Come see my Etsy Treasury Collection! All stuff I did not make but loved on impact. Last time I made one I didn't blog about it before it expired, so you missed the Aesthetic of Gears. (All the stuff's in my Favorites over there, though.) This time it's The Weird in Black and White Preview:
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I'm working in the store where my brother is a jeweler.
The other day something about me must have been giving off strange vibes because our first customer, a young man we had helped pick a necklace for his girlfriend, strode in to pick it up and said, "Good morning, sunshine."

I was a little dumbstruck. Only my mother says that to me.
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I've been working on my yarn business again lately.  This means time on Etsy,  (oh perilous place, and sly) and trying to network my way into sales.

I've discovered quite a few things to love along the way. Backfiring? I don't know... having things I want to buy, to motivate me to do better at selling isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Right?
Right?!


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