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Hey folks! It’s been a hot minute since I last did a giveaway, so I figured I’d do one again!

As you may or may not know, the past few weeks I’ve been making moss pendants using grave moss collected in October from a local historic cemetery, from a section dating back to the early 1800′s. This last week I put up my very last batch for the year.

One of the grave moss pendants from my last batch has a little flaw in the form of a tiny resin drip on the back corner but is otherwise a perfectly good piece, so I figured I’d give it away to a loving home!

To enter!

Reblog to enter and tag your entry as “entry” (use the #tags section of your reblog - replies and captions do not count)

Must be 18+ or have explicit permission from a recipient over 18 years of age

No giveaway only or spam blogs

Multiple entries count but a spamming amount of entries (use your judgement) in a short period of time will be discounted

Winner will be chosen this Thursday, November the 13th in the evening!

And if you’d like to buy a grave moss pendant, at the time of this posting there are still some available before they’re gone until next October! Click the link here!

*This giveaway is run solely by me and is in no way affiliated with Tumblr

(*No graves were disturbed in the harvesting of the moss, the moss was harvested from one of the oldest parts of the cemetery, far away from any plots that may still have mourners, the moss was taken from the ground, not a headstone).

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Gimmel Garden

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What a dapper chap!  I was inspired by a few posts and popularity of my LED experiments in design.  Found an old skull charm, gave him goggles and cobbled together a top hat from an XL brass eyelet, some cut brass tubing and walled setting. I attached it at a slight jaunty angle.  Couldn’t resist installing a tiny LED within the skull set in resin.  Like my other pieces it’s powered by putting a small clutch battery pack on a small post.  The whole piece is set on a stick pin so it could be worn on a cravat or dress coat.  Unfortunately, the LED has made it very difficult to photograph accurately.  The light seems too bright but in reality it’s just an eerie green glow. Perfect finish to a gentleman’s outfit who dabbles in the macabre and dark arts. The batteries are easy to replace.

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Happy Halloween/Samhain/Late Autumn folks! As promised last year, for a little while I’m bringing back some special moss pendants in time for the season; ones made with some local cemetery moss.

All of this moss was collected in a small pinch taken from a local historic cemetery.* I have nine pendants available this week, six small ones featuring “Worm Moss” (Bryoandersonia illecebra), and three larger rectangle pendants featuring “Palm Tree Moss” (Climacium dendroides). I should have a few more pieces available in the coming couple of weeks, as well.

Grave moss has long had a folkloric and symbolic association with spirits and the dead - perfect for the time of year when the veil, they say, is most thin.

(*No graves were disturbed in the harvesting of the moss, the moss was harvested from one of the oldest parts of the cemetery, far away from any plots that may still have mourners, the moss was taken from the ground, not a headstone).

All of these will be available tomorrow, Sunday the 20th of October at 12pm EST!

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Qutie Frash Qutiefrash.com

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MeschantesCorsetry on Etsy

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h.NAOTO

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Gimmel Garden

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HADES FOOTWEAR - VENTAIL

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Gimmel Garden

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Assortment of Custom made keyboards by Custom retro Design

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This is made from a gold plated fuse, used in high end stereo for superior sound quality. They have such a great look - atompunk/mid century - I didn’t want to really alter the look. The internal gold plate “S” connection has such great form I couldn’t improve on it.  I’ve sold several attached horizontally on a cord for men’s jewellery.  Audiophiles love them.

But I wanted to highlight it with light.  On the bottom of the fuse I’ve installed an LED with a connection post running through the base cap.  The light is turned on by plugging that pin into a small silver tone battery pack.  It holds tight to the pin.  The battery pack unscrews at the top so batteries can be replaced.  The bracket holding the fuse is not fixed so you could turn it up the other way and have the battery pack on the top of the fuse. To balance the piece without the battery I created a similar post on the other end.  

Why should fun jewellery, brave jewellery design using light be the domain of gaudy kitsch - plastic flashing Christmas earrings, disposable dance/rave accessories and cheap novelty toys for kids?  Why can’t it be used in high quality unique design?  Yes, it’s a bit mad scientist and will certainly attract attention whether the light is on or off.  

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‘Self Organization’, A Cleverly Repurposed Typewriter That Features Giant Reaching Octopus Tentacles

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By artist Grant Regan.

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A Jewel of a book. Another hand made special commission piece based on the classic Universal picture of Frankenstein 1931 - 15 x 10 inches. In this unusual project my skills were really tested but exceeded expectations. I gave a new dimension to this ring binder - a kind of realistic skin feel and touch. Leather has real soft touch like human skin. The body of the book also has a very rustic effect encompassing the decaying monster from the film. The skin parted exposing it’s wound ~ quite perfect.