Any spices I need are in my amazon wish list in either edibles or kitchen & cooking. Honest, my wishlists are EXTENSIVE! Mostly so I don't forget what I need because I have a horrible memory. I would never say no to fancy salts and a new salt grinder. I'm out of everything except pink and normal.
Are there any craft project/s you are working on now that you need supplies for? Or rather, is there a craft project you've been wanting to do but need stuff to start? I always always always need more knitting needles (I am waiting to start two knitting projects but I had to order more needles first; I already ordered them though - from The Loopy Ewe. I have a knitting needle selection on my wishlist there that specifies sizes and brands/types. My favorites are Hiya Hiya SHARP and ChiaoGoo Red Lace. I usually use 24" - 32" for cable length. You can buy them almost anywhere - Amazon, etsy, most knitting places. I just bought from The Loopy Ewe because I have some credit there so I didn't have to spend any money, not necessarily because they were the best price.
I'd also love some really cool fabric -- especially Nightmare Before Christmas, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, etc. - to make knitting project bags. A yard would probably make about three or four bags.
What do you think of hair sticks? Would you like a set? No, I would have no idea how to use them but more importantly my hair is normally shaved on the sides/back. (it's "long" right now, meaning that it has about 3" of grow out from sides/back and 10" or so from top of the head. Not really long enough for even a pony tail. Maybe a dork knob if I used a lot of gel.)
Is there anything you'd really like to have/try from Trader Joe's, or any other popular-but-not-available-everywhere store? I live by a Trader Joes so I'm good there.
The thing that I have been wanting ever since I moved away from Texas (I was only there about five months before fleeing) are more Cannon's Sweet Hots (mild) - haven't been able to find them anywhere locally for purchase - no one on Amazon even sells them. The mild are not hot, they're mostly sweet. They're really good on hot dogs and burgers.
Don't mistake my unholy love for the Cannon's as a love of hot peppers. I don't really like hot spicy things, my favorite Tobasco for instance is the green - which is more tangy than hot. I like pepperoncini and jalapenos on my sandwiches and pizza but these are usually pickled. Fresh jalapeno really varies in heat too, I prefer the mild ones. Garlic on the other hand, one can never have enough of.
I'm a huge fan of savory food. I also love garlic, dill pickles & dill relish, garlic stuffed green olives, peppadews, cornichons, kalamata olives, most salami/summer sausage, KRAVE jerky, beef jerky in general, CHEESE!, mead, tawny port, ice wine, rosemary/garlic crostini type crackers, crusty bread (especially baked with kalamatas or rosemary), fresh apples/pears/grapes, dried cherries and cranberries, almonds, pecans, jams/jellies that are odd flavors like rose, lavender, jasmine, pepper (habanero raspberry or jalapeno jelly or whatever), etc. I also go through a ton of honey. How is this all relevant to this question? Well, I don't know what kind of popular but not available everywhere stores are out there unless they are local to me, so if you have a store that has these kinds of things as a specialty -- then yes, nom nom nom. (I can buy everything I listed locally except the Cannons but it's fun to have local pickles/jams/honey/jerky/etc. from other places.)
Would you rather have something fun or practical? I'm a virgo. Fun and practical are the SAME THING.
Witchee, would you like a set of Cards Against Humanity? um, I have no idea what this is but if it's fun I suppose so? Maybe I could convince the other half to play games with me at some point?
Are you okay with semi-spicy foods right now? I'm thinking like curry or chipotle? If you were to choose a chili powder would you go Hot, Medium, or Mild? We used the hottest possible chili powders for making our muscle rub (it's kind of like Icy Hot, but all natural ingredients and made in tune with the lunar cycle) but as far as me eating it, I am a huge wimp right now and only put teeny amounts of chili powder in with my mashed avocados (along with salt, garlic, and cumin. NOM NOM NOM.) But I don't like peppers in my chocolate or sweet things (except savory jams and still like those on the milder side...) and mild. I like milder peppers.
If you were this mystery witch's witchee, would you be interested in Spoonfudge (http://www.spoonfudge.com/) or any other such "ordered online" sweet? I haven't ever had their chocolate and I am kind of a chocolate snob, so I don't know? I used to like Milka bars but even those taste waxy and nasty now. Although the drug store had a special on Moonstruck chocolate and I bought a couple of those (they're from Portland) and it was GOOD. Seattle Chocolates isn't the highest quality but they're ok. Vosges Naga is one of my favorites and I love Dolfin.
Also - Double checking everyone's baked goods status. Home-made baked goods or other food stuffs OK? As long as you're super anal about being clean and sanitized... I get squicked out if I find hair in my food.
Is there anything you'd like from Lush, witchee? This is pretty thoroughly covered under the bath/beauty wishlist on Amazon. I need SO MUCH but unfortunately most of the stuff I want is UK only (gentle lentil shampoo, fairy sugar scrub, never too busy to b beautiful, see my Amazon wishlist!) but there is stuff available locally that I want too.
If you like earrings, what kind? Dangly earrings, hoops, studs - what kind do you like? How long do you like your necklaces? Or would you prefer to just get a pendent, so you can size the chain yourself? This is somewhat covered under the original questions and under the wearable wishlist on Amazon. I usually only wear studs (but I have thick lobes so they have to have long posts) or body piercing spirals/half circles/whatever is cute (not hoops because I suck at getting the bead in), I'm allergic to everything except sterling, surgical steel, titanium. My neck size is what.. 16", so I need necklaces that are at least 21-22" and if the clasps aren't silver, I'll break out from the clasp itself let alone the rest of the necklace. I don't need any pendants unless they are on my wishlist, I usually only wear my scent locket. I could use more silver chains.
If I were your witch and were to paint you something, what would you absolutely love, what would you feel ambivalent toward, and what would you not like to see or receive?
Love: Gargoyles, ravens, bats, my dogs, friesians, dark purple/blue swirly things (anything you see on my Pinterest or etsy favorites..)
Ambivalent or not like: er, oranges, yellows, browns? I would need to look at something specifically really because my whims can vary greatly.
Is there anything in the Miskatonic Valley Philharmonic update that you're interested in? I'm doing a decant circle so I'm all set!
Is there anything my mom's etsy shop that you're interested in? I LOVE the shopping bags and project bags but since it's my mom, I just get them from her of course. I keep hinting that she needs to make me a werewolf hat, but I have the pattern.. I suppose I could just make one for myself.
Do you have any upcoming away time I should be aware of, for shipping purposes? Possibly for Thanksgiving week (Mon-Fri), maybe longer. Maybe not at all since the other half freaked out about leaving the house unattended.
Would you like anything from Sock Dreams? They sometimes have cute things that I like. I usually wear capri & sandals (no socks) during the summer and BDU's with black socks and fluevogs/converse/docs during the fall/winter/spring. Sometimes I wear my handknit socks. But I rarely wear shoes that show off socks... I need to get some cute mary janes.
Your feelings on Adagio teas: If you've never had anything from them, would you be open to trying them? If you HAVE had them and like them, name some favorites blends. I was gifted little tins of four of the Doctor Who teas last round. And while I will drink them, none really grabbed me and made me drink them every day like the Pumpkin Spice Brulee from Teavana or the Butterscotch tea from Mariage Freres (on my amazon edibles wishlist), the latter of which I'm hoarding for special occasions because it is SO GOOD. I need to contact my friend in Germany and have her send me some more Anise tea too. She sent me a HUGE BOX of tea and I dutifully tried them one by one, and the Anise was the only one I was totally crazy about. I prefer black tea as the base and I love rose, chocolate/fruit (chocolate raspberry, chocolate orange, chocolate strawberry, etc.), pumpkin spice, butterscotch, anise.... for herbal teas I'm totally in love with licorice mint and Aveda's "tea" (which has basil, licorice, and mint.)
Do you like video games? Are there any you want to play? Do you have a large library? I have a wii (that isn't working very well, I need to upgrade to a wii u), an xbox 360 (which is mostly used for netflix/hbo go right now) and I'd like a ps3 but mostly to watch blu-ray. Most of the games I play are on the PC, which I should change because right now it hurts to sit at the computer but not to sit at the couch. On the PC I have Skyrim (with Dawn Guard), Diablo III, Ultima Online, and a ton of old games that I play with DOS BOX. I loved Infocom Text Adventure games growing up, as well as the Ultima series and then the Sierra On-Line series like King's Quest, Space Quest, Quest for Glory, Gabriel Knight, etc. I love the Zelda games on the wii.. I wish those would come out faster. Once I've finished the game then I don't really want to play again, although I finished Twilight Princess three times I think. Oh! There are a bunch of cool games for the ipad that I'd like -- but I have to upgrade to a better ipad first since I have the original one. pout.
Name three BPAL scents you have tried, but are dying to get more of. Lady of Pain, Brom Bones, The Traveler.
Have you ever tried anything from Paintbox Soapworks? Which products or scents would you prefer? Yes! I'd like the large size of the Honey/Lavender body butter. Everything else is in it's own category on my etsy favorites. I prefer the scrubs over everything else but I would like to try one of the slips in a sample size. Please don't send me soap; I make soap and I have more than I can use.
Do you like/have space to garden? If so, what do you grow? I wish! I used to have 50+ rose bushes that I knew all of the names of, 12 varieties of lavender, multiple varieties of rosemary, thyme, basil, etc. I mostly grow edible things that are also ornamental but I'd like a vegetable garden as well. I'd love to do a knot garden.
Gift cards/vouchers - yay or nay? If you like them - which stores would you like one for? Yay! Ummm amazon is always awesome. Paintbox Soapworks is always awesome.
Seen anything lately that makes you go OH HOLY FUCK THAT'S AWESOME!! ? Sadly, no, the winning lottery ticket has not been in my pocket yet.
Name five small things you could use, but might not think to get for yourself? That's kind of the problem ... if I can't think to get them for myself, then I can't think of them now! er, I could use some salad greens, avocado, pomegranate vinegar, salt grinders (wish I could find my mortar/pestle, it's packed up in the shed somewhere), other salad goodies... but other than the grinders and vinegar, they probably wouldn't travel well. I picked up a bunch of pomegranate seeds (all ready to eat) at costco so I was thinking of making salad with them. I should just snack on them too. Er, um, I'm hungry so I'm thinking of food, um.. three more things.. I can't think of anything that would travel well. bath mats, towel sets, etc. are kind of big and spendy. a BPTP coffee mug? BPTP pens? oh, new ipad/iphone usb cords and a wall plug in charger!
Is there anything from a farmer's market you might like? local honey, dill pickles, rose/lavender/tasty jams or chutneys, umm things that would travel well. Locally I get cheese curds, veggies, fruit, spiced blackberry wine, salad greens, fish, baked things, juice, vinegar, etc.
How do you feel about nail polish? If you like it, are there any brands or colors in which you are interested? I don't wear nail polish although I do wear toenail polish occasionally. Any nail polish would most likely be absconded with by my son or my other half (what? goth boys wear nail polish!) Any polish I get needs to be 3F free (or whatever the new term for it is.)
What about makeup? What brands do you prefer and which products would you most enjoy receiving? I usually only wear prescriptives base/powder so I have to order it online which is a pain. I could use some more eyebrow powder (I apply with a brush) and I could always use new fun eye shadows. I had a whole list on my Amazon site from evilshades but it looks like they went out of business. I like greys, silvers, blacks, dark purples, burgundy. I like them sparkly and shimmery, not matte. (again, I'm 12.)
Are you interested in anything from the Haus of Gloi yule update on November 3rd? Which products and which scents?
Me me, pick me! Here's my wish list:
Bubbling Scrub, Emulsifying Scrub, or maybe Pumpkin Butter in:
- Snow Wolf
- Three Treasures
BUTTERBOMBS:
Sugar Cookie
Silver Fir
Sugar Plum
Holy Incense
LIP BALMS:
Gingerbread
Peppermint Sugar Cookie
Brown Sugar & Pear
Hot Toddy
If I made fairy, dragon or butterfly wing earrings, would you wear them? If so, which would you prefer? Are they studs? As stated multiple times, I only wear studs or body piercing jewelry. And I only wear sterling, surgical steel, or titanium. I would totally wear dragon stud earrings though.
Is there anything you would like from the Blooddrop Halloween update?
dang enablers.
Chai Tea
Cold Leather
Library
Long Black Veil (hopefully the vetiver isn't overpowering)
Tabac
Wild Myrrh
Lavender Honey flutter
Pumpkin & Honey flutter
Roses & Shadows sugar polish
Do you prefer to receive whole coffee beans or ground? Also, if you like flavoured blends, what sort of flavours? (caramels, nuts, chocolate, etc.) I prefer whole beans since you should REALLY use ground beans within a week and you should never ever freeze coffee. But I mostly use my Verismo coffee maker. I do have a coffee grinder and a french press though if you have an absolute FAVORITE coffee that cannot be missed. I do like flavored coffee, I am a HEATHEN. But it must be from a good roaster, none of that mass produced grocery store stuff. I like cinnamon/hazelnut, chocolate, irish cream, chocolate with fruit (chocolate orange, chocolate cherry, chocolate raspberry, etc.), ummm things like that. The best flavored coffee I ever had was in a little hole in the wall coffee shop across from my hotel somewhere in upstate New York when I had to fly there from Denver to train SysOps at our call center. The little cities there were deserted; I swear I was the only person staying in the HUGE awesome hotel. I had a huge suite - like bigger than apartments I've rented - with a kitchen, living room, HUGE freaking bedroom with walk in closed, huge two part bathroom, dining room, reading room. It was freaking cheap too. What is up with places in upstate new york where no one lives anymore? I wanted to move there; there were so many cute shops and awesome fall scenery. Sorry, off on a tangent there.
How do you feel about robots? I'm totally not into robots or automatons. Even if I have read some steampunk.
Do you want to be an early accepter or would you prefer your reveal later in the swap, say maybe closer to the deadline? Whatever works best for my witch is fine!
Are there any GC scents that you love, but for whatever reason, you keep putting off buying bottles of? Well, I keep putting off buying bottles of Druid, Bard, Mr. Prenderghast, Witchblade, Sara Pezzini, Crowley, Aziraphale, The Ifrit, Rat Speakers, Marquis de Carabas, tons more Neil Gaiman scents, more Rogue, Robotic Scarab, London, Spellbound, Hellfire, imps of Vial of Holy Water and Thieves' Rosin .. and that's all I can think of. Plus whatever is on my wishlist.
If your Witch were to create a cookbook of recipes she thought you'd like, would you be interested in that sort of thing? And if so, what sort of recipes would you be interested in? I don't actually cook a lot. I do have a collection of recipes that I absolutely love but.. yeah, rarely do I cook them. The other half asks for my chicken tacos and that's about it. Otherwise he likes grilled meat. I would be interested in really yummy recipes that don't require a ton of prep. And maybe garlic soup.
Would you be interested in getting a kit of sorts to learn how to do a craft or make something, with some basic starter materials and instructions? And if yes, what sorts of things would you be interested in learning? How to do origami, or glass etching, or cross-stitching, or card making, or knitting, or crocheting, or cheese-making, or mushroom growing, or whatever? yes, cross stitch!
10/5/17
would any witchees be interested in NASA swag? I'm now super-close to Marshall Space Flight Center and will be visiting the space center with my kiddo pretty regularly. If so, what would you like? Clothes, a mug, magnets, a plush Snoopy wearing a flight suit? Nothing springs to mind.
does anybody like anything from Solstice Scents? I LOVE their Jack and the Devil. http://www.solsticescents.com/ I have tried some of their scents but haven't found anything that works for me. I'd rather have NAVA, BPAL, Moona, Haus of Gloi, or Cocoa Pink.
10/3/17
Witchee, would you like anything from the Trading Post Halloween update? III. MY SECRET DEEDS Hair Gloss IV. HEARKENING TO THE DEATH WATCHES IN THE WALL Atmosphere Spray VI. LOUDER! LOUDER! LOUDER! Bath Bomb
10/1/17
Awesome farmer's market by my house. They have a local honey stand (which also sells things made from local honey like Propolis tincture!); there's a small apothecary and she additionally makes soaps and hand-made, hand-poured scented candles; plus a guy that makes an array of BBQ and Hot Sauces. Does any of this appeal? Would you like anything from my local farmer's market? I love local honey and things made from honey. No bar soap. Love candles. Iffy on the BBQ/Hot Sauces because sodium. If no salt/sodium, I love hot sauces, especially jalapeno sauces.
Smolder Cosmetics. Do any of their products (glitter, eye dusts etc) appeal to you? https://smoldercosmetics.com I'm sure they do (especially sparkly) but I have a ton of indie makeup that I've never even opened.
Anything from Strobe Cosmetics (http://strobecosmetics.com)? Again with the not wearing makeup for a year.
How would you feel about getting Hello Kitty stuff? No thanks, too pink and cheerful. I'm all about Gloom Cookie and Emily the Strange and darker things.
Would you like to get some favorite recipes? What I can eat is pretty limited so unless they are kidney failure diet recipes, probably not.
Would you like anything from my shop? https://www.etsy.com/shop/LisaNut? No thank you, I don't see anything that catches my eye.
9/28/17
Haus of Gloi Fall II update? I already answered this below (9/8) when the announcement first came out. I put the list of what I'd like from Fall Update 2 there.
9/27/17
How do you feel about these little guys? https://lovemomiji.c...imited-editions I really don't have a place for stuff like that.
9/26/17
What are your top three most wanted DC'd or previous LE BPALs? Goth Queen, Resin Cast Meat Skull, F54
What are some things you do NOT want to receive? * Bar soap. Please $deity, no bar soap. (unless you make it! then please bring ALL OF YOUR SOAP.) I make soap and I have SO. MUCH. * I also don't need any tealights, I buy those unscented by the 100's. * no socks. I rarely wear socks and I am very picky about them when I do. I have super large feet so most women's socks don't fit me anyway. * hair clips, barrettes, pins, etc. (I shave my hair on the sides/back and spike/tease it on top.) * sodium * nuts/dried fruit
is there anything from here that you might be interested in getting a print (or pillow/make-up case/etc) of? http://www.blackabbeystudios.com/store No, sorry, I didn't see anything I had to have.
Claire's has some super cute Halloween stuff. In the style of Haunted Mansion - black lace collars, lace and sparkle masques and the like. A few items in Dias de los Muertos style. Would you be interested in such things? No thank you.
9/25/17
Anyone like/want calendars or dayplanners? I could use a 2018 calendar but don't feel obligated. Last year I received a cool Sugar Skull one in my 12 days of christmas swap. If you like stationery, do you like plain, colors, images, or specific DON'T LIKES? I don't want stationery, thank you. What about general desk stuff like cool colored paperclips and post it pads? Nope, I need zero desk stuff. Someone got me like 20 cool post it note pads and I've been giving them away like crazy because I rarely ever write anything. In a former life like 20 years ago I was once a secretary and I have SO MUCH desk stuff from that time period including note pads I still haven't used. I have boxes of pens, pencils, tape, paperclips, colored paperclips, purple file folders, etc. And then I worked at Microsoft and raided the office closet and had EVEN MOAR desk stuff that was all thrown in a box to take with me when I left. I still use my microsoft stapler.
Does anything catch your eye from Ten Thousand Villages? http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/ I looked at the sale section and was attracted to some of the iron and stone things and then saw they were over $70 after being marked 50% off, and closed the window. Then I reopened it at looked at other things but anything I'd want is much too expensive.
Would you be into receiving hand made (crocheted, sewn, felted, chain maille, scale, or duct tape, in my case, depending on the item) dishclothes? Scarf/shawl? Hat? Bag? Anything? Colors? (Duct tape, chain maille, and scales come in colors.) I need more bags like I need a hole in the head since we make them, but if you need to hand craft things for SW - I totally get it. I need to do it too. I have a list of knitted and crocheted things I'd like to receive in my Ravelry Bundles (there is one called Make for Me and another called Vampire/Halloween swap.) I'll try to add sewn and hand made things to my Pinterest when I have a moment.
Do you collect anything from SBUX like City Mugs, City Mug ornaments, City Cards, or Bearistas? If so, which do you need/want? Or would you like a City Mug or an ornament for fun? I'd love the little city mug ornaments or a city card from your city!! As I said in the thread, you can probably just ask for a card and they won't make you load money on it.
Would anyone be interested in having any of Abigail Larson's artwork (either as a print or on something, like a pillow, blanket, or t-shirt)? https://society6.com/abigaillarson Enablers!! Yes, this is the kind of artwork I like. My top would be Dark Unicorn (!!!!), Little Bat, Krampus and Perchta, and Unkindness of Ravens (grey) but there are many more I like. Unfortunately the Dark Unicorn and Little Bat are very limited to what they come on. Dark Unicorn as a big print or a tote, Little Bat as a stainless travel mug or a tote. Would also take throw blankets, rectangular pillows, beach towels, ipad skin, iphone hard case, tote bags... I added a bunch of things to my amazon lists.
Anybody want homemade fudge? I can do chocolate with or without nuts, peanut butter, and butterscotch. Mmmmmmmmmm fudge. Holly made me some peanut butter fudge last year and it was awesome!!! I can't have nuts or nut butters so maybe just regular or butterscotch? I'm supposed to limit chocolate but I'm pretty good at limiting myself to a small amount every day. I usually have to freeze things so they won't go bad before I can eat them.
what would you like from the Weenies updatus giganticus??? I updated my wishlist and ISO with what I'm interested in. There's only two bottles (the bold ones) that I'm super excited about - I'd rather have Eclipses and Liliths first before they go down. I really hope Liliths are up until November.... bank account needs time to regenerate.
9/24/17
do you collect the art cards that BPAL sends out? Any in particular that you are looking for or definitely don't need? No, not really. I have some extra original run Carnaval cards if anyone needs.
Do you like this beautiful art, and she makes stickers and prints...SOOOO gorgeous: https://www.shannatr...om/paperprints/ Those are awesome! I love Corvid Love the most with The Dahlia Tree second.
Favorite animals or wild creatures or mythological creatures? Hippocampus, equines in general (especially Friesians), unicorns, corvids, ferrets, rats, bats, pibble and lurcher type dogs, dolphins, do gargoyles count as mythological creatures?, hedgehogs, deer.
Would you like any swag from the Depeche Mode concert? (pins, posters, shirts, program, dunno what they'll have!) YES I WANT EVERYTHING. But I won't have the monies so I'll probably get a shirt or a necklace or something.
Is anyone interested in the new Resistance scents that the Lab just released (Take a Knee and SN: Flor de Maga)? I'm not really interested in either of those scents, although maybe a decant of Flor de Maga would be interesting. I googled it and some people say it smells like jasmine, others that it smells like Champagne.
Is anyone here into zero waste, plastic free living, urban homesteading, or any simplicity/minimalism-esque lifestyles? If so, could you use any tools or equipment? We do what we can but it's tough since my dad doesn't have the same mindset and is always buying crap. I would love beeswax food wraps, unpaper towels, plastic free food storage, etc.!!
9/23/17
Are you interested in anything from Bath & Bodyworks? Which products and scents do you like? I don't use any of their stuff that goes on skin so I never take advantage of the free things, but I don't mind their candles, wall flowers, room spray, pillow spray, etc. - I like the lavender cedarwood, vanilla patchouli, frosted cupcake, exotic coconut, fireside marshmallow, honey vanilla, mahogany teakwood... any of the sweet vanilla/mashmallow scents. (I have a 3 wick candle in Winter Night and like that too.) No pumpkin please.
What kind of crystals would you like? Anything purple, blue, green, pink, red, white, black... I got a little set of tiny crystals in bottle for making mojo bags (because I needed citrine and since that's yellow, it's not something I would normally get.) I don't have any labradorite and I always welcome quartz, aqua aura, amethyst, hematite, auralite 23, fluorite (especially with a balanced amount of green/purple/white.)
Pumpkin or Zucchini bread? I'm not really supposed to have squash but I've been eating zucchini bread. I figure the amount of squash in it is negligible. I make the Smitten Kitchen pumpkin bread and its soooo good.
What kind of homemade cookies are your favorite? anything chewy, I don't like crisp/crunchy/crumb makers. Snickerdoodles, pumpkin chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, chocolate chip, pretty much anything. Princess Buttercups were my favorite but not supposed to have peanut butter. Sparkly unicorn poop cookies! (My mom used to make those for me, basically sugar cookies. WUT. I'm over 40, but that doesn't mean I'm too old for Unicorns.) I love spritz, especially almond flavored.
Interested in trying some of our rose petal (rose petals, sugar, everclear) or lavender vanilla bean (lavender, vanilla bean, vodka) liqueur? I love rose petal anything.
Want some honey from the bees on our property? I want all of the local honey.
Would you like some homemade jam? I have blackberry, rose petal, strawberry rhubarb, peach, and cherry. Sure!
How about some homemade candied jalapenos with garlic cloves? I have regular and with habanero. NOM NOM NOM
I didn't dry any apples this year but I was thinking of heading over to Green Bluff and seeing if any honeycrisps are left. I have a commercial dehydrator so let me know if you are interested in any "Apple Crips" (as voodoocatwoman calls them!) I wash, peel, core, and slice before dehydrating. Yum!!!
9/22/17
Would my witchee like this to warm up the fall coffee cup?? https://www.truelemo...gory-s/1871.htm That sounds good! I'm not a HUGE fan of hot apple cider but once in a while is great. I have some teavana tea that tastes like apple cider too. nom nom.
do you like to take baths? if so, do you like oils, salts, things that fizz, all of the above, none of the above? I take baths very very infrequently, I'm mostly a shower person. But I do love me some bath stuffs once in a while!! Yes to oils, salts, things that fizz.
What style/make/etc of phone do you have? What about size of tablet? Laptop? Would you like decals, skins, or cases for any of these? I have an iphone 6+ but it's not currently activated so I only use it as a camera, watch, and at places that have wifi... I have a purple otter case for it, so I'm all good there. I have an ipad air 2 (I think) and I recently bought a new case for it but I don't like it very much. It has the tri-fold thing that doesn't work very well on my pillow. I'll have to figure out what my old one was; I bought it at the verizon store when I purchased my ipad ages ago and don't remember the brand or model but it made a hard flat surface and the ipad itself was the stand instead of the case folding, if that makes any sense at all. Worked much better for reading in bed. (I use my ipad mostly as a kindle reader, movie watcher, or web surfer from bed or the couch.)
9/21/17
See's Candy. My absolute favorite. They have special Halloween candy..any of these pique your interest?? Cinnamon Apple Scotch Mallows, Pumpkin spice truffles, pumpkinspice lollypops, caramel apple lollypops, or any other of their chocolates, etc? No pumpkin spice anything, no lollypops, not especially fond of apple flavored things (except actual apples.) I do love some of their other chocolates like the brown sugar truffles and the buttercream truffles. chocolate covered caramels, molasses chips... the "nuts and chews" box (except I'm not supposed to have nuts, boo.)
Are any witchees into coloring books? No, sorry.
Witchees, is there anything that catches your eye at Animi Causa (https://www.animicausa.com/shop/)? They have super cute kitchen things but I try to avoid "plastic" and "metal" - without other information on materials I'm dubious. I mean, is it BPA free? Stainless? What?
If I were to find an adorable autumnal/Halloween-y dish/flatware/etc. design, how many settings would be needed in your household? I was lusting over the skulls and vines from Fiesta but way too expensive plus I'm staying with family so don't need my own right now, it would just be packed up until I get back on my feet and find my own place (if that ever happens, what with all of my health issues. sigh.) I could use one really large platter that is suitably flattish for putting on my altar and using it to group things (candle holders, crystals, goblets, etc.) I was going to do the skulls and vines but they don't offer a large enough plate/platter.
9/20/17
Do you like Broadway shows/music? If so what are some of your favorites and/or ones that you hope to see or listen to eventually? Would you like merch from your favorite shows or CDs from shows you want to listen to? Some. I've seen Phantom. Would have liked to have seen Wicked. Don't really need any CDs and can't think of what merch I'd need. I already have music for Phantom, Cats, and various ALW stuff. (Although Repo The Genetic Opera is really more my style...)
I'm heading to NYCC in October! Is there anything I can get my Witchee while I'm there? YES PLEASE. I found a fairy for the con exclusives that I want. Do they bring Dolly Kei to regular cons or just anime ones? Some of the other unreleased scents might be fun. I have The Beldam but I think there are some unreleased Coraline and other scents that they take to cons. I have the three Steampunky airship ones. Honestly, I probably want Eclipses and Liliths more though.
I'm going to Edmonton Expo this weekend (It's Edmonton's version of comic con). Would a witchee like anything from there? Ummm maybe? I have no idea what is there. When I go to cons I end up buying artwork or bidding on it anyway. Each piece speaks differently to me. You could look at my etsy or pinterest artwork categories to see what I'm attracted to. I love games too... I have Exploding Kittens but I'd love expansions or Cards Against Humanity (although I really don't have anyone to play with. I could always take it to Seattle when I visit and make people come over and play.)
Anything catch your eye from this site (globalgirlfriend.com)? No, sorry.
Do you have any favorite, lesser-known stores? Especially ones that sell hand-crafted or independently made items. Lots of stuff on etsy. I'm lusting over a bunch of Fresh from the Cauldron yarn. Also KnitCircus yarn OMG. And Twisted Fiber Art makes lovely yarn. WHAT I LIKE YARN. But yes, I definitely prefer indie hand crafted stuff over stuff from big box stores. My friend Sara runs The Sticky Wrapper and makes excellent caramels, she also does bath bombs under another name (Skinful Essentials) but she doesn't have a lot listed in her store right now.
Imagine you're going to the most gigantic art & craft show imaginable, and money is no object - what kind of things would you gravitate towards and probably spend money on? Include as specific as you want to get! I'd probably gets tons of yarn. And possibly wall art and jewelry (even though I never wear it. I'm always attracted to sparkly shiny gems and crystals.)
9/19/17
Are you interested in anything from Think Geek? http://www.thinkgeek.com Yes, I have a wishlist linked to my SW Help. AND OMG PRINCESS BRIDE TRAVEL MUG AND GAMES.
Do you have something you wish you put on your original questionnaire/forgot to put/would like to add on to? Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm don't remember right now?
Any additional misc. information about yourself you want your Witch to know? (I think this was on the survey, but again if there's something that you forgot...) Not that I can remember right now. (where's that remembrall?)
If you could decorate your house (or one room) in any one theme, what would it be? Your answer can be as simple ("Star Wars" or "Baroque" or "Modern"), or complicated or a combination (e.g. Victorian Gothic) as you feel best fits. Either super gothic castle or something out of Skyrim. gargoyles, grotesques, grey stone, plush velvet hangings.
Aprons: Do you wear them, do you want one? Utility, decorative, cooking or crafting? I have some aprons packed up with the rest of my stuff somewhere (a black one with a skeleton - I had a bones/skull/skeleton theme going in my kitchen.) I can't find my hair cutting apron so something like that might be useful since I still cut hair once a month or so. (It would need pockets. Like the BPAL apron would probably be perfect.)
BTW, would my witchee be interested in something like this? (photo of black and white striped knitted doll) Stuffies and plushies and knitted dolls would die a horrible death by Zuul here. She would shake and shake and shake and rip and tear and eviscerate gleefully.
9/18/17
It seems like there's a question about socks on the questionnaire, but I don't think it got down to this level: Do you wear them? Any particular style (crew length, knee high, anklet, boot, etc.) or fiber (wool, cotton, bamboo anything but wool, etc.) preference? No socks please.
Would you be open to previously-loved books? No books please.
What about partial-full bottles of BPAL or BPTP? Those are always fine.
Fandoms? I would totally wear hoodies or use things that are related to my fandoms. Fabric would be especially fun (I already have a good amount of NMBC, MLP, Doctor Who, and some Zelda and GoT fabric.) Also YARN - I have so much yarn on my etsy wishlist that is related to Supernatural or one of my other fandoms.
Patrick Rothfuss' King Killer Chronicles!!!! I have the middle piece for a TAK game that was sold last November (can wear as a piece of jewelry, etc.) but could really use the board, pieces, instructions, etc. for TAK. The Tinker's Packs (https://thetinkerspacks.com/) has clothing, cards, jewelry, calendars, etc. They also have Dresden stuff. And artwork. And BPAL. (I already have all of those BPAL but I love going over to that website and lusting over all of the hoodies and jewelry, even if I don't normally wear jewelry.)
Also love LOTR, Zelda, NMBC, Firefly, Harry Potter, Buffy, Princess Bride, Game of Thrones, Doctor Who (especially Weeping Angels), MLP (not as much, but a little), Guardians of the Galaxy, V for Vendetta, Doctor Horrible, Twin Peaks, Red Dwarf, Supernatural, Stranger Things, Dresden Files, etc. There are SO MANY I am forgetting - I don't remember them until I look at a website and then squee in joy over something. My NMBC pj bottoms died so now I have some Groot PJ's.
9/17/17
I'm in France at the moment, is there anything here you might like? I'm in Provence, the land of lavender, so if you like that flower in particular just say so! I love lavender! France is also the land of magical tea - I have a very extensive tea wish list from Mariage Freres and Damman Freres on my Amazon edibles wish list. I have way too much tea but I'd never say no to tea from Mariage Freres. The butterscotch is to die for.
are you into divination? What kind(s) do you currently do? Do you want more books and/or tools for that type (e.g. new tarot cards, new runes)? Is there a new type of #divination you've been meaning to try, and if so, are you looking for the tool, a book on the subject, or both? I haven't been active doing it for many years - I'd love a new set of Tarot or Runes. I have a vampire set somewhere. OMG THE LAST UNICORN TAROT SET KICKSTARTER. (dies)
9/16/17
Favorite gemstones? I think we covered this in the original questionnaire? I'll paste my answer from that. anything blue, purple, grey, or black. I flove Alexandrite (especially with a deep purple and a good blue color change as opposed to pink/green), tanzanite, amethyst, hematite, moonstone, opal, etc. Not necessarily for jewelry but I have some auralite 23, celestite, snakeskin agate, spirit quartz, aqua aura, etc. I love Ellensburg's Blue Agate.
If you enjoy jewelry do you like discrete and elegant, flashy and gaudy, small and light, or large and chunky? No flashy, gaudy, large, or chunky. But not tiny either.
Any love of pirates or SCA? yes, I like dressing up and going to the local Ren Faire (they even have a pirate weekend.) I wouldn't mind playing more with SCA but I just don't have the energy; I have a bunch of friends in Seattle who are in it and I loved going to their events and feasts. I have a great medieval cookbook (The Bors Hede book of cookry) that we make stuff from all the time... My son used to wear his pirate hat ALL THE TIME in public. He's already 7' tall so stands out anyway...
Is there anything you would like from Disney World? All of the Nightmare Before Christmas!! I'd love more canisters and bowls/plates. No coffee cups though unless they are both 1) ceramic and 2) have a lid to keep out flying bugs (no plastic please.)
Are you a Potterhead? If so, to which house do you belong? All of the quizzes put me in Hufflepuff, which kind of used to annoy me, but the Honey Badger IS my spirit animal.... plus I'd totally be like Newt if I could. So I guess that's ok. (I despise yellow though, so really only the slytherin colors are good unless you're going with blue/silver as Ravenclaw, but it SHOULD be blue/bronze, ugh.) Send me all the chocolate frogs.
How do you feel about chokers? Too tight? I'm old and getting that fat neck/chin thing and chokers just emphasize it.
9/15/17
Here's a few questions from me: Would you like some Halloween or other themed decor in the form of a banner, something like this http://www.etsy.com/...n-decor-vintage? If so, would you prefer a traditional style or a vertical door type? Sorry, but that style is SO NOT ME. I absolutely loathe orange and brown - and have zero place for banners since I'm staying with other people. Also we live in trumpland and the people around here are super judgy about halloween things, so I try to keep all of my bats and skulls in my room.
Do you live near a Trader Joe's? If not, are you interested in trying any of the numerous Pumpkin goodies they come out with this time every year? I live near a Trader Joes so I'm good. I have already tried the chocolate mousse pumpkins to see if they would be something I could ship to a witchee. They're not sealed or packed well enough unfortunately (too fresh bakery type things) but damn they're good. Also I loathe pumpkin spice so please don't get me anything "pumpkin" flavored, bleah. I like REAL pumpkin but squash is one of the things to limit with kidney issues. I might have to have some pumpkin bread anyway. (A reminder, I can't have nuts or dried fruit either.)
Do you like to cook and/or bake? Could you use any specific ingredients (spices, oils, salts, extracts, etc.) or kitchen utensils/gadgets? I like to cook and bake but my dad is really weird about food, and the fridge and kitchen being his. He's ALWAYS in the way and I just prefer no drama so I stay out of there as much as possible. no gadgets please, there would be fights over where to put them since everything is HIS. Parents have a very well stocked spice cabinet and I've already bought most of the medieval spices I need except for a few. (Spikenard, cassia buds, cubebs, poudre forte, poudre douce. You can get the latter two at World Spice Merchants in Seattle. Spikenard is finally back in stock at Rose Mountain Herbs but they were out of cubebs. I think Starwest Botanicals has cubebs or maybe they could be found at an indian or international grocery. Most of the prices on Amazon for them are way too high.) No salts please, can't have salt with kidney issues. I'm probably good on oils. I love honey flavored vinegar if you can find that anywhere but it's probably on the spendy side (and most of the salads I do these days come with their own dressing, which is what I would use it for.) I could use a 32oz PerfecTea maker (Teavana) but not really a super priority.
I'm at Ocean City MD for bike week......would a witches want anything from here? Bike or beach related?? ummm sure, I love beach glass and shells and sand dollars and stuff.
