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    Please be aware that we do not permit swap-related content on profiles or in blogs. Please post this content only in the For Sale, Swaps, and Wanted forums, or in the Wishlists topic. ~from Swapping 101  Thanks!
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Coo coo chachoo!
 

Mustard?

March 25   -Are you interested in trying Super Villainess (from Villainess - the birthday scent that was just released tonight!) and if so, which item do you like the most? (Soap, Whipped, Smooch, Extrait, Smack...)   Super Villainess actually sounds awesome—coffee is one of my faves! I’ve never tried anything from Villainess, so I don’t rightly know, but I think Whipped, Smooch or Smack would be best.   -If I were to order you a Smack, which four notes would you like? Vanilla bean, Spice Trade, Red Woods, Espresso   -Would you enjoy receiving a knitted gift from your witch? If so what would you be interested in (scarf, hat, wrist / handwarmers, socks, etc.) and in what colors?   Omigosh. I’d love any of these things, minus socks—because I am very foot peculiar. Scarf or handwarmers are preferred. Colors... oh, I like almost any jewel tone color, with preference on blue, red, green. And I love soft yarn. Esp fleeces like mohair or cashmere. I could snuggle them forever...   March 23   -Easter Candy - do you like it? If so, what types?   I love. Love. LOVE Starburst jellybeans. Soooo much. I know I like other Easter Candy... just not thinking of it. I do not really like peeps/etc. Nor do I like your average chocolate bunny (the shell chocolate tastes funny to me) or cadbury things... hm. Ok. Maybe just jelly beans   -What scent(s) are you petrified of getting DC'd?   Miskatonic University. I keep meaning to buy a back up but can’t get around to it.   March 22   -Violette Market Update is up. Do you covet anything from it?   I am not really into VM. I find their scents to be so strong they nauseate me after a bit :/ I could look I suppose... Lost Woods of Killarney, Morrigan, maybe... I don’t know if they’re still up, but I do covet some Conjure Oils, no lie. I’ll update my wishlist.   -What is your favorite type of wine? Would you be interested in trying something new? In that case, is there anything you really DONT like? Ooooo how about dessert wines?   I love wine. I ESPECIALLY love dessert wines. I’m open for trying anything. I love a good gewurztraminer or late harvest, as well as many reds. Reds *are* typically preferred... but like I said. I’ll try anything!
Deceitfuldescender

Deceitfuldescender

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SW Help
 

March 25, 2011

Sorry it's been a while. Not really that many questions to catch up on though, witch!   March 25   Are you interested in trying Super Villainess (from Villainess - the birthday scent that was just released tonight!) and if so, which item do you like the most? (Soap, Whipped, Smooch, Extrait, Smack...)If I were to order you a Smack, which four notes would you like? I think the combo of bluegrass (I LOOOOOOOVE grass) and georgia peach sounds delicious . or bluegrass and limeade. Or bluegrass and sugared roses. Seeing a trend here?   Super Villianess sounds awesome! Probably in a soap or something, as I don't know if I could wear that smell all day, but it sounds like something I would love smelling in the shower!   Would you enjoy receiving a knitted gift from your witch? If so what would you be interested in (scarf, hat, wrist / handwarmers, socks, etc.) and in what colors? I would love anything my witch hand-made for me. That being said, I live in a pretty mild climate! but it does get cold here for a few months and I do love wearing scarves/gloves/etc. Hats kind of look dumb on me because my head is shaped like a basketball!   March 23   Easter Candy - do you like it? If so, what types? REESES EGGS MAKE ME HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   What scent(s) are you petrified of getting DC'd? My favorite scents all seem to be LE's anyway, but lets see.... Alice? March 22   Violette Market Update is up. Do you covet anything from it? The truffle trade actually sounds pretty repulsive to me. too rich   What is your favorite type of wine? Would you be interested in trying something new? In that case, is there anything you really DONT like? Ooooo how about dessert wines? I love wine!!! I love dry wine, I love sweet wine, I love red wine, I love white wine, I love strong tasting wine, I love buttery wine, I love oaky wine, I love wine!   But not wine in a box   Although the French Rabbit wine that comes in a (picnic-perfect) carton is pretty good!
decenda

