etsy is a great place to shop because you really will find unusual, rare, and handmade things there, and if you buy something, your money is going to somebody who really cares, not just some corporation. it's getting to the point that when i see a girl wearing a really keen accessory, it's always from some obscure metalsmith/tatter/taxidermist with an etsy. i admire the amount of curating and care that goes into making the merchandise and learning to market it yourself.
on the awkward side of this post, i'm currently ilana's model. believe me, posting this entry would come more naturally if i was just promoting my friend's project.... because it's legitimately covetable stuff. some of it will even be things i'm selling -- provided it's at least 20 years old. (etsy's rule.)
ilana has also started a blog, oceans-of-time.blogspot that talks about fashion, expression, and creativity. and FEELINGS. how could she name her etsy shop with a "bram stoker's dracula" (francis ford coppola) reference and not have all kinds of romantic notions? (we have this favorite movie in common.) i hope she talks about gary oldman and winona ryder? for that matter, i plan to needle her about making a mood board based on herzog's "nosferatu the vampyre." if we ever got the same day off, this would be a good project.
speaking of vampires, i recently checked out dracula, by bram stoker, from the NOPL. three weeks isn't enough time for me to read it, considering how little me-time i have these days. so far i've only read the first chapter and the book is due back on friday. i really want to buy the New Annotated Dracula; next paycheck, seriously.
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