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GG and i would like to wish y'all a happy new year.

Buffalos, Tigers and Deers OhMy!

I accidentley started collecting these souvenir animals. It started with the orange tiger, found at one of my favorite pack rat antique stores on Telegraph. Made of plastic with velvet? fur, i quickly fell in love with these creatures. The deer is my newest find..found on one of my favorite etsy shops Obscurio. I know a gorilla exists and i hope to add him to the forest/jungle soon.

Ectoplasmatic

Whats a good seance without ectoplasm?

I See You

Im a bit "sensitive" a times. I can walk into a house or building and know if there are active spirits around. I've lived in some houses with some very angry spirits. But all spirits aren't so bad. The first apartment i lived in in San Francisco waaaaaaay back in 1995, was on lower haight and turned 100 years old the year i moved in. I lived with 2 friends from chicago, but there were definitely a few others habitating with us. The faucets would turn on and off, and you always caught something from the corner of your eye. Walking thru the front door i always thought one of my roommates would be home, but i would call out to them with no response. I was definitely not alone. The good thing about this place and these spirits was that they weren't out to hurt us, in fact they were very playfull and sometimes quite loving.
One late afternoon i was taking a nap in my bedroom, sleeping on my stomach, head on the pillow turned to the left. As i felt myself slowly coming out of a dream, i felt this heavy weight on my back. It was not a suffocating weight, but enough were i had to work harder to breathe properly. This woke me up completely from my slumber. It was such a comforting feeling, as i was being cuddled, i thought it was my gay roommate matthew--we liked to snuggle in bed sometimes : ) I was enjoying this closeness, when i felt an impression on the pillow next to my face and felt someone breathing inches from my face, like they were staring at me. My eyes flew open--no one was there and the weight on my back was completely gone. I called out to Mathhew
"Matthew!" no answer. "Matthew were you just in my room!" i yelled again
"What! NO!" he yelled back "I was listening to music on my headphones."
I was a bit freaked out but at the same time I wasn't. I knew that this spirit didn't mean any harm. Maybe it just needed some love, or maybe it knew i just needed a hug.

Holidays for the Ladies

ladies nite

liz and her lam-ay bat wing

luvin jojos top hat

heavy metal

pate and lil pickles

feathers

fur


Getting thru the holidaze can be tuff at times, but i think its important to create new traditions for these days. Thursday nite was our 2nd annual ladies holiday dinner at the Fat Lady, downtown oakland. Love any excuse to get the ladies out in all thier glory. A lovely nite with lovely ladies. Liz posted some great pictures on her blog.

Etsy Update

ch-ch-check it out!

My Spirit Animal

You can the see the resemblance no?

Chocolate Bunny

As you can see, i pull this one out any chance i can.

Spirit Animals

We went to the Dickens Fair yesterday and much like its fantasy themed counterpart-the Rennaissance Fair-the craft shopping is amazing. A fine line yes, when its bad its baaaaad, but when its good its just next level.





Mitchell Walker of "Spirits of the Forest Masks" makes the most amazing hand cut tooled and painted animal masks. I own one and have found plenty of reasons to wear it whenever i can! The studded black leather crown on my tiger is the latest purchase from him..and I am obsessed with it! He travels the magical theme fair circuit and we look for him each time

Ginger

I luv everything about this look, from the hair to the broach peaking out from her plaid cape.
Found on The Streethearts
be sure to click on the pic for al the wonderful details

Dailey Daphne

Daphne Guinness in the Interview. Luv this women.
scan taken from Fashionista

Buuuuuuurrrrrrrrrr

It was cold at Alameda on sunday!! It gets pretty frigid out there on the concrete tundra. Right off the water with nothing to shield you, its can get super windy! Wearing vans...not such a good idea, but I had brought two wool jackets and wore them both! Despite the weather it was a great time with Tina and Seth. Best people watching and commenting ever!! We had a killer booth, big in japan for sure, plus all the bros that stopped by made for a very successful afternoon. The folks were there to shop.
How cute are Seth and Tina!?

PeeWee Herman and his Playhouse!! The macaroni had real macaroni on it, the rice had real rice on it, the peanuts..well u get the idea

fluffy pink ice cream cones!!!!

a random duder checking to see if the Micheal Jackson record player works

oh Bo...how i loved u and the way you never opened the car door to get in.....

pretty ladies

The next few months out there on the Alameda tundra are pretty brutal, so we'll be taking a break from R25 til just before spring. In the meantime ill be filling the etsy store with all kinds of goodness

Party at Booth 25

Don't forget that Alameda is this sunday! Come party with me, Tina and Seth at booth R25! I've got a bunch of killer finds to unload and I heard word of a Dukes of Hazzard sleeping bag like woah!

Liz, this post is for you....

My friend Liz is good at so many things...arm-wrestling, making cool shit, and especially being able to rock the eff out of some gold lame. Get it girl, who says the holidaze is the only time to get sparkley!



Been saving these sparklers for the holiday season



Those sparkles will be in the store tomorrow.