decenda

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LisaNut's Blog-O-Matic
 

Spring SW '11 round 2

edited/updated August 2011 . . . .   Soaps! I prefer PaintBox to Villainess, but Villainess is good too! I prefer sample sizes, because then it's easy to have several out to choose from And I love to use scrubs for shaving.   If I were to order you a Smack, which four notes would you like? hmmm vanilla, lavender or jasmine, cream, and something light & spicy (or double on one of the others)   Would you enjoy receiving a knitted gift from your witch? I would love and adore anything like this! uhm, probably some version of a scarf/wrap would be top of the list, but any socks/gloves/mittens/hat/socks/ etc would be wonderful. Colors - blues & purples are always a great bet. Reds & pinks also good.   What scent(s) are you petrified of getting DC'd? Anything on my wishlist! There are actually several formerly GC scents that had been on my "next order" list only to be DC'ed first, so I've started to get nervous about that . . . and I would be absolutely disconsolate if there were no more TKO.   In fact, I must get some more TKO and Cheshire Cat as soon as I have funds again . . . .
lmfaith

lmfaith

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Beware of Redhead - The BPAL Version
 

Moar moar moar...

Man, this week has kicked my ass- I have so much Witchee shopping to get done tomorrow! I think I've missed more questions than these, but they were the ones that caught my eye.   Are you interested in trying Super Villainess (from Villainess - the birthday scent that was just released tonight!) and if so, which item do you like the most? (Soap, Whipped, Smooch, Extrait, Smack...) I think no - I love me some Villainess but that doesn't grab me, though the smack sounds good   If I were to order you a Smack, which four notes would you like? Here is my list of Smack combination ideas. I think a smack with 2 hits of coconut milk, 1 buttercream cupcake, and 1 lemon meringue sounds divine. - in my brain it would smell like a lemon cake with buttercream frosting and lots of coconut covering it.   Would you enjoy receiving a knitted gift from your witch? If so what would you be interested in (scarf, hat, wrist / handwarmers, socks, etc.) and in what colors? A hat but be warned that I have a big head. In chocolate brown or a charcoal grey.   Source: Spring Switch Witch Time! Theme: Treasure Hunt
Aevalin

Aevalin

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braybrigade's Blog
 

wishlist/iso

---   Sales located here.   Welcome to my wishlist/note compendium!!     Side note for those who like to include tea in their packages: I can only drink herbal, caffeine-free teas. I love herbal infusions, rooibos & tisanes! DISO: Ideally would like bottles of these scents, partials welcome, will accept decants also.   Oberon Oborot Rogue Bard Thieve's Rosin Lamia     Always looking for additional decants of:   Blackbear Moon L'Eau de la Folie Bath Oil     ISO: Looking for empty or low partial bottles of these:   Kubla Khan Santa Muerte       BPAL Wishlist     Looking to try imps/testers of the following, or possibly a bottle if the price is right:   Agony of Loss Alma Venus Bad Luck Woman Blues The Emathides Epibulia Faustus A Golden Idol Heroine Hetairae Kataskopia Kytherian Love-Lies-Bleeding Lucretia Orpheus Queen Mab Shamisen Tavern of Hell They Shall Eate the Residue of that which is Escaped To Helen Tlazolteotl Unveiled Yew Berry Infused Honey     BPTP Wishlist Looking for goblin squirts/tester amounts or possibly unloved full-sizes of these:   none at the moment                         Relationship Status with Certain Notes:   One True Love notes: Red musk, myrrh, opoponax, frankincense, metallic notes, patchouli, ylang ylang, moss, coconut, jonquil, honeycomb, osmanthus, antiqued amber, cactus flowers, pear   Lover notes: Lilac, leather, parchment/books, vanilla, red tea/rooibos, iris, Indian musk, cedar, carnation, rose (esp. yellow rose), black tea, mint, apple, raspberries, cotton, nectarine, ambergris, anise, tonka   Just Friends notes: White cognac, vetiver, autumn/dead leaves, ginger, bergamot, neroli, lavender, white/pale/crystal musks, peach, wheat/grain, poppy, incense, amber, sandalwood, milk/cream, lemon/lime peel   Acquaintance notes (work in some blends, but not others): Gardenia, Egyptian musk, matcha/green tea, grass/seeds, opium, tobacco, clove, melon, apple blossom, pineapple, plum, daemonorops/dragon's blood, cinnamon (works in small amounts- too much turns my skin red), sap, pomegranate, cassia, fir, mandarin, red/black currant   Passing Stranger notes (rarely work on me): Most straight-up citrus, pine, eucalyptus, juniper, peony, strawberry, blackberry, white tea, chamomile, most nuts (almond especially), ozone, lily, most booze   Mortal Enemy notes (despise these): Red wine, coffee, shea     Wishlists for Switch Witch   Etsy WL Sock Dreams WL Pinterest (there's a WL, and you can get an idea of what styles and etc appeal to me) Goodreads     Other Etailer Wishes:     Villainess Soaps   ---     Arcana   Morphine The Sweet Tinderbox     Chagrin Valley (sample sizes)   Ayurvedic Herb Shampoo Bar Chamomile & Citrus Shampoo Bar Coconut Milk Shampoo Bar Mud & Clay Shampoo Bar* Neem & Tea Tree Body and Hair Bar* Nettle Shampoo Bar Summer Sunshine Shampoo Bar Seabuckthorn & Tea Tree Soap Bar*     Haunt (absolutely love the lust lip balms! i want them all!)   May Queen Glossing Oil Star and Thicket Glossing Oil Blueberry Honeysuckle Lust* Milk and Nectar Lust* Tricky Lust* Tricky Soap     Paintbox Soapworks   Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground Gingermilk Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh Big in Japan Miss Ada Pick-A-Duck Lavender Truffle The Olive Tree Halcyon   Art of Tea   Caramelized Pear Vanilla Berry Truffle     Republic of Tea   Blueberry Hibiscus Orange Red Carrot Rooibos     David's Tea   Bamboozled Blazing Strawberry Mulberry Magic Sleigh Ride     Juniper Ridge   Douglas Fir Tip Tea     Dark Candles (simmering oils)   Amber Velvet Bonfire Crypt Moss Dark Carnival Lilith Nosferatu     Blue Moon Candles (Pyrate collection, 8oz travel tins)   Wicked Wench Singapore Nights Calypso Aztec Gold Mutiny Scallywag     Fyrinnae Cosmetics (mini size eyeshadows)   Dark Fantasy Fire Opal Gilded Wings Monarch Butterfly Moon Child Newcastle Sake and Sashimi Sorceress Tyr     Shiro Cosmetics   ---     Sweet Libertine Cosmetics     ---
AnyseLawsBray