What is 1 thing you would love to see in your final box? Can be ANYTHING - your choice. Lots of love! Ok, I have had some flashes of things I *REALLY* want. The Princess Bride travel mug from ThinkGeek. Canon Sweet Hots (mild) -- they don't sell them anywhere around here but you can look up what retail stores carry them on their website. Doh! That part of their webpage is broken. It looks like they've changed owners and are now located in New Mexico. If you have a store around you that sells them, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE a jar or twenty. (*wink*) I guess I could just order some off of their website but I never think about it and I hate paying $9 shipping for just a couple of things.
Who would love some USPS eclipse stamps? ooh, me me me
9/14/17
Do any of you potential Witchees have any kitties, puppers, or youngling humans you want spoiled in your packages? What treats or toys do they like? I have Miss Zuul (pupper) and I'm sure she would love to be spoiled (although she already is...) I feed grainless treats and nothing that comes from China. Prefer no chicken jerky. She has her own section on my Amazon WL "For the Pups". She adores squeaky toys but they have to be really hardcore indestructible or she'll kill them immediately.
Is there any interest in any of the fragrance oils from the Nocturne Alchemy Weenies update? Heck yeah. I added those to my SW Help list (in my signature) already. I'm probably way more interested in those than in the BPAL halloweenie update, sad but true. Probably because they're a new thing for me.
Is there anything you want from the trading post (or trading post etsy) that is available to order right now? (Fatherhood, Puppers, normal GC things) In my ISO and Wishlist! I REALLY want Wednesday's Child (bottle) and decants of Granite and Pickle. I wonder when Liliths are going down, I hope not until November.
9/13/17
Are you a gamer? If so, what games are you currently playing and is there any merch for that game you'd love to have? - Yes, I love games! I'm playing Ultima Online, Diablo III, and Skyrim. I have a WII but I'd love to get a Wii U and the new Zelda games for that. Merch? Not so much really. Some Zelda things are cute but they would have to be something useful? I haven't seen much Skyrim stuff I like except for pint glasses, but meh, I don't really need glasses. I'm not big on knick knacks or stickers. Unless I want them.
If you are a gamer do you have a steam/gamestop/amazon wishlist? - I think there are games on my amazon wishlist (under GAMES) and I have a very small Steam wishlist. Oh! I have a wishlist on GOG.
How do you feel about the following scarf options (assuming you're into scarves)? I don't want any scarves, thank you. I *do* love long skinny shawlettes that are kind of like scarves but aren't. It's a semantics thing maybe.
Like beer? What styles most appeal to you? I like stouts occasionally and sometimes some ales (not IPA), but normally I don't drink beer. I do love me some sweet hard ciders though.
Like booze? What kinds? Pretty much all kinds... I have huge bottles of baileys, kahlua, whipped cream vodka, sinfire, amaretto, and malibu rum. Could use fun flavored vodkas or whatever. (no fruit or bacon. Maybe other vanilla type flavors?)
Like Wine? What kinds? Sweet meads, ice wine, and tawny port. Aesir Mead in Everett, WA is fantastic but I'd try sweet (no dry please) mead from any small meadery. (I've tried everything from Sky River and Chaucers, which seem to the be the ones sold in grocery stores. I'm local to Heirophant so I've tried all of their stuff. There is another in Tukwila, Washington that I've bought some bottles from but haven't cracked them open yet. Also have some "mead" from Ireland (Bunratty) but it's actually pyment since it has both honey and grapes. Mead just has honey.) I'd actually love cool local honey to make mead with. and maybe some kind of more in depth instructions on making the best mead, what equipment you need, yeast, etc.
Would you be interested in a set of hand-made hair falls? It's something I do for fun and I can make any length and do an array of colors! I'm hopeless at attaching them since my hair is shaved on the sides/back so I'm not even sure they would work. (Plus I never go anywhere.)
For those who watch certain movies every year for Halloween, what are those movies, whether horror or not? Any favorite horror movies that aren't necessarily on the annual-viewing list? How do you feel about fan-made merch for these movies? Practical Magic, Sleepy Hollow (Tim Burton), Nightmare Before Christmas. I don't know that I'll be able to watch them this year since my movies are all packed up and out in a shed somewhere while I'm staying with family. Favorite movies not on the halloween list? Well, yes, lots, but. Princess Bride! Lord of the Rings. Guardians of the Galaxy. Stardust. Harry Potter. I'd love fan-made things.
9/12/17
Here's a great local soapmaker I love--y'all see anything you would like? https://littleseedfarm.com/ products: Liquid soap, sugar scrub, body oil, elasticity serum. (NO bar soap) -- my son would LOVE the beard oil. Maybe in bourbon. scents: lavender, rosemary mint, rosemary patchouli
What are your favorite/preferred Halloween/autumn icons/images? Any to specifically stay away from? Bats!! Also skulls, sugar skulls, ravens. Please no orange pumpkins, witches, ghosts, zombies, spiders, etc. Black and white pumpkins are good. velvet purple or blue pumpkins are good (with black or silver stems.)
Do you eat candy, and if so would Halloween candy be welcome? Specialty candy from local or unusual sources? Chocolate? I eat candy... Halloween candy is ok. Prefer chocolate. I have lots of specialty chocolate on my amazon edibles list. Moonstruck, Frans, Seattle Chocolates, Dolfin, Vosges, Rittersport, all good. Your local places would be fun to try! Just no salted caramels since I am not supposed to have salt. (believe me, there is so much sadness over this.)
Do you want Fidget spinners, desk toys, or other frivolous things that you look at and decide you don't need enough to spend $ on but would make you happy to have? No knick knacks or things that are super frivolous and take up space. I have SO MANY desk toys that are all packed up and put away because I have zero room.
Any zentangle lovers, people who would like to try it, or would you want a piece of someone else's zentangle art? I am not an artist. I wouldn't mind a piece of someone else's art, especially if it came to me in fabric form so I could make bags with it.
Any love of hair toys, clips, ribbons, fascinators, mini hats, etc? Nope, my hair is usually shaved on sides/backs and teased/spiked on top.
What local goodies may be of interest? Local Honey, jams,candy? I always love to try local honey (from beekeepers or markets only please, not from grocery stores.) Wouldn't say no to jams (although we have SO MUCH JAM and I can't have peanut butter, so I haven't been eating any - but it would be an excuse to make scones, nom nom nom) and candy! I love going to farmer's markets and sampling things.
Are you interested in any subscription services like serial magazines, Birch box, ipsy? Forest Nui Cobalt's crone boxes, yes! And Shihaya's boxes! Any kind of cool indie box thing with candles, incense, bath and body stuff, etc. Loot crate! Bark Box! No magazines and I'm not super into make up or nail polish. I don't know what else in in birch box or ipsy.
Would you like funky Halloweenie costume makeup like Gothic eyelashes, nail effects, black lipstick, etc.? No, thank you. Not right now since I am a hermit and never leave the house anymore.
How do you like to listen to music? CD, 8 track tape, mix tape, Pandora or Spotify, I-tunes? Very rarely I listen to music in my car on CD or my ipod. (itunes.)
Do you prefer reading on Kindle or actual book? What kind of books do you like? Would you like to be surprised with a scary, classic, horror book? Kindle, but I really don't want any books right now. If you REALLY wanted to get me a book, I have tons to choose from in my Amazon wishlist. Please sort by priority. Unless they are marked as VERY HIGH or HIGH, I probably already have them but have just put them on this list to remind me to look for them in one of my boxes in the sheds or I want to read them again so I look for them at the library. Edit: I went through and moved/deleted tons of things from my amazon book wishlist. There is some other stuff in there that isn't too expensive that I wouldn't mind having.
Candles, Incense, or wax tarts? Do you have favorite brands or Weenies scents for the home? Would you like to receive a wax tarts burner, incense burner, essential oils diffuser, or Halloweenie themed candle holders? I really like the Black Magic scent from Yankee Candle but it doesn't look like they have it this year? I also like Witches Brew (but I have like four huge jar candles from years past that I haven't even lit yet) and I'd be up for trying Haunted Hollow. The Fragrance Spheres would be fun. I have plenty of wax tart burners (electronic and tea light), diffusers, etc. Don't really need any candle holders - I used to sell for PartyLite and I have 50 boxes of candles and holders packed up in the barn. Now if I saw a super cute votive or pillar holder with bats or ravens or skulls, I would probably cave and want it. I mostly burn only votives, pillar candles (3" diameter), 3-wick pillar candles (8-9" diameter), or jar candles. I used to make candles for Sweet Spirit (and my own company) and really would like to start making my own again. I adore candles from Big Dipper Candles in Seattle, they make all beeswax candles (and one of the dogs that I fostered works there.) Just the plain beeswax or maybe Rapture or Lavender. or beeswax candles from anywhere! I have some candles on my amazon wishlists.
Witchee: are you interested in crafting materials? Yes, I have wishlists for The Loopy Ewe, Knit Picks, and a "crafting material" wishlist on Amazon. Oh, and etsy of course.
9/11/17
I'm in Japan, is there anything specific from here you would want? I like the awesome kit kats! (I can get green tea and strawberry flavored here. Any other flavors would be fun!) I dunno what else, whatever you think I might like. I used to collect Starbucks Bears and City Mugs so Japan only things might be fun.
How do you feel about nail wraps? I have a friend who is always pushing jamberry at me and I finally bought some (over a year ago) to shut her up but I've never used them and don't even know where they are after moving. I was not excited about all of the fussing with putting them on. I was kind of eyeing the Nightmare Before Christmas ones last year but did not buy them.
if you were to receive something hand knit, what type of item would you like? hat, cowl, handwarmers, etc. and what color(s)? - would you use knitted washcloths? a scarf? Are you allergic or sensitive to any fibers? As a knitter, I am already overflowing with hand knit things. I don't wear hats, cowls, or scarves normally. I loathe triangle shaped shawls. If you're a knitter, you're probably friended with me on Ravelry (or you can go look at my profile and see my favorites and other details.) I have some bundles called "Make for Me" and some swap specific bundles for halloween/vampire swaps that I would be delighted to receive things from. I don't use knitted washclothes right now (I usually do when I have my own place but I have zero room to store things.) I hate acrylic, please don't make me anything with acrylic or send me any acrylic yarn. I'm not fond of cashmere or BFL either. My favorite fibers are merino or merino and silk, although I've come across some really nice merino, cashmere, silk yarns. Right now I prefer DK or Worsted weight yarn unless I'm planning on making a shawl in which case I prefer fingering. Oh colors -- I love black (sorry, I know it sucks to knit with black if your eyes are going), gradients especially, jewel tone blues (no navy), purples, greens, reds. Especially with black over them, like MadTosh's tart. White is ok in a gradient, like white to purple or white to red. No pastels or neons.
Do you like and/or want anything from Elements and Artifacts? You can be vague like "yes" or "no" or name specific past pieces you coveted or current ones you love, whatever works best. Yes, I have some in my etsy favorites under jewelry. I have a sugar skull, two different bats, a silver rose leaf, and some amethyst pieces from her.
Would you like something hand sewn by your Witch? A dress, shirt, skirt, infinity scarf, something else? It's a very nice gesture, but I don't wear scarves and I think anything else would be too difficult to fit without a seamstress taking measurements. My mom sews and we have a company making cosmetic and project bags. Occasionally we make medieval costumes or clothes.
Anyone want any kind of costuming accessories or makeup or odds and ends? I hardly ever wear anything except eyeliner and eyebrow powder (I have to draw on eyebrows since I don't have any and my tattoos are fading.) I have realized that I don't have any good lipstick, so some lippies would be welcome. I like blue leaning plums. I could use really good mascara - I have really long blonde eyelashes but they aren't very thick. Most mascara clumps on me and makes a mess. I have contacts so I probably need water soluble.
9/10/17
Are there any hobbies or crafts you've been thinking of trying, but haven't had the chance yet? I have been sent honey to make mead, but I haven't had the chance to do it yet. I also have recently acquired a very small amount of knitted blanks for yarn dyeing and need to do that. I have a small assortment of things to start doing stitch markers, but I need more supplies and some learning. I have items to do needle felting but again with the learning. I also have a few things to do cross stitch but my eyes have gotten so bad that I feel like I can't see -- time to go to the optometrist again.
Would you want to receive a custom spell kit or magical tea? If so, what purpose would you want it to be for? Money and prosperity in general are always good, happiness, good luck, health, clear thinking. Something (I typed someONE haha!) to mend a broken heart and move on.
Blackthorn Hoodoo Blends Tea I'm interested in, for example: Adam and Eve Tea All Father Beltane Cauldron of Rebirth Come to Me (Come Hither Mojo box would be awesome) Cry on my Shoulder Fiery Wall of Protection Florida Water Follow me Boy Hecate Imbolc Lammas Road Opener Run Devil Run Samhain Santa Muerte The White Witch Triple Fast Luck White Magic Woman in Red Yule
Do you like poetry? Sure, some. I have plans for some poetry mitts some day.
Anyone like handmade critters, stuffed animals, or custom repaints? Any plushies are likely to be killed by Zuul; she gleefully eviscerates them. Custom repaints on MLP are fun though! I love the Doctor Horrible and Cthulhu ones I've seen.
Would you enjoy any designer/specialty yarn for your own craftyness? *looks over at huge yarn wishlists on etsy and TLE* I would think that speaks for itself! I am admittedly kind of a yarn snob and I buy mostly indie yarns. Twisted Fiber Arts is one of my favorites but they're getting to be out of my price range unless I buy from destashes on Ravelry. Fresh from the Cauldron is awesome, I have a ton of things from her on my yarn wishlist. It's all kind of spendy though!
Please provide wishes from the last two updates? I will, precious, I will! It'll go in my ISO post that is linked to my wishlist (in my sig.) UPDATE - I have UPDATEd my wishlist with the last UPDATE wishes.
9/9/17
Would you be interested in things from Future Primitive? (http://futureprimitivesoap.co.uk/) I'd be up for trying any of the bath, body, or hair items -- just no bar soap please. None of the Autumn scents look good to me but I found a scent list under the bath grains and I'm interested in: Bell Book & Candle, Festival, Rook & Raven, Sylph, and White Witch.
Are there any UK things you'd like to get? All the chocolate! I like things like Curly Wurly bars and probably whatever local truffles or chocolate. Local tea is fun although I have *so much* tea it isn't funny. I don't really know since I haven't ever visited the UK except for a short layover in the airport. Whatever you think I'd like! (My friend was just in Ireland and brought me back some some bottles of mead and some different kinds of chocolate and fudge with beer and whiskey in them. nom!)
Are you into podcasts? If so, what are your favorites? Would you like any merch related to any of them? No, sorry. I'm interested in Nightvale but not enough to dink around with podcasts.
Would you like something from Nui Cobalt Designs (https://nuicobaltdesigns.com/)? I would love one of the holiday crones crate boxes, incense, oils... I'll have to do a more in depth look and give a list. I love her talismans and incense but the talismans are spendy and I have respiratory issues, so incense probably isn't the best thing for me even though I love it. Bath salts?
Or maybe some of Christina's lovely Halloween candles at Sihaya & Co. (https://www.sihayaandcompany.com/collections/halloween-collection-candles)? I've been mooning over those, har har!! I'd love Sisterhood of the Moon. I would have liked one of the Athena boxes but I couldn't justify spending $80 on myself when it's Switch Witch time!
ILNP? Who would love one of their awesome holos like MEGA or one of their amazing chromes? http://www.ilnp.com/ I really don't wear nail polish that often on my hands BUT OMG. I like: Raven, Abyss, Moonstone, Birefringence, Westwing, By Nightfall, Ava, Walking Home, Missed Calls, Deja Vu....
9/8/17
Do you enjoy stationery? I'm thinking cute/quality notebooks, washi tape, stickers, fun pens etc. I have issues with my hands not working and I find it really hard to write anything (so I rarely even include notes in packages, I suck!) so no pens or notebooks or anything like that for me please. I do love and USE spooky washi tape (bats, skulls, etc.) when mailing out BPAL because it's easier to get off the bubble wrap and then people can re-use the bubble wrap instead of throwing it away but I'll be honest - I have enough washi tape to last me for over a year. Stickers are more of a meh but if they were really cute and to my taste, I would use them. I love bats and skulls and snarky unicorns.
Are you interested in anything from Cocoa Pink? - Scent wise: Black, Black Marshmallow, Black Vanilla, Black Velvet, Black Widow, Broomstick, Come-hither, Cozy Blanket, Fear of Ghosts, Genevieve, Lipstick Stains, Marshmallow, Monster in the Walls, Naughty, Sensory Deprivation Tank, Stanley Hotel, The Upside-Down, Vanilla on the Rocks, Vanilla Rose,
- Product wise: ShampPink shampoo, dermabrasion sample, I'm 29 serum, either the coco mango or the voluptuous body butters, linen spray, sugar scrub. No perfume please.
- Or Haus of Gloi? - Scent wise for bath products (not perfume), I'm interested in Grimoire and The Horseman. And non halloween, I've always wanted to try the Haus Amber. Also Cozy Sweater, Lavender Sugar, Moon Dog, A Place in Space all sound good.
- For perfume only, the birthday ambers are on sale and I was wanting to try Amber & Rose, Amber & Incense, or Amber Noir. The Fall Black Musks are killing me, I love black musk. I'm most interested in Black Musk & Nag Champa, Black Musk, Leather & Rose, Black Musk, Anise & Vanilla. I've never smelled their black musk though, so I hope it's good!
- Product wise: No soap or hair gloss please. I like their lip balms (no chocolate or coffee, prefer vanilla/honey/rose/lavender/mint), pumpkin butter, sugar exfoliant, and would be happy to try the candles and bathing dust. I would like to try the butterbombs in vanilla amber or marshmallow. Maybe Sleepy Time but I'm not sure what scents are in it yet since the Fall Part II isn't up until October.
Would you be interested in a Halloween wreath? If you were to make it, sure! I love black, black and white, black and blood red, black and purple, (but no red and purple together - white is ok with black & ), skulls, bats, ravens... I'm a huge NMBC fan. absolutely no brown, yellow, orange or country cute type stuff, gothy only for me. I like the two black and white ones but I don't like the one with little balls all over it.
Have you seen the (Lush Halloween collection.) And what would you like? ALL THE THINGS. I love Lord of Misrule but I still have a large shower gel from last year. Goth fairy shimmer bar? I do love their bath bombs, perfume, shower gel, powders, greased lightning, angels on bare skin, and some of their moisturizers. I like their rose, jasmine, patchouli.. pretty much everything really. (except the lip stuff, I don't need any of that. I prefer tubes and non-tinted for lip balm.) My favorite scents are Blue Skies & Fluffy Clouds, Twilight, Lust, Candy Fluff, Snowcake, Rose Jam, Butterball, Silky Underwear, Tramp, etc. (I haven't liked any of their plain vanilla scents like vanilliary.)
9/7/17
Are you interested in anything from the Moonalisa Halloween update? - Scent wise: Cedarwood & Patchouli, Mad Heriot's Parlor, Witch Wood, The Witching Hour, Rumpkin (I don't usually like pumpkin, but I do like pumpkin & lavender.) Also curious about: Conjuring Room, Dusty Attic, Forever~ and ever, and ever, Come Play With Us,
- Product wise: 4in1, Butter Rich Cream, Bath Brew, Carpet Fresh, Dusting Powder, Room Spray, Sugarload Scrub, Sugar Scrubby Scrub, Milk Bath, Lip Butter (Burnt Sugar, Maple Sugar, or Butterscotch Marshmallow), and the scented candles. I also like her perfume. (But no soap, potion lotion, or hair gloss please.)
What are your coffee and/or tea preferences? Organic when possible.
- Coffee: whole beans or ground? Whole bean (except I don't know if I can find my grinder or my french press.) Since moving here, I have been using the Keurig. I really like Peet's and Seattle's Best K-Cups but my family already buys those so not really a priority.
- Flavor and roast preferences? Sumatra, Hazelnut, Toffee. Dark roasts usually.
- Tea: black, green, herbal, flavors? Black. I've been using Harney & Son's tea capsules for the Keurig in Hot Cinnamon Spice, Paris, and Peppermint because I don't usually feel good enough to wait for water to boil and tea to steep. I have about 6 book sized boxes full of tea that I couldn't fit in the house, so really I don't need any tea. I do need to brew some rose flavor, ginger peach, or licorice mint every so often though.
- Loose leaf or tea bags? Again, I've been using the Keurig. Otherwise I'd do loose leaf.
- Anything specific you don't like? I don't particularly like anything besides black tea (especially flavored) except for the mint/licorice blends (Aveda Tea is SO GOOD) and a few Traditional Medicinal blends like Breathe Easy.
- Are you in need of any gadgetry? I could actually use one of the LARGE perfect tea makers from teavana (the 32oz?) - I have a smaller one but I use 20oz + mugs so it doesn't fill them. I really do NOT need coffee mugs unless you can find a ceramic 20oz size with a lid. I love my Weeping Angel mug from Think Geek that has a nice ceramic lid on it - there are so many little flying bugs around here that they land in my tea, so I ONLY use mugs with lids but I prefer the ceramic ones. I'm trying to avoid plastics but stainless or glass is also ok if dishwasher safe; I'm liable to break glass and stainless seems expensive which is why I ask for ceramic. Think Geek also has a Zelda mug with a lid AND HEY, it's BACK IN STOCK!! Um, I'm tempted to get it but I will refrain. Edit: I had to buy something that wasn't on sale in order to use my $10 off. Now I wish I'd waited because PRINCESS BRIDE STUFF WAS RELEASED TODAY. I MUST HAVE THE PRNCESS BRIDE COLORING CHANGING TRAVEL MUG. MUST. HAVE. There is a 20% off link on my facebook.....
9/6/17
How would you feel about receiving a hand-painted container for your bpal and/or other treasures? I'm good on containers, I use the IKEA FIRA 9 drawer boxes and while they're full, I have another one left to build. But I'm trying to destash my collection since it's pretty much beyond life expectancy so I'm hoping to never build that one. I also use tea chests. Now if I could get someone to paint these IKEA chests for me that would be the best ever. I'm not an artist. I have have plenty of tins for travel purposes. I'm no fun, sorry!
Now, if you wanted to send me a hand painted container for something else, I'm your girl!! I have one of the (newly available again in the US) IKEA MOPPE chests and I'm using it for my witchy stuff, but I could definitely use a couple more. Their drawers are much too tall for BPAL bottles and aren't as deep, but they're great for chime candles, incense, sage smudges, etc. (3 drawers on top, 2 in the middle, and a wide one on the bottom.) They're about $14 so pretty reasonably priced, and they're pretty light - just bulky, so no idea on the shipping. But if you happened to be in Seattle or whatnot, I'll be traveling there in October and I'm sure you could find a minion to meet up with me.
Who is into K-Beauty (Korean beauty products like sheet masks) Um, I have no idea what these are. I was always a tom boy and -- even though I went to beauty school -- never really learned a lot about how to put on makeup. Beauty school was all about the hair, which I am extremely comfortable with perming, colouring, and shaving. *giggle* - What are your faves if you are? See above. - If you aren't would you like to try something? I have super oily skin so I try to moisturize multiple times a day, but my skin is also really sensitive and breaks out at the drop of a hat. Good moisturizer is my number one need. So far the "Kiss My Face" ones seem to do the best (besides the ones I can't afford, like LUSH or Bobby Brown!) I'm one of those organic if possible, phthalate free, no parabens, etc. people. But Grocery Outlet gets leftovers from Whole Foods and Co-ops, so I buy a lot of organic lotions and creams there for $1-3.
What are some NEW things you've gotten interested in this year? Could be anything, from a new hobby, new genre of book, new healthy way of living, new fav brand of whatever... I've finally been bitten by Nocturne Alchemy and made my first purchase last December right before they closed the shop. I love all of their vanillas I've tried and would love to try their ambers, like Eternal Ankh. I have Black Musk, Ember Vanilla, Vampire Vanilla Bat (from a swap), Hygieia (from a swap), Crystal, Crystalline, Kobalt, Pyramid Vanille, Gothic, Lavender Dolphin (a gift and I LOVE IT SO MUCH), and Vanille Noir (another gift - the one that made me decide to try them!) I received a sample "vile" of Tomb of the Undead and I love that too. I love all of them except Gothic - even though it had perfect notes, it just doesn't scream to me. So would definitely love to try more!! I'm a huge fan of vanilla, musk, patchouli, sandalwood, amber, etc. I put a huge list of what sounds good in my SW Help link.
I was sent some honey and yeast to make mead - I'd love more instructions on how to do this and what kind of equipment I need. (I need a lot of hand holding!)
Also this year we have discovered that my kidneys may hate me, so new ways of eating are happening. Basically I'm not supposed to eat anything that I like.
9/5/17
What are your feelings about Scooby Doo? Um, I used to watch it as a kid and I might have even seen the movies but I don't think I would buy any merchandise or do cosplay or anything.
How do you feel about indie makeup (read: loose eyeshadow, blush, highlighter)? I love indie makeup! I have tons of eyeshadow but I rarely have an opportunity to wear it. I haven't really worn makeup for at least a year since I've been staying here in the middle of nowhere. I know zero people in this city and don't ever go anywhere. I can always use good mascara as long as it doesn't bother my contacts. I have really really long eyelashes but they're a light color so hard to see without mascara. I never wear blush. I prefer having ultra pale skin but I might have tanned a little bit out here. O_o (My foundation has SPF but since I haven't been wearing it...) I could use some lipsticks! I like blue leaning plums.
I drink this stuff almost everyday would anyone else be interested in trying it out? https://www.criobru.com/ Sounds lovely! I love drinking chocolate and the roast is intriguing. (I'm probably not SUPPOSED to with my kidney weirdness but I haven't officially been put on food restrictions yet.) Not the pumpkin spice -- NEVER the pumpkin spice. (shudder) The cinnamon one sounds good, the cherry tobacco one sounds fabulous, any of the more chocolate tasting ones would be to my preference.
9/4/17
Would you like one of the Teeturtle Halloween shirts? OMG those are so cute. I think the relaxed woman's 2x would work for me. I love: * Dia de los Unicorns * NIGHT FURY GLOW IN THE DARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! * Stabby the Unicorn (not halloween, not the pink one) * Nevermore (not halloween) * Prickly on the inside (not halloween) * Dangerous (not halloween) * Batty for You * Murder of Crows * Resting Witch Face * I <3 Candy Corn * Bat-O-Lantern * Unicorn-O-Lantern * Werewolves for Change * Stabbing Pumpkins and like 5,000 more. All the unicorns, bats, ravens, hedgehogs, groot... Driver picks the music, haha!! I love the Supernatural ones too. THERE ARE TOO MANY.
Do you like to read seasonally, or do you like to read whatever whenever? I have a large queue of books to read and review. :/ So please no books.
9/13/17 Would you like to receive a scarf or hat? As I said in the question about knitted things, I don't wear scarves (unless they are super special that I picked out, sorry) and the only hats I wear are newsboy type caps, but again I am really picky and would probably need to pick it out and try it on.
9/12/17
Do you want wax melts? I wouldn't say no - but I rarely rarely rarely use them. Like once a year, if that.
9/11/17
I'm in Japan, is there anything specific from here you would be interested in? Mmmm fun flavored kit kats!!! (I can get green tea and strawberry here.)
I'm in The Netherlands. Is there anything from The Netherlands/Europe that you're interested in? I have no idea since I've not been there on what is available. Chocolate? Yarn?
Bath & Body Works - love them or hate them? If the former, fave product types? Well, all of their stuff has SLS's and they are definitely not phthalate or paraben free so pretty much a hard pass on any of their bath or skin products. I don't mind their candles and wall flowers (sometimes. Usually scents are much too overpowering and perfume-y but the vanilla scents are ok, although I'm totally sick of vanilla bean noel.) I really wish they still did the honey lavender pillow spray. I hate chamomile but I might be interested in the lavender pillow spray if it actually smells like real lavender. edit: I was just in there for shopping for swaps and their new Lavender Cedar wall flowers are great! Maybe the sprays too -- the Vanilla Patchouli and the Lavender Cedar. (I think they have both pillow sprays and room sprays.)
how would you feel about receiving a hand-painted container for your bpal and/or other treasures? if you are on board with that, would you want a big wood box (~50 bottles), a small wood box (~20 bottles) or a tin for carrying imps around? I'm good on containers, I use the IKEA FIRA 9 drawer boxes and while they're full, I have another one left to build. But I'm trying to destash my collection since it's pretty much beyond life expectancy so I'm hoping to never build that one. I also use tea chests. Now if I could get someone to paint these IKEA chests for me that would be the best ever. I'm not an artist. I have have plenty of tins for travel purposes. I'm no fun, sorry!
Now, if you wanted to send me a hand painted container for something else, I'm your girl!! I have one of the (newly available again in the US) IKEA MOPPE chests and I'm using it for my witchy stuff, but I could definitely use a couple more. Their drawers are much too tall for BPAL bottles and aren't as deep, but they're great for chime candles, incense, sage smudges, etc. (3 drawers on top, 2 in the middle, and a wide one on the bottom.) They're about $14 so pretty reasonably priced, and they're pretty light - just bulky, so no idea on the shipping. But if you happened to be in Seattle or whatnot, I'll be traveling there in October and I'm sure you could find a minion to meet up with me.
if you were to receive something hand knit, what type of item would you like? hat, cowl, handwarmers, etc. and what color(s)? As a knitter, I am already overflowing with hand knit things. I don't wear hats, cowls, or scarves normally. I loathe triangle shaped shawls. If you're a knitter, you're probably friended with me on Ravelry (or you can go look at my profile) and see my favorites and other details like what I like color, yarn, and pattern wise. I have some bundles called "Make for Me" and some swap specific bundles for halloween/vampire swaps that I would be delighted to receive things from.
Nail wraps - yay or nay? Would including a small manicure set to go with them help? No thank you. I have a friend who does jamberry and is always pushing their stuff at me. I bought some once to shut her up but I've never used them.
9/9/17
Disney? I like going to disneyland and would love to someday go to disneyworld... If so, any favorite characters? Bambi (what, I like deer), Eeyore (what, I have depression too), Mèrida is best princess imo but I doubt I would purchase anything specifically to do with her? I also grew up as a tomboy riding horses and stuffs, although I currently have no archery things. The compound bow and targets were left behind with the ex. Also Scottish. <3 <3 <3 Oh yeah, I always forget that NMBC is Disney. NMBC FTW! I have tons of NMBC stuff and collect the cookie jars. I could really use some more PJ's, mine have a hole worn in the bottom. And to be more specific about Disney: How do you feel about Beauty and the beast? I like the movie(s)? The first one came out after my son was born (I think The Little Mermaid came out right before? I didn't name my son after the movie, but my friend named her daughter Ariel and my son was named Eryk.) At one point we had to stay in a small apartment between one house being sold and waiting for the new house to be ready to move into and Beauty and the Beast was the only vhs tape we had... my poor son got to the point where he was saying "NO BEAST! NO BEAST!" I still tease him about that. I kind of want to make a lace pattern based on the photo of the windows from the recent movie. Also I love that Gaston is incredibly gay.
And what about Harry Potter related items? Well, I mean it depends on the item. I have all kinds of Harry Potter related yarn and patterns because it's something consumable that I can use. There are some cute Harry Potter clothing items from Torrid that I drool over. ALWAYS speaks to me and I have a mug that I keep makeup brushes in that says ALWAYS on the side and has a doe on the other. I would LOVE to go to Harry Potter world and I do enjoy receiving owls and chocolate frogs. I kind of drool over the Harry Potter lootcrate (and Firefly and ....) Dunno if lootcrate has relaxed women's babydoll type sizes, probably not. I don't wear regular men's t-shirts, I'm much too curvy and they don't fit me comfortably.
Pokemon? Any favorites? I used to play Pokemon Go on my phone when I still paid for it, but I can't afford it anymore. Other than that, no. My son was really into Pokemon when he was little. (He's 27 now.)
Is there any thing, category, or brand from which you would absolutely NOT like to receive things (ie., you're overrun with candy corn, you don't do scents outside of BPAL, or if you ever see another Stephen King item, it will be too soon)? * Bar soap. Please $deity, no bar soap. (unless you make it! then please bring ALL OF YOUR SOAP.) I make soap and I have SO. MUCH.
* I also don't need any tealights, I buy those unscented by the 100's.
* Also no books, physical or electronic, unless I specifically request them. Please ignore my Amazon book wishlist, it's mostly there for me at this point.
* no socks. I rarely wear socks and I am very picky about them when I do. I have super large feet so most women's socks don't fit me anyway.
* coffee mugs. I have boxes and boxes of starbucks city mugs because I used to collect them, but I'm considering getting rid of them all. The only mugs I would want would be a 20oz mug with a lid so bugs didn't get in it, but something that is machine washable.
What kinds of art/art medium do you most enjoy, or would you most like to receive, in the context of this swap? I do have room to hang things on the wall since all of my other artwork is packed up and in storage. I collect grotesques and gargoyles. I have an artwork section on etsy too if you want to look at the kinds of things I like.
9/9/17
What rares are you dying to try? There are a ton of eclipses and liliths that I'm going to miss out on - just updated my wish list with them. Goth Queen and Snake Oil Jelly Donut both come to mind. Blue wig spray? I JUST GOT SOME SNAKE OIL JELLY DONUT, WOO WOO.
Do you like comic books and/or graphic novels? I do, or I used to when I could see, lol. Sandman, Watchmen. I have the first Lucifer graphic novel on kindle.
9/8/17
Are you ok with homemade food? Yes, as long as you follow proper food handling techniques (I have a food handling certificate so hopefully people will be comfortable receiving from me) and - well, I'm really picky about non-GMO, no corn syrup, no red dye 40 or food dyes if possible, organic stuffs only. I also can't have nuts or dried fruit right now because of my kidneys. Or sodium. Or too much protein. :/ I'm not supposed to have coffee, chocolate, or dairy, but I would die without my daily coffee with cream. I figure all things in moderation but am still trying to follow the guidelines when I can. I'm not actually on a diet restriction YET, just guidelines. One more test next month to see how things are. But my GFR has been in the 40's which is third stage kidney disease and one level above dialysis. My GFR *should* be above 90.
If you are ok with decorations, do you have a preference for table-top, wall hanging, or window decorations? I'd have to have wall hanging since I am staying with family while going through my divorce (god this is dragging on forever, it's been almost a year since I moved out of his place) and I only have one small room and no table space. I'd rather not cover the window since it is very small and my dog likes to look out it. I do love the halloween bottle containers (without corks, the ones that actually fasten so you can really use them) that come in different colours with cool bottle toppers and labels. Michaels had some really cool ones with bat or skull toppers. My mom got me a bunch of these for my birthday so I'm pretty much set... I also kind of have an animal skeleton collection going. I have a raven, rat, small pug type dog, and larger floppy eared dog. I'd love a bat or cat!
How do you feel about stationary and/or papercrafting supplies? I absolutely do not ever write anything except jotting a super small note down (my hands don't work properly - sometimes it's hard to knit or mouse) but I like spooky washi tape with skulls or bats!
How do you feel about kitschy/silly Halloween jewelry? I feel like no fun! I don't wear even nice jewelry except my scent locket or occasionally another necklace or pendant. Sometimes rings/bracelets/anklets but right now I'm very swollen from kidney problems. So I'm sorry, but no.
Would you be interested in a Halloween wreath? If you were to make it, sure! I love black and purple, skulls, bats, ravens... I'm a huge NMBC fan. absolutely no brown, red, orange or country cute type stuff, gothy only for me. I like the two black and white ones but not the one with coloured balls. I even have a wreath hanger on my door.
Do you subscribe to any boxes? What kinds of things do you like from them? I used to subscribe to barkbox but the Monkies would immediately destroy and hoard any toys from it (we were still working on his resource guarding) so it was more stressful than fun. Now that it is just Zuul and she isn't as hard on toys, it would be fun to get Barkbox again (but of course I can't afford it right now.) I would love the Firefly lootcrate. I used to get two different "sample" boxes (that I can't remember the name of) but I didn't think it was worth the money and I never purchased anything full size from any of the samples. There are some cool yarn/knitting monthly boxes (and yay brain fog, I can't remember the name) and I was kind of interested in the monthly witchy boxes (Crone box?) that had incense and herbs and other things in it. I think I shared them on facebook and then promptly tried to forget about them so as to avoid temptation.
Any makeup/body/skin type stuff you'd like to get samples of? Not really. My skin is very very picky and almost everything makes it break out (right now it's breaking out just from the change in water and humidity.) And I rarely wear any makeup other than eyeliner (stila smudgestick mostly) and eyebrow powder (since I have no eyebrows, only tattoos - and they're getting really faded so I use them mostly as a guide for where to draw my eyebrows. yay thyroid.) Mascara samples might be fun though since I should probably wear that once in a while. My eyelashes are very long naturally but are kind of light in color so are sort of invisible unless i wear mascara.
10/18/16
ThinkGeek is having a big Halloween sale. Anything catch your eye? I have a wishlist there (link under SW help.) - annoyatron pack - link shield backpack - critical hit cookie cutters - game of thrones cookie cutters - skull ice cube mold - critical hit ice mold - Death Star ice mold - Tardis robe - groot mask (my son is 7' tall and I keep telling him he needs to be groot for Halloween)
10/16/16
Ginger, or Spearmint flavor? Ummmm depends on what? I love ginger chews and gingerbread *especially pumpkin ginger bread* and stuff. But for things like gum? Probably spearmint. I've had ginger lip balm and I would probably prefer mint in that category too. So..... um... is that helpful?
