OCTOBER 2023
Samhain/Halloween is fast approaching and that's the year nearly over already. I've just done a stock check and listed on my FB page pictures with a clearance sale. Actually cheaper than wholesale prices (now). If it's on this site, it's available but the prices can be seen on my fb page. No one looks at this site anyway, not sure what to do with it. I won't be buying in any more stock but I will continue to make earrings, suncatchers and plaques to sell online. I've started to get my creative vibe back and I've begun to reclaim my craft room from doom room status. Thin time approaches, time to honour our ancestors and think about the future. Have a blessed Samhain and Solstice.
January 2023
Happy new year. And just like that, another year has passed us by. I'm not one to put stock on blaming my woes on a year number but last year did absolutely suck! Being driven into poverty to the point of having to use food banks. Having to sell my van and other things to make ends meet. It sucked beyond words! I had to go to court to get it sorted out and against all expectations, I won! Winning doesn't diminish the 11 months of awful poverty I endured because of our incompetent government. I won *yippee*. So what next? Concentrating on adding to my skillset with a counselling course and other things that tick boxes on my CV. I discovered my art room under all the detritus and spent some chilled out time creating a Vision Tree (like a vision board). I have my PIP tribunal this month, hopefully I'll win that too. Whatever the outcome, I do not let disabilities hinder me - disabled doesn't mean you can't, it means you find another way to do it. That's always been my moto, it's served me well.
2022 was about 'getting the fuck out of my own way' and I think I made a good start on that. I joined a local women's rounders team and competed in a league, we came 3rd out of 10. I went to new spaces, met new people and felt valued. I embraced my ADHD, it is the source of my creativity, my chaos, my ability to be a muse to others and so much more. What will 2023 bring? More art! Thanks for walking with me, I hope you have a brilliant year ahead.
2022 was about 'getting the fuck out of my own way' and I think I made a good start on that. I joined a local women's rounders team and competed in a league, we came 3rd out of 10. I went to new spaces, met new people and felt valued. I embraced my ADHD, it is the source of my creativity, my chaos, my ability to be a muse to others and so much more. What will 2023 bring? More art! Thanks for walking with me, I hope you have a brilliant year ahead.
AUGUST 2022
As I'm not trading at any markets and only done 1 festival this year, it's time to sell off the Boffo. With the cost of living practically doubling in the last 6 months, there's no point having stock gathering dust - it's money I desperately need. I'll keep this website going, it's good for the L-Space and I'll still be making the plaques, earrings and rainbowmakers. It was a great 3 years of trading and if circumstances had been different at the start of the year, I'd probably still be going. Que sara, as Doris said. Thank you to all my supporters, fellow traders and most of all, my lovely wyrdo customers. Keep it wyrd always x
May 2022
How on earth is it May already? Not a lot has been happening really, it's been a dark time for me, to be honest. Things are really rather dire at the moment. I was booked to do a festival with my stall last weekend but then after 2 years of avoiding it, covid finally caught up with me, so I couldn't go. I had finally got some of my mojo back, spent the previous 2 weeks making lots of wonderful creations and then I was ill and couldn't go. The next festival isn't until late July, so I've got all of this stuff now and no income. I didn't get the art job, which was very disappointing. These things happen for a reason, right? I have lots of brilliant new suncatchers, which I shall be photographing and uploading to my social media and website soon. I'd love a lil shop one day but until then.. you can find me lurking on the internet.
I'm currently working my way through the Discworld novels again. It started with someone quoting Feegle on a friend's FB.. so I read all the Tiffany books, then started on the Watch ones. I'm gobbling them up at a manic rate and getting lost in Terry Pratchett's wonderful creation, it is a healing balm and no matter how many times I read them, it's new every time.
The lilac is blooming in all it's glory... I'll rise up, rise up... if you know, you know. Have a blessed beltane y'all.
I'm currently working my way through the Discworld novels again. It started with someone quoting Feegle on a friend's FB.. so I read all the Tiffany books, then started on the Watch ones. I'm gobbling them up at a manic rate and getting lost in Terry Pratchett's wonderful creation, it is a healing balm and no matter how many times I read them, it's new every time.
The lilac is blooming in all it's glory... I'll rise up, rise up... if you know, you know. Have a blessed beltane y'all.
JANUARY 2022
When life is giving you a kicking, there's always someone who has to get that last boot in and it often comes from someone you don't expect. You can either take it or stand up for yourself. January is only 2 weeks old and it already sucks beyond words. Will I let it get to me? Only a smidge... then I bounce back harder and higher than before. I'm waved at ISS on the way back down lol. Changes have been made. I am no longer going to trade at the markets I have done since 2018, instead I'm concentrating on my previously dormant Etsy shop and other online places. I will be opening an Ebay shop for crafters and I've got my eye on an Art job, which actually pays a wage (I know right!). That kicking might have done me a favour because I've jumped up fighting. Bring it on. Like Cypress Hill says "I ain't going out like that" or what that "when the shit goes down, ya better be ready!"? Both. Happy new year y'all.