AnyseLawsBray

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HKB's Blog
 

Few more SW questions

Easter Candy - do you like it? If so, what types? I like those little Cadbury eggs, I forget what they are called, but they have the hard colorful shell and chocolate inside. They're little. Gahh what are they? I like the cadbury caramel eggs but not the regular cream ones (too sweet). I loathe peeps, but my boyfriend loves them.   What scent(s) are you petrified of getting DC'd? Kuang Shi, Dee, The Phantom Wooer. I'm just about out of Kuang Shi and my bottle of Dee is very low. I had a bottle of the Phantom Wooer but for some reason it was all wrong If they get DCed I'd literally cry. I don't have many rares so I doubt I'd be able to swap for them.   Violette Market Update is up. Do you covet anything from it? I haven't looked, I can't even keep up with BPAL so I don't really know what's going on with the other similar etailers. I am suggestible though, and love samples.   What is your favorite type of wine? Would you be interested in trying something new? In that case, is there anything you really DONT like? Ooooo how about dessert wines? I haven't really got into wine because it's too expensive. I stick to beer. I do like wine and would welcome it but I'm very ignorant about it so I don't have any known preferences.   What three things are you craving right now? Coffee. Sees dark chocolate (I guess it was the "easter candy" question!). Lately I've been craving Animal cookies (the pink and white frosted ones with sprinkles), I noticed them at the store the other day and forgot how much I love them.   paper goods, anyone need? including resume paper, and formal stationery as well as casual cards. Probably nothing formal needed. Cute/pretty stuff is welcome. Note cards, notepaper, stickers, notebooks, anything like that I love.   What is a scent that you've been trying to find even a sample of for a very long time to no avail? (What bottle would you die to get your hands on - even a partial?) I don't think there's anything that stands out as absolutely needing to try, there's just lots that I would like to. I would like to try more lunacies, especially the more recent ones (so it's possible I could hunt down a bottle if I liked it). I would love to get a bottle, a partial bottle would be great, of Severin or The Unicorn.   Is there anything in your life that you'd like advice or a "selfhelp" book for?: (ie finances, eating healthier, meal planning) Hmm I do read self help sometimes. Finances, no, because it's just hopeless. No diet books please. Maybe books on writing (I've read The Artist's Way and On Becoming a Writer, stuff like that). Spiritual/buddhist books, books on meditatiton. Nothing like "The Secret" though.
HKB