10/11/16
Are there any commercial candles/tarts/tealights in scents you like? Bath and Body Works, or Yankee Candle? I would love a Black Magic candle from Yankee but I think they only come in one size this year. Otherwise I am pretty set on candles as per my previous answers. Not that I would ever be unhappy with any but I have about 20 three wick candles still in boxes and a HUGE box full of pillars, tapers, votives, tealights, etc. The only thing I am short on is actual beeswax candles (I prefer candles similar to what Big Dipper Wax Works carries) and ritual candles, especially figurines. I don't need any tarts. I COULD use a bath and bodyworks wall flower plug in since I have about 20 unused scents for that brand.
10/10/16
Witchee, would you like (would you wear?) a long wrap choker? No, thank you. I have a fat neck (boo) and no longer wear chokers (or much jewelry except my scent locket.)
10/8/16
I'd love to commission a piece of art for you. Would you be interested in a custom piece? What kind of picture/what subject matter? I do like her unicorns and MLP. I don't really have a ton of room right now but anything related to my dogs is always welcome. They are my precious babies. I have lots of photos on my flickr and instagram pages for what they look like in RL...
10/4/16
Would any witchees be interested in strawberry, pumpkin & apple, or milk flavor Pocky? My son would probably love some!
10/3/15
Though I've been playing with sculpee lately and like making sort of character or fandom inspired bead/pendants, would that be something you'd like or have use for? My son makes jewelry and he is house Targaryen... I'm Stark. I would probably only have use for VERY SMALL charms/beads for making stitch markers. These gargoyle ones on etsy (that I already have!) are the perfect size. He might have a use for larger beads on necklaces. And I would love for my son or my mom to receive things too.
10/1/16
Erotica or BDSM - yay or nay, and if yay, what kinds of things? Normally I would say ALL THE TOYS AND ROPE YES AND LOCKS AND... but since I'm going through divorce, I'm not going to need any toys for a while... Books are ok.
My local farmers market has a pepper specialist who makes dried pepper powders. Would you like some and if so what level of spicyness. I love chipotle and smokey peppers with low to medium heat. And jalapenos. My favorite tobasco is the green, so I like flavor over heat I guess. And yes, all of the herbs and spices and salts and peppers! I have a couple of empty grinders too.
9/28/16
Tarot cards/oracle decks - yay or nay? Yay -- and I would really like a rune set. I had one but an ex took it.
If yay, do you already have any? I have a vampire set. And a really old rider-waite set somewhere in storage.
Which ones? I really like the Phantomwise deck and any deck with gothy, gargoyle, or maybe unicorn type artwork.
Cryptozoology/cryptids (Big Foot, lake monsters, chupacabra, etc.) - yay or nay? meh.
If yay, any favourites? Well, I am in Bigfoot country.
9/25/16
I'm a honey affecionado (I really love honey) and our renn Faire has a local honey booth we go to every year and our trip is coming up. Anything from http://www.beefolks.com/default.aspsuit your fancy in particular (honey or otherwise since they have other products?) oooh. The Cotton, MeadowMaple, Killer Bee... really any of them. I love honey in my tea but I have super light to super dark honeys that I really love... so. Pretty much anything to do with honey and I'd be happy. I love honey stix too! I'm going to have to learn how to make Mead....
Any other renn Faire goodies in general? I have a friend who is a wood carver there and they make adorable geeky pins amount other things and Harry Potter wands? Here are the artisans there: http://www.rennfest.com/general-information/artisans I love consumables or things I can use! Mead, Henna (for body, not hair -- I prefer premixed), silver colored celtic-y shawl pins, silver colored celtic buttons, maybe beads, wire, charms, etc. crafting making (my son makes jewelry and I need to start making stitch markers), cross stitch things, yarn, etc. I do love celtic-y wall hangings/tapestries/blankets with Epona (horse), raven, dog, ferret, or just knots. Purple or blue! Herbs for soap making or using in ritual workings. Maybe some crystals or stones for my planned altar. I need an altar cloth too. And maybe a small ritual candle holder. I can always use colored sand and self igniting charcoal, loose incense/herbs for burning, etc.
No soap or candles please, I have bins and bins of soap still. And lets not talk about the candles...
9/24/16
The second part of the Haus of Gloi update is live tomorrow (the 25th)- is there anything you're interested in? - Butter Bomb in Burnishing Amber, Marshmallow, or Sleepy Time. - Lip Balm in Pumpkin or Maple Sugar. Would love their regular balm (Sale!) in Wild Rose. - Fall Sugar Scrub in Hex, Pumpkin Queen, or the Horseman. - Valentine's Pumpkin Butter in Come Hither (Sale!) or Summer Pumpkin Butter in Marshmallow Rose (sale!) - Summer Refresher in Chillax (Sale!) - I've always wanted to try their Haus Amber. Probably in Sugar Exfoliant.
I'm going to the NY Renaissance Faire tomorrow- anything you'd like me to look for? I love Faire! I'd usually be on the look out for cool celtic silver colored buttons (I found some really awesome celtic hippocampus ones once), shawl pins, mead, henna kits, etc. I love the huge celtic horse or celtic knot ... blankets? They're kind of thin. I have two different celtic horse ones but I'd love a purple horse one. Or just purple and black celtic knots. Or dogs/ravens/ferrets.
Do you celebrate Mabon? Would you like "witchy" or pagan decorations and objects? For example, pentacle wall hangings, mabon poppets, corn dollies, ritual candles, etc? I do need more ritual candles. But as far as decorations and dust catchers or knick knacks, no no no.
Anyone hankering for Craftsy (http://www.craftsy.com) classes? Through tomorrow all classes are $20 or under. I think I'm good on Craftsy classes right now. I tend to be able to find free youtube classes on most things that I'm interested in learning. Except for advanced brioche techniques, which I already have a craftsy class on.
Would you be interested in any of the following: jigsaw puzzles; puzzle books (like word searches or crossword puzzles or suduko); coloring books; card games; board games? Feel free to elaborate on preferences for any of the above! I'd kind of like CAH. I'm not sure I have anyone to play it with though. I don't have a need for any coloring books, jigsaw puzzles, puzzle books, etc. I do most of that thing on the computer. There might be some board games I'm interested in - I'd have to go look at a store. But again with the lack of people to play with when I'm moving out to the middle of nowhere.
9/23/16
Would you be interested in Kings Game by Lisa Millraney? I've already purchased it.
Would you like any brown paper bags of "seconds" from Seattle Chocolates? Heck yeah. My favorite are the San Juan Sea Salt truffle bars and the JCoCo Agave Sesame but I haven't tried all of the JCoCo yet. The sea salt one might be good!
Elements & Artifacts has a fall/halloween collection up? Anything catch your eye? Most of the items I like are over $100 and really I don't wear a lot of jewelry anymore except for my BPTP Phoenix scent locket. I love the ribbon wrap bracelets but I have an 8" wrist so things don't always fit me well, even wraps. The rings are gorgeous but too small. The Vampire Queen (bat and amethyst) is super cute but I would need the chain extended to a 20".
And speaking of shops from BPAL folks, any favorites in the stores on the SW Stalking and Services Spreadsheet I'll have to look and update.
9/22/16
Would you like some hair falls? I can make a single (ponytail) or double (for pigtails). Short, long, types of yarns, ribbons? Extra things (buttons, beads, wire wraps? Colors/color combinations? Stuff to avoid? I love the idea of hair falls ... I have one pair of double hair falls but I can't ever put them on right or make them work. I like long, double, ribbons, yarns (no acrylic but otherwise don't care on type) - purples, blues, and blacks would be nice. I would need instructions on how to use them. Definitely not a priority since I'm moving out to the middle of nowhere and probably won't be going anyplace where I would need hair falls for a year or more unless my life changes drastically.
9/21/16
Do you have an Etsy wish list, and if so, what's your user name there? All links to various off site wish lists are in my signature under the link "SW Help". My scentbase if woefully out of date. I hurt my tailbone and back a couple of years ago and couldn't sit by a computer comfortably so I got REALLY far behind in updating my BPAL on there.
Tokyo Milk? Yea or Nay? I have some of their clove lip balm and love it! I'm kind of full on perfumes and lotions right now and I really do prefer balm in a tube. I just couldn't resist the clove.
would you like notebooks or journals? Utilitarian or fancy? Lined or blank? Tell me of your stationery lustings. I have zero interest in notebooks, journals, stationery, etc. I still have blank notebooks from grade school and pretty stationery that I have never used. I have a hard time writing anything legibly. Electronic all the way!!! (although I also have sealing wax and sealing wax stamps because I like the IDEA of cool letters being exchanged. I just don't ever do it.)
What are your tea and/or coffee preferences? Loose leaf / whole bean or bagged / ground? Do you have a favorite type? Flavor? Retailer? Well, I am moving back in with my parents (ACK) and I don't think I will have my french press available, so that leaves me with keurig and verismo makers. I would love some anniversary blend for the verismo. I like Starbucks Via too.
As for tea, I generally prefer loose leaf as it is higher quality. But I could really use some more licorice mint tea. There are some great organic blends out there but most of them come bagged so that is fine. I have tons of tea on my amazon edibles wish list.
If you could receive one handmade item - everything from knitted or crocheted gloves and scarves to sewn bags to fanart or original art, what would you prefer? So hard to say - I can knit, crochet, and sew - so really not my priority. But I don't have a place for any more art either. I will think about it. Maybe a sewn project bag. I can always use more project bags. And pillow cases.
What are your favorite fandoms, if any? Red Dwarf, LOTR, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Nightmare Before Christmas, Game of Thrones!!!, ummm will have to think of more. Oh, yeah, Guardians of the Galaxy! Buffy! Firefly! There are so many but I have a lot of brain fog... sorry!
Skincare- do you use a particular routine? What products would you absolutely not use? Almost everything makes my skin break out. I use Kiss My Face moisturizer. I use Prescriptives makeup and serums. I like Lush Greased Lightning. I would not use most other things.
Bath/shower products? I use mostly non-sls products if possible and I love oily salt scrubs. I have sugar scrubs too. Villianess, Paint Box Soapworks, Haus of Gloi, Cocoa Pink, Arcana, etc. I do have a bunch of Lush shower gel. I actually have a tub at the parents house so I can take baths!!!
BPTP products? Pre-owned okay? Yes, yes.
Essential oils and aromatherapy oils- yay, or nay? I love essential oils! Aromatherapy oils too but please make sure no phthalates.
Favorite animal? For...what purpose? It really depends. I love horses (especially Friesians), pit bull type dogs, dolphins, bats, rats, corbies, I am sad because while packing today I dropped my bat talisman necklace (moonstone carved bat) and it split in half. *sniff* HEY MY PATRONUS IS A BAY MARE.
Twilight Alchemy Lab oils? yes please. I need Block Buster, Road Opener, Black Rage, Brittle, Spiritwrack, STFU, Foundation of Fortune, Brass Balls, King Solomon's, Aegis, Confusion, Countermagick, Fiery Wall of Protection, Flying Devil, Jinx Removing, Crucible of Courage, Magnet, Ouroboros, Veils & Mist, Venus, Charisma, Aunt Caroline's Money Draw, Gainful Employment, Steady Work, Showers of Gold, Servare, Power, Peaceful Home, Protection, Money, LaFlamme, Helping Hand, Uncrossing, Vigor, Sever, Blessing, Annoiting Oil - Exodus Version, Libertas, Sunlight, Discipline, Bright Fortune, Golden Graces Money Drawing, Friendship, Blessing Spray, 13 Horizons spray....
I'd really love some Conjure Bags too. Beauty Bag and/or Money Draw Bag.
9/20/16
Authors - Jennifer Estep, Faith Hunter. Heard of them? Love them, hate them, or eh? Never heard of them. I mostly like epic fantasy or sci-fi books. Also I am going blind right now so I prefer ebooks only -- I really need the adjustable font option..
Knitted things. Specifically scarves/cowls and shawls.....grabby hands or not? Favorite colors? Are you allergic or sensitive to any textiles, ie wools, cashmere, nylon, metallic threads, mohair, alpaca? Knitted washcloths? For the kitchen or for the bath? And again, colors?? I think I already answered this - I have 500 scarves, so unless it is on my "make for me" favorites on Rav, I probably do not want a scarf. I don't wear cowls unless they are huge huge infinity cowls (I have a fat neck and can't stand tight things.) I don't like triangle shaped "shawls" - I do like circular, half circle, crescent, and really long and skinny but with pointy ends, which differentiates them from scarves IMO.
My favorite colors for knit wear is black, grey, and gradients. I like jewel tones and black overdyes. Purple, Red, Blue, Green, Black, Grey. If you check out my yarn stash on Ravelry you'll get an idea of what I like.
I do not want anything acrylic. Cashmere pills, so meh. I prefer Merino, Merino Nylon, Merino Silk, Silk, etc. I do like Merino Cashmere Silk because it seems like the silk keeps the cashmere in line. Silver threads are ok but not my favorite. Prefer no mohair or alpaca because it seems itchy in here tonight.
Washclothes are ok, for either kitchen or bath. Same colors.
As far as colors go, I loathe orange, yellow, brown, cream, beige, anything that could be construed a shade of orange, yellow, or brown. Please god no, keep them away. chocolate and beef jerky should be brown, though, I'll give you that.
I love mitts but I will say that you absolutely NEED TO USE A STRETCHY CAST ON AND BIND OFF. I have very large hands. I prefer Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off and Jeny's Stretchy Slipknot Cast On. Both can be found with a web search or on ravelry.
Candles or wax melts/wax tarts? Honestly the only candle I have my eye on right now is the Black Magic candle from Yankee. It smells SO GOOD. I want everything in that scent. Otherwise... I not only used to be a PartyLite consultant and make candles for Sweet Spirit Candles, but I also make candles at home. So I have about 500 candles. I wouldn't mind receiving candles molds, wicking, candle wax, candle scent, etc. Or soapmaking supplies. Or GC's to places like Brambleberry. I'm hoping I can set up a soap/candle workshop at my parents place and maybe open an etsy store. I also do bath bombs, scrubs, and lip balm. So yes, supplies would be awesome. (picky about what kind of chemicals are IN the supplies though, especially scents, and try to do mostly organic and non Phthalates/SLS.)
I have more tarts than I can use right now too, unless there are Yankee Black Magic tarts in which case, yes please.
I could maybe use a new wall flower plug in thing from Bath & Bodyworks though.
9/19/16
Speaking of snarky, who's a fan of The Mincing Mockingbird? Who? What?
Do you decorate for Halloween all year? If not, what level of decor do you have for Halloween? I decorate with skulls, gargoyles, NMBC, bats, coffins, tombstones, all year. I do not use pumpkins, witches, spiders, ghosts, zombies, etc. Right now I am moving though so I really need no knick knacks or decorations. Once I get moved in (in the next couple of weeks) I'll update if anything changes.
Indoor/outdoor Halloween decorations? What do you do, and what would you prefer to receive? Nothing really please. I have way too much stuff right now and am feeling very overwhelmed. If it changes when I get moved in, I'll say something.
What's your preferred Halloween decor style: classic/traditional (skulls, pumpkins, bats), kitchsy/cute, retro, elegant/Victorian, horror/macabre? I'm more gothy or victorian I guess. But I am full up on decor. Please no knick knacks.
What's your candy preference? I wouldn't say no to peanut butter cups and kit kats and such things. I like mostly high quality chocolates but can't resist halloween candy in small doses.
Does anyone like fleece character hats? Like these? http://wonderlandonline.storenvy.com/collections/354444-anime-video-games/products/13089516-pusheen-like-fleece-hat What kinda characters would you like to see? Oh, sorry, not so much. I only wear newsboy type hats with a brim. And not usually knitted ones.
9/18/16
Who here is a Raging All THINGS HARRY POTTER fan? I don't know about RAGING but I do love me some Harry Potter. I've seen all of the movies and read all of the books multiple times except for the supplemental books on my Amazon wishlist. I've had someone bring me a chocolate frog once and I would LOVE to have more. I would love to try the other treats as well.
Do you like things with Pumpkin (or Pumpkin Spice?) I love things like pumpkin scones, pumpkin bread, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, etc. and I've had some pumpkin pie almonds that were scrumptious but I don't like "pumpkin spice" lattes... so probably a no to pumpkin spice popcorn, bark, coffee syrup, cocoa mix, etc. (Plus trying to avoid dyes, corn syrup, non-organic stuffs, etc.)
9/17/16
Is there anything you would like to get from Japan? - I do love interesting flavored kit kats but I've had orange, hazelnut, banana, green tea, and oreo locally. Would love to try Pumpkin Pudding and Red Bean. We have a really good international food district and asian specialty stores that carry a ton of pocky and other snacks. - I love honey and black milk tea and also lavender and jasmine. I have never seen rose milk tea, but that would be fabulous. Doh, got some!!! - I know they have a lot of Nightmare Before Christmas stuff so I wouldn't mind getting something that is usable and not a pin/keychain/coffee cup/knick knack. I collect NMBC cookie jars and cannisters. - Gothic Lolita stuff is always cool and fun, especially black/purple. Ooh, also Japanese incense. - yarn! - silky things to dye, spices, whatever! - japanese boozahol?
Would you object to re-using of clean mailing materials? No I wouldn't object. I reuse bubblopes and bubble wrap. And tissue paper if it isn't ripped.
9/16/16
Is there anything you'd particularly like to get from the UK? I love Cadbury crunchies and curly whirlies. There are other UK chocolates I'd love to try, I think there are some on my Amazon wishlist. I love tea but I think most of the tea on my wishlist is from France. But maybe you could get it in the UK? I'd be up for trying whatever chocolate and tea. I love clotted cream! Spices/herbs? Yarn?
Socks/sockdreams/etc: I'm kind of meh on sockdreams because I have huge feet. And I'm a knitter. And I'm a plus size. I know they have a very small plus size section but I rarely wear tights or any socks except black. And most socks that are made for women don't fit me. I usually just buy plain black men's socks. (I do love me some Spanx tights though.)
Anyone a nail polish fan? What colored interest you? I don't really wear polish on my finger nails and I'm set for polish on my toe nails.
9/15/16
How do you feel about knitted stuff? As I am a knitter, I love knitted things. I do not love crochet things unless they are toys/blankets. Please no crochet wearables.
Fancy? Plain? I don't mind lace. But I do not wear cowls, hats, or scarves and I don't like shawls that are triangle shaped. (yes, I am a picky bitchcake.)
What types of things do you like to wear? I love fingerless mitts and shawls (boomerang, bias, crescent, circular, half circle, long/skinny but not "scarves" - pointy ends, etc.) If you're a knitter, you're probably on Ravelry and you can look at my wishlist there - I have "Bundles" in my favorites called "MAKE FOR ME" and "HALLOWEEN OR VAMP SWAP" that has projects or patterns that I'd love to have made for me.
I'm into beer. How 'bout you? No no no no no But I do love me some hard cider. But not dry or semi sweet - the sweeter, the better. The Ace Pumpkin Cider is good and I love JK Scrumpys.
And booze? yes yes yes yes I love (sweet!) mead, dessert wines such as port or ice wine (sweeter, the better), amaretto, baileys, rum, vodka, flavored stuff, butterscotch schnapps, etc. I have super huge bottles of kahlua, malibu rum, and whipped cream vodka so I'm set there. The best mead I've had recently is from Aesir Mead in Everett, Washington. Their fireweed was to die for. I'd love GC's for them. Or the Groupon that they usually have going. (Only problem would be scheduling it since I am moving to Eastern Washington by October.)
How do you feel about caramel? yes yes yes - but fair warning, I try to avoid corn syrup. So only really high quality snobby type caramels or homemade without corn syrup. I try to avoid GMO's and do mostly organic food.
Salt or no? yes yes yes
With chocolate or without? with chocolate is good but without is ok too. I try to do fair trade/organic.
Would you be interested in home made food items? I love homemade items but I don't like nuts in my baked goods. I like nuts on their own though - except walnuts. I hate walnuts. And again, I try to avoid corn syrup, food dyes, etc. and I do mostly organic and non-gmo - especially wheat/flour.
Would you be interested in project bags/pouches? I don't think you can ever have enough project bags. Even though I have about 50.
And to go along with the previous knitting question... Are you allergic to any fiber or do you know what kind of yarn you prefer? I tend to not like BFL as much. Or llama/alpaca/cashmere/angora. I love merino/nylon and merino/silk. Merino/cashmere/silk seems to be ok too, less pilling because of the silk content.
Would you want a quilted pot holder? Since I am living with my parents and they have tons of pot holders already, I wouldn't really get any use out of it.
Do you have any prefered flavour of shortbread? vanilla or lavender. But shortbread isn't my favorite.
9/14/16:
What are you interested in from the recent BPAL and BPTP updates? (Lilith, Lunacy, etc.) BPTP stuffs:
1oz of: Portrait of a Young woman with Unicorn hair gloss Saint Justina with the Unicorn hair gloss The Sharing of the Cake between the Lion and the Unicorn hair gloss Lilith's Hair Gloss
bottles: Samhain Hair gloss****** Goofin' at Stonehenge perfume someone said this smelled like grass, so not a priority Tag-Upon-Avon perfume The Serpentine Perfume
BPAL stuffs:
decants: A King Pursued by a Unicorn Allegory of Chastity A Little More Tea Plush Viscera Texare The Twelfth The Wolf and the Rattlesnake
bottles: Cruxifixion De Vos' Unicorn Of the Unicorn Boticell's Unicorn Unicorn and Ram *** Funerary Papyri Good Morning, London Heavenly Spark Lilith and the Four Sons of Horus Motherhood My Little Grotesque Outlaw *** Reapers Gonna Reap *** Spider Witch The Devil Will Find Work for Idle Hands The Library of John Dee Waiting Single Note: Coconut Meat
Would you like to receive Girl Scout cookies and if so, what kind is your favorite?
Samoa or thin mint! (But they'd be for my son.)
Would you like a Gnome amigurumi?
No thank you, I have tons!
How about Gnome tea towel(s)?
Nah, I'm good on tea towels. I got mom tons of them for the holidays.
Would you like a cross stitched gnome picture / ornament?
Yes! Cross stitch that can be framed on wall preferred. Mom likes traditional red / blue gnome colors.
What's your favorite way to experience Nature? A hike in the woods, a day lounging on the beach, only as screen savers on your computer?
Yes. Woods / forest / mountain forest with rivers or creeks or lakes. Beach backed by forest. Bonfires on the beach. Meadow surrounded by forest. Knot gardens and rose gardens. Herb gardens. The rainforest on the Washington coast peninsula. Would love to visit the Black Forest someday. Lush greenery.
what kinds of safety and environmental concerns need to be considered for your gnome so they can safely reside at your home? will they live outdoors so they need to be weatherproof (for what kind of weather)? will they be indoors and need to be pet or child-safe? do they need to be very tiny or capable of hanging on a wall?
I would prefer an outdoor gnome of some type as my mom is the Gnome lover in this house.
How do you feel about zombie or other horror gnomes?
Mom is pretty much about the Gnormal Gnomes which is sad because I bought her Game of Gnomes, Say Hello to my Little Friend, and some other more modern gnomes and she doesn't love them.
Do you need any seeds? If so what varieties might you be interested in? Flowers, veg, herbs.. ?
I feel like I have a black thumb when growing from seed (or keeping house plants alive, sigh.) I do love scented geraniums (I don't know if you can find seeds for them? I feel like most people sell rooted cuttings), patchouli, white sage (I have actually grown these from seed), or I have a plants amazon list. There are TONS of things I'd love from strictly medicinal )
Would you like feathers from my Peacock, Gary (short for Gyrados)?
You already know I would! (Looks at huge cup full of Gary's feathers)
if BPAL is one of your treasures, which BPAL would you like the mostest? (Maybe one that is available right now from BPAL and one Limited Edition/Discontinued?)
Constellation (but of course it's only on the Haute Macabre site) Anything on my bottle list from wishlist is fine. (Although I do love NAVA as well, their vanillas and ambers! swoooooon!)
Limited Edition/Discontinued: Black & Red Candy Canes or Moon when the Cherries turn Black, hahaha! But again, anything on my wishlist works.
If you are a tea drinker, which (if any) of these teas tickle your fancy?
I was very confused by this website because they are NOT in London (but in St. Louis, haha!) and why doesn't their 5th of November have bonfire toffee flavors, I don't associate fruit with bonfire nights, but whatever, lol!! I do love smokey teas, so this would be good to try.
Alpine Black doesn't attribute the quote they use (rude!) which is one of my favorite quotes from Better Off Dead. I don't have a ton of berry teas, so would try this too.
And I always love me some Lapsang Souchong.
(general ramble about tea)
I like flavored (or not) strong black tea to drink with cream and sugar but a lot of flavored tea is good enough to have just plain too. Depends on if I'm in the mood for more bitter, I guess?
One of my favorites is the Butterscotch tea from Mariage Freres (it totally smells just like Butterbear bath bombs from LUSH!) so things similar to this are also welcome. A NEW favorite that I would love to have more of is from August tea - the apple and fennel (Dots & Loops.) And I love some of the Bird & Blend teas like Vicky's Sponge Cake and the Bonfire Toffee. I'd love to try Terry's Blend (chocolate orange) but it was out last time I looked.
would you like a tiny hand drawn gnome picture?
How tiny is tiny? If you hand draw me a picture that is for me and not a gnomie for my mom, I'd be ok with a more goth gnome. (Gnoth Gnome?)
Is homemade vanilla something you might like? I have a "Mother Jar" that I can decant from. These beans have been steeping for 2 years in a very nice bourbon.
oooh yes!
Are there any colors you would prefer your gnome not to have?
Did we do favorite colors? I can't remember! I loathe orange, yellow, beige, tan, brown, etc. I'm good with other colors but especially love purple, black, gray, blurple. (I don't love navy, pastels, or brights. Or pink. Or anything leaning warm.) Please try for jewel tones, darkened / blackened colors, or primaries. Mom likes the normal red/blue or blue/green. Red/green is too christmas-y.
If the creativity bites, would you possibly like a small embroidered gnome? Could be an ornament? Any gender preference or details you might like added (small mushroom, bee, heart or egg...)?
sure! Unisex (girl gnomes have beards like girl dwarves?), prefer in a little frame for wall, a little fox and mushrooms are awesome.
Do you have a need for cheese knife? https://ototodesign.com/products/bert-cheese-knife?
I do, I do! I love ototo designs, I have the mushroom funnel.
I'll be in Seattle next week- any treat you might enjoy from the PNW? Spoopy/ Gothy things? Nice coffee beans? A Nirvana t-shirt...?
A condo in pike place market with a roof top dog garden! Most of the stuff I'd like besides coffee would be perishable like Pagliacci pizza, piroshki, stuff from the British store. Plus I'll be there for a week next month! I would love some Cafe Vivace dark or espresso roast beans, I probably won't have time to go there.
I'll be back in Disney World next month- anything you might like from Epcot or Hollywood Studios?
everything nightmare before Christmas of course!!
Would you be interested in a small copper nature totem that could nestle in your garden or amongst your plants? I can do some chasing to create a mushroom or a leaf or a special bug fren...
A mushroom or leaf would be fun!
Would you be interested in a decorative pillow or zippered pouch featuring a gnomely figure? like this? or a little coin purse? or please tell me to make this because oh my gods...
Gno indoor gnitted or gcrocheted gnomes please. Unless it's like a small suncatcher or something?
I have an angora rabbit and she's currently molting. Would you like rabbit fur for spinning, felting, or other crafty uses?
No thank you!
Do you need any spices?
Need? No. Do I have a bunch on my amazon kitchen wishlist? Yes.
How would you feel about gnome-inspired clothing?
My mom loves gnome sweatshirts! Maybe a large size.
would you be interested in any horror movie merch? If so, do you have a favorite horror movie / character?
No thank you!
Haus of Gloi launched their Valentine goodies today. Anything appeal? https://www.hausofgloi.com/collections/valentines-1
I bought a bunch of sale things recently so I got a little packet of valentine's scents but I haven't sniffed them yet.
By Candlelight and Cozy Rose both sound amazing and I would absolutely love those in Bubbling Scrub, Sugar Exfoliant, Room Refresher Spray, or a candle.
Butterbombs in white musk and vanilla.
Nocturne Alchemy just released their Valentine collection. Is there anything that strikes your fancy?
I do love my NAVA. Cotton Candy Nag Champa Musk from the resurgence would be amazing. Crystalline #1 in a purple bottle would also be amazing. Crystalline #2 and #4 both sound great. Encens Ambre, Encens Vanille, both Eclipse blends, Poseidon's Vanilla Cheesecake, LOVE YOU.
Any Paintbox Soapworks items you want? https://paintboxsoapworks.com/new-limited-edition/new/
Moonshadow bath streusel! I have a ton of sorbetto right now so I'm not in need really. UPDATE 2/16/23 -- I used some Moonshadow sorbetto recently while in Seattle and ... although all of the notes are MY NOTES, I actually don't love it that much. I hope this doesn't cause any issues.
Are you interested in some of my homemade brown sugar shortbread?
I would love lavender, rose, chocolate. Would absolutely try the blossoms. Regular flour/sugar is fine with me. Chocolate rose could be fun too.
Do you have a seed and/or plant wishlist? Seeds may come from my personal stash, or not.
I do, it's on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3A6UICRDCV5DP?ref_=wl_share
So if I were to send you a plant, would you prefer an air plant or a succulent??
I will probably kill both of them. I kill air plants like woah. Succulents last a little longer.
Any candles you might like? Be sure to check her clearance for leftovers from Halloween! https://www.etsy.com/shop/TeresaLynnsSimpleLux
I don't burn candles very often but anything with my scent notes is fine. My mom burns candles a lot and I would probably give to her (she likes almost everything except patchouli.)
Lupercalia went live. Anything catch your attention? Lupercalia 2023 – Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab
Yesssss I still haven't been able to get yules though.
What is your favorite animal?
Real or Mythical? I love all equine type animals (Friesians, Warlanders, Hippocampus, Kelpie), Pibbles, Bats, Rats, Ferrets, Leafy Sea Dragons. I love my piggies in RL and would love a pig gargoyle from Windstone (M. Peña) but unfortunately it is discontinued. Gargoyles/grotesques are my next obsession of mythical animals.
Is there anything you would love from San Diego?
FISH SOFT TACOS. Those probably wouldn't ship well though ... so I dunno. Starbucks "You are Here" mug? Either the big one or a tiny one. Or if they have Starbucks cards (Gift card type) that say San Diego, that would be awesome. I collect both the mugs and the cards.
if you like ebooks, does that mean kindle? Google books? Another format I should be aware of? And so I don’t provide something you already have, what are some authors you would like to try?
I prefer kindle books but if you just want to send me an epub file in email, that is cool too. Kindle is switching from .mobi to .epub so I'm going to have to convert my mobi files from years and years of digital ARC books for reviews if I want to read them again, weep. Luckily I started downloading both mobi and epub formats around three or four years ago. I *could* do google or ibooks but I really prefer to keep all of my books in one location, the same reason that I prefer to buy or add patterns to my library on ravelry. All in one spot.
Ummm I read A LOT so there really aren't a lot of new authors that I'm super interested in? I have lots of books on my amazon book wishlist if you need inspiration. Feel free to send me an anonymous email asking if I've read something, or check my goodreads to see if I've read it.
into astrology or not into astrology?
Not SUPER into it. I just laugh at memes mostly? (Virgo.)
There's an incredible herbal apothecary near me and a way I celebrate spring as a time of renewal is to sometimes henna my hands or feet with symbols that are personal to me, as a way of setting new intentions. Since you pretty much don't get more "earthy" than henna, would you be interested in receiving some high-quality of your very own to do similar sacred body work with (or...whatever you might wanna do with it)?
Sure, I love henna! Hair, Skin, bring it. (For hair I prefer a black/blue henna.)
I know we've already had the paintbox question, but Spring things recently went live. Any interest in spring Paintbox? https://paintboxsoapworks.com/new-limited-edition/2023-spring-collection/
Wisteria Biscuit I think is the only one of interest and not that much because I'm not a SUPER fan of coconut. Sometimes I like it a lot, sometimes I don't. Not a fan of dirt AT ALL and not a huge fan of fruit or floral, so pretty much everything in this collection is that except Wisteria Biscuit.
I leave for a ten-day trip to Paris and London in one week's time and I'd love to bring back a goody or two if my Naughty/Nice Puss has any requests!
are you interested in an advent calendar? What kind? (Dog cookie, tea, chocolate, etc.)
Officially asking for your krampus preference, naughty children!
I hand-make light-weight hair falls, the kind that is NOT meant to look real, but more like doll (or Dolly) hair. I use stuff like recycled silk, ribbon yarn and the like to keep them extremely light-weight and pretty. Is this something you would like? If so, tell me your color preferences (the more options, the better!) plus any allergies I should know about (wool, alpaca, silk etc), and length.
Would you like a super ugly "Christmas" sweater with krampus all over it??
Is there anything you particularly have your fingers crossed for on your wishlist?
are you hoping for more perfumes or more non-smelly goodies?
dear Victim, are you in need of a squishable krampus? (or other squishable?)
Anything from Penzy's to show you praise or to punish your wicked tongue?
Do you like homemade fudge if it is Krampus'ed up?
would you like a piece of Krampus themed art? Either watercolor, resin, polymer clay, or wire wrap?
I'm probably going to place an order for October 33rd once I get paid next week. Are there any BPALs (recently released or otherwise) that you would love to get on St. Nicholas Day?
Is there anything you'd be interested in from Loreworks? Please note, the body wash is marketed as body wash/bubble bath, but it DOES contain SLS for those who avoid it.)
dear victim, are you interested in a microwaveable bowl cozy?
Dearest Victim, might you bed a fan of the glorious old punk band, the Damned? I'm seeing them perform on Friday, so there might be things like tour t-shirts or stickers available- would any of this be of interest to you? (if not, no worries, I can worship them enough for the both of us! )
Dear *ahem* Victim *snicker* ... Would you enjoy a 2023 wall calendar?
Victim, is there anything you would like from the Zeep holiday collection releasing on November 1st? (see this post)
Are you interested in boozy homemade fruitcake?
How about booze itself, specifically, moonshine whiskey infused with spices and fruits?
Brown sugar shortbread? "Plain" buttery or flavored? Favorites include lavender and chocolate orange, but I could definitely do a holiday spice or peppermint batch or two.
I want to make altered altoid tins for Christmas. Would you like one?
What kind of homemade cookies do you like?
Are you interested in having any freshly dried apple crips? (Golden Delicious and Fuji -- sliced, dried apples with nothing added.)
Is there anything you're eyeing from Paintbox Soapworks' winter update?
Haus of Gloi just dropped their Yule update- like what you see? https://www.hausofgloi.com/collections/yule?page=1
I make infused vodkas! The one I am most proud of right now is a spiced hibiscus liqueur. I make this as a jelly, too. As far as the Liqueur, We have been making an autumn Moscow Mule with it, and the other day I made a Mai Tai! Its yummy!
If I can find the recipe, I want to make my grandmas Orange Slice Cake. Its a super yummy cake but a bit difficult to make as far as cutting up all the oranges. If you would like a mini cake IF I make it, lemme know! The ingredients are as follows:
dates
orange slices candy
coconut
buttermilk
pecans
orange juice
Victim, darling, are you a fan of the Dresden Dolls? I'm seeing them this Saturday and there will no doubt be some good merch including t-shirts, posters, stickers and even artisanal chocolate bars! 😮 Any of that sound appealing? (if t-shirt, pls give size!)
I uncovered a secret supply of vintage LE BPAL Trading Post soaps in my possession! I realize some folks are over bar soap, but in case you'll make an exception, lmk and maybe Krampus will deem you nice enough to get one
I leave for a ten-day trip to Paris and London in one week's time and I'd love to bring back a goody or two if my Naughty/Nice Puss has any requests!
Paris: Mariage Frères or Damman Frères tea, always. I have a huge list on my amazon beverages universal wishlist from their websites. I love black tea the most; smoky, lavender, rose, vanilla, butterscotch, anise, chai, cinnamon. Lately I've been liking fruit teas as well. (I'm not a super huge fan of bergamot / earl grey type teas although I will drink them occasionally; they're just not my fav.) Any kind of cool soap, perfume, body products, candles, matchbooks (do places still even do matchbooks?), lavender, fancy chocolates/caramels/chocolate covered seafoam. (I have a list of the kind of truffles and chocolate I favor on my snacks amazon list.) OH! I'd love some blackcurrant, rose, anise, violet and maybe orange blossom pastilles from France -- the Abbaye de Flavigny. And there are all kinds of little candies and interesting treats from Europe that I would be interested in, just for fun. And Outremer (formerly L'Aromarine) eau de toilette sprays! Especially Vanilla and Cola. And maybe Rose and/or Lavender if you can smell it and make sure it's a good one. (just small bottles are fine!!)
London: Again with any kind of fancy tea. I love Bird & Blend! (again, I have a huge list from their website on my amazon beverages universal wishlist.) I don't think Future Primitive has a brick & mortar but I'd love their Ghost Smoke and/or Campfire Marshmallow whipped soap or body cream. fancy chocolates/caramels/chocolate covered seafoam. (I have a list of the kind of truffles and chocolate I favor on my snacks amazon list.) Bonfire toffee! Clotted cream fudge! (or some kind of delicious clotted cream in a jar?) Anything Red Dwarf.
and of course if you find good Krampus or Christmas Market type stuff (probably too early), I'm down!! Marzipan??
are you interested in an advent calendar? What kind? (Dog cookie, tea, chocolate, etc.)
