In which I have no idea what I'm doing

So, okay. I like rosaries. I like vintage. I like to make things. Obviously, I should tooootally open an Etsy shop to sell vintage and handmade rosaries, amirite?

Um. Well. Maybe?

Here's the thing: I may or may not have even a lick of business sense. Sometimes (like when I'm designing extremely fly business cards, or acquiring a crazy-beautiful vintage piece for my shop) I'm all, "OMG. I AM LIKE SOME KIND OF GENIUS. PRETTY SOON DONALD TRUMP AND BILL GATES WILL BE KNOCKING ON MY DOOR, BEGGING FOR BUSINESS TIPS. AND CRYING." And then other times-- like when I'm trying to figure out international shipping, which, SERIOUSLY, WTF, HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK?-- I am pretty sure my shop is going to crash and burn about five minutes after I open for business.

But mostly, I'm excited. Right now, I'm waiting for my business cards and some of my inventory, and then I'll be good to go. And there is every possibility that my HEAD is going to EXPLODE from having to wait!

In the meantime, I obviously have to vent my obsession with Etsy somehow, which has led to shopping. Like, a lot of it. You can imagine, a lot of my shopping has been focused on Reine du Ciel-- so today, I'll be pimping a few shops and items that have been especially helpful to me as a rosary-maker. (And an aspiring captain of industry who makes Trump and Gates cry, etc.)

Tulle has basically swallowed my soul, much like the monsters in The Evil Dead, except cuter and with more jewelry. There are some super-gorgeous rosary supplies-- I'm especially sweating this crucifix-and-center set:

--but they also carry all kinds of random, completely awesome charms. Can you even begin to deal with how cool this charm is? Because I seriously cannot even deal with it:

I KNOW, RIGHT? IT'S A CICADA. AND IT'S GOLD. OMG! (Also, why do I suddenly fail at resizing images? Arrrgh.)

There's also Gypsybits, which I feel is possibly the most dangerous site on the internet, because every time I go there I seriously want to buy EVERYTHING. Check out the "Vintage religious" category for beautiful old rosaries and findings, or just buy THE MOST FABULOUS VINTAGE JEWELRY, I MEAN, OMG, I DON'T EVEN.


Maybe it's just my love of old-lady jewelry (seriously: old ladies dress awesome, amirite?) but DAMN, y'all! I kind of feel like if I don't buy that bracelet, I will literally die.

Also: KADYDID, YOU GUYS. JUST... KADYDID. Not only are her beads super-pretty (I just got some beautiful cathedral beads from her), but she also sells unbelievable rosaries. Such as this:

Red jade and cloisonne! All her work is similarly original and beautiful and just so cool that I want to steal it all and run away cackling into the night.

You know how it is.

On the next exciting episode of It's Glitz!! Christmas shopping and the zombie apocalypse! So, you know, good times all around!