HKB

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lucyboo21's Blog
 

Massive Treasure hunt SW ketchup

I am sorrry my Dear Witch, for not getting this posted before leaving town! I'm blaming it on excitemet over seeing the significant other, as opposed to just my usual dorkiness. Anyway, here are a list of questions, that I think are updated through last night. If you need anything else, please poke me, and I'll respond much quicker and I promise to stay on top of the questions! Violette Market Update is up. Do you covet anything from it? I've only tried a few VM blends, but looking at the Lion & Lamb LE's the following look very nice: The Lost Woods of Killarney, The Lion and the Lamb, and Tir na nOg 2011.   What three things are you craving right now? Mashed potatoes, coke and crystallized ginger   paper goods, anyone need? including resume paper, and formal stationery as well as casual cards. I go through a TON of sticky notes. Love them, tiny ones to giant sized.   What is a scent that you've been trying to find even a sample of for a very long time to no avail? (What bottle would you die to get your hands on - even a partial?) Geek Goth! I'm pretty sure this would be my idea of heaven in scent form.   Is there anything in your life that you'd like advice or a "selfhelp" book for?: (ie finances, eating healthier, meal planning)     If your Witch lived near you, would you be happy or creeped out to get a "coupon" for a service like cleaning help or babysitting or dogwalking or coffee out with your Witch or something like that? Would you be creeped out if a local minion personally delivered a package to your house from a far-away Witch? I think it would be great! However, I live in the middle of nowhere and the nearest BPALista is about an hour away (Arlith- who is awesome, by the way).   Let's say I have a pair of something you collect, would you like one of them and we have matching things? I would ADORE that!!!! What a great idea.   Do you like poetry? Not really my thing.   What types of scents do you like to scent your home? Which do you totally avoid? I'm not a fan of florals, but anything else, bring it on! I love foody/bakery types, lots of citrus in the spring and summer and vanilla in any form is love.   What are your thoughts on comics? Any you like? Any you have been wanting to try? Favorite characters? Not a comic reader   How do you feel about nail polish? What colors do you like? Sparkles? I'm quite ashamed to admit, I don't wear polish. I bite my nails.   Household/kitchen goods/gadgets? I love kitchen gadgets of all sorts, and right now I really need to find a new candy thermometer.   Ok geek check - what sort of geeky things do you do? Do you read comics/graphic novels? Are you obsessed with something (a TV show maybe?) Do you work in a geeky field? Do you play rpgs like Dungeons and Dragons? Would you like gifts related to any of these? Nothing that I can really think of.   Do you have a favorite fabric? If someone were to make you a fabric item, would you prefer it be out of any fabric? e.g. velvet, satin, silk, cotton, bamboo??? Would this change if it were an article of clothing vs. a bag/pillow/blanket/something else I love soft snuggly fabrics: chenille, velvet, really the only thing that would be a no would be wool, and that is if it were to touch me, as I'm slightly allergic, but in a bag or something that would be fine, too.   Anything with the Worm Moon update that you're already lusting after? LORD TEISHIN WITH A DEMON BEHIND A SCREEN, I NO HAYATA KILLS THE NUE AT THE IMPERIAL PALACE, MINAMOTO NO YORIMITSU CUTS AT THE EARTH SPIDER, and ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE COURTESAN JIGOKUDAYU are the ones I'm lusting after. I have Worm Moon '08, and while I like it, I don't wear it enough to justify another bottle.   Would you want an invite to a site that is invite-only ex. Diaspora, Demonoid, etc. If so, what? I'm not sure what they are, so I would probably have to say no. Unless of course you think I would like it, then I'd have to say, I'd be happy to check it out.   Pillows? What size/designs/colors would most interest you? I love pillows! Greens, browns for the living room and pinks, golds, for the bedroom.   purses? bags? What style/colors? I love bags and purses!!!! Big ones! If I can't put a hard cover book and my camera in it, it isn't useful to me. I've got some favorited on my Etsy wishlist, so those might give you some ideas for style.   Decorative scarves for hair and/or creative accessorizing? What colors? Sure. Again, some are favorited on my Etsy list to show the types that I like. Would you like anything from Starring Fragrances. They make awesome hair stuff, natural deoderant, and home fragrance (and a ton of other stuff, those are just my favs)? I have never tried anything from them, but have lusted after some of the things on their website for a while now. I would love to try anything that you think I might like.   