I love advent calendars, I am a weirdo! I love the ones for dogs - maybe Trader Joes will have theirs out soon!, snobby tea like from bird & blend (too spendy for this swap I'm sure), Divine chocolate, Lindt chocolate.
Officially asking for your krampus preference, naughty children!
I do prefer cuter Krampus and Krampuss. And Vintage Krampus.
I hand-make light-weight hair falls, the kind that is NOT meant to look real, but more like doll (or Dolly) hair. I use stuff like recycled silk, ribbon yarn and the like to keep them extremely light-weight and pretty. Is this something you would like? If so, tell me your color preferences (the more options, the better!) plus any allergies I should know about (wool, alpaca, silk etc), and length.
Someday! When I am able to go places again!
Would you like a super ugly "Christmas" sweater with krampus all over it??
I do have some "ugly christmas" sweatshirts on my wishlist but mostly just black and red. Not super ugly please. My favorite one I have right now is a Robert Smith "ugly christmas" sweatshirt.
Is there anything you particularly have your fingers crossed for on your wishlist?
I have a Krampus wishlist on etsy, a Krampus wishlist on Amazon, etc. for your browsing amusement. I'd really kind of like one of the self inking rubber stamps to motivate myself to send out holiday cards! I adore the Krampuss from Clockwork Art and the Mocking Krampus from Ryta's Art (both on etsy wishlist.) I've tried the Coalition tea and it's good, wouldn't say no to more than a sample. But you don't have to get things from my wishlist -- they're just to show you the kind of things I like. If you see other things you'd think I'd like, I'm all for it!! (I like crocheted amigurumi and knitted mitts/shawlettes/really long double cowls.)
are you hoping for more perfumes or more non-smelly goodies?
I don't really need more perfume so it's totally up to my sender! But I would especially love some of the items from my NAVA wishlist! Their 10ml are being discontinued at the end of the year and I'm fretting about some of them.
dear Victim, are you in need of a squishable krampus? (or other squishable?)
YES, YES I DO. And undead unicorn, and gargoyle, and bat. In that order.
Anything from Penzy's to show you praise or to punish your wicked tongue?
Always. I have penzey's stuff on one of my amazon lists.
Do you like homemade fudge if it is Krampus'ed up?
Heck yeah! (I am weird about texture though, so I don't like crunchy things in my fudge and I hate walnuts, just fyi.)
would you like a piece of Krampus themed art? Either watercolor, resin, polymer clay, or wire wrap?
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ALL OF THE ABOVE
I'm probably going to place an order for October 33rd once I get paid next week. Are there any BPALs (recently released or otherwise) that you would love to get on St. Nicholas Day?
I could always use a Snake Oil to put aside for aging.
Dreams Shape the World
You Get What Anybody Gets - You Get a Lifetime
The Obsequies of an Egyptian Cat
anything from my wishlist really.
Is there anything you'd be interested in from Loreworks? (Please note, the body wash is marketed as body wash/bubble bath, but it DOES contain SLS for those who avoid it.)
Those are hilarious!
lets see, scents: snape, dead but delicious, Zoltar, dr. Blights bubonic, cellar door, trick or treat yo self, Sally's song (whipped soap), this is Halloween (dusting powder)
mists, powder, whipped soap, shea cream
dear victim, are you interested in a microwaveable bowl cozy?
I have lots but I could always use cool Krampus fabric (I get mine at spoonflower, the cheapest cotton is fine - there is a sale right now!)
Dearest Victim, might you be a fan of the glorious old punk band, the Damned? I'm seeing them perform on Friday, so there might be things like tour t-shirts or stickers available- would any of this be of interest to you? (if not, no worries, I can worship them enough for the both of us! )
I'm good.
Dear *ahem* Victim *snicker* ... Would you enjoy a 2023 wall calendar?
I *do* need a wall calendar. Anything goes. I love snarky, friesians, pitbulls...
Victim, is there anything you would like from the Zeep holiday collection releasing on November 1st? (see this post)
oooh. I like Whipped Soap, Sugar Scrub, Sugar whip, Bath Truffles, and body spray. The scents that stand out to me are Santa Baby (body care), White Christmas (bath truffles), and for wax maybe Abominable Snowman, Christmas Eve, Christmas Past, Christmas Tree Cakes, Santa Baby, White Christmas, Winter Fest, and Yuletide Carols. (so basically vanilla, marshmallows, trees, and orange/clove, lol!)
Are you interested in boozy homemade fruitcake?
it depends on the fruit and booze used. I love the cherry almond marzipan one with amaretto. But I don't like the weird glacé cherries and store bought fruitcake types.
How about booze itself, specifically, moonshine whiskey infused with spices and fruits?
yes!
Brown sugar shortbread? "Plain" buttery or flavored? Favorites include lavender and chocolate orange, but I could definitely do a holiday spice or peppermint batch or two.
mmmm shortbread. I love chocolate shortbread, I bet chocolate orange clove would be delicious.
I want to make altered altoid tins for Christmas. Would you like one?
Krampus Krampus Krampus Krampus (or Yule Cat!)
What kind of homemade cookies do you like?
I like chewy sugar cookies with buttercream frosting, soft gingerbread cookies, pumpkin gingerbread type bread (I guess that's not really cookies), molasses, shortbread.
Are you interested in having any freshly dried apple crips? (Golden Delicious and Fuji -- sliced, dried apples with nothing added.)
Yes, but I have them!
Is there anything you're eyeing from Paintbox Soapworks' winter update?
I love Streusel, Sorbetto, and wax melts. The scents I'm interested in are Joulupukki and Schwarzwald. Maybe Golden Orb. I am still really wanting some Moonshadow as well but that wasn't part of the yule drop I don't think. I have a wishlist pertaining to PBSW in my "Wishlist and Circular Swap Help" that is in my signature.
Haus of Gloi just dropped their Yule update- like what you see? https://www.hausofgloi.com/collections/yule?page=1
(NO pumpkin butter, perfume, soap, hair oil, etc.)
Body Powder - long winter's nap? not sure about the flannel/cashmere/oatmeal but I like vanilla/tonka/lavender.
Butterbombs - Marshmallow World!!!!! or Boughs of Holly.
Yule refresher sprays, wax melts, candles, whipped soap, sugar exfoliant, or bubbling scrubs:
Turkish Delight!!!!, Snow Wolf, Nefarious Gingerbread Man, Tannenbaum, Three Treasures, His Sweater. (Not a fan of foodie, floral, or peppermint.)
I make infused vodkas! The one I am most proud of right now is a spiced hibiscus liqueur. I make this as a jelly, too. As far as the Liqueur, We have been making an autumn Moscow Mule with it, and the other day I made a Mai Tai! Its yummy!
I already have both the hibiscus liqueur and jelly from MsASofgg! Would take any other infused vodkas!
If I can find the recipe, I want to make my grandmas Orange Slice Cake. Its a super yummy cake but a bit difficult to make as far as cutting up all the oranges. If you would like a mini cake IF I make it, lemme know!
Maybe without coconut if that's possible? I don't love coconut unless it's toasted and sprinkled LIGHTLY on top of a dessert. (although I like coconut milk in recipes and cooking with coconut oil?)
Paintbox Soapworks Yule is coming out! Are you interested in any (especially their not-Krampus-but-Sinister) of their offerings?
Interested in any of the Haus of Gloi Yule (or other things on their website?)
Would you be interested in any tea from August or Brutaliteas (the latter even has a Krampus-inspired tea)? Or, is there any tea from another purveyor you are lusting after?
Is there any international snack you would love to get your hands on? (I can check and see if the International Marketplace in my city has it!)
Victim, how would you like an adorable Krampus t-shirt? I found two cute ones (one a pastel Krampus Cat and one is a more direct, olde timey Krampus), in both ladies and gent sizing. If you're interested let me know what size you'd like ASAP so I can order one for you!
are you interested in homemade brown sugar shortbread? I can do plain, or different flavor combinations incorporating chocolate, orange, cherry, lavender, rose, peppermint. Last year I made some lavender peppermint that was super yum.
What are your feelings about fruitcake? This is full of fruit, booze and nuts and marzipan if I can find it. It's not your grocery store fruitcake.
How about infused moonshine whiskey?
How do you feel about graphic novels and manga? Any favorites?
Victim, would you be interested in a knitted or crocheted Krampus thing?
Would you like a handmade wreath? I have made two in the past and really enjoyed the process, If so can you please let me know what your color preferences are. Do you tend to like sparse wreathes or packed ones? How would you feel about a Krampus wreath or would you prefer a general seasonal one?
teeturtle is having one of their megasales - anything look fun to you? (they have way more than just t-shirts) https://www.teeturtle.com/
Paintbox Soapworks Yule is coming out! Are you interested in any (especially their not-Krampus-but-Sinister) of their offerings?
I love the Bath Streusel and Sorbetto! Also wax melts!
Would love to try Joulupukki wax melts! Would definitely take Roses in the Snow (I had some of the OG), Sugar on Snow, and/or Schwarzwald (prefer sorbetto or wax melts for the last three. Sample size is great!) Maybe Orange and Yellow or Black Twig? Honestly, all of her stuff smells fantastic. When I do big orders she pops in samples of things I didn't order and then I'm all, wow this is great too.
Of the older offerings, I'm a fan of Right Red Hand (sorbetto, wax melts) and The Queen is Dead (wax melts) and would love to try Fantasticake (sorbetto, bath streusel, or wax melts), Let me in at your Window (bath streusel, sorbetto or wax melts), GTFO (sorbetto or wax melts), Deacon (sorbetto), Karen Rose Signature (sorbetto), Rice Pudding (sorbetto), The Sword & The Eastern Sky (wax melts), 221B (wax melts), The Wooden God (wax melts), Waking the Witch (wax melts), Pussy Hat (sorbetto) ...
(You'd think Moonshadow would be my favorite but some reason I didn't like this one. First time for everything I guess.)
Interested in any of the Haus of Gloi Yule (or other things on their website?)
I would love Nefarious Gingerbread Man in the sugar exfoliant or bubbling scrub! Body powder would be fun in Long Winter's Nap or Turkish Delight! Would always take candles or melts in Turkish Delight or Nefarious Gingerbread Man as well. Actually Tannenbaum also sounds like a great candle scent.
Would you be interested in any tea from August or Brutaliteas (the latter even has a Krampus-inspired tea)? Or, is there any tea from another purveyor you are lusting after?
August:
OMG there is a new tea -- Wild Heart Smoky Lavender Oolong tea! I'm not especially an oolong fan, but I would try this because hello lapsang souchong!
And even though I'm not a fan of malt, I kind of want to try the chocolate cherry tea (Cabaret.)
Last time I got samples of Avalon, Mojave, Breakfast, Dolomite, Civil Disobedience (because they were out of the 15 cup bags, sniff) and 15 cup bags of Metropolitan, Gold Rush, and Outlaw. I would take more Civil Disobedience if that comes back in stock and I still need to test the samples. Their Dots & Loops was actually amazing so now I am into trying apple teas (Dots and Loops was apple and anise/fennel, I love anise / fennel in my tea!) so I am curious about the Beltane (Apple Blossom Oolong) although it uses words like "mild" and "crisp" and "earthy" so ... they lost me there, but then they say "buttery baked apple" and I'm conflicted, haha.
Brutaliteas:
would totally try:
* Butterbotch (I love butterscotch tea!!!)
* Back in Blackberry
* Cakes on a Plane
* Chaiday the 13th
* Cherrie
* Cherrifier
* Decomprose
* Hot for Peacher
* The Silence of the Jams
* Waking the Lavender
* War Figs
* Cotton Candyman
* Malloween
* Violet Cremes
* Honeydew Hast
* Neetlejuice
* Jams
(No Rooibos/Honeybush, Mate/Yerba Mate, Pu Erh, Walnut, Coffee, Chili, chamomile, etc. That leaves the Krampus inspired tea out as it has Pu Erh in it. Shudder.)
Coalition tea makes a great Krampus blend though! https://www.coalitiontea.com/products/krampus-loose-leaf-holiday-blend-3-oz?variant=42703402467479 or if you want free shipping with $35, they have an etsy store too. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1032537068/certified-elephant-friendly-krampus?ref=cart&variation0=3062772331
Is there any international snack you would love to get your hands on? (I can check and see if the International Marketplace in my city has it!)
I love things like clotted cream, sticky toffee pudding, japanese kit kats, ... um... brain fog.. I love all kinds of fud.
Victim, how would you like an adorable Krampus t-shirt? I found two cute ones (one a pastel Krampus Cat and one is a more direct, olde timey Krampus), in both ladies and gent sizing. If you're interested let me know what size you'd like ASAP so I can order one for you!
I don't do Pastel but I do have Krampus shirts on my etsy wishlist. I wear an 18/20 in women's, so usually at least a 2xl womens.
are you interested in homemade brown sugar shortbread? I can do plain, or different flavor combinations incorporating chocolate, orange, cherry, lavender, rose, peppermint. Last year I made some lavender peppermint that was super yum.
I love shortbread (especially chocolate -- like the chocolate walker's shortbread is the BEST.) But I'd be up for rose or lavender. or ORANGE CHOCOLATE. I don't really like mint in anything except my mint tea with licorice.
What are your feelings about fruitcake? This is full of fruit, booze and nuts and marzipan if I can find it. It's not your grocery store fruitcake.
I have only had one fruitcake I love - a cherry almond marzipan fruitcake with amaretto. (You can make your own marzipan or get it at world market.) It has dried pears in it too but you can't really taste them.
How about infused moonshine whiskey?
Only if it's smooth and delicious. *wink*
How do you feel about graphic novels and manga? Any favorites?
I used to like them (especially things like Sandman, Watchmen, V, Lucifer, etc.) but I can't really read them anymore because my eyes suck. I have to read things electronically where I can adjust the size of the font and that's no fun with graphic novels or comics.
Victim, would you be interested in a knitted or crocheted Krampus thing?
I NEED the crocheted Krampus hat with the horns. I have the pattern already but I don't crochet.
Would you like a handmade wreath? I have made two in the past and really enjoyed the process, If so can you please let me know what your color preferences are. Do you tend to like sparse wreathes or packed ones? How would you feel about a Krampus wreath or would you prefer a general seasonal one?
I would absolutely hang one on the door or somewhere in the house! Krampus wreath!!!! I mean, I love Black, Silver, and Purple but those don't seem very Krampus-y so maybe Black, Red, Green, Silver? I don't know! Anything except brown / yellow / orange / tan / cream is probably great! Ummm not totally sparse so maybe more packed?
teeturtle is having one of their megasales - anything look fun to you? (they have way more than just t-shirts) https://www.teeturtle.com/
Always!! I usually do the women's in a 2xl but the last one I got is kind of large on me (I've lost weight, huzzah) so maybe I could try an XL? However be aware that teeturtle sometimes has REALLY slow shipping and may not ship in time for you to send by the deadline. I have designs on my amazon wishlist that I would love (put them there before the universal wishlist thingy went away.)
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/39Q05UJVXC9BW?ref_=wl_share I have lots from teepublic and teefury too.
Here's some new ones that aren't on my list:
And look! teeturtle has a Krampus shirt!! https://www.teeturtle.com/products/have-yourself-a-scary-little-christmas-krampus?variant=19577791462777
and Cthulhumas!! https://www.teeturtle.com/products/merry-cthulhumas?variant=19577791490179
And I love the Jack Skellington with the snowflake (What's this?) https://www.teeturtle.com/products/whats-this?variant=19577791480093
I love all of the unicorn pins (holiday or not) and fox pins as well.
What is your favorite Easter candy?
Chocolate bunny of course! But as I'm trying to do mostly ethical chocolate, it is hard.
You don't HAVE to send me chocolate but if you want to, there are lots of great chocolate places in the US on this list: https://www.slavefreechocolate.org/ethical-chocolate-companies
I'll be by Theo in Seattle so I might check out their Easter offerings if they have any. Maybe I can convince my driver to swing by Indi at Pike Place Market!
L.A. Burdick and Vosges are delicious but shipping is sooo expensive if you're not by a store so I obviously don't expect anything like that.
A lot of these brands you can find in upscale / natural grocery stores if you're so inclined to look. I'm not a huge fan of the Endangered / TCHO / Altered Eco personally but Dr. Bronners isn't bad! (I can find all of those at grocery stores no problem.)
Purdys isn't too expensive and they have super cute seasonal things usually. I don't know how much their US shipping is.
Tony's Chocolonely is not on that list but they are slave free as well (I think the list might be a little old as some of the websites don't work.)
Do you like Jelly Bellies? If so what flavors?
No thank you!
Do you have a preference for plastic eggs, treat bags, paper, or no preference?
If you are recycling plastic eggs those would be ok but otherwise I'd prefer no plastic.
Are you interested in some of my homemade brown sugar shortbread?
I would love lavender, rose, chocolate. Would absolutely try the blossoms. Regular flour/sugar is fine with me. Chocolate rose could be fun too.
For those who don't like imps... In the case I find that I have something PERFECT for you in my collection that I want to share, would decanting into a squat itty bitty bottle with a screw top lid or rollerball be ideal?
That's ok, I just don't really use sample sizes much. I would absolutely accept them for smelling purposes though if it's something I *Must* experience.
Hi little chick, I just got yet another seed catalog in, and was thinking about the garden. It seems on theme, so do you garden? Would you like anything like seeds?
I haz an Amazon plant wish list (for things that are NOT on amazon) https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3A6UICRDCV5DP?ref_=wl_share
Spring Chick o' Mine, I have a question about mugs! What are your general feelings on mugs/drinkware?
I really have more than enough mugs but I do collect the Starbucks "You are Here", City, State mugs. The 18/20oz ones with a handle or the little demitasse ones. The "You are Here" are currently sold in stores, you'd have to do a thrift store or used for the City or State mugs. (I used to find an SBUX mug every single time I went into a thrift store in Seattle, lol.) I drink my morning coffee from a regular (large) mug and then anything else for the rest of the day is from a mug with a lid because dog hair floats. So I love the Society6 travel mugs (stainless) or the LennyMud ceramic (with a handle if you can find them.)
Dear bunny, what are your thoughts on these? https://www.thecrownedrabbit.com/pins
ERMAGHERD the pibble pins!!! If they had a blue one it would be perfect but I like the black and white too. The ferret and grey rat are cute too. And black hooded rat.
Dear chick, would you be interested in any of these baked goods?
Matcha shortbread
Hojicha shortbread
Lemon scones
Lavender scones
Lavender lemon scones
Chocolate chip scones (made with Guittard chips)
Yes, send those ALL TO ME.
Please LMK if you have any aversions/sensitivities to ACTUAL rose(s). As if someone were to send you flowers...
I super prefer flowers that smell good and a lot of times hot house roses do not. (sad faces) but sometimes they have sterling silver or purple roses that DO, and I LOVE THOSE SO MUCH. I used to have like 50 tea rose / grandiflora / floribunda / etc. rose bushes at our Seattle house and a good quantity of those were "blue" (purple) and absolutely all of them were super fragrant. The only roses that seem to do really well here are rugosa and we make rose petal liqueur from ours - it is soooo fragrant and lovely. I love roses. Love love love. (and any useful / fragrant / edible / medicinal plant/herb.)
Would you be interested in any cute Easter/spring-themed cookie cutters?
No thank you! I rarely use cookie cutters.
Milk, Dark, or White?
I am a believer that chocolate is not chocolate unless it contains a certain percentage of cocoa mass & cocoa butter. White chocolate is just cocoa butter and sugar usually... so please no white chocolate. Lately I've been loving milk chocolate way more as "bar" chocolate but dark chocolate can be ok as a coating for truffles or drinking chocolate. I prefer not to just receive pure dark chocolate bars, I won't eat them. Anything over 50% is probably too dark for a bar. (If I do receive one, I will probably save it for baking, so not all is lost.)
I'm going to pre-order some spring teas (and stock up on the maple houjicha) from Friday Afternoon. Is there a spring tea (or any other tea) that you might like, chick?
The Maple Houjicha for sure!! I've eyed it multiple times but haven't had the $$$ to make an order for myself.
Dr Who?
Yes please!
How much do you like lipbalm? Flavored or unflavored? What are your favorite brands and flavors?
I love lipbalm! I *always* have a tube of lipbalm on me. Always. If I don't have one, I feel like I might perish from chapped lips. (If you've ever played the Infocom text adventure game "Leather Goddesses of Phobos", you might remember that you come across someone who PERISHED OF EXACTLY THIS!!!) ahem.
I actually have a lot of lip balm in the "Bath, Body, Fragrance" section of my Amazon Wishlist.
Normally I don't like balms that are not in a tube, but I would be interested in trying Clove Cigarette, Dead Sexy, and/or Absinthe from Tokyomilk Dark Lip Elixirs.
My favorite EVER lip balm is Better Botanicals Ayurvedic lip balm in Cardamom or Rose & Mint. They used to carry this brand at my local co-op but stopped for some reason.
I love Haunt and Bunny Butt Apothecary.
Favorite flavors? I usually tend to buy things with descriptions such as Honey, Lavender, Rose, Cardamom, Clove, Chai, Bubble Gum, etc. I like vanilla and candy type flavors too. I don't especially gravitate towards fruits. No chocolate or caramel please, my boyfriend hates chocolate fragranced bath & body products. *sniffle*
Please note that I loathe and detest "My Lip Stuff". PLEASE for all that is un/holy don't buy anything for me from them. I bought from them once and I ended up giving or throwing away everything.
Do you like and wear lipgloss? If yes, what colours?
Not really -- it usually feels too sticky and tacky if it's a "gloss". Once in a while I'll get something because it's sparkly or shimmery, usually light colors. I'm not a super "natural" color person, so I'll do blue, purple, black, white, etc. Some times I like natural-ish plums. I tend to like my pink/red things with a blue tone. I loathe orange, yellow, and brown in any form (clothes, makeup, yarn, shoes, furniture, cars, etc.) I've had my eye on the "More Synth" Glitter Lipstick from evilshades.com but it doesn't look like their website is working right now.
For those of you whose wishlists contain only BPALs, are there any other perfume companies you like or would like to try out?
I especially want to try more Carnival Wax but it's pretty spendy. I've tried a lot of other companies. I do NOT like Possets. I'm kind of meh about Violette Market and Haus of Gloi. I love Arcana and Villainess! I have some wishlists for other companies on my SW Help -- there is a link in my signature. I'm sure there are some scattered in my Amazon list too.
Your feelings on Adagio teas: If you've never had anything from them, would you be open to trying them? If you HAVE had them and like them, name some favorites blends. And if you had them and dislike them, can you name a few *other* tea companies you're into?
I've had Adagio... and I just wasn't impressed. I used to do the circular tea swap so I've tried quite a few of their blends. And ever since they had a huge problem with bugs in their tea? Their name just makes me cringe. *shudder*
I work for a coffee & tea company and since I have talked to our tea buyers & tea experts it's hard not to be snobby about tea - but on the other hand I'll drink lower grade inexpensive, like the Tazo Awake or Twining's Irish Breakfast, English Breakfast, or Prince of Wales. Good solid black teas, boring, but I do drink them everyday.
I also have a bunch of Republic of Tea blends - jasmine, queen of hearts (black rose), ginger peach, some winter fruit blends, chocolate orange, chocolate strawberry (bought it before I realized it was a rooibos but it's not actually that bad), etc. I used to really like them but the last couple of tins I've bought haven't been really great so I don't know if the quality has gone down in the past 15 years since I started buying them or what.
Now what I'd REALLY like? French tea!! Mariage Frères!!! I really love their Butterscotch tea in an almost orgasmic fashion. It smells just like Lush's Butterball, seriously. It's SO good with some cream and honey. I have some, but because it is SO good and not available locally (that I'm aware of), I only drink it for very special occasions. I'd really like to try their Cardamome, Anis, Black Orchid, Parsifal, and Phenix. There are links for all of these under my Amazon "edibles" wishlist. The other french tea company I like is Dammann Frères. I used to have a bunch of teas linked from Amazon but it looks like they recently changed their URL, so all of those are invalid now. I love black tea with rose, vanilla, butterscotch, chocolate, caramel, licorice/anise, cardamom, etc. (um, not all together.) I'll go through their website and add some more things to amazon when I have a chance.
I have a friend in Germany that I used to send coffee to and she would send me back tea. She sent me an Anise tea that I adore and love, so that's another on my hoard list.
Another lower price tea that I love is the "Yogi" Egyptian Licorice Mint. Nom! I also adore Aveda's "Tea". Another good low cost tea I like is the plain "Good Earth" tea (the original blend WITH caffiene) as well as their Vanilla Chai.
Starbucks just bought Teavana so I'll probably be trying some more of their tea now that I'll get a discount.
I used to have a have bag of Lapsang Souchong but I haven't been able to find it. I also love me some smoky Russian Caravan.
Mostly I like black, flavored black, and smoked black. And I do like tissanes sometimes: mint blends, especially when mixed with licorice. Lavender, basil, rose - all good flavors. And black based chai; I think the Tazo chai is actually one of my favorites because it has a lot of anise in it. Although if we're going to extend to boxed tea, then Oregon Chai is my favorite. Their Chai Nog is pretty good too, but obviously that's seasonal.
Please don't send me any rooibos or white tea. Sometimes I like flavored green (coconout pouchong!) but I really do prefer black.
I'm very sad that our awesome local tea shop, The Teacup, closed down. They imported Dammann Frères and had my favorite Russian Caravan. weep. They were selling online but their facebook has MANY people whining about how they haven't got their order, so I haven't ordered from them online.
What about coffee? Would you like to get coffee send to you? Whole bean or ground? What are some varieties and/or flavors you enjoy? I actually don't drink a lot of coffee at home. When I do, I usually use my Verismo. The only other coffee makers in the house right now are my french press and my Toddy -- I need another espresso machine. I do have a grinder, so whole beans are best. I wouldn't say no to someone's absolute favorite-est coffee that they wanted to share but I don't want anything in large amounts - I have a 1 cup, 5 cup, and 8 cup french press but I'd probably make it for the 1 cup. (If making anything with my Toddy I have to use a full pound, but Toddy is a cold process which takes 12 hours and I usually use coffees that are designed specifically for iced.) I do like flavored coffee too; when I was in New York on business there was this little coffee shop across from my hotel that had brewed flavored coffee every morning. I really liked their chocolate orange and irish cream. I also like cinnamon hazelnut. And when I lived in Toronto, Second Cup always had a bunch of flavored coffee made. Some people think I'm a heathen for liking flavored coffee (yes, I work with people who are MUCH snobbier about coffee/tea than I am.)
Who is your favourite female of all time? Historical, literary, ANYTHING, and why?
Um. Dunno. Half to think about it.
Would you like a seashell from Florida?
I think I'm good on seashells right now.
If you were a Disney princess you would be?
Belle. She has a horse and a library!!! Or Merida. She's got a horse too! And she's as wild as I was when I was that age. I was never as polite and feminine as Belle.
What craft project do you currently have on your docket or that you want to start? And that craft goodies would be welcome?
I have lots of knitting projects in my queue and I don't even want to count how many are WIP... only two that I'm actively working on, one at work and one at home.
I would like to learn how to match stitch markers, so I could use some tools for that.
If you could have one rare bpal which one would you choose? Probably Pumpkin King, Noir, or Formula 54. I know, I know. HAHAHA!
Are you kinky? Me and the other half are indeed.
Do you enjoy scented candles? Certain sizes that you like? What kind of scents or brands? I use mostly votives, jar candles and pillar candles (anywhere from 3" to 6" in diameter. I used to make candles and I've sold candles so I'm kind of a candle snob. I haven't tried Witch City Wicks but I understand that the proprietor is a BPAL forum member (and I think Switch Witch?) so I'd be willing to give them a go. I'm not a huge Yankee Candle fan, but I DO love their patchouli halloween scent (Witches Brew.) I like scents like vanilla, spiced plum, spicy in general, leather, musk, patchouli, sandalwood, etc. Probably all of the same notes I'd like in perfume.
Thoughts about South Africa? Have you been here, would you like to go? Would you like to receive anything South African? I have not been and I probably wouldn't put it as my first choice of places to go. I have no idea what they have that I would want.
Do you like Sockdreams? If so, what styles would you prefer? They're ok. I'm a plus size and I don't dress up a lot so really I don't go wild about their things. I knit my own socks...
Do you have any kitchen gadgets (a SodaStream, a Kuerig/Tassimo) that you want mix things for? I have a Verismo and no, I don't really need anything for it.
Do you need hair accessories? If so, what kind or color? I could use some more hair spray! (it's on my amazon wish list.)
What is your favorite shade of blue? I like jewel tones and darker colors. Tardis blue is good, sapphire, royal, etc. I tend to go towards purple/red/primary blue and less towards yellow/green blues.
If you were to start learning something new (intellectual or craft or hobby), what would it be? Making stitch markers! I could use a new career as well.
What about candy? Do you have a sweet tooth? Sadly, yes. Lately I've been hungry for peanut butter chocolate (wtf?) and have become addicted to the Trader Joes PB&J chocolate bars. I also love chocolate covered caramels, especially with sea salt. I love "sea foam" - one my favorite candy bars is the Cadbury Crunchie (imported from the UK) and I also love their Curly Wurly. My other chocolate favorite additive is CURRY. The Naga bar from Vosges is SO GOOD. Dolfin's Hot Masala bar is awesome too. And World Market has some decent chocolate bars with curry in them.
Do you have an e-reader? What kind? Would you like to get ebooks? I do read ebooks on my ipad in a variety of e-readers. Someone just gifted me all of the Southern Vampire Mysteries (except the newest one. Is it out yet?) and the Dexter as well as the Shadowhunters. I'd kind of like all of the Wheel of Time, Harry Potter books, Anne Rice, Robin Hobb, and various other books that I have in physical format already but are either in storage or I read them so often that I'm wearing out the physical books.
If your witch is an extremely crafty sort, and she were to send all kinds of homemade foody goodies and handmade crafty stuff - what are items you would NOT LOVE to receive. If my witch makes it, I'd like to receive it!
do you like video games? Are there any you want to play? Do you have a large library? My wii is on it's last legs. I do have an xbox 360 (but hardly any games for it) and I play PC games like Ultima Online, Skyrim, Diablo III, etc. As far as console games go, I love things like Zelda, Mario Bros, etc.
Do you have something you do, without fail, as a personal daily habit/ritual? Examples: pen-and-paper journal keeping, tea/coffee drinking, morning yoga, nightly bedtime reading. I'm kind of thinking on things that would be dear to you and might need small supplies or could use certain extras. I drink usually one cup of coffee (usually 1 shot with steamed milk) and then I drink tea the rest of the day (usually hot but sometimes iced.) I read everyday and reading before I fall asleep is a must. I snuggle with my puppies everyday. I could always use more ingenuiTEAs or similar tea brewers.
Name three BPAL scents you have tried, but are dying to get more of? Mopsfledermaus! I wouldn't say no to more Zmey Gorynych either. Otherwise feel free to check out my wishlist, linked in my signature.
Do witches prefer the answers posted here, but a more cherry-picked number of questions answered, or a more exhaustive list posted in the blog, which means posting here much less? I'm fine with my Witchee posting on his/her blog.
As I am in Japan, what sort of things would you like from there? We have pretty good import places here but I'm always down for Green Tea and other flavored kit kats! I think all we have is cookies & cream.
Do you wear nailpolish? What colors do you tend to go for? What are your favorite brands? Are you open to trying indie brands? I wear toenail polish once in a while but hardly EVER wear it on fingernails. However, my other half does... he likes reds, pinks, purples, greens, blues, gray/black, etc. My fav brands are OPI and BPAL. We'd be up for trying whatever.
Do you still write real letters on nice stationary to people you like/love? Maybe once a year. I have some awesome and fantastic stationary though, I should write more.
Have you ever tried anything from Paintbox Soapworks? Which products or scents would you prefer? Yes -- see my etsy wishlist. I'm waiting for her to make some more body butter in some of the non-floral/non-fruit scents. She said July 1st! MY BODY BUTTER IS READY NOW! The honey & lavender.
Do you like/have space to garden? If so, what do you grow? Not really; I did get some tomatoes, carrots, and lettuce seeds and I'm sprouting them right now. I have some planters that I could put stuff in. The dirt in our backyard isn't super great for growing things since it was filled with "tailings" instead of nice top soil.
Do you like sample sized things? Think lipgloss, mascara, bodylotion, scrubs, mini candles, and so forth. No, not really. I usually regift anything like that. Well, I might burn mini candles or use mascara. But samples in packets get regifted. Sometimes I save samples in little bottles for travel.
Have you tried Fortune Cookie Soap? What products or scents would you like? No, I'd rather not receive soap.
Do you use solid soaps at all? If so, what kind do or don't you like? I do, but I have a lot of soap right now and don't need more bar soap (I make it!) I can almost always use more liquid hand soap -- I need to start making that next. The other half doesn't seem to use bar soap (sigh) so I'm always running out of the liquid hand soap.
Have you ever tried Cocoa Pink? If you are curious about it, what looks interesting to you? I have a gift certificate from last round that I haven't used yet. I tried to use it during a sale but it wouldn't work -- by the time they applied it my account the sale was over so I was pissed and didn't use it. Next time they have a sale I might try again. I like scrubs and was considering some of their shampoo.
Do you like Lush? If so, what is your favorite product that is currently available, also, what is a product that you love but has been discontinued? I used to love the Candy Fluff body powder. I also love the Silky Underwear powder. I could use some more Ocean Salt or Angels on Bare Skin. I'll add more things to my Amazon B&BW list if I come across any.
Oh, anyone a fan of Shiro Cosmetics? Any particular products? Eye shadow pigments in general? Never looked at them. I don't wear a lot of makeup. I'm sure my other half would love to try some though; he likes loud and bright colors.
Are there any companies, products, or items you boycott? (For example: some folks boycott Nestle, MicroSoft, cashews, Kraft, and so on.) I don't eat a lot of "grocery store chocolate" like Hersheys, Nestle, etc. I try to avoid any P&G things, anything with SLS, etc. I will not buy pet food or treats that were made or processed in China. Since I no longer live with an activist it's difficult to stay on top of what to boycott.
If you were put in a room with 100 random other people the same age and sex as you, from your country, in what way do you think you would be different from the average? I have almost nothing in common with people who are the same age & sex as me. I'm a computer geek; I was programming before I was 12 and was a Unix Sys Admin in my 20's. I started calling BBS's when I was 12. I'm not into makeup, clothes, books geared towards women, a lot of jewelry, or most things geared towards women. The exception would be knitting and perfume. Perhaps horses/horseshowing and dogs/agility although most women I know prefer cats. I don't think babies are cute and I don't like children much. I hate it when people use babies/kids as their online images. I'd much rather look at ferrets, rats, snakes, dogs, weeping angels or pretty much anything. Yeah, sure, I'm smart (I guess that's above average based on the mental giants that I observe at the DMV, grocery store, etc.) and I have the depression to go with it. Whee! Oh, and we're into kinky fetishy stuff and like to wear pvc/rubber/corsets and go to clubs. And I prefer to decorate with NMBC, skulls, and gargoyles. Probably average for most goth/bpalers but locally most people my age would shun me as a freak.
How do you feel about traditional picnics (namely the intimate table for two variety)? Old-fashioned basket or something more utilitarian (cooler/insulated bag)? I love picnics! Either basket or coolers. Unfortunately my other half isn't into things like that. I do use insulated bags to take my lunch to work in; I like bags that will fit a good size leftovers box in....
Haus of Gloi did a Reverie update! Do any of them interest you? (Or anything else up currently?) I'm not super into Haus of Gloi -- I ordered from them once and they sent me the wrong thing. They resent the wrong thing again. And again. And again. (seriously) before finally getting it right the fifth time. Their items don't stand out any more than other places and unfortunately most of their scents either have fruit or floral notes so there isn't a lot I'm interested in. Once in a while they have scents that make me perk up, but I can't be bothered to order again. Not that their customer service wasn't friendly; it was totally wonderful and they definitely tried to make it right. I just have too many veins with needles in them already, y'know?
Do you read literature/culture blogs or websites of any kind? I'm thinking about anything that would help a putative witch to get a sense of what your current tastes in books, movies, games, genres, approaches to culture and literature and so forth are. I read certain groups in Ravelry every day. I'm going through a depression/apathy period and my tailbone is damaged, so I don't sit at the computer much. I use my ipad from the couch but I'd rather read than websurf.
Witchee, do you cook? Do you do all the cooking? Is it a chore or a pleasure? I do cook occasionally. It's both a chore and a pleasure.
Which reading level do you prefer to read in YA or Adult? Or even both? I do mostly adult but there are a lot of YA books I like. The Rick Riordan, JK Rowling, etc.
What colors/style is your kitchen decor? And do you entertain in your home? Useful? Our walls are cranberry but I have all kinds of black and purple things. I only do chrome, nothing brass/copper/gold toned. Right now we do NOT entertain; R inherited the house from his dad and it needs to updated in the worst possible way. Cabinets, knobs, carpet, lighting.. the works. But he is resistant to changing anything because it's the house he grew up in and his parents are both dead. So I've kind of given up. My only kitchen theme is skulls and bones. I have skeleton hand salad tongs, skull cookie jar with matching salt & pepper shakers, silverware that is shaped like bones, etc.
Are your ears pierced? yes. multiple times.
