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June 5, 2020 ·

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✨🌌🕯️🖤 In addition to the blue labrad

I am never not left speechless with gratitude when

I am never not left speechless with gratitude when the shelves are cleared on collection release night.

Every spider was caught and every cobweb pulled from the shop, I am endlessly grateful for you sweet souls!

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I am a bit behind on messages and emails, but will be working through those tonight and tomorrow morning, and then beginning to ship your Arachnes tomorrow!

And all you returning patrons, every time when I see your familiar names my heart dances a bit.

I just put a direct link to where the spiders will

🕸🕷A Note About Ring Sizing🕷🕸 Don’t

Tonight, tonight, sweet friends!
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The blog preview just went up, friends!

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For ease of choosing, I will put each of these nec

For ease of choosing, I will put each of these necklace's size categories right in the titles.

Measured from top to bottom, the smallest measures around 1.25” and the largest around 2”.

Though this will be a little loosey-goosey since if a necklace is “medium” tall but very wide or heavy, sometimes it will end up in the “large” category.

I will put measurements in the descriptions if you are looking for something specific.

There are also photos of the necklaces next to American quarters which are exactly 1” across, as well as photos of the necklaces in my hand.
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Tomorrow, tomorrow, all you lovely Arachnes! 🕸️💜🕷️
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🕸🕷 Sunday it is! 🕷🕸 Alright my cobweb

🕸🕷 Sunday it is! 🕷🕸

Alright my cobwebby friends, I have gone through and counted up all the release date votes, and it looks like most people would like for the spiders to scuttle onto the shop shelves on Sunday, rather than Monday.

Also, heads up! I am going to release them in Shopify shop this time.

I will have direct links all over the place so you don’t miss it.

After the release, I am also going to put out a few little polls and calls for feedback about Etsy vs. Shopify. From what I am hearing from you, it seems that there are preferences on both sides. (Release lag, checkout speed, ease of use, etc.)

So keep an eye out for that. 🙂
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🕸🕷 An important note about these labradorite

🕸🕷 An important note about these labradorites 🕷🕸

Don’t forget! I mentioned it before, but do expect for these stones to have some quirks and slight imperfections.

All labradorite has a crystalline structure that makes it hard for lapidarists to cut, and most finished cabochons will have visible layers, flakes, surface crackles, fissures, etc.

Blue labradorite is much more common, so when I am picking up stones it’s much easier to be selective with stone quality.

But this spectrum of labradorite is so much more rare, and so I happily took stones with imperfections because I just loved the warm hues and interesting swirls of color.

Just wanted to remind you so you could keep this in mind when choosing a piece! 
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🕸🕷 Question about the Arachne Release Date🕷🕸  Okay friends, I am still waiting on some lovely, overcast afternoons so I can get all these little rainbow spiders photographed for you. They just keep skittering back to the studio every day that I try because the sunshine doesn’t show them off to their advantage.

However! I think I should be able to get them onto the shop shelves in a few days.

So if you are hoping to catch something from this offering, which evening is preferred for the release:

Sunday at 7pm EST *OR* Monday at 7pm EST

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🕸🕷 Arachne Necklace Inspiration🕷🕸 If

🕸🕷 Arachne Necklace Inspiration🕷🕸

If you are familiar with Greek myth or have read Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” you likely know the story of Arachne. She was the daughter of a fabric dyer who specialized in purple. She herself became a gifted weaver, and pridefully challenged Athena to a contest. Arachne mocked the gods in her tapestry, and Athena was enraged, even moreso because Arachne’s tapestry was irrefutably better than her own. She destroyed Arachne’s tapestry and struck Arachne in the face. In shame and fear, Arachne ran away and hanged herself in a tree. But Athena took pity on her, and at the last moment transformed the rope into a cobweb and Arachne into a spider.

Such a tragic tale, but it suits these necklaces I think. Purple, the color of Arachne’s youth; though not every stone in these pendants is purple, most have at least a bit. Each stone is webbed with fine black lines, and a single spider hidden on the backs of each pendant (except a small handful for you spider-averse).

Moody, somber magic caught in a pendant.

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✖️Nocturne Collection Release (PART II): SOON!
Likely this coming weekend, photographing weather permitting✖️

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