For those who like lipgloss, lipstick, tinted balms, etc, what colors do you wear (and warm? cool?) and do you prefer something sheer or more opaque? How do you feel about shimmer? Definitely more cool colors (I like things with a purple or pink tone usually), and shimmer is great.   Are there any fancy/gourmet/special herbs or spices that you'd love to receive? ie: good quality vanilla or other extracts, vanilla beans, saffron, lavender, etc. Good vanilla is always appreciated! Any other spices & herbs would be fun to try, especially if you have a favorite recipe to try them with.   What's your favorite animal? Or is there one that's particularly significant to you? I love love love love bears!   If you were able to get a vintage or prototype bottle from the upcoming West Coast Will Call, which one would you want? There are so many I would love to try! But seeing as I live so far from WCWC, I try not to look at them because I know the odds are so great against my ever getting to try them. However, glancing at the list, I would probably commit all sorts of naughty deeds to get my hands on any of the following: Enraged Bunny Musk, Monsterbait: Underpants ( I lust for this), Snow Maiden 2006, Red Phoenix, Velvet Panther V3, Cake Smash V6, CD:Alley of Games V6, Elf V4, Half Elf V5 and Sugar Plum Fairy V3. Actually, looking at that list, it is probably a good thing for my wallet that I can't go to Will Calls!   DVDs, Blu-Ray, both, neither? DVD Sock Dreams? What kind? (anklets, footies, etc.?) Oooo Sock Dreams Love!!!! I have weird legs, and I love the socks that are ankle high.   Since this is a price capped round, would you rather get one "big" thing or lots of "little" things or don't care? Whatever is easier for you Dear, Witch!   Do you like pirate-related things? Not so much   Soaps? Be specific: if there are BPAL soaps you want to try or are dying for more of, tell all here! Also, any other companies people like or love? Villainess, maybe? Or Lush? What flavors??? The soaps are taking over at Casa de Lucyboo! I love, and can ALWAYS use more Paintbox Sorbettos. The Significant Other recently stole my last hoarded Queen is Dead. I've tried a couple of other kinds, but I don't really care for the ones that aren't emulsifying. Next on my list to try is Villaness Smack.   What periods of art do you love most? Like, if someone was going to get you a tapestry or a box or some other item, what period would you want it to most resonate with? the pinks and golds of Rococo? the clean geometry of Art Deco? The romanticism of Art Nouveux? The strange lines of Cubism? I like lots of different types, but nothing modern or gothic.   Would you like caffeinated lollipops?: http://www.lollyphil...cks-caffeinated Those look like fun! I wouldn't go out of my way to get them, but would enjoy trying them.   Copied CD's or DVD's? Sure   I'm going to Disneyland in a couple of weeks, is there anything I can get you? Nothing I can think of off the top of my head, but if you see something and think of me, then I would love it!   Booze? Yay or Nay? what kinds? Unfortunately, right now it has to be a nay. I'm taking a med right now that makes drinking a very bad idea.   Steampunk inspired items? Yay or nay? No thank you.   Do you like amurigami dolls? I don't have any, but I think they are adorable!   Pirates vs Ninjas vs Zombies - who wins? Which do you love most? Ok, in this case, for me, it's a case of which do I find the least offensive, and that would have to be pirates. But none of them are a big winner for me.   Do you like wearing things in your hair? If so, what kind (snap clips, scrunchie, headband, etc), how big & crazy (lowkey, bigger the better), and colors. I have a little longer than shoulder length hair and 99% of the time I wear it up. I love scrunchies, and clips and claws and really anything that pulls it out of the way. I've never really figured out a way to look good in a headband, though. I have thick, kind of bushy hair, and they always kind of give me a Bozo the Clown look.   Piercings? - ears?? - elsewhere? Just ears... One hole in each.   Chocolate. With stuff in it? Are you more a plain chocolate lover, a chocolate and normal items lover (normal items being nuts, fruit, caramel) or do you like weird stuff in your chocolate? (weird stuff being curry, chilis, balsamic vinegar, floraly things) Mmm... Chocolate. Especially White chocolate! Or milk chocolate, but no dark, please! I love to try the weird stuff! Bacon chocolate was too much fun, and I need to find some more to share with the Significant Other.   surprise! the world has given you the day off. You hear that, no chores, responsibilities, or budget you have to follow. What would you do in those 24 hours?   