Do you like stuffies/stuffed animals/art doll type thingies? yeah, some. I don't really have room for anything like that though and it's likely my dogs will grab and eviserate them. I collect Starbucks Bearistas but I don't have any place to put them so most of them are packed up and stored.
If you knew you were going to live comfortably for say 800 years, what profession, calling or project might you pursue with some of your extra years, which you imagine you may not do in the life that you have? I'd probably do more traveling and exploration in the UK and Europe. And attempt to figure out time travel and teleportation.
Is there any thing - an object, a donation on your behalf, some research done for you, whatever - that your witch could do about this that you would like? And if you can't think of a present, would you rather she didn't either and confined themselves to things you are already involved in? I'm all about donations to pit bull rescues. We do charity events with our monster truck any time we can afford it. I'd love to have research done on getting hats embroidered with our logo and finding cool things to market for our monster truck, better prices on t-shirts (4 color logo), etc.
Would you be interested in someone writing out for your a favourite recipe, or finding or devising one which they think you'd like? If so, please provide your favourite ingredients, info on how you like to cook/store and use food, and any intolerances - unless all of these are in your questionnaire, or you don't like the idea. I guess for other witches this might include something like a knitting pattern - not my thing but would you like that? Or indeed would you like a picture created for you (if so what kind) or a story written? I'm pretty good at finding my own recipes and patterns. The only recipe I haven't been to find is one that I remember I used to make when I was a kid. It was called "Crazy cake" and you mixed all of the ingredients in the cake pan. I would love to have pictures, stories, etc. Picture wise, I love my dogs insanely, I miss my DEW ferrets (dark eyed white), I love Friesian horses. Or something with my ponyboy (fetishy) would be fun. Story wise, something fetishy/erotic about a naughty pony boy would be amusing.
Switch Witch is, of course, all about you.....but if your Witch was so inclined, are there wee little ones in your home that will get jealous and are just too young to understand why you won't share the love, who maybe need a touch of Witchee love all their own, to distract them while you hide all your lovelies?!? I have dogs and a boyfriend. They'd probably both like treats. The boyfriend probably likes girly things more than I do (especially fetishy girly things.) And by this, I mean he wears them. The dogs are grainfree so things like dried liver or grainless cookies are good. I won't feed them anything made or processed in china, so please don't send things like chicken jerky as most of that is from china.
Do you like bags? If so, what type (rucksack, clutch, shopping bag) colour and would you like/need a new one? I don't really need any bags. My mom makes project bags for knitting (or whatever) and I have a ton of reusable grocery and book bags. I could use cool ass FABRIC for more project bags... I bought some from Spoonflower and was totally underwhelmed with their lack of quality.
What's your favourite comfort food(snack or candy etc) and/or drink? For comfort food I like stuff with cheese. Lots and lots of cheeeeeeeese (gromit!) Smothered burritos, cheese smothered lasagna/rigatoni/spaghetti. Nachos. cheesy (romano) garlic mashed potatoes (ala Buco di Beppo.) Comfort drinks? Tea, thai iced tea, some kind of tasty espresso drink or frap. Or mead! Muahaha! I love Glögg and tend to buy bottles from Ikea or World Market during the winter season. I'd love more if you live in a place where it's available year round.
Witchee, I know that SW isn't about what you get... but could you name one thing you would be heartbroken not to get and one thing you would be a-ok if it didn't make it in your box? (i.e. do you REALLY want perfume oil of some sort, or would you be totally heartbroken if there was no Lush in your box, etc) It'd be great if you didn't send bar soap (unless you make soap! If you make soap, I'd love to try yours.) I'd like to get contact and love from my Witch; but as far as material goods go, no, it's up to them on what they can afford to send or where their skills lie in crafting.
Would you like anything from an European country? Any particular food or goodies, magazines, books, whatever would be available to your witch in his/her country? I would love tea from france (see question about tea), imported Cadbury's chocolate (curly wurly or crunchies!), or whatever my Witch loves.
What fandoms do you belong to? Dr. Who, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, LOTR... mind just went blank.
What cheers you up? Making other people happy, little notes that tell me people are thinking about me, my dogs, tea, good smelling things, reading, packages in the mail (hee hee!)
Who or where would you most want to haunt? Who would you least want to be haunted by? I wouldn't want to haunt or be haunted by anyone/thing really. Unless I was murdered, then I'd haunt the FUCK out of the person who murdered me!!
What is the best compliment you have/could receive? Er... um... I dunno? People compliment me on my eyes, hair, clothes, shoes, voice, dogs, boyfriend (haha!) I think ANY compliment is worthy, however, I like compliments on style and actions more than on what genetics or luck provided me with.
Would you like something from Empire Edibles? Sure! I added a few things to my edibles etsy list.
What are the three books you most want to read right now, and which you don't already have? The newest Southern Vampire Mystery: Dead Ever After. The Daylight War: Book Three of The Demon Cycle by Peter V. Brett. The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (signed would be AWESOME! He'll be in Seattle on 7/2 but they're sold out. Pout. I can probably still get a signed copy from the bookstore that has him here though.) Um, my friend here went and got me a book. I hope that doesn't mess up any plans. I'll change the third book to SHADOWS by Robin McKinley.
What question do you hate to answer? Here or in general? I hate to answer any questions in person, because then I'm being forced to interact. Especially how are you feeling, what are you up to, what did you do for..., etc.
Is there anything small you try to collect from everywhere you visit? I used to collect cool matchbooks from places I visited. I collect Starbuck's City Mugs and Bearistas.
Is there a literary character you identify with? Even if it's not spot-on, just someone you found yourself having that "I identify with this" feeling? Sure. So lately, and don't be alarmed, I've been identifying a lot with Dexter. Mostly because I feel like a fake human being - all of my responses and emotions are LEARNED and I'm sure I still don't get them right. But it isn't because I kill people, it's because I'm aspergers. I really wish I laughed a lot more and could smile at people. I hate doing tech support because I have to pretend to be sweet and friendly and nice. (Although I *am* genuinely helpful at least.)
What would you like from the most recent BPAL update? What are you planning on buying for yourself and what would you like to try? None of the new ones look that exciting to me except the new single note - sweet pea. And I'll probably buy that myself. (bought and arrived already.) The bath oils do sound interesting though.
Would you like a painting? I wouldn't say no to a painting if that is your specialty, Witch. I do love artwork. Maybe I could find a place to put it upstairs... our house is just in this weird state of flux. It's still mostly decorated and filled with R's dad's stuff, and R's dad passed away two years ago!! I kind of wish we could sell the house and move to a place that would be "ours" instead of "his/his parents" because I feel like he doesn't want to change much.. and a lot of it is mostly that we don't have the time or money to redecorate. Most of my artwork (include framed) is out in the shed in storage. *sniff*
Would you like a story written for you? Um, not so much into stories. Unless they're erotic/fetishy. *ahem* And that could be weird coming from a Switch Witch, y'know. Unless you were comfortable with it, in which case I'm comfortable with it.
Opinions on table top games, from cards and board games, to dice and rpgs. What do you like? What don't you like? Favorites? Any classics you like? Do you collect any? I gave most of my RPG stuff to my 23 year old son who runs campaigns. I still have Talisman and I bought another copy of it for my son. Yeah, it's a broken game system but I have such fond memories of playing it in my teens... I like games but the other half doesn't seem to be into them so we never play. I have older games like monopoly, scrabble, boggle, mastermind, pictionary, cranium, etc.
do you have any problems with swearing or particularly off-color humor? Fuck no.
Would you like to receive subversive crochet/cross stitch/ etc., or would this not get much love in your household? I'm not really into crochet or cross stitch... but something framed and subversive would be amusing.
What style is your sense of humour? twisted?
Is there anything from Australia you would like? eg: snacks (yes, you can ask for Tim Tams!), books, magazines, memorabilia? mmmm tim tams. I can get the caramel and chocolate ones here (the real ones, imported, at our local Australian Pie Company!) But I'd love specialty flavors. and the koala carmellos?? and maybe some of the other australian candy that I've heard so much about.
Gift cards/vouchers - yay or nay? If you like them - which stores would you like one for? Sure. For any stores I like! Paintbox Soapworks, Amazon...
Do you like tarot cards, pendulums and rune stones etc? If so, what type? I have a fascination with runes and runestones. I have some nice gemstones that were made into pendants and are inscribed with runes. I have a couple of decks of Tarot but I don't use them much. I love the artwork in The Phantomwise Tarot.
How big is too big...for something to hang on your walls? If I'm painting you a pretty picture, are there maximum dimensions that you have/prefer? We have some large open spaces upstairs. I don't think anything you would want to pay to ship to me would be too large.
what is your favourite object, that you own, ignoring sentimental reasons for attachment? So I guess something you find beautiful, or fun, or incredibly useful. I don't know. My computer? ipad? couch? car? My ingenuiTEA? My kettle? I have a lot of useful favorite things that get used every day. *grin* iphone? heating pad?
Put your mp3 player/online music/itunes/etc on random and list the next 10 songs here:
Camouflage - Your Skinhead is the Dream
Skinny Puppy - Assimilate
Tori Amos - Winter
Coldplay - Clocks
The Crystal Method - Comin' Back
Dead Can Dance - The Carnival is Over
Delerium - Silence
Clan of Xymox - A Day
Depeche Mode - When the Body Speaks
The Mighty Lemon Drops - Where do we go from Heaven?
If you happen to find out who yours is, how much would it bother you? Not so much.
Is there someone on the forums (within SW or not) who knows you really well and might be able to help with stalking? You could hit up my knitting buddies -- Stariel, Deazinn, Turtlejen, Elka, Yewberry, etc. Stariel is local if you need local witch help. So is Yewberry. VioletChaos used to be local and was my Witch last round. Coldfire was one of my Witches too. All of my Witches have done great jobs! If you're on Ravelry, you can hit up Winterblizzard. She comes over 1-4 times a week and feeds my dogs while my other half is in Mexico and I'm working.
Do you use waxmelts or tarts? If so, which ones do you prefer? I do - but I don't have a lot. What I'd really like is an ELECTRIC tart warmer! I don't use my tart warmer much because then I go through tealights like crazy. I have some tarts from Alternative Breeding (before they changed their name - I have Dirty Vanilla, Eternal Hunger, and Hell's Kitchen), Yankee Candle (Midsummer's Night, Rose, Leather, pine?) and PartyLite (homemade cookies, holiday spices, halloween night). I'd love to try tarts from other companies.
Do you enjoy drinking hot chocolate, and would you like stuff to make it with, or to add to it? I do like it but I'm picky about my drinking chocolate. I really like the Vosges La Parisienne (and I think I'm set there.) If I'm making a mocha then I use Scarffenberger cocoa (sweetened or unsweetened) and I'm TOTALLY out of that. I also use Ghiradelli Double Chocolate and I might be out of that too. I think I still have some of the Theo cocoa but I'm not super impressed by Theo ... which sucks because they're local. I have TRIED to like drinking chocolate with chili peppers but as much as I want to, I don't.
Is there a Quote that resonates with you, or that you particularly like a lot. Would this be something you would like artwork made of for your walls or a shirt/bag/scarf? Too many quotes and yet not enough to think of right now. I know I have the "Riddle of Strider" on my etsy wish list. Something like that would be cool. I'll try to think of some quotes. Poke me if I haven't updated by July. *wink*
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
Also, STARBUCKS, Yay or Nay? Anything you particularly like? Yay, of course! But since I work there, I get a discount. So if you want to Starbuck me, a gift card would be the most useful. (And did you know you can send Starbucks ecards to people? Or buy a card online and have it sent to them? Check out the webpage.)
Do you want to receive one big package or a bunch of small ones? Digital stuff all at the end when the box should arrive or as we go? Whichever is easier for my Witch. It's nice to be showered with a bunch of boxes because hey, who doesn't like getting packages in the mail? But postage can add up so if it's more necessary to send one box at the end, that works too.
Have you ever tried Spoonfudge? Would you enjoy it if your Witch would send you some? Which of the flavors would you like? Don't know what this is.
What's your opinion on Moonalisa? Any favorites or products you'd like to try? I have never tried Moonalisa.
Are there any BPALs that you loved the idea of, the imagery - whether artwork or description - but which didn't work out for you? Hellhound on my Trail for sure. Wanted to love it, waited for it to age, loved the artwork, but my chemistry just didn't work with it.
Do you have any symbols or totems that are meaningful to you? Ankh, Eye of Horus, and various celtic knots (favorites are ones with Epona (horses), Ravens, Ferrets, Hippocampus, and Pit Bull type dogs.) I don't know that I have a totem (I'm assuming we're talking about spirit animal or animal familiar) but I feel most drawn to horses, ravens, ferrets, dolphins, bats, and of course my pit bulls.
When you are having a really rough day, what do you like to do/have to make it a little brighter? Doggie snuggles, special tea, blankie & fluffy pillow sprayed with atmosphere/linen spray, chocolate.
Would you like if your witch sent a regional pop/soda? If so, what type (Root beer, creme soda, cola, citrus-flavored, chocolate-flavored, etc...)? I don't usually drink carbonated beverages. I drink water (or water with Starbucks Refreshers popped into it), tea, and espresso drinks. Very rarely I'll have something carbonated if the restaurant has one of the 100 flavor coke machines; then I'll have vanilla and lime coke or vanilla and raspberry. I like cream soda too, and Jones Soda blue raspberry or bubblegum. But I won't purchase them normally. The only time I go crazy over something carbonated is at the annual Renn Faire; I always stop and get the birch beer. I have my own bottles that I bring so I can take some home with me.
What are the three BPALs you would most like to receive - one GC, one not-hard to find LE, and one HTF LE from your dreams?
GC- Joy or Peace (TAL)
LE- The Rose in the Deeps of His Heart or Our Lady of Pain
Rare- Voodoo Queen, Formula 54, Noir, or Pumpkin King
If you knit/crochet, what sizes of needles do you need? Specific needles I want are favorited on etsy. I'd like some Red Lace Chiaogoo or Hiya Hiya Sharps (the RED LACE and the SHARP are a VERY important part - I only like sharp tipped needles) in US0, US1, US3, US5, US10 the most. And any other sizes between 2 and 9 are welcome. For the 0-5, I prefer 24" cable and for 6-10 I prefer 32" cable.
What styles of artwork do you like? Eh, I was never an art major so I fail at describing what I like. I have a bit of art favorited on Etsy though (and on Pinterest) so if you look at that, you'll hopefully get an idea of what I like.
If you cook, would you be interested in-hand made spice mixes/rubs? Sure!
Is there anything from the Oddment Emporium you would like? VOLUPTUARY is the only one that I'm interested in on first glance.
What is your favorite color? In general, blurple. To wear as clothing, black or grey. Unless we're talking docs or converse or fluevogs, in which case black, purple, blue or burgundy.
What is your favorite season? Fall.
If you could live anywhere in the world and money was no object, where would it be? Probably somewhere in Scotland or Ireland. Or maybe I could live on a yacht and then visit wherever I wanted. (I think the dogs would be displeased about having no grass though - we'd have to put in a fake lawn to play and do business on. And where would my horses live???)
Do you have any long trips coming up? If so, could you use things to occupy yourself? I'm actually going to Spokane on Monday (other side of the state, around a 4.5+ hour drive.) Miss Lela is going to get a tooth cleaning on Tuesday and make sure that none of her teeth are broken - she's been acting really weird, shaking and panting, and my vet here looked her over and did bloodwork. Can't find anything wrong. So she's on an antibiotic now in preparation for teeth fun. To get her teeth done over there is about the same as having the bloodwork done here. *shakes head*
I'm going to Jungle Jim's next week (it's basically a massive international food gasm in Ohio, look it up); would anything interest you?Did you say food?? Well, I love food! I love HONEY. I get it in one gallon buckets from my mom's local apiary and I HAD honeybees but they all moved out or died. (They were wild anyway; I have a hive and all of the equipment now - I just need to order some bees.) I love tea! I think I've already answered the tea question - so French tea? Sign me up! I love me some summer sausage and beef jerky. I wonder if they have any Sweet Hots? I've been looking for those since I lived in Dallas but haven't been able to find any. I eat those with hamburgers, hot dogs, salmon burgers, etc. SO GOOD. I WOULD LOVE YOU FOREVER. I also love green tabasco sauce, so anything in that vein of hot sauces would be welcome. I love Clove Candy (see edibles wishlist on Amazon) and it sounds like they have a huge candy selection. So, yeah, food. Yum.
Name three things that you could use, but might not necessarily think to get for yourself? Compost bin for the yard, 30 gallon garbage cans, mostly stuff that is too hard to ship probably. I thought of something earlier and now I can't remember. Oh, I keep forgetting to get hair spray so I have to wear my hat every day.
Does anything from the TP Etsy update interest you? I didn't really see anything new? Anything that interests me from Etsy is on an etsy wish list. Updated yesterday and today for the TAL update.
I just found out Oreo is launching ones with watermelon flavor in the USA only. Is it something you would enjoy? That sounds nasty and I don't normally buy Oreos (usually I try to stick with the organic/natural section) but I would probably try one.
If you don't consider yourself in a "fandom" (and I get that ... I don't really go overboard on my liking of any TV show/Movie/etc), are there any TV shows or Movies that you really like and/or watch regularly or any actors/actresses you wouldn't leave standing in the rain (unless you like looking at them sopping wet, in which case ... well, nevermind)? Dr. Who, Firefly, Buffy/Angel, True Blood, Dexter, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Grimm, Once Upon a Time, Heroes, Vampire Diaries (Damon is pretty hot), Boardwalk Empire, The Cumberbatch Sherlock, Red Dwarf, Dr. Horrible, Walking Dead, Lost, Supernatural (in progress on netflix)... - I started watching Hannibal but haven't watched it for a while now, it's piling up on the DVR. I watched all of the first American Horror Story mostly for the rubber suit. I have Big Bang Theory in my queue to watch. As for movies, I have movies that I have seen like 4000 times. Princess Bride, So I Married an Axe Murderer, the Harry Potter movies, X-Men, Hellboy, Nightmare Before Christmas, Sweeney Todd, Moulin Rouge, etc. I love animated films (both anime and not). Wallace & Gromit. I like Pixar and Disney films (I'm sure Disney is the devil, but whatever. I like going to Disneyland too.) Joss Wheden. Tim Burton. I love most of the comic book based movies; Tank Girl, Batman, Iron Man, Spiderman, etc. I like the new Star Trek movies.
So, dear witchee, would you like some Tw*twaffle soap or scent or lotion? No, my boyfriend doesn't like "foodie" scents so my favorite vanilla ones are his limit. No chocolate or waffles or other sweet foods. (I'm not especially into fruity smelling lotions or soaps either.)
Has anyone asked about tattoos? Do you love them? Hate them? Have any? Want any? I only have one (unless you count my tattooed eyebrows and eyelids); a Gargoyle sitting on a wall sconce. He's on my right calf. I'd like more but I need the right artist to help me and of course I'd need to decide. I've thought about cyber/steakpunk pit bulls, friesians, more gargoyles, ravens, bats. I'd like to get some little ones; ankh, eye of horus, etc.
I live near the Brown and Haley outlet - makers of Almond Roca and Mountain Bars - would you want anything from the outlet? For nut-haters, they have nutless Roca For the no-sugar folks they have sugar-free as well. You must live by me, because I'm pretty sure I like close(ish) to the outlet as well, and omg, no. I really don't like their chocolate.
I also have an Oberto jerky outlet local to me - any wants there? I'm also close to the Oberto outlet, so no. I'm good.
How do you feel about home-canned goods? Yum!
Do you like BPTP clothing? I do have a lot of BPTP shirts but I haven't actually worn one for maybe a year because I've gained a lot of weight. So please don't get me any.
What size do you wear of:
Baby-doll T's XXL
Regular T's I don't wear regular t's except oversize ones to bed sometimes. (usually I just wear a camisole and pj bottoms to bed.)
yoga pants Haven't ever worn their yoga pants or any yoga pants.
Also, what is your favorite lunacy (or non-lunacy) T-shirt that you don't already own? um, I think I bought Raven Moon.. so I'm good.
Or other clothes from BPTP? I want more sweatshirts and lighter weight hoodies! I already have the BPTP hoodie and I wear it all the time like a coat.
What else do you love from the Trading Post site, and need to have? I want back up bottles of all of the Our Lady of Pain sprays!! I actually have a Wish List at BPTP.
Is there a particular movie genre that you like (Fantasy? Drama? Romantic Comedy? Musicals? TV-Series, etc), and what format would you prefer: DVD, Blu-Ray, or something in the cloud (like Amazon, iTunes, Flixster, etc)? I love dark gothy stuff and if it's musical (NMBC, Sweeney Todd, Repo) - that's ok. I wish I had a blu-ray player but our tv's are ollld. so I guess dvd.
Following up on the Adagio question from earlier, what are you top five wishes, for teas and blends? I think I already went over that on the tea question. My ultimate would the Mariage Frères butterscotch tea and other things I already talked about. I love black tea with Anise. I love black tea with roses. I'd really like more Russian Caravan or Lapsang Souchong. I'm almost out of my Aveda tea and I'm totally out of the Yogi Egyptian Licorice Mint. I go through Prince of Wales/English Breakfast/Irish Breakfast like there is no tomorrow. Ok, I think that's more than five.
Do you have anything that you do ritually, every summer? We used to have a BBQ/fireworks display every year but my boyflame is in Mexico this year and on his way back he is doing a Fourth of July monster truck show in the Los Angeles area. *sniff* I like to try to go to the County and State fairs every year. And we used to go out on our boat and waterski all day and then hit Ivars or Kid Valley for dinner, but we didn't boat at all last year because of the new monster truck business. Traditions are in flux right now.
What are your top five wishes from ThinkGeek? P0wnies shirt. anything else on my wishlist.
Seen anything lately that makes you go OH HOLY FUCK THAT'S AWESOME!! ? Not really.
Do you like audiobooks? If so, do you have/would you like to try Audible? (I'm an addict, myself.) I'm not really an audiobook person. I used to check them out from the library and put them on my ipod to listen to while I drive... but I haven't done that for a while. (I think I have all of the Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and Wheel of Time on mp3...) Since I have to drive for 4.5 hours on Monday and then back on Friday, a couple of audiobooks might be ok. But I can't for the life of me think what I'd want.
Chocolate: Love? Hate? Allergic? If love, what are your faves? Love! But I am snobby about chocolate to some degree. I don't do hersheys/nestle/mars M&M. I love IMPORTED Cadbury Crunchies, Curly Wurly, and Fruit & Nut. And the Carmello. I love the Vosges Naga Bar (but I'm not terribly fond of some of their other bars.) Lately I've been loving the Trader Joe's PB&J bar. World Market has some interesting curry bars that I've been getting - and the coconut sea salt. The Chuao Honeycomb bar is ok. I might try the Bacon Maple one sometime. I really miss the Dolfin brand bars that one of our local snobby grocery stores used to carry; I'd get their jasmine tea bar and their hot masala bar. Milka bars are awesome, either plain milk or with hazelnuts. I have chocolate bars on my Amazon edibles wish list if you need more inspiration. I love milk chocolate with almonds or almonds & raisins. Or just plain if I'm in the mood. I love chocolate salted caramels. I was really addicted to the Seattle Chocolates San Juan bar for a while (salted caramel, toffee, milk chocolate.) I don't really like chili in my chocolate although I really WANTED to. Rittersport is pretty good; hazelnuts or almonds, dark or milk. Godiva is ok, the salted caramel. I don't like "NewTree" chocolate, just throwing that out there. I'm not especially fond of the Theo chocolate either, which sucks because they're local to Seattle. I do like our local Dilettante chocolates, but mostly the sauces (dark chocolate ephemere and caramel) and hand dipped truffles (not the truffle creams or meltaways - and really, I'd have to pick out my own. and they're really expensive.) And dragees - chocolate covered cherries, blueberries, apricots and strawberries are always tasty. But they're local, I can get that anytime. Usually costco will have Dilettante gift baskets. I'd be open to trying some chocolate that is local to my Witch!
Gourmet popcorn, yes/no? What do you like: glazed, savory, candied? Nuts or not? Any flavors you wouldn't like (like Bacon CHeeseburger, Pizza, Watermelon, Root Beer Float, Hot Chili Dark Chocolate)? Or if any of those sounded interesting, how weird is weird enough? I'm not actually a huge popcorn fan. The smell of microwave popcorn is the first thing that made me barf when I was pregnant (and a chicken fast food place outside was the second) and ever since then I've actively disliked popcorn and fried chicken. 23 years later I'm starting to get over the chicken part (not that I eat fast food, and especially not fast food chicken.) If my mom makes caramel popcorn balls I'll usually have some - or if we're at the pumpkin patch and they have kettle corn? I'm all about the kettle corn. I'll eat popcorn at movies once in a while. I generally won't eat popcorn from tins though so it doesn't matter what flavor. Sorry, I am no fun!
would you like some detangling and very shiny hair gloss made by me? This is a 'cone rich blend, not the least bit natural. I don't have very much hair! I shave mine on the sides & back and I tease it on the top, so detangling and gloss is the last thing I want!! I've been considering growing it out again -- I haven't shaved the sides for a while and I bet it's JUST long enough to put extensions or dreads in. But I haven't decided... shaving it off would be cheaper.
I know the question about personal style was included in the questionnaire, but is there anything that could give your witch a better sense of your style/fashion or decoration preferences? Like tumblrs, pictures you like, websites, stores (or brands) you like or would like to be able to shop at and so forth? All of my pertinent links are on the spreadsheet. As for clothes, I mostly wear TDU's (Twilight Dress Unit) which are black BDU or black capri pants, either docs/fluevogs/converse or summery sandals, and cami's with a zip up lightweight hoodie or with a pullover hoodie. I've gained a lot of weight (like up to 10 inches in my waist, cough choke) so most of my corsets and fetish gear don't fit right now (boo) so I'm on a no clothes buying diet until I work some of it back off.
I saw you have a cat - would it be okay for me to add something for them in a package? Do they like mousies, crunch/soft treats or 'nip? I don't have a cat. The dogs wouldn't mind treats though. They have their own section on my Amazon wish list (on the left - "for the pups") -- no treats that were processed or made in China please. And Miss Lela is allergic to grains, so things like dried liver made in the USA are probably safest. We have a couple of local places that sell grainless cookies too.
Do you like earrings? Any particular style appeal to you? (hoops, chandelier style, pretty beads etc.) As stated on my initial Q&A, I only wear studs or body piercing type jewelry (hoops, spirals, half hoops, whatev.) I have examples of what I like on my Amazon wish list (on the left, probably under wearables?) and on my etsy favorites.
Do you like/wear makeup? If so what brands/colors/types? I wear mostly just foundation, powder, eyebrow powder and eyeliner. I could use more mascara. When we go out to a club then I'll wear eyeshadow too, rarely do I wear blush. (PALE. It's all about the PALE.) My other half wears a full face of makeup way more often than I do. Think drag queen and all about the sparkly. I wear prescriptives foundation/powder and I think my last mascaras have been MAC or Prescriptives. I have all sorts of eyeshadow; loose minerals from various people on etsy, pressed from MAC (Maleficient from the Villainess line!), Urban Decay, etc. Sometimes I do Origins liner or MAC liner. I'm always looking for an actual smudge proof black pencil liner that will STAY but I've never found one. I have a couple different kinds of black liquid liner. I could use more brow powder; the kind I had isn't made anymore. My brows are tattooed but they're light; it's more like a template to draw on the eyebrows with my eyebrow brush. I usually get my brows tinted when they're being threaded but it doesn't seem to last for more than a week. I had evilshades.com on my wishlist for all kinds of fun lip/eye things but their website doesn't work anymore. I like shimmery and glittery eyeshadow in purples, blues, greys, blacks, pinks. I don't wear beige or brown of any sort (except brow powder!)
Is there anything special I could get you from New York City? Ummmm. Pizza and bagels? Grinders? Fun tea or coffee?
Do you want/need/like/collect journals? If so, do you prefer lined or unlined? I don't write anything at all if I can help it (you wouldn't be able to read it if I did) and I don't draw, so journals are something that sit on a shelf and look pretty.
How do you feel about glitter? does loose glitter make your skin crawl or would you bathe in it? I like glitter in my soap and I use some shimmery body sprays once in a while (or shimmery body dusters) - one of my Lush bath bombs just glitterbombed my bathroom. sigh. But loose glitter in general? notsomuch. glitter gel, glitter eyeshadow, etc. are all good. My other half is always stealing my glitter gel and eyeshadow. Think drag queen glittery.
I know Canadian chips can be different than others, how does "dill pickle" or "ketchup" sound? We actually have dill pickle and spicy ketchup Lays chips here. I see them at Fred Meyer. I used to LOVE ketchup and dill pickle chips but then I noticed that I felt really sick and headachey when I ate them. Finally figured out I have an MSG sensitivity, and unfortunately most flavored chips have MSG in them. So.... no chips for me. You wouldn't believe all of the stuff in normal grocery stores that contains MSG. Another reason I shop mostly for natural brands and at my local co-op, trader joes, whole foods, the farmers market, etc.
If you were getting a custom Haus of Gloi blend, what four notes would you choose? Lavender, Ylang Ylang, Patchouli, Amber or Rose, Patchouli, Clove, Vanilla Bean or Leather, Woodsmoke, Red Musk, Clove or Leather, Anise, Clove, Vanilla, or Lavender, Anise, Vanilla, Clean Musk or... Their rose lip balm interests me, as does their Rose City pumpkin butter.
Do you like Kickstarter? Are there any projects up that you really like? I'm all for kickstarter and indiegogo. I don't follow any projects though, so dunno!
If you have an Etsy wishlist, what are your top 5 favorite things on there? The price is unimportant, not because I'm rich, but because I'd like some inspiration.
1. The Mr. Tea teapot & creamer/sugar. I WILL HAVE ONE SOMEDAY. Hopefully she restocks soon. (I already have a Mr. Tea teabag holder.)
2. The Guardian of Hopes & Dreams is one of my favorites but I already have about three of him in the small size.
3. The Dr Who converse and messenger bag (Timey Wimey in blues & purples!)
4. The Lovers painting from the Phantomwise tarot deck
5. Either the swirly trees or any of the raven photos/paintings.
Festival this week -- includes an "encampment" and an art faire. any interest in trinkety things from the encampment or cards/prints from local artists Sadly I haz no room for trinkety things or much artworks. sadface.
Does the idea of wearing a plant as jewelery give you the warm fuzzies or the heebie jeebies? No thanks!
Anything interesting from the new Paintbox Soapworks update for you? YES. She just stocked Honey Lavender body butter JUST FOR ME! I have a whole section on Etsy just for Paintbox Soapworks with the scents I'd like to try.
What about recycled sari silk yarn, witches and witchees? I wouldn't say no, but I already have a bunch and no idea what I'm going to make with it!
Sooo, the Blooddrop update (Aviary and Summer Simplicities). Anything you'd like from there? Ooh. Black Heron actually sounds awesome. Orchid or Teak summer simplicities. Honey, Pink Vanilla, and Wild Lavender Spring simplicities.
Every package has to have something blue in it. Blue can also be used to describe more risque humor...how would you rate your general sense of humor? Are you strictly PG-13, R-rated, NC-17? I have a very dark sense of humor and I'm good with raunchy. But I still want it to be witty, y'know?
Do you like puzzles? What kind? Jigsaw, word, etc? Yub. I have some box puzzles on my ThinkGeek wishlist. I like jigsaw puzzles but I haven't done them in forever -- most of the puzzles I do online these days. I loved games like 7th Guest, 11th Hour, Shivers, etc. that had a lot of puzzles.
If I wanted to include something for your fluffball, what would be good, and what should I stay away from? grainless or made in china -- avoid! I'm sure my dogs would love a new small planet dog orbee ball. especially the pink and blue.
Would homemade treats be something you'd like for your dog/cat? As long as they are grainless/gluten free, sure!
If you get a long weekend this weekend... what are you doing with it? Staying in? Going out? Family? Friends? If you don't get a long weekend, are you OK with that, or a little sad? (If you are Canadian, apply this to last weekend). I had to take Miss Lela to get her teeth cleaned in Eastern Washington. I didn't even go see fireworks, I was asleep before dark.
Would you be interested in getting a kombucha starter and instructions on how to use it to easily make your own fermented, probiotic tea drink? no thanks!!
Anything from Villainess that strikes your fancy, either from their update or from the GC? yes yes yes. Decadence Whipped! And I could use another smack that is just Rose Rose and Vanilla Vanilla. Or one that is rose, leather, smoke, and vanilla. I wanted to try their Bourbon Vanilla whipped/smooch but I don't see them on the website anymore??
8/29
would you like a scarf? If so, colors, length, iwide or skinny? Bulky yarn or thin and slinky??
Nah, I don't wear scarves unless they are really intense double knitting or colorwork. I prefer long shallow crescent shawlettes!
How about some dishcloths, for the kitchen? Or spa cloths for the bathroom? If so, which? Any particular colors??
I would take dishcloths for the kitchen made with scrubby! Can always use more cloths for the bathroom too. Colors would be the same as my usual favs. Purples, blacks, jewel toned blues. No neons, pastels, or navy.
Would you like any of Cat Coven's Halloween goods? It's her original artwork based on medieval art. (It's a limited edition of everything, so hopefully things arent sold out yet.)
I don't think I see anything that I super need. I like her t-shirts and dresses but they are pretty spendy compared to teeturtle sales. I love her goat pin but not in gold, plus it's sold out.
Look at The Green Salmon's webpage The Green Salmon - do you fancy any of the teas, coffees etc?
The Green Fairy latte mix sounds interesting. Rootin' Tootin' Licorice Chai. Green Salmon Black Tea Chai Latte mix. Organic Daydreamer's Tea.
Any of the dark roast blends (whole bean.)
Any of the cocoas except the berry, but especially the super shroom or the maca.
What are your favorite halloween/samhain treats to eat? Please be specific. I have access to various candy stores, including healthy candy lol.
Soul cakes or Barmbrack or Fadge (I like mine with dried fruit like cherries and spices like cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, sometimes with cacao powder.)
Colcannon or champ or farls. Mmmmm butter.
Pumpkin bread (I love Smitten Kitchens recipe.)
Pumpkin cheesecake.
Pumpkin soup.
Roasted hollowed out pumpkins with something yummy served inside, like our harvest ragout soup.
Roasted carrots, cauliflower, potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips, parsnips, cabbage, and other veggies.
Fenberry Pie (savory pie with cranberries and chicken or other meat. Rabbit is excellent with it.)
Baked apples and pears.
Erbowle (hot liquidified plums spiced with cloves.)
Salad with apples, pecans, hazelnuts, pomegranate, dried cranberries, blackberries, and some type of cheese.
Apple butter or pumpkin butter.
Apple cider or wassail.
Caramel apples.
Cinnamon and clove everything.
Squash everything.
Pumpkin ravioli.
I don't usually eat corn (sooo much GMO corn out there), but I'll eat corn around samhain. Roasted or mexican street corn is my fave. And cornbread.
- During this time I'll do kettle corn too. NOM. Sometimes caramel corn.
Sorry, I can't think of any candy that I especially would only want around Samhain. (I don't do Hersheys or Nestle and prefer only ethical slave-free chocolate.) Maybe some of Holly's Penuche?
Would you like any of these Snag Halloween tights? And if so, which of their sizes? https://snagtights.com/pages/halloween
No thanks, I don't do tights. I'm lucky if I wear something other than tees/camis and pjs/shorts.
Also is there anything you would particularly like from the UK?
Everything! Tea (Bird & Blend, Whittard, Harrods, etc.) Chocolate! (NearyNógs!! Ombar? Solkiki! Lucocoa! Chocolate Tree (chocolate covered orange peel!!) Forever Cacao (drinking chocolate with coconut sugar!) London chocolate! (omg truffles, caramels, etc.) Montezumas (awesome looking truffles. Truffles and drinking chocolate are my favorite.) Wine gums! Lush! Future Primitive - Ghost Smoke everything! Red Dwarf all the things! I mean, really, I would probably spend like a million dollars (that I don't have) if I visited the UK. I really want to go to Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. I love knotwork, everything Arthurian, many BBC shows, ... Lots of good yarn there too!! I mean, there are probably so many things that I don't even know I want. Clotted cream! Clotted cream fudge! A decent pudding steamer! Sticky Toffee pudding recipes! I love tablet and tiffin. I'd love to try Custard Creams! Send me Jaffa cakes! Send me decent Jammie Dodgers! I love hob nobs digestives (no chocolate.) Vintage things from portobello road market? I love antique silver and glass crystal, especially purple glass or glass with neodymium in it. Cheese? Port (haha!) Whisky?? Chutney? Jam? Scone mix? Something awesome from Liberty Fabrics? (cotton, like quilting fabric or tana lawn - fat quarter or a yard.) Pim's No 1? Handmade things from a craft market? It's probably too hard to send me fish and chips, or great indian food, or afternoon tea, or scotch eggs, or cornish pastrys. bulbs / seeds? Give me a place to stay when I visit someday?
8/30
What Halloween things off RedBubble do you like? Share link if possible.
I have RedBubble stuff on my amazon wish list (probably under clothing and under stickers.)
8/31
Is there anything you might want from Japan? Snacks (autumn flavors are out~), nerdy stuff, cute stuff anything!
I love flavored kit kats!!!
I like spooky washi tape or origami paper.
I would love recycled kimono silk!! (purples, blues, black, grey preferred.)
I love japanese incense (low smoke preferred but will take whatever.)