DECEMBER 2021
I am not entirely sure how December suddenly happened, but here it is. It has a been a busy month of trading at markets in North Yorkshire. Winter solstice is in less than a week and I'm not feeling it. The mood is very odd and low with myself and as I look around at friends, I see they are suffering the same too. Twinkly lights definitely help, as will a walk in the woods. The Cunning Plan is perfect to dive back into during these low times. Remember to be kind to yourself... however that presents itself. For me, it's treating myself to some wonderful new artwork. It will be on my wall for years and will always catch my gaze, bringing a smile to my face. That's priceless.
Facebook page isn't updated as much I should but FB is pants and I haven't the time or energy to spend hours networking. I use my Instagram account for all my ventures: She Becomes Crow; The Rum Muse Sessions; axe/knife throwing and photography. I created it for my old catering business Moo n Brews.. so my handle is @mistressofmoo (of course!).
I was in the crystal shop yesterday and met two ladies who I felt compelled to chat to. I asked them if there was a moot set up in the area and they said no but they'd love to go to one. I used to run the one in the town there but it fizzled out... I am feeling that it's time to start a new group up. I almost forgot... 2022 I will be introducing my pagan landscape photography to buy. I've shared some of them on the FB page, I used to be a semi-pro photojournalist at one point. I have a lot of pictures to chose from. Watch this space!
Have a wonderful solstice, y'all )o(
Facebook page isn't updated as much I should but FB is pants and I haven't the time or energy to spend hours networking. I use my Instagram account for all my ventures: She Becomes Crow; The Rum Muse Sessions; axe/knife throwing and photography. I created it for my old catering business Moo n Brews.. so my handle is @mistressofmoo (of course!).
I was in the crystal shop yesterday and met two ladies who I felt compelled to chat to. I asked them if there was a moot set up in the area and they said no but they'd love to go to one. I used to run the one in the town there but it fizzled out... I am feeling that it's time to start a new group up. I almost forgot... 2022 I will be introducing my pagan landscape photography to buy. I've shared some of them on the FB page, I used to be a semi-pro photojournalist at one point. I have a lot of pictures to chose from. Watch this space!
Have a wonderful solstice, y'all )o(
NOVEMBER 2021
Stock is very much in demand due to Brexit, Covid and Suez canal backlog and subsequently, the wholesalers have increased the prices on their full range. I've always operated under their RRP and given you the best value for money. The increase was previously absorbed but it can no longer be ignored, I've got to raise my prices too. They will continue to be under the RRP and sold as a package i.e incense burners come with incense included and batteries (if applicable). Incense, sun-catchers and some chimes continue to be out of stock from the wholesalers, with no back flow cones available at all, I have very limited stock.
In other news, I have started to make the outdoor Greenman plaques, which should be ready by December. These are using stone-plaster, which is very hard and durable. It is also more expensive to buy. I have previously priced my Greenman at the same price as their resin counterparts... this can't continue. Each plaque is hand made, hand painted and a unique piece of art. If you bought these on Etsy, you'd pay silly money, I don't want silly money, I want you to enjoy my art. A lot of time and skill goes into creating these items and my prices do not reflect my hard work. I make the molds, I make the plaques, I paint each one. These aren't bought in, mass produced resin shells (as awesome as those are). My heart and soul are poured into each one and that should be appreciated. How do you price 'appreciation'? It's very difficult to price up art, it's supposed to be: an hourly rate + hours worked creating it + materials = you wouldn't pay for it. A Greenman takes 12+ hours to create/paint. Min wage is? Would you pay £130 for a plaque? Nope! £20? £30? See? Yet I hear it all the time 'those are lovely, how much?'... £15.. 'oh' puts it down and walks away. It's very rude, they don't deserve my art. Yet others, don't even ask the price, they want it and will pay any price happily. They do deserve my art.
In other news, I have started to make the outdoor Greenman plaques, which should be ready by December. These are using stone-plaster, which is very hard and durable. It is also more expensive to buy. I have previously priced my Greenman at the same price as their resin counterparts... this can't continue. Each plaque is hand made, hand painted and a unique piece of art. If you bought these on Etsy, you'd pay silly money, I don't want silly money, I want you to enjoy my art. A lot of time and skill goes into creating these items and my prices do not reflect my hard work. I make the molds, I make the plaques, I paint each one. These aren't bought in, mass produced resin shells (as awesome as those are). My heart and soul are poured into each one and that should be appreciated. How do you price 'appreciation'? It's very difficult to price up art, it's supposed to be: an hourly rate + hours worked creating it + materials = you wouldn't pay for it. A Greenman takes 12+ hours to create/paint. Min wage is? Would you pay £130 for a plaque? Nope! £20? £30? See? Yet I hear it all the time 'those are lovely, how much?'... £15.. 'oh' puts it down and walks away. It's very rude, they don't deserve my art. Yet others, don't even ask the price, they want it and will pay any price happily. They do deserve my art.