Do you have any blogs you regularly read? Not really, I have a couple that I read irregularly, and always like suggestions for more to check out.   Do you need another bpal box? If so what would your fantasy one look like? Yes! Somehow my collection has exploded out of the 150 bottle chest that I was sure a year ago I would never, ever fill up! My fantasy is in my favorites in my Etsy wishlist.   Do you enjoy gardening? If so, what kind of stuff do you grow? Vegetables, flowers? I don't have a place for it right now.   Social Networking sites: lucyboo21 on Twitter and Joni Kay Orth on facebook, although I don't post anything on facebook, but I do, occasionally tweet.   favourite artists or specific paintings?   March 13   how about mix CDs? Sure! New music would be fun, especially since I'm going to be spending massive amounts of time in the car in the near future.   Hey, how do folks feel about little e-goodies, like links to stuff your witchee likes? (articles online, pix, fic, etc) Those are great! Tim Tams? Yes or no? Chocolate Creme, Caramel, or Dark Chocolate? Mmmm... Tim Tams! I have loved all that I have tried! Is there any "classic" literature (Hemingway, Dickens, Elliot, Bronte, Hugo, Wilde, etc.) that you would like to add to your collection? I think I have all of the classics that I've wanted.   candles and/or aroma melts: yay or nay? Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes!!!! If it can make me or my surroundings smellier then bring it on!   Get your music player, what are the first 13 songs on Random? Ummm... I'm probably the last person alive that doesn't have one. But I like country, old rock, some pop, some folk. No rap, techno, but I like to try new things.   Astrological charts and interpretation/ reports? I just had a marvelous chart done by Javenper, and I'd love to find out more about what some of it means. I'm quite a newby when it comes to Astrology, and need to learn more! I'd especially like to see out the Significant Others chart and mine connect.   So how does everyone feel about receiving ebooks? I don't have an e-reader, (I'm lusting after a Kindle, but can't justify the $ right now) and I don't want to have to sit in front of the computer to have to read a book.   Would you rather have HUGE list of things your witchee wants to try or just a highlight list? Huge List   Baked Goods? Yea Nay? Baked goods are yummy!   If not Baked goods and you are changing eating habits..a book of recipes perhaps that will help the new eating lifestyle? I love recipes!!!   If you were to make an order RIGHT NOW (Not that any of you will make any bpal orders until SW is over, because you do NOT want to mess up any plans your witch might have!) What would you order (from lab, forum, DD, TradingPost, etc) Time does not bring relief, Womb Furie, BIWA, Burning Vulva, Dancing Koi, Festival Mask, Tea, Ushi, Aphrogenes, Areia, Hekaerge, Standing Female Nude, WILF, TKO, Crib Girls, White Rider, Black Rider, Ladon, Black Opal, Goblin, Imp, The Light of Men's Lives, The Night Raven, Old Demons of the First Class, The Old Goblin, Yew-Trees, Black Hellbore Honey, Tobacco Honey, Daphne Honey, Horse chestnut Honey, Laurel Honey, Yellow Jessamine Honey, Oleander Honey, Hemlock honey, Deadly Nightshade Honey, The Bow and Crown of Conquest, The Great Sword of War, Dirty, Dorian, 51, Snake Oil, Morocco, Windward Passage, And There Was a Great Cry in Egypt, Cupid Complaining to Venus, Carnaval Diabolique, Doc Constantine, Fazia the Black Mamba, Boomslang, Storm Clouds over the Midway, Eisheth Zeninum, Inez, Hand of Glory, The Maltese Cross of Sanctus Germanus, Tombeur, Emma, Josie, Bilquis, Crowley, War, Door, Hunter, Lady Una, The Stormhold, The Witch Queen, Lemon Scented Sticky Bat, Heroine, Dawn: Mother, Dawn: Cernunnos. Ummm... This would be my fantasy order if I win the lottery tonight.   What level of nudity are you fine with on items? Ex: none, tasteful, erotica Any is fine   I know the ?airre asked about gently used books and if you like garage sales, but would you like other kinds of gently used items that may have come from a garage sale? Sure, anything is fine, except the thought of used shoes is a little icky to me.   Do you like cooking seasonings, like the kind you can get in ounce sizes? If so, things you'd love to try out? I have a good spice outlet near me, so I get small quantities of what I need so that they don't get old sitting in my cupboard.   Do you like any particular kinds of green or black teas or coffees that could also be gotten in bulk? I'm not a tea or coffee drinker Favorite snack foods (and can they be from bulk section as well?) Absolutely. I'm addicted to crystallized ginger. Seriously, it's like crack for me!
lucyboo21