I could use a soy sauce dish for sushi dipping, preferably with a meneki neko, or equine, or rabbit in the moon, or ...
maybe a furoshiki cloth?
I used to collect starbucks bears/city/Been There mugs, so any Japanese starbucks mugs (demitasse or ornament size would be great) or whatever. I see that the website for Starbucks Japan has siren bears right now!! Would love to try the japanese starbucks VIA Matcha or Hōjicha. The bear shaped cold drink tumbler is the CUTEST. I guess there are regional limited edition stuff that are only sold at certain stores too. Maybe a cool starbucks gift card (empty is fine because I doubt they are compatible with the US stores -- SBUX Japan is it's own company and not part of SBUX US.) that says Japan or something. Right now they should have the anniversary collection out but soon they will have a halloween collection too! caramel macchiato mooncake!
Would love to try any snacks that are especially unique to Japan.
Tokyo Honey Sugar Butter Cookies?
Something with Sakura?
Moon Festival items or snacks (mooncake?)
Wagashi candy?
Shittori Choco?
Galbo (royal milk tea!!)
Bisco?
Bourbon Baum rolls?
Pizza poteto?
Black Thunder (custard apple pie sounds fantastic!)
Konpeito Sugar Candy?
Dorayaki (chocolate, custard, or matcha?)
cream collons?
caramels?
Koala's march? (honey, matcha, or chocolate)
Seasonal purple sweet potato flavored hi chew or other goodies?
I mean, I've never been there so I don't know what I'd want? But I love sweet things and sometimes savory things.
is there anything being removed from site or a virtual con scent you are interested in trying?
I grabbed the virtual con scents I wanted. I am sooo behind on updating my wish list though! I think I'm ok on stuff leaving the site, although I missed out on Lupers.
Moonalisa.....she just released her new Halloween scents, lip balm, candles, and soaps, want anything? (mooscents.com)
I bought some lip balm, so I'm good.
9/1
I was wondering whether Tim Tams in any incarnation would tempt my witchee?
I've had Tim Tams and thought they were only ok. I am a heathen! Maybe if there is a special seasonal flavor? I would take other sweet Australian goodies. Jaffs? Carmello Koala? Picnic bar? Anzac biscuits? Maggie Beer Fig and Fennel Paste? wagon wheels? Scotch finger biscuits? Iced vovos? cheese twisties? I would try a cherry ripe although I don't usually love coconut in candy bars. kingstons? hundreds & thousands? violet crumble? Any kind of snack that is australian that you like. no vegemite though, I can get that here.
On the less sweet side, are there any other Australian things you might be tempted by?
Starbucks Australia exclusive things? Bearista (looks like a Siren Bearista!) I am totally jealous of the Rabbit in the Moon hot beverage tumblers and water bottles that are out there right now. Any city mugs or "been there" mugs / demitasse / ornaments would be very welcome!
Do you enjoy fanfic? I would be happy to write something for you, and/or read/comment upon/gush over thing(s) you've written, if that's something you'd enjoy...
Not especially.
Would you appreciate rare TAL decant(s) in 1 mL amber roll-on bottle(s)?
Sure!
How do you feel about enamel pins? If positively, which fandoms or topics would you like?
I don't ever wear them. I have a bunch that are stuffed in a cookie jar. I could use a coffin shaped fabric thing to hang on the wall and put all of my pins on. Umm I don't even know what I want until I see it.
9/2
I make lightweight hairfalls, the kind that can be attached to a pony tail or to pig tails. They are good for those of us that are more tender-headed. I use a variety of materials like shibori ribbon, and puffy yarns and pieces of lace and silk. You can use them for every day or as part of your Weenie costume. Is this of interest to you? If so tell me what length, what color(s) and if you want one for a pony tail or two for pig tails.
No thank you, I suck at putting those on, haha!
During my recent travels I got to experience the incredible delight of Serge Luten perfumers here in Paris (imagine if the Lab and Anna Sui made babies inside a Cadbury Cream Egg decorated with stained glass windows and...you've come close to the experience of being in that shop). Anyway, after spending gobs of monies, they loaded me up with delectable samples of their insanely expensive wares- do you want some???
Um, YES.
Haus Of Gloi just had their Halloween update! Anything appeal to you? https://www.hausofgloi.com/collections/fall-1
I would take Ghost Puffs in any of the scrubs/whipped soap and maybe a small body emulsion? Would take candles in any of these: Blueberry Tart, Lemon Marshmallow, Marshmallow Rose, Apple Milk, Blood Orange Marshmallow, Cozy Pumpkin, Ghost Puffs, Olde Cider Haus, Pumpkin Eater, Pumpkin Queen, Red Roan. (Candles would be for my mom.) Refresher sprays welcomed in Blood Orange Marshmallow or Ghost Puffs (or Lemon Marshmallow from summer area but there is only 1 left!) I would take butterbombs but I don't see any!
9/3
I just came across this Etsy shop (TheGrayMuse) and I WILL BE ORDERING and wondering if you would like something from there as well?
Not really my thing.
Future Primitive Soaps has released it's fall stuff. Would you like anything from there dearest witchee? https://futureprimitivesoap.co.uk
Ghost smoke whipped soap or scrub! (I'd actually like her recipes for everything too, I think she sells those on her etsy.)
I harvested some elderberries yesterday and I have a lot more out there, so I made a batch of elderberry syrup. Would you appreciate a 4oz bottle of it?
Sure!
Do you want anything from Sea Witch Botanicals (I can buy it locally from shops)?
I love Sea Witch!
*Scented Veil, Incense, or Candles
scents: qouth the raven, white lodge, hermitage, herbal renewal, krampus (I have scented veil in krampus), green fairy, timberwolf, ostara, lammas... I think Hermitage would be my top pick in scented veil. EDIT: I would totally try the new Samhain incense!!
*Would try the facial soap and facial care products, the shampoo bar, starry night lip balm, the homecleaning duo (on sale!)
I love pinch pigs!! They're sold out at Sea Witch but I think etsy has a ton of them from various people.
Hirons Drug Store - which is basically an Unbelievable place to browse for every kind of eclectic, fun, spooky, weird, and even useful thing you could want - so tell me some Odds And Ends of things you like or want, I know this is open ended, sorry - - gadgetry, stickers, toys, pens, costumery, snacks, decoration, kitchen stuff, etc
Stickers, pens, snacks...
Gift Certificates you'd like to places that are local to you?
Yuppy Puppy (toenail trims) Mostly I like GC's for food because I'm poor and eating out is a treat. I eat total crap food when I eat out. Costa Vida, MOD pizza ... unfortunately the super local places don't have GC's. (The Steer Inn, The Ram, D'Lish's, etc.)
How do you feel about ILNP nail polish and what are your favs from the new Cosmos collection and any others on their site??
I rarely wear nail polish, although ILNP is my fav!
Would you be interested in anything from Alobudra? https://alobudrallc.company.site/products/
I am kind of intrigued by backflow incense but I would need a backflow incense holder. I saw one that is a gargoyle the other day and wanted it but resisted.
I like mists, incense, bath salts, candles, resins... anything with my scent profile.
are there any more “traditional” Japanese souvenirs you’d like to have (think chopsticks, tenugui, washi paper, etc.)?
See answer above!
9/4
Would you like to try Brujita Skincare ? (Ignore the out of stock except for In Your Room collection and Inner Child Ritual candle.)
The Sandalwood hydrosol sounds nice. Minis of Sea Algae cleanser, Purple Reina facial scrub, and Vegan creme?
Would you be interested in any jewelry or other items made with tiny bones from this shop? There are some Halloween themed ones: https://www.tinybonesandthings.com/s/shop
I don't wear much jewelry and don't have room for the vials or domes, so pass.
If you like tea, is there anything you would like from Bird & Blend? https://www.birdandblendtea.com/
I love bird and blend!!! I would love to try the Sticky Chai, Rose & Cardamom Chai, Toffee Chai, Butter Brew, Peach Cobbler, Violet Cream, Campfires & Vampires, Devon Cream...
and could always use more Bonfire Toffee and Vicky's Sponge Cake!!
9/5
BloomChic - just discovered them - Take a look at the Halloween stuff, and tell me the link and the size of whatever thing you like!
These are all kind of "my style". I'm an 18/20. Sorry, I didn't get link, just read that now, but I did cut and paste the actual name so they shouldn't be hard to find. I don't usually wear dresses much though, so the sleep stuff would probably get the most use. I kind of really want the hooded sleep jumpsuit, haha!
Halloween Skull Print Hooded Zipper Sleep Jumpsuit (black or purple)
Halloween Skull & Spider Web Print Pocket Sleep Pants
Halloween Skull & Floral Print Bell Sleeve Dress
Halloween Bat Print Elastic Waist sleep shorts
Halloween Bat Pattern Mesh Pompom Trim Dress
Halloween Bat Print Mesh Square Neck Dress
Halloween Bat Print Pocket Button Up Sleep Jumpsuit
Bat Print Pocket Square Neck Dress
Halloween Skull Print Pocket Sleep Short
Poesie Tea! Do you like? Some of my favorites are from this company. https://www.poesieperfume.com/loose-leaf-tea
All of the black teas except the chestnut sound good. I don't do chamomile, rooibos/honeybush, pu-erh, or mate. I'm kind of meh about oolong and green unless it is very deliciously flavored. (I do like jasmine tea!) I don't often do tissanes/herbals, when I do it's usually basil/licorice/mint/eucalyptus (Breathe Easy original from Traditional Medicinals is one of my staples.) Please don't send me caffeine free tea / herbal tea / tissanes unless it's specifically on my wish list.
9/6
Would you like anything from Trader Joe's? (Pumpkin products are, sadly, not in stores yet, but they will be during this round!)
I have a Trader Joe's so I'm probably good. I guess I should finish off the Pumpkin Sticky Toffee puddings from TJ's that I've been hoarding. And the maple bread. OM NOM NOM.
Do you have any Halloween traditions?
I used to ALWAYS do corn mazes but I haven't done one since moving to this side of the state.
What about Halloween-related fandoms? (ie. The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Yes, NBC is a big one. But like Halloween is Everyday. Ministry said so.
non-U.S folks!!! We always end up asking what we'd like from your exotic-to-us locales, but do you have any wishes for things from the States?
I iz in the states, but if you live in a place that has Starbucks Been There mugs or find a City Mug at a Thriftstore... think of me.
I make things from thrifted sweaters that I cut up & make things from. Do you like armwarmers? I personally do not need any as I am too hot 99.99999999% of the time. But my son wears his ALL YEAR LONG, even when it's 100 outside. (hats too!) If you wanted to make him some, he would be so grateful!
Long or short? Long long long
Solid color ( elegant) or funky stripes made from multiple sweaters? Stripes or solid color both work.
Fave colors? His fav colors are blue and green (jewel tone or dark - not navy, not pastels.)
Is cashmere okay? Yes.
Wool & related blends? ( I never use scratchy wool for arm warmers.) Great!
Do you like buttons used decoratively? Absolutely. He loves dragons and pirates and vikings.
I also do coiled & sewn rope work- it's functional art I wrap the rope in fabric & add appliques. I just had my first art show with these- bowls, trivets ( that can hang on the wall when not in use), coasters. Is this something you'd like ? Um, duh!
What sort of Halloween fabric? Whimsical? Witchy, bats, mushrooms, moths? BATSSSSSSS. Also sugar skulls. Or sugar skully dogs. Gravestones. Spooky trees. Purple / black / grey / silver, no orange or yellow please.
How gothy do you like? ALL THE GOTHY.
have velvets & sparkly stuff to work with too. What is your preference witchee? oooh! Velvets! Except that they are probably harder to get dog hair out of. Just cotton is ok. Sparkly is good too.
9/7
How do you feel about cherry things? Check out Cherry Republic and let me know if anything catches your eye!
I love cherry things! Cherry balsamic vinegar! dried cherries (whichever kind would be best in my cherry almond fruitcake.) Milk chocolate covered cherries and or dark chocolate cherry turtles. Cherry jam or preserves, or spiced cherry preserves. Cherry black tea. Shortbread. Cherry nut mix. Black Cherry Cream Soda, True Cherry Cola, Cherry Root Beer, Cherry Lime Soda. (I hardly EVER drink soda, but I would make an exception for these.)
Similarly, are you into fancy flavors of olive oil or vinegar? Check out Fustini's and let me know if anything appeals!
OMG I love flavored oils and vinegars! And really really really thick artisan balsamic vinegar. I bought a bottle of it at a renn fair of all places and my mom used it all! The nerve! (and I got her three bottles of flavored, sigh!) So probably the 12 or 18 year dark balsamic. If their balsamic is super thick, I would also probably love most of the fruit ones. (Cara Cara Vanilla, Peach, Raspberry, Apple, Mango, Pomegranate, Strawberry.) The really thick ones can be used as salad dressing (without oil) and that gets a lot of use at our place. The vanilla bean white balsamic sounds really interesting too!
We also have an awesome store for jams and sauce, American Spoon which you should totally check out!
Mmm! Maple Syrup, Star Thistle Honey, Raw Honey, Salted Maple Caramel, Maple Cream, Candied Pecans, Red Raspberry Butter, Damson Plum Preserves, Honeycrisp Apple Conserve, Spiced Pear Conserve... too many things. I just love food and this is why I need to be on my keto diet, haha! (I'm taking a break whenever I plateau, so I can still eat other things within reason.)
Would you like some locally sourced maple syrup?
oooh yes. Maple sugar treats are good too.
Finally, I live in a place known for fudge. Do you like it and/or are their flavors you particularly like? My favorite shop is Murdick's if you need to see a flavor list.
I love penuche (no nuts!) (Holly (Greenwoodtree) makes the BEST penuche! Holly's Apple Pie is amazing too.) Oooh they have BUTTERSCOTCH. One of my fav flavors for pudding and soda, haha. I would definitely try that! I also like chocolate with cherries, or chocolate peanut butter. Or peanut butter chocolate chip. chocolate caramel sea salt. plain chocolate. plain double chocolate. turtle! If I were at a store, I would want to sample the butter pecan and the maple bourbon pecan. and the vanilla. because those sound interesting but I don't know that I would want a whole slice. Can you get it in smaller quantities at the store?
Anything from the IKEA Halloween store catch your witchy eye? https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/campaigns/halloween/
I do not. I would say the light up black tree, but I got one in a swap last year! Now I just need nightmare before christmas ornaments and tree topper for it! (ideas on my amazon holidays list)
https://wildsoulriver.com I own the Magical Nature Tarot and love the feel of the cards. They have candles and teas and tinctures and books of the activist or witchy sort. Anything you see that you'd like?
I would love a hagstone! The Herbal Spell Baths look fun. Honey, Maple Syrup. Wow, it sounds like the Wild Rose Essence was made for me.
I live near a Penzey's Spice https://www.penzeys.com
- do you cook? Not a lot because so many people here in the house and one is very controlling about food and the kitchen.
- Do you want fancy schmancy spices or spice blends? I actually have a lot right now. The only kind of thing I really need is really good organic grass fed ghee.
- If you cook is there a type of cuisine you are interested in learning more about and would appreciate a starter pack of spices for that type of cooking? Nope, I'm good.
Colourpop's Haunted Mansion collection dropped today.
If you're interested in makeup or skin care, are you interested in anything from Colourpop? https://colourpop.com/
https://colourpop.com/pages/wishlist?wishlist=0qICbpa-qefHhWGPKgoVk2QwlR1Dc2z4Gkf6Js1Qdg-
I really kind of want the smoky eye palette. And the haunted mansion super shock eyeshadow.
Anything of interest from Cellar Door? (They have candles and soaps.)
I would love a Once Bitten candle but they are on the spendy side.
Are you into wax melts, candles, incense, room sprays, or none of the above?
I like all of those things but I hardly ever use any of them.
Would you like anything from Luvmilk's Monster Mash?
I love luvmilk!
Products:
Bath Salts, Milk Bath, Dusting Powder (no Puff needed), Sugar Scrub
Bags are fine for salts/milk bath
Scents:
Alien Girlfriend
Pegasus Lover
Old Flames scents:
Clown Girlfriend
Gumiho Girlfriend
Oni Lover
Scarecrow Girlfriend
I dye yarn. Are you a person who crafts with such? What fiber, weights, and colors would tickle your fancy? Would you rather have two different 100g skeins or enough of the same something for a bigger project?
I do use yarn! I like fingering, Sport, DK, Worsted, Aran... If fingering, a skein of 100g or two different skeins of 100g are enough for a project most likely. 200g are probably big enough for the other weights of yarn too, I could make matching mitts and hats or something.
Provided my experiments work, would you be interested in a bar of homemade tallow soap? I promise I will not send you anything particularly suspect, so this is entirely contingent upon my competence.
Sure!
Do homemade caramels or shortbread tickle your fancy?
Um, yum. Matcha shortbread! Caramels of all kinds.
9/8
because I’m a knitting kind of witch, would you appreciate a pair of hand knit socks. If yes, would you like them in a particular colour?
I don't wear socks often but I would always take hand knitted socks. I usually do stripey but it depends on your yarn stash I guess! I do a lot of black or grey for socks, but purple would be good too!
What type of spooky season imagery do you like? (Ie. bats, ghosts, vintage Halloween, etc.)
Bats, skulls, corvids, gargoyles/grotesques. Creepy bottles! Nightmare before Christmas stuff.
Astrid's Autumn Line and Anniversary Tea Party just dropped. Anything you want?
Yes! Usually there is too much fruit or floral in her perfumes but some of these sound like they're my style. Just decants would be perfect.
- Darkness Summoned
- Rose Gold
- Weaving Beneath the October Moon (ok, sometimes I like lavender and pumpkin together)
Homemade and preserved food goodies - Which of these things would you like my dear witchie? All are organic and grown or made by me.
sun-dried heirloom tomatoes Yes!
dried ancho chile peppers - can be whole halves or ground into a delicious powder Sure!
sugar-free candied pecans and walnuts or almonds Pecans or Almonds, I don't like walnuts.
gourmet quality fudge in many flavors (formerly from my ETSY shop which I had to close until I have my own home again) please give me an idea the kinds of flavors you like. My more popular ones are Penuche, Choc & PB, Pumpkin pie, Forest fruit (with cherries, blueberries and cranberries), Vegan chocolate Penuche (no nuts), Apple Pie, Forest Fruit!!
dried italian plums (pitted) Nah, I have lots.
sugar-free canned plum or logan berry jam Loganberry jam!!
freshly dried rosemary, thyme, basil, parsley individually or in combo Any of the above.
almond flour baked goods (low carb, sugar free, and gluten free) - give me examples of savory and sweet things you'd like Butterscotch, matcha shortbread, cardamom/clove, hatch chilis..
Might you like a witch hat? Later this month I'm taking a class at an area museum where I'm supposed to decorate 2 hats. Also I crochet wicked cute witchy hats.
I already have one from you!
9/9
Do you see anything here that interests you? They have dry shampoos, whipped soaps, awesome hand cream, linen spray, sugar scrubs and perfume. https://www.etsy.com/shop/faefragrance/?etsrc=sdt
I can't tell if they use clean ingredients or not so pass.
9/10
Anything you want from my favorite local tea shop? www.fridaytea.com
I like black tea or jasmine tea mostly. I do like chai (with black tea) as well!
- Choco Cherry black tea (I don't always like chocolate in my tea, but this sounds interesting! enough to try it - sample?)
- Irish Cream black tea
- Lapsang Souchong or Russian Caravan (I love my smoky tea)
- Pirate King Blend (smoky and irish cream together, win win)
- Queen of Hearts (I almost always love me some rose tea.)
- Rue the Day (Star Anise and cherry sound like an interesting blend.)
- Harvest Spice
- Caramel Apple black tea
- Masala Chai
- Dragon Phoenix Jasmine Pearls
- Supreme Jasmine Snowflake
The Locked Tomb is one of my fav fandoms; here are the blends I would like to try from it. too bad the sampler is sold out.
- II. For the Shield
- III. For the Crown
- VI. For the Blossom (ok, I'm not usually a fan of Oolong or green, but this came up with a jasmine search so I would try it.)
- IV. For Fidelity
- IX. For the Tomb (so expensive tho!)
How about from my skincare person? drjensbeautylab.com/
Sure! I have really dry skin that manifests by making my sebaceous glands overproduce so I end up with really oily skin.
- So I could use a really good moisturizer.
- The lavender eucalyptus scrub sounds nice.
- Whatever cleanser or serum would be good for my skin -- I get a lot of mild acne because of the over oil production but the oil production would be cured by treating the dry skin, so I don't want products for oily skin, y'know?
- The setting powder looks great!
- whatever you think I'd like.
How about from my witchy Chandler? https://www.etsy.com/shop/TeresaLynnsSimpleLux
- A lot of their candles sound nice but I don't burn candles very often. My mom burns candles though, so I could enjoy their scent out in the living room. The Sinus candle looks interesting, and anything that has scent notes I like is fine. Stolen Hoodie, Witching Hour, Uncle Ted's Pipe Tobacco, Self Love, Y'all Gonna Make Me Burn My Sage Up in Here Up in Here, Record Store Nag Champa. (prefer no pumpkin or coffee)
- Good Night Moon spray?
It's also that time of year where I make handmade soap (usually with calendula infused olive oil, tallow, oatmeal and honey) and candles (feel free to specify color and size, I don't usually scent them, but I do have a clover and apple scent I've been wanting to play with). I can also annoint and dress candles with TALs and herbs. Any interest?
Yes to the soap, no to candles (I'm not a fan of unscented except for ritual candles and clover/apple don't sound like my scents.) TAL/herb ritual candles would be good!
I also grow herbs which can be culinary or magical. I'd be happy to prepare a smudge or dry some herbs for your enjoyment. I currently have oregano (yellow and standard), mugwort, thyme, sage (purple or garden), tea peppermint, chives, lovage, plantain, comfrey, raspberry leaf, and yarrow. I'm probably forgetting something.
Yes to everything except the mugwort, I have tons (from winterblizzard even!)
I also make salves! My go to in an arnica, calendula and comfrey mix for healing wounds or chapped skin. This can also be used on pet paws. We do have barely enough time that I could do a custom infusion.
Pet paw salve would be nice!
9/11
Anything in the Paintbox Soapworks Halloween update looking good to you? https://paintboxsoapworks.com/new-limited-edition/2023-weenie-collection/
Let me in at Your Window is the only one that doesn't have any scent notes I don't like in it. Sorbetto or Bath Streusel are the products I like. (plus bonus points for Kate Bush / Wuthering Heights.) Also fantasticake, GTFO, Red Right Hand, The Queen is Dead, sample of Cartographer's Wasp (not sure if I would have a skin reaction to the Cassia.) Or in the Karen Rose collection, the Deacon sorbetto. In the benefit collection, pussy hat sorbetto.
9/12
If you have a furry friend living with you, what sort of treats do they like?
What treats DON'T they like?? I am a bit picky about food though, and for dogs I try to get all ingredients grown and made in the US or a country with good food laws (not China for sure) and stay away from fillers. No rawhide. They love bully sticks but those cost their weight in gold. If you're in the Seattle area, Mud Bay has great grain free bulk cookies! I usually get the salmon ones. Or the blueberry hearts.
9/13
What is your feelings on seasonal mugs? Yes or, no? Too many in your house or bring them on??
I really have too many normal coffee mugs to have seasonal ones plus I only do huge mugs (20oz preferred but 16/18 is ... ok) and I mostly drink out of covered mugs, so I love ceramic ones with handles and lids or some of the stainless steel travel mugs I have on my beverages amazon wishlist (links to red bubble / society 6.) I always wait for a sale at both Society6 and Red Bubble, and I have a bunch of $5 off codes but I don't know how to give them to a witch without it spoiling surprises. There are usually lots of sales there up to 70% off if sign up for the spammy email alerts (I create alternate accounts for all of my spam lists and birthday reward lists and stuff... yay for free gmail.)
Abigail Larson moved from society6 -- Her stuff is on Threadless now. -- but I can't make new links on the amazon wish list since they discontinued the universal wish list, sigh. But I love her Three of Swords and Raven travel mugs. But they are a lot more expensive now then they were on Redbubble/society6. sigh. And I don't know if threadless ever has sales or how that all works or what the quality of their mugs is.
I do collect the sbux "been here" and "city mugs" but prefer the demitasse / ornament size if available, the full size if not. (not the to go mugs in those since I don't drink out of them, they just go with my collection, haha!) The "been here" usually comes in a box.
Are your wishlists - Amazon, Etsy, etc - up to date, and if so, are they all linked somewhere that I can find them?
Yes, they are linked in my SW and Circular Swap help in signature.
Do you have anything you use every day that you wouldnt mind getting more of?
Epically Epic lip balm for sure. The Turkish Delight is AMAZING. And I have talked to the owner and they are clean ingredients, so good to go. I'd love to try the Marshmallow and Lavender Marshmallow (as well as like 100 more Turkish Delights, hee hee.) Otherwise I use dog cookies every day (multiple times, they are very spoiled and will constantly do tricks or bring me things to exchange for cookies.) I can always use more leashes so I can start keeping some in my car and some outside by the pig area for when I need emergency restraint for a dog (to walk them to the pasture with me or outside of the fence.)
Anything you love or need to have from Adagio or Rishi teas?
I don't do Adagio (HORRIBLE OWNER, google for horror stories from employees.) I really am actually almost full on tea since my bff sent me a HUGE PACK for my birthday this week. Although I always love more from Mariage Freres, Bird & Blend, or my wish list, haha! I am such a tea hoarder! I just ordered another case of Breathe Easy (Traditional Medicinals) since my lungs feel like crap after all of the fires and I ran out, so I'm good there.
List here things you wish you would've added to your questionnaire
Umm I can't think of anything. I could use a new phone tough case but again with the spendy unless you get a huge sale. (I have a bunch on my red bubble wish list which is in my SW - Circular Swap Help linked in my signature.) The iPhone SE (2020)/8 - Tough is the right one.
9/14
Nocturne Alchemy just dropped their Halloween update! You like the looks of anything? https://nocturnealchemy.com/collections/limited-collection
I think I have it narrowed down to two. I will probably order them myself.
Is there anything you would like from the Weenie update?
tbd
How do you feel about stickers? If positively, are there any themes you'd rather not have stickers of?
I really have too many stickers but I also wouldn't say no to all of the ones on my red bubble wish list, so .... I might need more water bottles to put stickers on or something. My current stainless bottle is getting pretty full of stickers and I don't like to overlap them.
What about crystals, cool rocks, and gemstones?
Obviously you are not my witch because I have lots of those things (I think?) on my wishlists (amazon and etsy.) Gimme!!
9/15
How do you feel about Squishmallows and Squishables? (They have mini and micro sizes for those who like cute plushies but don't have a lot of space.)
I have mini cthulhu and the wolf with the moon (mini Hati II.) I got my son the mini plague doctor. I'd love any bats or gargoyles! Also unicorns! And baphomet! And yeah, there are lots I like. ooh there is a new baby cthulhu... but baphomet, gargoyle, happy bat, or honduran white bat would be my first choices of things in stock.
Would you wear enamel pins with chains that are meant to be put on lapels? (Something like this.)
probably not if they are connected with chains, I rarely wear shirts with collars.
Speaking of enamel pins... The Pickety Witch's Autumn and Halloween collection just dropped. Has anything caught your eye?
Lil bat, but sold out. I have more on my Etsy wishlist (from Pickety witch's Etsy shop) under jewelry and pins.
I used to make mobiles out of paper cranes, would you appreciate something like this? if so, what size restrictions do you have, if any? ie., should it take up less space vertically or horizontally? color palette preference?
No thank you, I make my own cranes!
9/16
ordering bulbs from https://oldhousegardens.com and was wondering if my witchee would like some.
any of the snowdrops!!!! S. Arnott mentions strong scent and good cut flowers, so maybe that one.
Would you like something like "sock arms" if I find time to craft? (Sometimes I make a pattern called Toast or Toasty {one has a thumb the other is just a tube} http://www.afriendtoknitwith.com/2008/09/toasttoasty.html. here are other photos from my blog: https://www.elkaknits.com/?p=845 )
-- If so what sort of colors?
My son likes sock arms or really long fingerless mitts. Soft non scratchy (but not acrylic), his favs are green and blue. (He is 30 something, so adult size.)
Witchee, what's your take on seasonal-themed Washi tape?
I have a LOT of seasonal Washi tape actually, but I welcome all Halloween-y tape, especially bats. Also unicorns. And scratch and sniff tape. And whatever is cool. I have enough valentine's day, fourth of july, easter, Yule, etc. to last for years.
What about seasonal treats from Trader Joe's?
I go there a lot, so I'm good.
I make gluten-free biscotti this time of year, lemon and also cocoa varieties: does this sound good to you?
I love biscotti! Chocolate, chocolate almond, almond, gingerbread...
Would you like me to make a music mix for you? I kick it old school with a burned CD. If you're into this, name at least 3 to 5 genres of music you already love, or are interested to explore more of!
I do listen to CDs in my car, so if you want to make some, go for it. I mostly listen to dark wave / 80's pop these days and I still have a lot of industrial music CDs but they don't get a lot of use. My current favorite album is the new one from Tears for Fears. Right now in my car I have New Order, Moev, TFF, Depeche Mode's new album, Howard Jones, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Oingo Boingo, some mix CD's from violetchaos, and ... I don't remember what else.
9/17
Anything here you like? https://bserway.com/
i have a lot of his artwork. Too much, I don't have frames for all of it!! I still have a bunch on my Etsy wishlist though, under artwork. The ones that are not on Etsy that I like and don't have are:
Cauldron's Bottom https://bserway.com/products/cauldron-s-bottom
Gsleslicr https://bserway.com/products/copy-of-blackwood-anthropophagy
Sleepy hollow https://bserway.com/products/copy-of-among-sheep-1
i think these ones are on Etsy:
Remember Me as a time of Night https://bserway.com/products/remember-me-as-a-time-of-night
Waning neonate https://bserway.com/products/waning-neonate
the crone's seer https://bserway.com/products/the-crone-s-seer
Old dreams waiting to be realized https://bserway.com/products/dreams-waiting-to-be-realized
also I like the cars, postcards, stickers. It looks like the mystery pack is still in stock although most of the rest are sold out.
(I have no nightmares, memento mori, duskmother, foxtales, featherweight, the fox & the crow, I might have mirror ov uncloaking???, nightbringer, Jersey devil, sleipnir, and more that aren't listed on Etsy or his website right now.)
so, yeah, I could use a ton of black frames with pure white mats, matted for 8x10, with glass.
also if you wanted to get me a print, I really really really someday want "lala dog", "waiting", and "chosen" from zepplinmoon (on Etsy artwork wishlist.)
Anything you'd like from my Ren Fest? There is an outstanding garlic based shop I'll be going to next weekend, for my annual stock up of their spice blends & garlic oil blends. Any other Renny stuff that you like?
I love garlic! I love ceramics with crows, friesians, gargoyles, pibbles, Celtic knot work, ferrets... I love the huge ren faire blankets with any of the same. Henna kits could be fun if they have good stencils. Cool hand made brooms are probably too spendy and hard to send, lol. I adore faires and markets and love all the things.
know we are looking at a lot of candles, but if you are into looking at more (and it is ok to say you are not), do any of these strike your fancy?
https://www.lakewoodwax.com/candlesforacause
(Feel free to take a look at their current and signature scents too but I wanted to highlight these fundraiser scents first!)
I can't tell if they use clean products and scents or not, so pass.
8/19
f you are a person who appreciates tarot and oracle decks, do you have a strong preference about receiving new ones vs gently/barely used?
I do not! I am getting a bit overloaded with tarot and oracle decks tho. I removed some from my etsy and amazon wish lists I think. I am ok with most things gently used.
Are you a Studio Ghibli fan, and if so, what are your feelings about fan made art featuring characters?
No thank you! I am not that much of a Ghibli fan.
Want anything from LUSH? Here's the link specifically to their Halloween drop (https://www.lush.com/us/en_us/c/halloween) BUT, feel free to peruse all of it.
Um, yes. But you have to check their ingredients carefully to make sure no SLS or parabens because they use both. Some of their tooth things have saccharin (shudder.) I use the Plaque Sabbath which has xylitol and I'd prefer it was stevia sweetened instead, but sigh.
Also I would like to say that I hate LUSH new website. Shopping by tag is not my jam, and stuff will pull up and then disappear (like the Unicorn lip scrub) so I don't know if they just don't have it anymore or what. Our only local LUSH is downtown where there is no unpaid parking, so I don't go very often. Like less than once a year. So samples of stuff is always appreciated, I know their prices are high.
Scents: I love most things from LUSH (smell wise) so I am not sure you could go wrong. My fav smells from there are Silky Underwear, Snowcake, Twilight / Sleepy, Butterball, Rose Jam, Lord of Misrule, Candy Fluff/Snow Fairy, Lust, Flying Fox, Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds. (yes, some of these are long discontinued.)
Products:
No:
* Their solid perfume does not work on me
* I don't especially love the lip scrubs, as an FYI, except for Unicorn.
* The wash cards have SLS (Sodium Lauryl Sulfate.)
* Most of the Body Scrubs have SLS. (Ocean Salt self preserving is ok, I love samples.)
* Most of the shower gels have SLS.
* Most of the solid and liquid shampoos have SLS. (The cream shampoo I checked did not.)
* Most of the bubble bars have SLS.
* Some of the facial oils have parabens.
* Most of the bath bombs have SLS.
* Most of the creamy moisturisers have parabens.
Yes:
* Melts look like they would be ok! (bath melts - at least the Sleepy one is, it's the only one I looked at.)
* Dream Cream (self preserving) is what I am out of and use the most but it's super spendy so I try to get it during the Yule sale and I have enough Sleepy cream to last me until then.
- I THINK most body creams are safe, I just have to check each one. I only use Dream Cream on my hands. Rose Argan body conditioner looks interesting (I love samples!)
* Soap (omg, Lord of Misrule soap! I'd love some Demon in the Dark, I used to get that all the time before it was discontinued. The Dia de Muertos soap (Cempasúchil) looks fun - I would like to sniff it but they probably don't samples of LE stuff?) I would totally also take Rose Argan soap (sample?)
* Angels on Bare Skin
* Movis facial soap looks interesting, would love a sample
- I think most facial soaps and cleansing balms (like Sleepy Face) are ok, but double check. (I love samples)
* Skin Drink self preserving moisturiser is ok. Peace is ok, (I love samples!)
* Rose Lollipop lip balm looks interesting (they can probably do a sample, they gave me samples of solid perfumes so ...)
* Full of Grace solid facial serum / moisturizer looks interesting (I love samples!)
9/20
Part 2 of the Autumnal/Halloween drop from Haus of Gloi is coming this weekend- take a look and see if anything is compelling! https://www.hausofgloi.com/blogs/haus-herald/fall-part-2
I would try a scrub or exfoliant in Violet Moon for sure. Yay butterbombs! But none of those scents sound good to me. Nag Champa yes, but leaves? no.
Also, I live in Philly and will use ANY reason to spend time at the Mütter Museum- anything of interest (including, but not limited to, the well-loved BPAL exclusive for the museum, Ü?) https://www.muttermuseumstore.org
I don't know. A magnet? A lens cloth? Plague Doctor pin? Spit Means Death button?
If you are so inclined, do you want or need any natural items or ingredients for spellwork that could be collected from forests, ocean, fields or stream? I also have access to oak gall ink and various other esoteric substances.
Wow, that sounds great!! All of the above. You'd have to tell me what kind of pen to use with the ink though.
Are you a fan of the show Cobra Kai?
Negatory.
Do you enjoy any of the scented items from Victoria's Secret?
Hard pass.
Would you be interested in receiving a silver locket with papyrus and herbs inside, as a protective amulet?
Heck yeah!
9/21
So Witchee mine, are you a spellworker? - any interest in acorns?
I am a lazy spellworker but I would LOVE to have a bunch of acorns. maybe 3 or 5 or however many. I need to remember to go look for the teeny tiny acorns that are in a parking lot at the "old" costco location (I don't think anything else has moved into that building yet, but it has lots of oaks around the perimeter of the parking lot.)
Witchee, do you like anything from Lenny Mud?
ok, so I have had the "A Woman's Place is in the Resistance" mug on my wish list forever but never buy it for myself and it hasn't ever been one of the deeply discounted sale items, but they are spendy so I don't expect anyone to get me one (or anything on my wish list really, but my lists should give you an idea of the things I like? I love hand made / home made and local things too!) I might get a bunch of their stickers when I get mom a bigfoot mug. and I might get the night circus travel mug and the ruth bader ginsberg mug because sale.
9/22
From previous questions you've answered, I know a lot about the teas you'd like from specific places, but I want to know your more general tea preferences. Black, green, white, rooibos, oolong, herbal?
Pretty sure you are not my witch then because my Circular Swap help is pretty detailed about the kind of tea I like. As in, I like black and flavored black, matcha, SOMETIMES green, jasmine, meh on white, only certain herbals (I LOATHE camomile), ixnay on the rooibos and honeybush and puereh and mate, meh on the oolong.
- Japan is particularly big on their green tea and hojicha (roasted green tea), any interest?
ok, I have never tried hojicha and I would love to try some. I saw that SBUX has matcha and hojicha via (dried in little "stick" pouches) and I love matcha in sticks like that (especially flavored) so I would totally try some. I get the "acceptable" blends of matcha for baking, haven't tried the ceremonial. I could use a matcha whisk and bowl for "real" matcha that isn't in the little sticks and formulated to dissolve easily in a bottle of water.
