#store blog

[arielsden]

So offhand I posted this thinking I would be open and maybe create a dialogue with customers. I think it was a bad move.

So we are going to forget how a normal store blog should be, because I am anything but normal. I want to Introduce myself and tell you a little about me and how I got here, and how the store came to be the way it is.

This may be a good thing, and it may be the stupidest thing I could do. I’ve never been one to follow trends, so I’m going to just be me and hope for the best.

I run https://www.Arielsden.com. I started it, had a few melt downs along the way, ok maybe more then a few, but I haven’t given up yet.

The store does not have a single particular niche and clearly I don’t write normal blogs, but we all do things out of our areas of expertise, and eventually I will be an expert. I don’t know code, or how to bring in traffic and I definitely will not be putting my face in front of a camera. Did I mention paranoid?

I am Ariel. I am a war vet of the 9/11 era and I was honorably discharged a few years later. I have PTSD, bipolar, and a few other fun issues that love to pop up and ruin a good time.

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I have not been able to hold down a job in over ten years because of my issues and it impacts my life more then I care to admit. Even with this store, safe in my home, I have someone talking me off the ledge at lease 15 times a day.

If anyone can understand where my head is, it’s anyone with a mental illness, a veteran, a trauma survivor, teacher, doctor, nurse, firefighter, a caregiver, the sick, the list continues and I think that covers most of us. So I believe you can understand how this store came to be.

I had an idea for a niche, as they call it and I went in all the way. Then I remembered that I loved a time in my life when I was carefree and into cars and loud music, auto audio is amazing, so I wanted to share that.

Oh then Adhd pops in and reminds me of costume parties and dressing up so along came wigs and costumes and accessories.

Im sure you get the general idea. The store will continue to expand as new ideas come up and I love the idea of a one stop shop! I love that you can pop in and see car sounds on one page and ladies thigh highs on another.

It may be unconventional, but what’s conventional about being young and to paranoid to leave your house.

I am not computer savvy at all, I don’t understand the terms seo and optimization and I have people in my inbox everyday trying to sell me the service of getting my page seen on Google. Maybe they can, maybe not.

I do have a positive to balance out all of my negatives, I am ocd, so I will read and respond to all messages and pass along orders before I go bed. I like to think I am easy to reach, understanding, knowledgeable, and I am educated, even though I hide like someone is about to attack me. However, as long as I’m in my safe space I can take orders, special requests, guide you on auto audio, wigs, balisong knives and purses, just don’t make me leave home:

Now you know my deepest secrets, hopefully you will see the interesting variety of what is on these pages, and know that you have someone who is working hard behind them.

[autumncozy]

By sarahkjp

[nejjcollectsbooks]

Things I have found in books I've thrifted: postcard edition.

Feel free to reblog and add on any trinkets you've found in your thrifted books xx

The flower cutouts are there to hide identifying information.

[resinboy]

friends and family aren’t praising me sufficiently i need validation for my FIRST TIME DOLL REPAINTING turning out nice

[shhtickerbook]

☆ Regressor culture is seeing toys that are far too large and obvious to keep but desperately wanting them

[celestialowlryx]

Kung Fu Panda (2008) Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)

[solarpunkani]

"Oh no, someone's attracted to the aesthetics of my -punk movement but doesn't know the praxis and history behind it like I do--"

OK. Tell them. Make it a teaching moment. Everyone who's in your movement learned the background from somewhere at some point, maybe this is that point for that person. Give them a jumping off point that they can dive into later.

"Oh but I shouldn't be responsible for teaching baby -punks about the history and the how-tos and--"

OK. Then don't tell them. You don't have to be responsible for teaching people with a budding interest in your group the ins and outs and how-tos. That's fair and valid! It can be a lot of work. Someone else will handle it

"But I'm annoyed that they would try to claim to be part of/be interested in my community without knowing all the details that I know after being in it for months/years/decades, they're dumb, they're posers, they're--"

OK. Then don't engage with them, if it's that bad. Maybe someone else will come around and tell them the history, maybe they'll pick it up on their own, maybe they'll just enjoy the fashion elements for awhile.

"But they shouldn't claim to be part of the -punk community if they don't know the--"

I feel like we have a few options here. People can either talk to them, share the history, share the values, share the praxis. Or they can just chase off anyone who even thinks about dipping a toe in their community, and then wonder why it's dying off later down the line.

I dunno, maybe I'm too naive and patient or whatever. But if people are entering your -punk spaces without knowing The Rundown of what you feel they need to know, maybe being nice about it and informing people instead of immediately assuming stupidity and malicious intent could help you make a new friend. Even the loudest voices in a space had to learn from somewhere, and not everyone has the luxury of being in the space as the History was Happening--whether it's an age thing or a not being aware of the space thing. Or maybe I just don't see what the big deal is behind people hating people who like the aesthetic of something and don't know the behind the scenes history about it yet.

Because I believe in the word 'yet.' No one comes into this world knowing everything about everything, and we're all constantly learning new things. I'm not gonna degrade someone and call them a poser for not knowing what I know. Because if it were me, interested in a scene but getting chased out and called a poser? I wouldn't hit the books and study up, I'd go 'that fuckin sucks, those people sucked' and then avoid anyone and anything having to do with it.

So chase people off and call them posers if you want. But if your community starts dwindling, don't be fucking shocked.

[mayakern]

Hi! I love your skirts, I think I'm going on 10 or so now over the past 2-3 years. I recently bought one of your rain cat skirts and I love it, missed out on ye Olde cats, but it got me thinking that I haven't seen any doggy designs of yours. If you ever made a dog design I would 100% buy it (especially if it was rodeo inspired.)

so glad you like the skirts!! i did think about making a rodeo skirt at one point, just based on my various doggy doodles i do sometimes, but ultimately decided that i’d rather keep those drawings as only for fun and not for work for my own sanity. maybe i’ll change my mind on that eventually but idk.

[luminouscrow]

a sunny afternoon in goodwood books 📕🌤️

[babybutchbluescomix]

out of literally everything in the world, id say my job gives me the most dysphoria

[magicalshopping]

♡ Handmade Kuromi & My Melody Inspired Bracelets ♡

These are available on my Mercari shop! They're individually listed but can be bundled together. If these sell I can definitely make more! <3

[irlcupcake]

[ghostb0o]

And she believes her

[shhtickerbook]

Big Abigail has arrived!!!

[thisischeri]

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