lucyboo21

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Beware of Redhead - The BPAL Version
 

From: Spring Switch Witch Time! Theme: Treasure Hunt

Witch - I'm just cross posting this stuff from the thread - seems like it would be easier to catch everything this way! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh lovely Witch, the e-card and the accompanying Colour A Dalek entertained me much. Yesterday was another long day so the fun was very welcome I totally wish you could visit too - though maybe you live somewhere warm and I could visit you instead -it's freaking cold here in Nova Scotia today. Lousy Smarch weather.   And now some question tomato based condiment   Easter Candy - do you like it? If so, what types? Not a big fan of Peeps. Or Cream eggs. I like Cadbury mini eggs a lot, or Turtles Eggs, or Dove Eggs, or Caramilk eggs...sense a pattern...   What scent(s) are you petrified of getting DC'd? Dorian or Phobos. Phobos went once I believe, so it always worries me it will get discontinued again.   What is a scent that you've been trying to find even a sample of for a very long time to no avail? (What bottle would you die to get your hands on - even a partial?) I've been on a no buy for a while so I've missed a lot. I missed Lambs Wool and I think I'd like it. And a lot of the Amanda Palmer foodie ones.   Source: Spring Switch Witch Time! Theme: Treasure Hunt
Aevalin

Aevalin

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stariel's BPAL Blog
 

Spring 2011 SW Questions 3/10 - 3/22

March 22   Violette Market Update is up. Do you covet anything from it?   I'm not really sure what that is, and I try to stick with BPAL for perfume since I can't even keep up with that!   What is your favorite type of wine? Would you be interested in trying something new? In that case, is there anything you really DONT like? Ooooo how about dessert wines?   I don't drink.   March 21   What three things are you craving right now?   nachos, more wearable pants, sleeping in my own bed on my stomach again! (post surgery I have to sleep at a 30-45 degree angle on my back, so I'm on the couch propped up with pillows)   paper goods, anyone need? including resume paper, and formal stationery as well as casual cards.   I have a lot, but if you find some absolutely perfect stationery I wouldn't say no.   What is a scent that you've been trying to find even a sample of for a very long time to no avail? (What bottle would you die to get your hands on - even a partial?)   I want to try WKAP Blackberry Jam and Scones - I probably could find it if I tried hard enough, but I haven't.   Is there anything in your life that you'd like advice or a "selfhelp" book for?: (ie finances, eating healthier, meal planning)   No thanks.   March 19   If your Witch lived near you, would you be happy or creeped out to get a "coupon" for a service like cleaning help or babysitting or dogwalking or coffee out with your Witch or something like that? Would you be creeped out if a local minion personally delivered a package to your house from a far-away Witch?   Meeting my witch for coffee or something would be fun! A personally delivered package is probably fine, especially if I know the minion (I know my witch has already sent some stuff to me through Twilight). Cleaning coupons etc... I'm not sure. As much as I'd like *anyone* else to clean my house, it does seem slightly creepy.   Let's say I have a pair of something you collect, would you like one of them and we have matching things?   That would be cute!     March 18   Do you like poetry?   A bit. It's not something I read all the time, though.   What types of scents do you like to scent your home? Which do you totally avoid?   I like fruity / foody or spicy scents usually, I avoid anything boozy or outdoorsy, woods and most florals.   What are your thoughts on comics? Any you like? Any you have been wanting to try? Favorite characters?   I don't really read comics.   How do you feel about nail polish? What colors do you like? Sparkles?   I don't usually paint my nails, since it's not really compatible with work. (Wearing gloves all day does a number on nail polish!)   Household/kitchen goods/gadgets?   If there's something you think I could use... I wouldn't mind some nice measuring spoons, I just have some plastic ones from a friend.   Ok geek check - what sort of geeky things do you do? Do you read comics/graphic novels? Are you obsessed with something (a TV show maybe?) Do you work in a geeky field? Do you play rpgs like Dungeons and Dragons? Would you like gifts related to any of these?   I'm not a very good geek. I work in science (genetics research) but am otherwise pretty much not geeky.   Do you have a favorite fabric? If someone were to make you a fabric item, would you prefer it be out of any fabric? e.g. velvet, satin, silk, cotton, bamboo??? Would this change if it were an article of clothing vs. a bag/pillow/blanket/somethingelse   A friend got a blanket at her baby shower out of something which I think is called Minky - it's so super soft! I think a pillow or little throw blanket out of that would be awesome, especially if it comes in non-baby colors.   Anything with the Worm Moon update that you're already lusting after?   I haven't even looked!   March 17   Would you want an invite to a site that is invite-only ex. Diaspora, Demonoid, etc. If so, what?   I can't think of any.   