- My partner has given me an extraordinary amount of rooibos from South Africa. It's amazing and I'd like to share, so would you like some?
Sorry, no, I really do not like rooibos. However, my MOM might like it? She drinks non caffeine tea and has liked flavored rooibos at least.
despite being uk based I’m probably gonna have to make a torrid order because I fell in. Anything catch your eye while I’m doing it?
Let me look! (I kind of love torrid because I am plus size and I like gothyish geeky stuff. yes, I am still 12.) Plus Stranger Things and NMBC!
I'm a 2 or an 18/20 for the nonce
I love these things that are still available in my size and are on sale:
Disney NIghtmare Before Christmas Classic Fit Laser Cut Roll Sleeve Tee (50% off)
https://www.torrid.com/product/disney-nightmare-before-christmas-classic-fit-laser-cut-roll-sleeve-tee/40580002-00684.html
Stranger Things Sleep Tank (60% off)
https://www.torrid.com/product/stranger-things-sleep-tank/40670006-00684.html
Stranger Things Sleep Short (60% off)
https://www.torrid.com/product/stranger-things-sleep-short/40670007-00115.html
Netflix Stranger Things Demogorgon Classic Fit Scoop Neck Tank Top Licensed ($9.99 final sale)
https://www.torrid.com/product/netflix-stranger-things-demogorgon-classic-fit-scoop-neck-tank-top-licensed/40175131-00006.html
WTF and a bunch of prices went up since I posted these!!!
9/27
How do you feel about nail wraps, like from Espionage Cosmetics? They are having a tempting fall sale. Anything catch your eye? https://espionagecosmetics.com/collections/itsfallyall23
I suck at doing nail wraps. But I would be tempted by NMBC, bats, etc.
Is anyone into colouring in?
No thanks.
9/30
Since I'm starting to get ads for holiday shop stuff coming in, witchees who are winter holiday afficionados, are there any decorations, treats, etc. that you would be looking for?
Nightmare Before Christmas ornaments for my little black tree! Gothmas from Sept - Jan! And a tree topper and a little tree skirt and little black and white beaded swag to wrap around it, or whatever. (I have lots of ideas on my wish lists scattered everywhere...)
10/2
I just came across this kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulinafae/halloween-dreams-playing-cards I do own almost all her decks and I know they are kinda busy for readings but I still like them. Do you?
They are super cute, but kickstarters take forever to fulfill -- sometimes years, lol! -- and I already have lots of playing cards that I never use, including some from kickstarters. That artwork is cute though!
10/10
would you like any whole dried cayenne peppers or fresh red pepper flakes?
Always! Flakes would probably get more use.
10/12
I will be attending the Bloodmilk Sphinx and Snakeskin event here in Philly tomorrow! Would you like a bottle of Dream Skin, dearest Witchee?
I wouldn't say no, but oakmoss is likely to go bad on me. A half decant is probably better.
10/13
Anything you crave from yesterday's 2nd Weenies drop at BPAL?
Wait, what? *runs off to look* ooh a new 13! *runs off to update 13 spreadsheet*
I would actually be interested in trying this 13 since it's not chocolate. I'd also be interested in Lady of Saintonge.
8/27/23
Would you like any of the following? (Maybe just remove the things you aren't interested in?):
I literally would love all of your homemade items and herbs and stuff. Sadly I can't do alcohol right now because of my medication.
Would you like me to knit you a hat, shawlette, cowl, or fingerless mitts?
I do always love me some fingerless mitts or shawlettes. I have a "make for me" section on Ravelry! And another make for me area for the Vampire Swamp I used to join every year. A lot of the items I'd want someone to make me are crochet amigurumi or colorwork, because I don't crochet and also I rarely do colorwork for myself.
How about a soap bag (knitted), washcloths, or tarot card bag?
I'm good because I make these things myself! Maybe nice washcloths. Or dishcloths made with that "scrubby" red heart stuff.
Or maybe a gknitted Gnome? Or bat? Ghost? Black Cat? Voodoo doll? Monster? Or something else spooky?
See the answer above with the make for me links!
If you want any knitted things -- color preferences?
I love black and purple, black and white, black and grey, black and blue... blurples of all sorts. Jewel tone colors - no navy or pastels or neons.
My mom has an etsy shop with project bags for knitting/crochet or what ever you want to use them for. We could also make tote type bags, flat zipper cosmetic type bags, or boxy bags/dice bags. Are you interested in this type of item? I have all kinds of spooky fabric that isn't currently up on the shop if you look through the sold items. https://twinklentwilight.etsy.com
I always love more bags because I am kind of a bag whore. I most of mine are full, hahaha. There are some with Pit Bull fabric on them that I would adore, I think on my etsy wish list (looked afterwards, all sold out. wah wah.) Or heck, just find me super awesome pit bull fabric and I can make my own bag.
8/28/23
LUSH's Halloween collection drops 8/31. I will be making an order. Can I pick up something for you?
Hm, I need more Dream Cream (self preserving) but that is kind of expensive for the huge container (which I absolutely use all of!) I love most of their items as long as you double check that they don't have SLS/sulfates, parabens, etc. (some of their items do!!) I love the scent of Lord of Misrule, Rose Jam, Twilight/Sleepy, Candy Fluff/Snow Fairy, Snowcake, Butterball, Silky Underwear, etc. . Black Rose bomb (ingredients look ok, and I love Rose and Black, so perfect!) I don't do their solid perfumes but the trial size of Lord of Misrule perfume would be welcome! Any safe bath bombs, shampoo bars, etc. are welcome. I kind of want the Unicorn lip scrubby (if they still have it) but otherwise I don't especially love the lip scrubbies in general. I would absolutely love to try the Soother toothpaste jelly. (mmm Clove!) I've never tried the Aroma & Bath Melts. I love Silky Underwear dusting powder. Would love to try Let the Good Times Roll cleanser (sample?) Most of their cleansers, shower gel, shower jellys, bubble bars, etc. have SLS sadly, but that one doesn't. Would try Charity Pot (sample?) Would love a really good moisturizer for super dry skin (sample?)
Ok, I have seen the Halloween update!! I would take the Bat art bath bomb (even though it has sulfates, I can live this once) and I would LOVE Lord of Misrule soap and/or Demon in the Dark soap! (I used to get Demon in the Dark back in the day before it was discontinued.)
Which Surprise Items that will be at Dragoncon might you be interested in?
Ooooh. I am interested in ALL of the Convention Survival Oils. And when All Hallows rolls around, I absolutely want to try Ghost Milk and Vampire Milk! Invisible Man Milk sounds interesting too except maybe not if the musk is too sheer, so decant for sure. A Timid Twinkling Golden Star and The Witches Have a Fire Again also both sound interesting! (Except Oak / Oakmoss goes wonky on me, so maybe just a decant for Witches.)
EDIT: I purchased all of the convention survival oils when they went up online.
Would you be interested in dangle earrings or pendants made of dried roses (and other beads)?
My ears are not currently pierced and and I haven't been able to wear necklaces with any kind of chain (for the necklace) or metal clasp (for non metal necklaces) but I would absolutely hang something in my car or on the wall. I love roses, especially if super fragrant.
How do you feel about stuffies that are sewn? Form or fabric preference?
I do have a lot of bat stuffies on my etsy wishlist but I don't really NEED any. Plus if I keep any stuffies anywhere that the dogs can reach them, the stuffies will become dog prey and will be eviscerated and destroyed.
Teeturtle, anything look fun?
Always! Teeturtle is my fav. I wear the women's 2xl. They're out of my size on a lot of shirts I want, but here are some options (in no particular order.)
https://www.teeturtle.com/products/murder-is-wrong?variant=19577791476805
https://www.teeturtle.com/products/well-behaved-women-seldom-make-history?variant=19577791461938
https://www.teeturtle.com/products/craft-hoarder?variant=19577791494138
https://www.teeturtle.com/products/animal-names?variant=19577791456715
https://www.teeturtle.com/products/i-love-crafting-halloween?variant=19577791487668
https://www.teeturtle.com/products/cathulhu?variant=19577791496660
https://www.teeturtle.com/products/be-weird?variant=19577791499357
https://www.teeturtle.com/products/friendship-never-dies?variant=73845407753
https://www.teeturtle.com/products/coffee-fox?variant=2433463222281
https://www.teeturtle.com/products/mystical-crow?variant=19577791494110
https://www.teeturtle.com/products/memento-mori?variant=19577791487459
https://www.teeturtle.com/products/carpe-noctem?variant=19577791482901
Haus of Gloi's first fall collection has dropped - anything you like?
I would take Ghost Puffs in any of the scrubs/whipped soap and maybe a small body emulsion? Would take candles in any of these: Blueberry Tart, Lemon Marshmallow, Marshmallow Rose, Apple Milk, Blood Orange Marshmallow, Cozy Pumpkin, Ghost Puffs, Olde Cider Haus, Pumpkin Eater, Pumpkin Queen, Red Roan. (Candles would be for my mom.) Refresher sprays welcomed in Blood Orange Marshmallow or Ghost Puffs (or Lemon Marshmallow from summer area but there is only 1 left!) I would take butterbombs but I don't see any!
8/29/23
What about Paintbox Soapworks Fall scents?
Let me in at your window - sorbetto (sample size is great.) I'm really kind of overloaded with sugar scrubs right now but that one sounds good. Plus Wuthering Heights / Kate Bush reference ftw.
How do you feel about CBD as an ingredient in something? Like a pain relief lotion or lip balm?
I absolutely use CBD as an ingredient in lotions and lip balms although I'm not supposed to have any right now because of the medication I'm on.
I'm getting into bookbinding! Is there a fanfic/book (I can try to get the text block in paperback and rebind it)/out-of-copyright book that you want hardbound all fancy?
Hm, I had some on my etsy wish list at one point but my mind is a blank right now.
8/30/23
Cellar Door's seasonal items are out. Anything you need?
I would LOVE candles in Once Bitten and/or Sex Machine.
Are you interested in anything from Grounds and Hounds? They give back to rescue dogs and they have more items than just coffee. Hot chocolate, apparel, stickers, mugs, dog toys and blankets, caramels, brewers, etc.
OMG so many things. I love the Must Love Pibbles throws but they're spendy.
Must Love Pibbles or Celebrate Pibbles tumblers. (I pretty much only use tumblers these days because lids. and they're 20oz!!!)
Coffee (whole bean or pods)
The Beast
The Dog Sleeps in my Bed
Two Tails
Good Boy
Chocolate Peanut Butter (pods)
Glazed Donut (pods)
Stickers:
Pit Bull Sticker
Any of the Grounds & Hounds stickers (homeward, throwback logo, die cut, signature logo)
Rescue heart
Dog Mom
Anything from here? The Halloween Collection is adorable. Clothes That Fit - Snag US (snagtights.us)
I don't do tights right now (or really much of anything except PJs, shorts, and tee's.)
9/1/23
Moonalisa drops Halloween tonight. Huge list of scents. What appeals to you? (www.mooscents.com)
I'm good, I got some of her lip balm but I don't need any of her perfume right now.
Anything from here? Halloween 2023 – Witch Baby Soap
SLSA is ok and is not considered a sulfate, so I can do their items. Here is what sounds nice to me:
Black Mass coffin bath bomb
Candy Corn shimmer butter
Cord Cutter bath bomb
Dragon's Blood bath bomb
Floralia body scrub
Hellhound scrub
Hex Breaker bath bomb
Hex Breaker scrub
Honey Pot body butter (2 oz size)
Indigo body scrub
Laid out in Lavender coffin bath bomb
Laid out in Lavender coffin sponge soap
Love bath bomb
Love body scrub
Lunar Tide face mask
Medusa face soap
Psychic ultra rich shimmer scrub
Rune Stone bath bomb
Samhain bath bomb
Spooky Cat bath bomb
Virgo birthday cake bath bomb
are there any particularly spooky reads you are interested in? Favorite horror author's with books you haven't read/don't own yet? Comic books included?
Nah, I'm not especially into horror. I'm an epic fantasy / sci fi reader.
I'm going to the MD ren faire this weekend - anything you like from faires? It's a large one with very strictly juried vending so think higher quality goods ‐ teas, soaps, scents, arts, prints, etc.
I love ren faire stuff. Any quality tea is lovely!
Favorite medieval or renaissance or fantasy creatures or imagery or legends?
Unicorn, Hippocampus, most equines and dogs.
Hey Swapee, you said you like gummy candy. Have you ever had the real deal Middle Eastern candy that " invented" gummy candy? Made with real fruits & nuts & sooooo good. I have a fabulous Middle Eastern grocery near where I work that has more than 20 flavors.
Would you like a box? I love turkish delight. I love different fruit ones too, but I hate walnuts and it seems like those are in a lot. I'm ok with almonds or pecans.
If so, what kinds of fruits or berries do you like? Most of them? Plum, raspberry, blueberry, blackberry, huckleberry, peach, mango, apple, pear, pineapple, etc. etc.
would you like hand knit items? Fingerless gloves, hats, small shawl or neck gaiter? If yes, please give measurements.
I always love fingerless mitts but I am very picky about using a super stretchy cast on and bind off because I have huuuuge hands. I don't wear cowls or traditional knitted hats. I do have a bundle on Ravelry called "make for me" if you need ideas... it has a lot of amigurumi because I'm not great at crocheting... also lots of colorwork and double knitting. 😂 Honestly, I'm too hot 99.99999999% of the time and I wear t-shirts / shorts / sandals (no socks) when it's 40 outside and am comfortable. So some of the costume-y hats on my list or amigurumi would probably get more use than mitts or a shawl right now since I make my own.
My head is: 23"
My wrist is: 8.25"
My palm above thumb is: 8.5"
Where I would start/stop a thumb gusset is: 3.25"
Let's say I'm going to make something with your favorite non-fantasy animal that comes in multiple colors of coat. Do you want the "classic" color or would you like one of their lesser depicted colors? Or a fantasy color like blue or purple?
If you're going to make me something with piggies (and they're ALWAYS commonly depicted as pink which I personally find annoying because those are usually hogs, not pigs) I would really prefer the color that my piggies are (Duckie - Gold, Snuffie - Amber with black spots. Lots of photos on my instagram.) If it's pibbles, I love "blue" (ie, steel grey.) White stripe up the nose optional. Friesians are always black, I like black but a purple or blue tone would be fun too. Ferrets I love the "dark eyed white" color. Ratties I love blue hooded. Bats, black and grey are great but whatever fantasy color (purple? dark red? blue?) is fine too. Did I miss any?
https://www.instagram.com/miss_twilight/ (my main insta, I don't post a lot)
https://www.instagram.com/no.dana_only.zuul/ (dogs insta, haven't posted in a long time)
Would you rather your creation had utility, or was simply aesthetic?
Up to you, I'm good either way.
I have multiple ideas. Would you like to see one idea repeated across two or three... "things", or would you like two or three different ideas manifested? (Alternatively expressed as matching set vs. unrelated expressions.)
I'm good with both!
What are you hoping "I" will make "you"??
I don't even know myself! I don't wear jewelry anymore for a variety of reasons (allergic to metal except sterling silver and surgical steel, but can't wear metal necklaces at all because the chain irritates my neck no matter what it's made of .. can only wear silk ribbons or leather right now but don't.) My ears and body piercings are all healed up. I knit, so I don't really *need* knitted things. I have 10+ prints waiting for frames, but frames are kind of at the bottom of my expenditure lists. Things that I could in my window, or outside, or put in the garden? I'll treasure whatever anyone makes me, so make whatever you'd like. Just because I don't *need* things doesn't mean I won't LOVE them.
What are your feelings about bags? Do you like certain size? Would you be okay with a purely decorative small bag, or does that just sound bonkers?
Well, I do live with someone who has an etsy shop that sells project bags, so I have a LOT of bags of a project size. I'm not sure what I would do with a purely decorative small bag unless it contains something smelly to stuff in my sock drawer or the like. Or if it's appropriate to hang off a belt which dress up for a Renn Faire (in which case I would give it to my son.) Other than that, I don't really use bags other than grocery size bags and while I have a ton of those, sometimes I still buy more when Trader Joes comes out with a new cool design... but I will always take your bags.
9/5/2024
Anything in Paintbox Soap Works Halloween release that you'd like?
Anything hand knit or embroidered you might like?
I make shower steamers, salves, candles, soaps and other such. Are you interested in any such homemade goodies?
9/7/2024
Would you like a small watercolor painting? I'm talking 3×5". If so, would you like it based on your preferred Halloween motifs or something else?
I make light-weight hair falls ( I can do single or double, if you have a preference for pony tail or pig tails)- I make them out of things like soft yarns, up-cycled silk and bits of lace. Is this something you'd like? If so, tell me up to three colors and a length in inches you'd like.
Anything from the Haus of Gloi Fall update?
How about the Nocturne Alchemy Halloween update?
9/8/2024
Milk, Dark, and or white Chocolate?
Would you like a gently-used tarot or Lenormand deck?
I'm going to Disney World all next week!!! Can I get you something? (Maybe you have a favorite Disney / Star Wars / etc character or fandom? Maybe you're a Pin Trader? Maybe you like cute kitchen-wares / tea pots / nice English tea / pot holders tea towels?)
This is has been alluded to in other questions, but feelings about candles/wax tarts/incense and scent profiles?
are you interested in skincare, such as trying travel sizes of various types? (would be cruelty-free, cleaner options coming from over here, if that matters to you!)
9/9/2024
Let's talk earrings. Pierced? Stud, dangly, hoop? Any ear wire preferences? Large or small? Other preferences?
If there is something extravagant on your wish list, would you like one large gift and the rest of your gifts quite modest, or would you rather forego the lavish item in favor of more of a mix among your other gifts?
The Trader Joe's Fearless Flyer is out with all of their autumn offerings. Is there anything you would like?
9/11/2024
I have in my possession a selection of real Bakelite bangle bracelets! Definitely from the 1940s-1960s era. Would this be an exciting gist for you to receive?
Would you like anything from sock dreams?
9/13/2024
Would you be interested in a spooky mini waffle maker or spooky playing cards?
Does anything from SnagTights strike your fancy?
What about from Michaels or JoAnnes?
do you like Ren fairest? Might there be a fun little thing I should find for you there?
9/14/2024
Weather permitting I'll be going to a witchy Florida themed night market next week! Is there anything you may want from it?
9/17/2024
Do you desire any Samhain ritual-type items, if so, what?
Tell me, my ghoul-friend, would you love to see things from these places (and what?) as you unwrap your gifts? I will be going to the Pacific coast soon, and there are witchy stores (one with serious occult supplies, many handmade including inks, quills, books, etc), a HUGE gem & mineral store, a huge yarn shop, shells and way too much sasquatch stuff, also an amazingly diverse mercantile in Yachats, OR, and the Green Salmon, where unique PNW teas, coffees are sold
9/18/2024
Would you like spooky-themed stationary supplies? What kinds if so?
What about unanointed spell candles?
Could you use any clever storage boxes like these?
9/22/2024
If I were to place an order from Cellar Door, what strikes your fancy - they're having a fast 20% off sale through Monday so I'd need an answer fast
10/2/24
Would you be down for baked goods as a day zero gift? If so, are there any you particularly enjoy that travel well?
Is your perfume wishlist up to date?
10/4
Do you need herbs? Rosemary, thyme, winter savory, oregano, sage or such? Mugwort for tea/burning? I grow lots of herbs and I'm happy to share!
9/5/2024
Anything in Paintbox Soap Works Halloween release that you'd like?
Oooh. Fairytale!! Jack-of-the-Woods sounds interesting except I'm scared of the mushroom part. Ask Tarty how heavy that part is?
Let me in at your Window? The Grey Hound?
The products I like are bath streusel, sorbetto, hot process soap -- the partner would totally try some of the shaving soap (Black Sun, Wayfinder.)
Anything hand knit or embroidered you might like?
I would love embroidered things! Especially snarky gothy embroidered things.
As far as hand knits go, I am WAY too picky about stretchy cast on/bind off, sizing, yarn, etc. since I am also a knitter. I make my own things.
I make shower steamers, salves, candles, soaps and other such. Are you interested in any such homemade goodies?
yes please. All of the above except salves, I already have a brand new tin of it from Winterblizzard.
9/7/2024
Would you like a small watercolor painting? I'm talking 3×5". If so, would you like it based on your preferred Halloween motifs or something else?
oohh yes! Bats and the moon? Spooky trees? Whatever speaks to you.
I make light-weight hair falls ( I can do single or double, if you have a preference for pony tail or pig tails)- I make them out of things like soft yarns, up-cycled silk and bits of lace. Is this something you'd like? If so, tell me up to three colors and a length in inches you'd like.
Only if you show me how to wear them with my super short hair! (pony tail, purple / black / blurple, ummm long enough to go past my neck and shoulders?
Anything from the Haus of Gloi Fall update?
I love their Ghost Puffs in body powder!! And/or Bubbling scrub or sugar exfoliant.
How about the Nocturne Alchemy Halloween update?
So I don't really want anything with cinnamon, coconut, oak, moss, or oakmoss. That leaves out a LOT of their Halloween offerings. I'm also not a huge fan of florals or fruits, but I really like their vanilla, amber, patchouli, other woods/resins, rose, lavender, and musks.
From Halloween Limited '24:
Black Vanilla Kulfi
Candy Corn Wraith
Black Amber Incense
Black Patchouli Amber Incense
Black Rose Amber Incense
Blood Moon
31 Bats Pandora
31 Bats Morticia
31 Bats Mircalla
9/8/2024
Milk, Dark, and or white Chocolate?
Milk! (I will not go into the "white is not chocolate" debate, look at my restraint!)
Would you like a gently-used tarot or Lenormand deck?
Sure! If it fits my wishes/aesthetic.
I'm going to Disney World all next week!!! Can I get you something? (Maybe you have a favorite Disney / Star Wars / etc character or fandom? Maybe you're a Pin Trader? Maybe you like cute kitchen-wares / tea pots / nice English tea / pot holders tea towels?)
YESSSSSSSSS All of the Nightmare Before Christmas things!!! I love kitchen stuff!!!! Anything would be awesome but I have a skeleton themed kitchen so any towels, teapots, canisters, pot holders, kitchen stuff in general. I love 20oz or larger mugs. I like pins too!
This is has been alluded to in other questions, but feelings about candles/wax tarts/incense and scent profiles?
I love all of them! New place will have a huge jetted tub with lots of room for candles and good air circulation, I love beeswax candles and candles from Sea Witch Botanicals or other places that don't put a lot of synthetic fragrance or additives in their wax.
I have a few wax tart melters, same with the synthetic fragrance and additives.
I love good quality low smoke incense like Shoyeido but if you can find other good quality low smoke incense with a great fragrance throw, I'd be down to try it.
(I have major respiratory issues, so I prefer places who use really safe products in their candles and incense, like Sea Witch Botanicals. Here is an article about breathing in things from additives: https://seawitchbotanicals.com/pages/what-are-synthetic-fragrances I guess this applies to perfume and room spray as well!)
are you interested in skincare, such as trying travel sizes of various types? (would be cruelty-free, cleaner options coming from over here, if that matters to you!)
Not really, I never use them and they aren't usually large enough to see if my skin likes them or not. (I would need to use for a week or more.)
9/9/2024
Let's talk earrings. Pierced? Stud, dangly, hoop? Any ear wire preferences? Large or small? Other preferences?
I think I talked about this in my questionnaire. Right now my ear piercings are closed up and I'm hoping to get them pierced again but gauged up (I don't know how large yet, so with a hollow needle at a body piercer place. So I'll be looking for larger than normal earring wire (but not huge) spirals and things. I'd prefer 304 stainless steel (if not sterling silver) or 316L surgical steel (low nickel content) -- please no 316lvm surgical steel as that has more nickel. Titanium is also supposed to be nickel free, as is Niobium (non-plated.) No color plating on anything, that irritates my ears and causes infection. I'm PROBABLY going to go with 16g as that is the lowest size available in most of the jewelry that I like.
If there is something extravagant on your wish list, would you like one large gift and the rest of your gifts quite modest, or would you rather forego the lavish item in favor of more of a mix among your other gifts?
Totally up to my sender, I'm good with both. I'm going to use the same caveat that violetchaos used on hers -- I don't have room for things that just sit on shelves or flat surfaces. A figurine of a bat, no thank you. A box or tray shaped like a bat? YES PLEASE. (or mirror, or --- Joann Fabric has garden stakes with bat spinners on them, I laughed, I cried as I put them back in the rack.)
The Trader Joe's Fearless Flyer is out with all of their autumn offerings. Is there anything you would like?
I've already picked up the Maple Butter but would take more... sadly my store didn't have All the Fall Things yet. I'd love the Maple Spiced nut mix, Milk Chocolate Covered Honey Comb, Apple Shortbread Cookies, Hold the Cone Tips!!, the dogs love their cookies (preferably grain free.)
9//11/2024
I have in my possession a selection of real Bakelite bangle bracelets! Definitely from the 1940s-1960s era. Would this be an exciting gist for you to receive?
My vintage collection is solely neodymium items that change from purple to blue in different lights. Not into bakelite or vaseline glass. Thank you for asking!
Would you like anything from sock dreams?
I *have* a Sock Dreams wishlist but I almost literally never wear socks so they really would be wasted on me. (I wear Madrid Birkenstocks everywhere. Kidney issues = swollen feet/ankles = most of my shoes don't fit.)
9/13/2024
Would you be interested in a spooky mini waffle maker or spooky playing cards?
I have *so many* playing cards, so no please. A regular size waffle maker would be cool but not a mini one I don't think. Sorry!
Does anything from SnagTights strike your fancy?
I never wear tights, sad face.
What about from Michaels or JoAnnes?
I love so much of their Halloween offerings! Everything bat! (prefer things that are not plastic or flimsy.)
do you like Ren faires? Might there be a fun little thing I should find for you there?
I love Ren Faires!! Most of the things I want would probably be too spendy. Hand thrown mugs / drinking horns / vases / bowls / coats / corsets / etc. Maybe some cute buttons (bats?) Or if drinking horn holders (that sit on a table) aren't too expensive?
9/14/2024
Weather permitting I'll be going to a witchy Florida themed night market next week! Is there anything you may want from it?
Oooh sounds great! I love lots of things from markets but I don't know specifically what I'd want that would mail well. Whatever you think I would like?
9/17/2024
Do you desire any Samhain ritual-type items, if so, what?
ooooh. Sadly my brain fog is a thing and I can't think of anything specific but I love this season so ... anything you think I'd like and would fit my spook.
Tell me, my ghoul-friend, would you love to see things from these places (and what?) as you unwrap your gifts? I will be going to the Pacific coast soon, and there are witchy stores (one with serious occult supplies, many handmade including inks, quills, books, etc), a HUGE gem & mineral store, a huge yarn shop, shells and way too much sasquatch stuff, also an amazingly diverse mercantile in Yachats, OR, and the Green Salmon, where unique PNW teas, coffees are sold
I could use some rose quartz or blue rose quartz palm stones or towers. I could also use some more selenite sticks (at least 8 or 16 of them) to grid my new room(s). Or pick some palm stones or beads (or cabs) for intent for me. I'm needy, haha. (I can make bracelets or necklaces from the beads and wirewrap the cabs.)
I love coffee and have a grinder, so whole bean. Prefer dark roast and I don't mind flavored. Also can do k-cups.
I love yarn (fingering, sport, dk, worsted weights), (merino, silk, merino silk cashmere, etc. no acrylic please.)
I really have a LOT of tea so unless it's from Damman Freres or Mariage Freres, pass for now.
Handmade Ink, quills, and books sound interesting. I love handmade sealing wax and seals as well.
9/18/2024
Would you like spooky-themed stationary supplies? What kinds if so?
Nice pens?
What about unanointed spell candles?
I think I'm ok on those right now.
Could you use any clever storage boxes like these?
nope, I've had those and given them away.
9/22/2024
If I were to place an order from Cellar Door, what strikes your fancy - they're having a fast 20% off sale through Monday so I'd need an answer fast
I think I had a wishlist for Cellar Door for a while. I'd love a candle but would also take soap.
* Black no 1
* Farmhouse Pumpkin
* Lavender Pumpkin
* Once Bitten
* Sanderson Spice
* Spooky Season
non seasonal:
* Acadian Driftwood
* Lavender Fields
* Midnight Rider
* Sex Machine
10/2/24
Would you be down for baked goods as a day zero gift? If so, are there any you particularly enjoy that travel well?
Of course! Shortbread (chocolate or flavored), pumpkin bread? Open to more but in a hurry and no brain.
Is your perfume wishlist up to date?
Sadly, probably not!
10/4
Do you need herbs? Rosemary, thyme, winter savory, oregano, sage or such? Mugwort for tea/burning? I grow lots of herbs and I'm happy to share!
Sure, I love dried herbs!
8/27/23
Would you like any of the following? (Maybe just remove the things you aren't interested in?):
Catnip (organic, from our property. Dried in our dehydrator.)
Canned food items
Thick Huckleberry Syrup (or thin huckleberry jam -- it was kind of a fail for how thick/thin it is, but still tasty. Has sugar.)
Bluebarb jam (blueberry/rhubarb) (has sugar.)
Blackberry, Raspberry, or Strawberry Jam (they have sugar)
Possibly peach or plum jam or butter (we can probably make it without ingredients you can't have - if allergies)
Apple Crips (dried apples with nothing added, not sure what kind of apples we'll do this year. Usually honeycrisp.)
Mugwort smudge wand (some with lavender) (all organic, from our property.)
Dried lavender I can do sachets or just some in a mesh baggie. Sadly our lavender is too dry right now to do wands.
Rose petal beads (if I manage to make enough, I'm gathering rose petals right now.) I'll probably put them on a string unless I have time/energy for more.
Thunder Butter? (like icy hot but made with herbs, beeswax, menthol, wintergreen, cayenne. Spot test so it doesn't burn your skin.)
Rose Petal liqueur sample (has sugar.)
Lavender Vanilla Bean liqueur sample (has sugar.)
Mead sample (flavor depends on what kind of mead my son has made lately. Can make it dry, semi-sweet, or sweet to your preference.)
Would you like me to knit you a hat, shawlette, cowl, or fingerless mitts? I can do colorwork hats or cowls with skulls, bats, pumpkins, ghosts...
Yarn preference? (merino wool, merino cashmere, merino silk, merino silk cashmere, acrylic, sparkles or no sparkles, etc.
How about a soap bag (knitted), washcloths, or tarot card bag? (washcloths will be cotton. soap bags will probably be either cotton or non-superwash wool so they shrink around the soap. Tarot will be silk - I have limited colors in silk.)
I can do the BPAL Brimstone logo, bats, skulls, cats, jack o lanterns, whatever on washcloths.
Or maybe a gknitted Gnome? Or bat? Ghost? Black Cat? Voodoo doll? Monster? Or something else spooky? I have lots of patterns. Here is an example I did for the Gnome swap.
If you want any knitted things -- color preferences? I can do stripy mitts, cowls, or hats. Solid or gradient color shawlettes, cowls, mitts, hats. Colorwork hats or cowls (base color plus whatever color for your skull, ghost, bat, jack o lantern, spider, witch hat, moon, cat, or whatnot.) Solid one color for soap bag, washcloths, or tarot bag. (I think I only have purple silk for the tarot bag.) Pick three or four colors for Gnomes (one of those colors will be their beard, I usually use white.)
My mom has an etsy shop with project bags for knitting/crochet or what ever you want to use them for. We could also make tote type bags, flat zipper cosmetic type bags, or boxy bags/dice bags. Are you interested in this type of item? I have all kinds of spooky fabric that isn't currently up on the shop if you look through the sold items. https://twinklentwilight.etsy.com
8/28/23
LUSH's Halloween collection drops 8/31. I will be making an order. Can I pick up something for you?
Which Surprise Items that will be at Dragoncon might you be interested in?
Would you be interested in dangle earrings or pendants made of dried roses (and other beads)?
How do you feel about stuffies that are sewn? Form or fabric preference?
Teeturtle, anything look fun?
Haus of Gloi's first fall collection has dropped - anything you like?
8/29/23
What about Paintbox Soapworks Fall scents?
How do you feel about CBD as an ingredient in something? Like a pain relief lotion or lip balm?
I'm getting into bookbinding! Is there a fanfic/book (I can try to get the text block in paperback and rebind it)/out-of-copyright book that you want hardbound all fancy?
8/30/23
Cellar Door's seasonal items are out. Anything you need?
Are you interested in anything from Grounds and Hounds? They give back to rescue dogs and they have more items than just coffee. Hot chocolate, apparel, stickers, mugs, dog toys and blankets, caramels, brewers, etc.
Anything from here? The Halloween Collection is adorable. Clothes That Fit - Snag US (snagtights.us)
9/1/23
Moonalisa drops Halloween tonight. Huge list of scents. What appeals to you? (www.mooscents.com)
Anything from here? Halloween 2023 – Witch Baby Soap
are there any particularly spooky reads you are interested in? Favorite horror author's with books you haven't read/don't own yet? Comic books included?
I'm going to the MD ren faire this weekend - anything you like from faires? It's a large one with very strictly juried vending so think higher quality goods ‐ teas, soaps, scents, arts, prints, etc.
Favorite medieval or renaissance or fantasy creatures or imagery or legends?
Hey Swapee, you said you like gummy candy. Have you ever had the real deal Middle Eastern candy that " invented" gummy candy? Made with real fruits & nuts & sooooo good. I have a fabulous Middle Eastern grocery near where I work that has more than 20 flavors.
Would you like a box?
If so, what kinds of fruits or berries do you like?
9/6/23
Are you a fan of vivziepop/helluvaboss? Anything from their merch store?
Also, stickers? I have found lots of smaller local stores (including natural food stores) have been selling good quality stickers. And Halloween sticker packs in various craft stores. Preferred styles or general images (cats/flowers/celestial, etc).
Since it is Pumpkin Spice Season (during this swap), what is your Pumpkin Spice oppinion? Or just pumpkin? Or apple anything?
How do you feel about taxidermy/bones/pinned bugs?
9/7
Colourpop's Haunted Mansion collection dropped today.
If you're interested in makeup or skin care, are you interested in anything from Colourpop?
https://colourpop.com/
1. Cellar Door just posted their Halloween goodies - I love their scents, soaps and candles - which of these might you fancy? https://cellardoorbathsupply.com/collections/halloween-fall-collection?
I'd REALLY like to try the Once Bitten soap and/or candles!! Also Black No. 1, Sanderson Spice, Zombie Repellent, Lavender Pumpkin, , Michigan Moonglow, Graveyard Smash. From their permanent collection, Sex Machine, Tickled Pink (soon to be retired!!)
2. If you'd like handmade knit items, are you good with soft wools or do you prefer acrylic only?
zomg, no acrylic unless for amigurumi. I love merino, merino silk, merino cashmere..
2a. Are there any items you'd love for fall/halloweenie? (Ie mittens, hat, fingerless mitts, cowl, legwarmers)
I always love fingerless mitts but I have really large hands so using stretchy cast ons and bind offs is a must! I like double length cowls, shawlettes, etc. Please look at my ravelry "make for me" bundle to get ideas. -- the gnomes and foxes are for my mom. (I don't like traditional triangular shawls unless they are super special (like the bat and unicorn shadow knits or double knitting) and I don't wear hats except newsboy type caps with a brim or maybe some huge gothy sun hats.)
3. Anyone fancying the new Paintbox Soapworks or Witch Baby Soap Halloween launches?
I haven't looked at PBSW yet but I have a wishlist of their normal things and summer things. I know nothing about Witch Baby Soap and I'm super picky about soap because my hands are super dry.
edit: I looked a PBSW and unfortunately most of their halloween stuff has at least one death note in each offering. (I don't love coffee scented things or most floral, fruit, or dirt.)
edit: I looked at Witch Baby and I would be down with trying their bath potions, bath salts, bath bombs, hand sanitizer, hand salve, soap, scrubs, face mask, body butter (sample size?) etc. in any of my note preferred scents. Here is what caught my eye: (lots in case some sell out)
Astrology
Black Mass
Charity
Cord Cutter
Dragon's Blood
Gossip Stopper
Hex Breaker
Holy Smokes (bath potion)
Initiation
Laid out in Lavender
Left Hand Bath
Lunar Tide (face mask)
Moon, The (face mask)
Morpheus face soap
Old Wise Man
Psychic (anything, including hand sanitizer)
Queen of Hearts (face mask)
Rune Stone
Salt of Venus (bath salt)
Seance
Seven Salts (bath salt)
Virgo Birthday Cake
4. Would you be interested in an adult Halloween coloring book? I recently backed on kickstarter for one by a local gothic art market near me and it's due in during the swap period.
No thank you. My hands and fingers do not love coloring.
5. What are some OCYL brands you've been wanting to dabble in?
NAVA is my go to right now (but mostly vanillas, ambers, roses, musks, patchoulis.) I would like try Cellar Door candles! I've tried their soap and it was pretty fabulous (just the sample bars) so I'd love some full sized. I'm open to try other OCYL brands for scrubs and bath products (but maybe not perfume) as long as sulfate, silicon, paraben, phthalate, etc. free.
6. I am working on making bath bombs. Would you be willing to try my creations?
Of course as long as they are sulfate, silicon, paraben, phthalate, etc. free.
6a. How about wax tarts?
Of course!
6b. What type of scents do you favor?
I have covered this pretty thoroughly in my profile, SW help, and questionnaire I think!
7. What kinds of home smell good things do you like? (I.e. incense, candles, wax melts, felt scent balls, essential oils, linen spray)
Low smoke incense, high quality candles and wax melts, essential oils, linen & atmosphere spray, dryer scent balls, rose beads, car fresheners of all kinds, soap in with my shirts and socks and unmentionables, scent beads in little jars... I mean, if it smells good, I am HERE for it. (I just have to make sure it doesn't set off my allergies or respiratory issues.)
8. would you like anything from the bath and bodyworks Halloween line?
I really wanted their bat wallflower night light! (I have a haunted house one from them.) BUT I went into the store and my store had a really cool Raven (on a blue/gray pumpkin) wallflower night light!!! I want it!! I also sniffed all the things and added what I like to my amazon fragrance wishlist. I was really happy to see that all of the aromatherapy body care is now made without sulfates, parabens, or artificial dyes. I also saw a sign that their soaps are there too. I hope the rest of their body care gets there.
So anyway, I would gratefully accept car scent refills (and I love the crescent moon car scent holder), wall flower refills (and the raven wallflower), pillow mists (the aromatherapy line), candles, and fragrance mists or spray perfume. And antibac.
So here is my scent list:
Dark Amber & Oud (candle)
Vanilla bean (candle)
Pumpkin Bonfire (this totally smells like CLOVE. which is hilarious because their "pumpkin clove" scent smells like cinnamon.) (candle or wall flower)
Warm Vanilla Sugar (wall flower)
Vanilla Birch (wall flower)
Enchanted Candy Potion (spray, wall flower, anti bac)
Vampire Blood (car scent, anti bac)
Into the Night (soap, mist, or spray perfume)
Eucalyptus Sage (aromatherapy line - pillow mist)
Cedar Ylang Ylang (aromatherapy line - pillow mist)
Lavender Vanilla (aromatherapy line - pillow mist)
9. Do you have any interest in spooky squishmallows?
YES ALL THE SPOOKY THINGS. Especially bats. I think their Plague Doctor is cute too. Or am I thinking of Squishables? Cthulhu always accepted. Black Philip. Baphomet.
10. Would you enjoy spooky stationary?
I would love spooky stickers and blank cards with cute spooky artwork! And some good quality ball point or gel pens.
11. I know a lot of us are witchy and have deeply held beliefs about the materials we use as part of our practice. If you're one of those individuals, are there certain herbs, crystals, etc that you do not want to receive? I can't think of any. I'm set for smoke type sticks (we made our own with mugwort and lavender) but if you make them too, I would love one! I don't need tumbled rocks / crystals and I'm probably set for small obsidian pebbles but I can always use palm stones / worry stones, beads, scrying mirrors, towers, orbs, etc.
12. When you have a distinct preference for one holiday over another, What are some cross over items that actually work for both? All of Nightmare before Christmas? *head tilt* I keep my Halloween stuff up all year so prefer things like NMBC, bats, corvids, gargoyles, skulls/skeletons and not things like witches, ghosts, zombies, pumpkins. Oh, now that I read the question in the forum I see - between Halloween and Fall. For me they are pretty much one in the same! *grin*
13. One question (that is actually several questions) -- Local honey?
YES ALL THE LOCAL UNPASTUERIZED HONEY! (we make mead, so seriously -- all the honey. Like there is never enough honey -- but I really don't want honey that is pasteurized or from grocery stores as imported honey is not checked by FDA and is often loaded with nastiness like antibiotics or other gross things and/or is fake. Honey is one of the THIRD most faked products besides milk and olive oil and over a third of honey in US grocery stores has pollen filtered out and/or has other undeclared things added, like corn syrup or beet syrup. Laboratories have figured out how to modify high fructose corn syrup to look like honey!) SO LET'S SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BEEKEEPERS!!!
13a. Infused/flavored honey?
YES
13b. Local infused/flavored honey with Southwest notes (jalapeno, other pepper, mesquite, acacia)?
YES
14. Does anything from JiJi Knight spark your interest? https://jijiknight.com/
Not my style, sorry!
15. Any spooky/weenie DVDs you're missing and would like in your collection? NMBC? the Crow? An old Hammer film? Dark Shadows? The Omen? Sleepy Hallow?...?
I have a DVD/Blu-Ray wishlist on Amazon but I don't think any are especially spooky. I really do most of my watching as streaming since I don't have a blu-ray / dvd player in my room.
16. Dang (or good!), another serious question -- Shampoo and/or conditioner bars and if so, for what type of hair (dry, fine, oily, curly, normal)?
I like shampoo and conditioner bars and other naked bath products. I have fine straight hair that is going grey and hopefully will be colored again soonish. Volume boost is my favorite. No sulfates, etc. please. (curse LUSH for having sulfates in their shampoo bars!!)
17. I just got the email that the Ectogasm Halloween Collection is live. Does anything interest you? https://www.ectogasm.net/collections/halloween
I have some of their things on my etsy wishlist! Bats, obviously. Carpe Noctem. Red Rose Planchette. Winged skull washi tape! Moon and Roses stained glass sun catcher. Miskatonic University pin.
18. On a scale from Paprika Is a Heatwave to Let Me Eat a Peck of Pickled Ghost Chiles, how spicy is too spicy, and how spicy is just right?
Jalapeno and Smoked Jalapeno (Chipotle) are my favs. I go through the tabasco sauces of those two like water! We make candied jalapenos and I have lots of chipotle powder and dried jalapeno and such. Would be up for trying hot sauces similar! (I have Yellowbird Jalapeno sauce and the Trader Joes jalapeno sauce.)
19. I make lightweight hairfalls- would you be interested in some? Either to incorporate into a costume or just for your own year-round use? If so, name your colors and preferred length, and if you have any fiber allergies you want me to take note of!
I have some hairfalls and never ever wear them (nor do I even leave the house most of the time) so would be wasted on me right now.
20: If I were to make you a set of arm warmers/ fingerless mitts, what color(s) & style would you like? Gothy. Black/Purple or Black/White stripes
Long or short? Medium
21. Homemade canned and baked and concocted goodies? Any aversions?
Bring 'em on! (I don't like Okra so no canned okra please.)
22. If I could make you some of my fudge, what would you prefer?
ALL OF THEM. And the Penuche without nuts.
23. Are you open to trying different indie perfume houses if I find a scent that I think you'd enjoy?
Maybe if it's in an atomizer? I haven't had good luck with most indie perfumers besides NAVA and BPAL, and BPAL is starting to not work on me (probably because of all of the medication I have to take.)
24. I love making stickers!! If I could design you some stickers, what would you love to have? It could be halloween themed or not! My art style is a bit simplistic, cartoony, and cutesy, I usually draw fairies but last year I did a swap on reddit and made someone a bunch of halloween dog stickers lol. (Sidenote: They probably won't be waterproof, but they're glossy vinyl!)
Bats! And my dogs or pigs would be cool.
25. I've got a bunch of small round labels perfect for bpal 5ml label lid art! Name your top 5-10 scents that you'd love to have lid art made for! Just as a fun little extra in your package if desired (Could also work for other companies with lids just like the BPAL bottles)
Eternal Ankh, Lavender Dolphin, Snake Oil, Satyr, Foxes with Sweaters and Scarves, Unicorns & Stars, Vampire Rose Bat, Vampire Vanilla Bat, Polychrome, Tomb of the Undead
26. I'm going to Disneyworld in late September! I'll be going to all four parks and attending both the Not-So-Scary Halloween Bash and Epcot's Food and Wine Festival. Is there ANYTHING from Disney that you would like? Is there something you collect that perhaps you'd enjoy a Disney version of (tea, socks, enamel pins, plushies etc etc etc)???
Take me with you! Anything and everything NMBC (not socks though since I have huge feet.)
27. Would you like any decor from Say Target, Homewood, or William and Sonoma?
I have lots of ideas for decor on my amazon lists under furniture & home, everyday is halloween, etc. so if you see something you think I'd like, go for it! Preferably nothing orange/gold/bronze. (I do silver toned or black metals, otherwise purple, black, jewel toned blues (no navy), grey, black & white, cool leaning burgundy/dark reds.)
28. I am going to Dragon Con for the first time! Which of these BPALs do you want?
If they have Snake Milk or anything else on my BPAL wish list, I'm game but no peaches please.
29. But, I am going to Dragon Con this weekend. Is there anything you would like? Lab wise or just general geekery
I'm sure there are tons of things sold at the conventions that I would adore but I'll leave it up to your judgement! I used to get a lot of jewelry at cons back in the day.
*skipping 30-37 because I asked those*
38. I make specialty simple syrups. You can use them in teas or cocktails (and desserts). How do you feel about a Hibiscus simple syrup? I use 2 ounce bottles for these so its just a fun amount.
Yum!!!
39. Format for tea? e.g. teabag vs loose
I prefer loose but sometimes I can only get teabags so those are ok as well. (also tea pods for k-cup machines.)
40. Do you like spooky themed tights? If so, what are your measurements?
No tights please.
41. Pls post your book wishlist!
It's on Amazon, link is under SW help. I only do epub/mobi (I guess kindle is changing to epub soon, so that is preferable) and I get so many books from the library that I only want the HIGH and HIGHEST priority -- OR if one of the discworlds goes on sale for $1 or something. I pre-ordered Nona the Ninth kindle but I would love the whole Locked Tomb series on audiobook!
42. Would you like to receive a 2D collage art piece? What overall vibe would you be into? (spooky, autumnal, whimsical, eerie, lovely, occult, bizarre, smutty etc.?)
I'm not sure I'm super into collage but if it's gargoyles/grotesques/bats/ravens and mostly black/white/purple, it could be ok? (Having a hard time envisioning.)
43. Do you like rocks/gemstone jewelry? Prefer polished/smooth rocks or raw/rough? Any favorite stones, rocks, colors that you'd like?
I don't really wear jewelry right now, but I'd love some stretchy gemstone bracelets to use as shawl fasteners. I have a bunch on my amazon jewelry list to give you an idea of stones I like. I also love palm stones, worry stones, pocket pebbles, towers, orbs... I mostly like shiny unless geode or pretty crystal structure. Charging slabs are good too. I could use a much larger piece of Auralite 23 and I always love Aqua Aura. Blues, purples, blacks, greys, or for purpose/intent.
44. Any interest in the August releases that got announced today? https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-tag/august-2022/
Unfortunately, yes! Ceres (decant), Charcoal Champa Resin Tobacco (decant or bottle), Empowering (TAL, decant or bottle), Forge of Vulcan (decant), Lavender Buttercream (bottle), Moon when the Cherries Turn Black (BOTTLE!). I might end up ordering the lunacy and lavender buttercream if they don't sell out before I get some $$$.
45. Luvmilks seasonal goodies are out! What scents and formats appeal to you, my little pumpkin? https://www.luvmilk.com/mm2022.html#/
Dusting Powder: Scarecrow with Girlfriend or Lover
Bath Milk or Salts, Sugar Scrub, : Clown with Girlfriend, Pegasus with Girlfriend, Scarecrow with Girlfriend or Lover
And I always adore their lip balm in Baby Bat and Aphrodite's Altar.
46. Would you like a Pyrex 4-cup Nightmare Before Christmas bowl with lid? (Can also get Starwars and various Disney ones.)
I have enough of the 4 cup and 7 cup but I'd love one of the rectangular ones if you can find it! (and I love pyrex 4 cup with bats!!)
47. August Tea's fall sale starts tomorrow, 20% off everything on the site with code FALL20. Is there anything you would like to try, my Pumpkin? https://august.la/
OMG YES. I have all kinds of wishes from here under my amazon beverage list.
48. I've recently taken up embroidery, would you like a small (I embroider on 4" hoops) embroidered piece? What sort of design would you like?
BAT... or pibble.
(NAIL POLISH - covered in questionnaire I think??)
49. Would you like either a basket or a tablemat (that works as a place to put hot dishes as well as being decorative).
Yes!!! Either or both. Preference to basket if just one.
50. I'm going to the farmer's market tomorrow, and there are lots of great vendors. Would you be interested in soap or chapstick or bath/body products?
Whatever you think I might love!
51. Would you be interested in a tumbler like these? If so, what theme would you like it to be? Glitter or no glitter? What color do you want the liquid to be or would you prefer the blood drip look?
Pass, thank you!
52. How do you feel about ribbons? Is there anything in particular you are looking for if you'd want some? What about ribbon remnants? Colors/textures?
I don't really use ribbons but thank you!
53. Would you be interested in any skincare items? Anything you would not want?
Ummm anything that's in my bath/fragrance/whatever amazon wish list or similar! (no sulfates, parabens, ptha-mumble-ates)
54. Is anyone else interested in the latest Sphere & Sundry release? https://sphereandsundry.com/offerings/bpals-of-exalted-venus-ii/
Or other S&S offerings?
Always! Anything you think I'd like.
55. Do you have any interest in trying my infused moonshine whiskey? I've been thinking of experimenting with autumn spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, clove) and maybe a chocolate chai.
Of course!! Nom!
56. Any interest in spooky shape wax melts in your favorite candle scents? (What are your favorite candle scents?)
Sure! Probably vanillas, marshmallow, patchouli, clove... same as perfume scents too. I used to have a spiced plum candle I adored. I like men's/unisex fragrances in candles as well, like Drakkar Noir, CK1, CKB. Nostalgic. Witches Brew from Yankee is one of my favorite scents! I probably have candle and melt scents on my wishlist (under PBSW), etsy lists, maybe amazon fragrance list, and up above under the Bath & Bodyworks question since I liked some of their candle scents this year.
57. How about lotion bars?
I like the concept but I never use them and they end up going bad.
58. Bird and Blend tea just did their Autumn drop! Anything look good to you? https://www.birdandblendtea.us (Also, if you're not a pumpkin person, I invite you to check out the rest of their offerings, which are always exceptional!)
I already have ALL the Bird & Blend on my amazon beverages wishlist. Love love love! (For the autumn season, maybe the sticky pumpkin chai, campfires & vampires?) And Butter Brew!
59. Arcana Craves halloween drop! Anything catching your eye? https://arcanacraves.com/
No, I don't do Arcana much anymore, thank you.
60. I feel like with some of the witchy/seasonal stuff it might be helpful to know everyone's signs. If you're interested in that kind of thing, what's your sign?
Virgo
61. Would you like anything from The Pickety Witch? (I'm going to the Vegas Oddities and Curiosities Expo next weekend, and she's vending there, so it may not matter if an item is in stock or not on the website!) https://www.thepicketywitch.com/
UM YES OMG THE BABY GOAT PLUSHIES BAPHY in purple or black! Plus I have had their Black Philip pin on my etsy wishlist for years, I'm glad to see they've expanded and now have their own website and a larger line of things! PINS in no particular order: Learning to Summon, Harvest Crow, Demon Cat, Unicorn of the Forbidden Forest, Peony Witch Hat, Witch Boots, Ghost Goat. (her bats have dangling things on them which to my autistic self is a big NOPE.) Only silver ones though? I didn't realize some are rose gold or copper or other colors.
62. so these nail polishes keep showing up on my instagram and they are kinda vampy--do you wear polish and do any of these float your boat? NOTE I have never worn Holo Taco stuff so cannot vouch for quality just the vibes are super witchy 🙂
https://www.holotaco.com/collections/dark-rainbow-collection
I haven't actually painted even my toes for over a year so I'm going to say no.
63. Favorite bands/artists? Perhaps you'd be interested in a DIY patch to sew onto your jacket/pants/bag or maybe pins or a sticker or anything DIY-ish?
I don't wear a jacket or coat that you can sew things onto or carry any bags. Or wear pants much, haha. (PJ's forever!) So I'm going to say no.
64. Is there anything from Lush you are coveting? Their halloweenie stuff is out here: https://www.lushusa.com/halloween/?cgid=halloween&pmid=604&start=0&sz=28
I have my LUSH wishes on my Amazon bath & beauty & fragrance list.
65. sock dreams? yea or nay? Anything in particular catch your eyes?
Keep in mind that I only wear socks literally maybe once or twice a year in the winter when I am forced to actually leave the house to go somewhere (feeding animals doesn't count because I just slip on lined boots without socks.) But I do have sock dreams wishes on my Wishlist / SW help.
66. https://rockytopsoap.com Do you have any interest in these?
Star Anise lip balm. Maybe the most moisturizing? (Triple butter, oatmeal, avocado.)
67. Nocturne Alchemy just dropped their Halloween 2022 limited collection! I am popping in here to see if anything would strike the fancy of my pumpkin? 😁
https://nocturnealchemy.com/collections/limited-collection/products/new-halloween-2022-limited-collection
I am ordering Googly Bat, Vintage Werewolf, and the Sommeil but I added others to my Wishlist / SW Help. I especially want Neon Wolf, and Neon Vampiress and lots of decants!
68. Here's a question... there's sooooooo many on here about tea but for my fellow coffee gals... do you prefer whole bean or ground?? if there's a choice how do you like your coffee ground??
I don't know where any of my coffee makers are right now (french press or toddy, that's all I really use) so I'm using my parent's keurig. So, kcups. I mean, I *do* know where my grinder is and I could do the self made k-cups, but it's unlikely I would actually do it since it seems like someone is always in the way.
69. Look at Cat Coven's site and tell me what you see that appeals - she is one of my favorite Halloweeny artists, and makes awesome things. I like supporting her work.
https://www.catcoven.com/collections/new-arrivals
I used to have things from Cat Coven on one of my amazon lists but I can't remember off the top of my head what it was. I don't use patches and their "curious wanderer" pin (and dragon) are gold colored, puke. I do love the Fantasy Creatures (x-ray) pillow case. And Metamorphosis (lavender.)
70. Are you interested in any art supplies? If so, what kinds and colours?
Right now I think I'm good really except for maybe some cool findings in end caps but I don't know exactly what size I need so I suck, sorry.
71. What are your fave smells for incense, and do you have a preference for format (cones, stick, loose without needing charcoal, loose that needs charcoal)?
Same as my fave smells for everything else really? Vanilla, Nag Champa, Rose, Sandalwood, Dragon's Blood -- I have some incense on my fragrance wishlist. I love blends too? I just need low smoke if possible, or I'll have to burn it outside. I love resins and loose incense for charcoal but I rarely use it because of the smoke involved, only in the fall, winter, or spring when I can be outside without roasting or being eaten by bugs. (I guess that's coming up!!) I really need more SAND for my charcoal!! The darn dogs spilled my last bit of sand that was in my burner. I'd love red, black, purple, or white sand.
72. Anything catch your eye from this super cool queer creepy-cute style UK artist? https://www.abprallen.co.uk/
too pastel! Do not like the colors. Sorry.
73. Pls say more about your book preferences if you haven't already! Esp. regarding fiction.
The only books I would SUPER love are Seanan Maguire's new October Daye book (Be the Serpent) on kindle, and OMG THE GOLDEN ENCLAVES coming out later this month on kindle. Or the Locked Tomb series on audio (I already have the kindle books for all three - Gideon, Harrow, and Nona - so I can buy the audible books for $7.95 each and I'm not sure if someone else can buy them for you, so a GC would work best in this regard probably?)
5/30/22
Does anything, scent and / or product-wise, catch your eye from the Haus of Gloi summer drop? (https://www.hausofgloi.com/collections/summer) [you're free to pick stuff NOT from Summer as well, of course! ]
Marshmallow Rose summer refresher spray, summer whipped soap, summer sugar exfoliant, or bubbling scrub. Chillaz or Buzz Off original summer refresher spray,
Yes, the rumors are true- I'll be in Paris this summer! Tell me up to five things you'd be happy to get from there, including any specific teas from Dammann Freres, my favorite french tea shop! (https://www.dammann.fr/en/#)
I have no idea what is available in Paris besides perfume and tea and I'm down for both! (especially vanilla perfume!) Oh! La bien Aimee is in Paris (yarn!!! Purple speckles!!!)
For tea, Vanille, Rose, anything with Clove, anything with Anise, Smokey Lapsang or other Smokey tea. Pretty much all of their black tea, kthx. Violet could be fun too. I like teas that will pair well with cream and honey. (I do have Damman and Mariage Freres on my Amazon beverages list too!). Jasmine is always welcome. I love most flavored black teas.
Maison Souquet candles (Tobacco!!!) are probably too expensive.
hot chocolate from Angelina? Chocolate in general. Local candy or snacks?
a bar of soap? Or something from Buly 1803 or just made in France, indie small batch is always great.
authentic macarons? Cheese? Yeah, they probably wouldn't travel well.
something from an artist in montmarte?
anything gothy and local. Buttons (wood, metal, carved, w/e), lace, ribbon?
any kind of cool French beauty products you think I'd like.
5/31/22
I recently discovered Khamila Luna and plan to place an order soon to get a present for my roommate. Is there anything you'd like from them?
Maybe the creamy vanilla sugar scrub? Some of the "men's" soap sounds nice but it would literally just go in my sock and underwear drawer. (black musk / amber / tobacco / teakwood.)
is there any small gift from mother nature that you'd like me see if I can source for you from old forests?
Anything!! I love any gifts that mother nature offers up to you. I love rocks, skulls, interesting wood lumps, leaves, tinctures or salves made from wildcrafting, everything.
do you wear rings on all your fingers? how about a range smallest to largest?
I do wear rings in between top and mid knuckle, about a size 6. I lost my favorite ring last time I was in Seattle, it was a little dragon that I'd had for over twenty years. doh. Otherwise I wear an 11 but I'm also doing a ton of weight loss so hopefully ring size will go back down.
If your Sprite were to gift you magical items or workings... a) Would you be interested in that? b) If so, what intention(s) would you appreciate most?
Yes! Ummm I'm going to be having surgery in a couple months, so health is good. Determination/motivation, healing, cutting ties with my past, self love, blockbuster/road opener, money, job hunting after surgery.
Would you be interested in a set of (rpg) dice? If so, what colors/aesthetic?
I do actually have some on amazon wish list under either geek or games. I loathe gold/yellow/beige colors in any format so any numbers on the dies would need to be black, silver, or white. I love opalescent, blues/purples (blurple), etc. Glow in the dark is fun.
What's your favorite creature?
My pigs and my dogs? I can't just choose one creature. I love corvids, bats, equines (especially friesians and warlanders and lusitanos), dolphins, pit bulls, and lots of fantasy creatures. Leafy sea dragons! I would love to have a hedgehog and a chinchilla someday, also a sugar glider. I love ratties and ferrets too. I would totally have a French Bull dog if I could afford one but more pitbulls need homes than frenchies, so pibbles it is. I have a blue tick coonhound as well, pretty much same reason. Problem dog who needed a home that wouldn't give up on her. She is such a butt!! I love snakes and lizards too. Probably all creatures except spiders and wasps and non kindly creepy crawlies. (I'm ok looking at spiders but I don't want one for a pet and they get relocated out of the house. I have found many black widows here. urg.)
Do you like reading comics? If you haven't really read 'em, would you be interested in receiving a few that match your book genre preferences?
Meh, I'm not super into comics anymore. Graphic novels are a little better but my eyes are so bad that I really have to do ebooks where I can enlarge the font. Sad face.
I'm headed to Puerto Rico in July - anything particularly interesting you would like from there?
oooh! Fun!!! I have no idea what is available there but yes, definitely interested! (Did some googling) Casa BACARDÍ Special Reserve or other rum? Some local speciality spices (recao), jam, sauce, or hot sauce? One of their cool wooden mortar and pestles (Pilon?) A Guiro? Mundillo lace? Just a handkerchief or something small. Butterfly art would be pretty cool too, I have some from Panama. Food or snacks. Local candy. Anything really!!
Would you be interested in receiving a small bottle of home infused whiskey aged from commercially produced moonshine? Any particular flavors you might enjoy (examples include orange chai or cinnamon chocolate or hot peppers)?
yes yes yes. orange chai sounds lovely, or cinnamon chocolate. Not a huge fan of "hot" peppers or pepper flavored drinks. Honey, lavender, rose (not sure how flower ones would go with whisky ?) I won't be able to drink for a year starting in like August or something so just a small tiny nip bottle is good.
Would you be interested in homemade shortbread that fits your flavor preferences?
oooh yes. I love chocolate shortbread but wouldn't say no to lavender or rose or whatever other kind.
6/1/22
If your bday is during the swap, how are you planning to celebrate?
It is not. My son's and dad's are though, usually cake/candles (for son even though he's over 30) and probably dinner out for both.
Likewise, how do you celebrate relevant spiritual holidays in this time period?
Lately I haven't been celebrating much since I'm so isolated out here in the middle of nowhere and all of my friends are on the West coast. Sometimes a bonfire, or candles, or quiet contemplation, it just depends on what is appropriate for said event.
Anything you want from the UK?
Like, everything. I love Bird & Blend tea! I love cool things from UK Lush that we can't get in the US. Other indie things are always good too. As far as B&B products, I like things that are super highly scented. Also I am hopefully trading for some Ginger Nuts, Jaffa Cakes, digestive biscuits, and some other UK goodies.
Seeds, y/n?
Right now I think I'd prefer actual plants as we have a really short growing season here and seeds should have been started in March for summer things. But I do have grow lights if it's seeds that I absolutely need and it will be house plants or something that is not an annual.
Are you interested in skincare/shampoo/conditioner?
I use The Ordinary (like a set of things) so technically I'm probably good on skincare even though I bet my questionnaire still said I needed a good moisturizer. I can always use good shampoo/conditioner and my dogs especially can use a good shampoo and conditioner! I just got a new shower head yesterday so I can give them baths again without using cups of water to get them wet and rinse them. (The handheld wand was clogged up. FIXED! BRING ON THE DOG SHAMPOO!) I have dog shampoo in my Amazon wishlist "for the pups" -- really gearing towards a professional or highly rated one so I have a bunch of ideas in there. For ME, I prefer non-SLS/parabens/phlatamumbles as stated in my questionnaire.
Are you interested in tights? If so, what thickness, style, and size?
yeah, no. I'm doing weight loss right now and don't know what size I'll end up plus I just don't love tights. PJ's forever!
Do you use tarot decks? Would you like to receive more - and if so, can you list the ones you already have?
I have a bunch of decks but I would love the Abigail Larson one on my Amazon wishlist. I have .... Nightmare Before Christmas (Abigail Larson, lol!), Wise Dog (my dogs Jake & Lela - rip - are the Two of Cups), Game of Thrones, Last Unicorn, a Vampire one that was second hand, and a couple others that I'm blanking on the names.
What do you think of the art on this website? https://www.printisdead.co.uk/
I love the Bat & Peonies! I like a lot of their skull items as long as they're not sepia / beige / yellow. Raven and Full Moon, Lunar Cycle/Full Moon, Celestial Fox, Aurora Fox, uncolored Cat Skul, Bleeding Roses with white background, Skeleton Hand & Hellebores, Raven and Roses, floral pentacle (uncolored), Fox Skull (black/white either one - leaning towards one with black background), Purple Orchids (white background)... I didn't go through them all, but yes. Although some just have too much color (totally ok on the mostly blue/purple ones.)
Is loose leaf tea good, or do you prefer bagged?
I way prefer loose leaf but I'll do bagged if the blend I want isn't available loose.
I make arm warmers. I make them from sweaters I thrifted. They can be all one color, or stripes of different colors. They can be long, to the elbows, or shorter.
If you would like a pair, tell me your favorite colors. Solids are more generally elegant, Stripes can be as wildly funky as you wish. Long? Short? Cashmere? Tell me your fingerless mitts arm warmer dreams.
I love gradient and stripey armwarmers in black + color (usually blurple) and like mid arm. Cashmere, merino, silk. All good.
6/2/22
PBSW Summer collection is live!!! Anything catch your eye?
Ummmm
Bath Streusel or Sorbetto in:
* Journey in Satchidananda
* Red Cow
* Moonshadow (and wax melts in this scent!)
* The Queen is Dead
Tiny samples of Crystalcore and/or Longest Day? Oh! I would love some Clean Slate scrub.
6/4/22
It's farmers market season in town and I have loads of lovely local artisans to shop from. Would you be interested in items from any of the following?
The Rod Homestead (I love this one I helped fund her commercial kitchen)
- dill mustard! Honey anything.
Working Class Coffee
- looks like they only have one type of coffee in a k cup, so that would work, sounds good.
Philly Nuts
Yum! Mango, peach, or pineapple cashews, butter toffee or smoked almonds, and zomg honey roasted mixed nuts!!
222 Creations
not really my style
Carol's Epiphany
No thanks
6/5/22
I am learning to do embroidery. Would you possibly like a simple hand embroidered piece?
sure?
If you would like this is there a simple favorite flower or summer symbol, like a bee?
a rose or lavender is great! (Purple rose of course.)
What kind of sprite would you prefer? A ninja or to know the ID right away? I like both styles for different reasons
i like to be surprised at the end!
6/6/22
Are you ok with shunga label art (bpal?)
I'm fine with it on bottles? I wouldn't necessarily want it framed on my wall or anything.
I dye yarn. Is custom yarn of interest to you?. Sure!
- If so, colors? I have various weights of wool, sport and dk cotton, cotton thread in 3/2 and 5/2, and light fingering weight bamboo rayon that dyes like a dream
so I don't really love variegated yarn. I'm firmly in gradients, self striping, speckles, and semi solids. Look at my ravelry stash and you'll see the colors I like. Cool leaning Black, all the cool leaning shades of grey, blurples, blackened reds, etc. preferably blackened colors or jewel tones, no navy, no pastels, no fluorescent.
fingering through bulky is great for merino. Light fingering bamboo rayon is fine. Otherwise no alpaca, llama, bfl, cotton (except for worsted for wash clothes), etc.
My European travels are expanding! Anything you want from Portugal or Berlin???
oh, matchbooks from everywhere!! If they let you fly with those. I'll have to google when I get home to answer this more thoroughly.
My friend makes cool art with garbage, is there anything here you might like?
https://www.garbageforgood.com/
mostly not my style but thank you.
6/8/22
Would you like items related to your astrological sign and if so what is it?
Meh. I'm a Virgo. There is some Abigail Larson artwork for the zodiac signs that I like - I think I have her Virgo rendition on my society6 wishlist for one of the travel mugs but of course no one can see it because I can't figure out how to share it!
6/12/22
what do you think of plushies?
i love super cute amigurumi (like gothic and nerdy ones, I have a great vampire bat and a cthulhu as well as a black unicorn) but I have to be super careful because my dogs also love them. To death. By evisceration.
Are there any Korean or Japanese food/craft/self-care items you would be interested in in receiving?
i love Japanese incense but I don't burn a lot because respiratory issues. Low smoke is good! I could really use a good soy sauce dish for sushi but I can't seem to find any super gothy or cute ones and I forgot to look while I was in Seattle. One with a lucky cat would be fun (blue? No brown please.) Japanese Kit Kats!!!! Whatever else you think I might like.
Is there anything for your garden or houseplants that you need, or would like (tiny, hand thrown cachepot for a prized astrophytum, etc.), or are you proudly black thumb and shun any plant that isn't resin?
I know this is not about plants themselves, but if did want to get me some plants, I love scented geraniums, the more unusual the better. (Like no citrus or citonrella.) Attar of roses, oak, musk, coconut, lavender, cinnamon, apricot, pineapple, cedar, strawberry, almond, apple, peach, ginger, nutmeg, etc. https://www.colonialcreekfarm.com/Scented-Geraniums_c_29-3.html for example. Other than plants themselves and maybe potting soil, I don't think I need anything, we have tons of plant tools and pots.
How many books is too many books?
so I read almost constantly but I get a lot of ebooks from the library and also my friend in France sends me tons and tons of ebooks. So books really aren't a priority for me, I have sooooo many to read and the round will be over before Nona the Ninth comes out (almost on my birthday, I think a day off, lol) and that is the book I'm most excited about and would like my own copy of. (My son ordered me the artwork from the covers of Gideon, harrow, and Nona... still waiting for it to arrive.). I love Gideon. I .WOULD TAKE MOST things Gideon! Also excuse caps, I'm typing in iPad and Zuul is getting in my way, because there is no iPad, only Zuul!!!! https://www.tommyarnoldart.com/nona-the-ninth-torcom-publishing
6/13/22
I’m knitting up washcloths right now. Would you like some?
I'm good, still living with others so don't need things like that.
any spices you need/want? I’m fleshing out a Penzey's order!!
i have spices on one my Amazon lists! I do love me some penzeys and would totally take some of their smoked salt and maybe some chili seasoning (900?) since we make a ton of "bad to the bone" vegan chili.
your feelings on chocolate? Milk chocolate, Dark chocolate, White chocolate? with or without nuts? How about truffly goodness?
you're obviously not my sprite because I have so much chocolate on my Amazon snack list. I really try to do fair trade / slave free chocolate and a lot of those brands on my Amazon list meet that criteria. I loooooove truffles. White is not chocolate, chocolate must contain cocoa butter. Nuts are good, especially almonds or pecans. Milk is better in bar form, dark chocolate is good on caramels or truffles or in baked goods.
6/17/22
Do you want anything for your vehicle? Like bumper stickers or magnets?
I don't put any stickers at all on my car or car windows anymore. I used to but kind of fell out of the habit. It used to make for interesting conversations on the ferry or in a huge traffic jam in Seattle; I'd have people get out of their car to come talk to me (which makes me super uncomfortable!) Right now I live in a red area so I try to keep my weirdness to a minimum. I do have some pibble window vinyl things but I am too lazy to actually apply them since it seems like a big ordeal. Plus they're packed up somewhere with the majority of my belongings so I have no idea where they even are, I'd totally forgotten about them until now.
any interest in Japanese fashion-ish items? (kanzashi hair pins, and other things made form old kimono fabric, fans, tenugui, etc?)
I would LOVE a stack of recycled kimono silk in blues, purples, greys, blacks, reds, greens. Lots of it. All the kimono silk. But I rarely leave the house and don't have any place to put a lot of items that aren't consumable (I would absolutely use the kimono silk to make things) and I'm not fashionable.
6/21/22
Would you use cbd infused bath products?
absolutely! Parents have a medical license and grew a lot of their own last year (no one smokes here though.) Mom makes infused coconut oil for edibles and salves for skin/muscles.
What colors are your kitchen stuffs?
I am in a shared living situation right now and don't have my own kitchen, sad trombone. When I do have a kitchen it's pretty much black, white, and pops of cool jewel tones (rich darker purple, burgundy, sapphire blue, sometimes green.) And I have a skull / skeleton theme with NMBC cookie jars. I shall never grow up.
If I knitted up a scarf/shawl/something in the wearable area what colors would you like and please be pretty specific.
I like gradients and honestly I mostly wear my white to black gradient shawls the most. (and only shawlettes as I wear them like infinity scarves or double loop cowls.) Sometimes I might wear cool toned blurples over a black or black/white dress. Grey is good too.
—->. One big box or a couple starting now??
Well, I've already gotten some! But I'm good with little things all along or just one at the end, whatever is easier for my Sprite.
How close to the final deadline would you prefer to receive your package? Should we try to squeak as close to August 31st as humanly possible, or would it be okay to send the package earlier?
If you're going to be traveling and need to mail sooner, do what is good for you.
6/22/22
I am afraid to send chocolate in this heat. What other things might you enjoy?
Gourmet lollipops? Handmade Marshmallows (not by me LOL)? Flavored cotton candy? other ideas?
I have lots of idea in my etsy treats list that do include flavored cotton candy and other things. Tea is always good as well. I can't have too many sweet things as I'm going to be going on a liver reduction diet pretty soon, I also won't be able to do caffeine, so maybe some herbal tea / tissanes? I have a few hibiscus blends and other non caffeine on my wish list if you need to compare. (I hate chamomile. Please nothing with chamomile in it.)
do you have any reservations about wearing leather, like in an accessory??
No, I wear leather.
6/30/22
Does any August Uncommon black tea or their other tea sound good to you? (because sale on black tea until 7/4.)
I already have a ton of my Amazon Beverage wishlist. However...
In no particular order other than the order they were on the website:
Golden Arrow (Smoky Toffee Black Tea)
Outlaw (Smoky Cherry Black Tea)
Civil Disobedience (Smoky Cardamom Black Tea)
Gold Rush (Orange Rosemary Caramel Black Tea)
(I'm not sure how I feel about malty flavors so I left the ones with malt out otherwise maybe a 4 cup sample of Bourbon Sugar Black Tea!)
7/5/22
So apparently there's this cute little outdoor market here that sells locally made dishcloths and similar- would you be interested in having some tea towels or similar from Portugal, dear Spritz?
All of the cute locally made things that Suki picks out!
7/22/22
Anything look appealing from the Nocturne Alchemy gemstone scent drop today?
Eternal Ankh Purpurite
Eternal Ankh Tanzanite
A sample of the Malachite and/or Azurite
ENTERNAL ANKH PINK But it sold out already, weep!!!
I was absolutely going to do an order RIGHT NOW and get a couple of bottles of pink but I guess it wasn't to be. I still haven't ordered the summer LE's because I am so broke from having to buy hay for the winter. So really, it being sold out has saved me from further credit card debt! whew!!
I have already the Red, Black, and Fluorite (and love them!) and I've tried the Blue, Cobalt, and Claret. (I liked the Claret but I have sooo many red musk scents. Or did. I did a thorough destashing and might be almost out, ha.)
After looking over the scent notes again, I can't believe I haven't tried the Orange (it sounds very incensey!) or the Purple (I think I was scared by the Jasmine but I've had NAVA's Jasmine work on me since then, so ...) Would also love to try the Orchid and Spice. Really I'd be ok trying samples of any of the ones I haven't tried, I just don't especially gravitate to florals or fruits.
How about the BPAL Dragon*Con Peaches?
No thank you, I don't really have luck with the peaches.
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