Pillows? What size/designs/colors would most interest you?   I could use a couple extra pillows for my couch... it's kind of a dark slate blue color.   purses? bags? What style/colors?   No thanks, I have plenty.   Decorative scarves for hair and/or creative accessorizing? What colors?   Not really my style.   Would you like anything from Starring Fragrances. They make awesome hair stuff, natural deoderant, and home fragrance (and a ton of other stuff, those are just my favs)?   In general, I have far too many bath products, but if you want to get me anything like that hair stuff is probably the one I need most.   March 16   For those who like lipgloss, lipstick, tinted balms, etc, what colors do you wear (and warm? cool?) and do you prefer something sheer or more opaque? How do you feel about shimmer?   I like clear gloss or slightly tinted to a pinkish / reddish color, but nothing too noticeable.   Are there any fancy/gourmet/special herbs or spices that you'd love to receive? ie: good quality vanilla or other extracts, vanilla beans, saffron, lavender, etc.   If my witch wants to send me a recipe and it needs anything strange, then sure! Otherwise I have most of the things I use most often.   What's your favorite animal? Or is there one that's particularly significant to you?   Probably a cat, I like their independence - I'm much more a cat person than a dog person. I also love tropical fish just for their awesomeness and looks.   If you were able to get a vintage or prototype bottle from the upcoming West Coast Will Call, which one would you want?   It already happened, and I'm not sure what was there anyway.   DVDs, Blu-Ray, both, neither?   I have a DVD player, but I also have Netflix and rarely buy DVDs.   Sock Dreams? What kind? (anklets, footies, etc.?)   I love socks, though I wear handknit ones most of the year. Stripey knee highs that work for very large calves (I have tiny feet and my calves are about 16" around) or cute normal height socks with stars are always appreciated.   Since this is a price capped round, would you rather get one "big" thing or lots of "little" things or don't care?   Whatever my witch wants to do is fine, though I will say that I'd rather have useful things than knick knacks. If you want to blow most of the budget on something nice you'll think I love then that's fine, quantity doesn't matter to me.   Do you like pirate-related things?   Not especially, they're ok.   Soaps? Be specific: if there are BPAL soaps you want to try or are dying for more of, tell all here! Also, any other companies people like or love? Villainess, maybe? Or Lush? What flavors???   I hardly use bar soaps, and I have quite a little stash to get through so this probably isn't necessary.   What periods of art do you love most? Like, if someone was going to get you a tapestry or a box or some other item, what period would you want it to most resonate with? the pinks and golds of Rococo? the clean geometry of Art Deco? The romanticism of Art Nouveux? The strange lines of Cubism?   I like Impressionist art, and I like photography, and Dali.   Would you like caffeinated lollipops?: http://www.lollyphil...cks-caffeinated   No thanks.   I'm going to Disneyland in a couple of weeks, is there anything I can get you?   Statistically this probably doesn't apply, but something neat with Maleficent might be cool...   March 15   Booze? Yay or Nay? what kinds?   Nay   Steampunk inspired items? Yay or nay?   If you think I'd like it then go for it, but I don't have any special affection for Steampunk   Do you like amurigami dolls?   Sometimes... this is my favorite ever (totally worth a look) Norwegian Black Metal Guy   Pirates vs Ninjas vs Zombies - who wins? Which do you love most?   Of the three I'd have to pick pirates, though really I choose vampires. I don't like zombies and am ambivalent about ninjas.   Do you like wearing things in your hair? If so, what kind (snap clips, scrunchie, headband, etc), how big & crazy (lowkey, bigger the better), and colors.   Nope, other than plain ol' hair bands.   Piercings? - ears?? - elsewhere?   I have 4 piercings in each ear, the bottom ones are gauged to a 12   Chocolate. With stuff in it? Are you more a plain chocolate lover, a chocolate and normal items lover (normal items being nuts, fruit, caramel) or do you like weird stuff in your chocolate? (weird stuff being curry, chilis, balsamic vinegar, floraly things)   I like chocolate mint, or with stuff (orange, most fruit, nuts, caramel but I'm not supposed to eat caramel because of my braces). I'd try weird stuff as long as it's vegetarian.     March 14   surprise! the world has given you the day off. You hear that, no chores, responsibilities, or budget you have to follow. What would you do in those 24 hours?   I'd quick fly to Australia, go scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef (in my dreams I don't need certification) and eat some Tim Tams.   Do you have any blogs you regularly read?   A bunch of knitting blogs.   Do you need another bpal box? If so what would your fantasy one look like?   I'm actually doing quite well on boxes now!   Do you enjoy gardening? If so, what kind of stuff do you grow? Vegetables, flowers?   I don't have any place to garden, but I have a lot of indoor plants at work - we have huge windows.   Social Networking sites:   I'm not really into them. I'm stariel on Ravelry and last.fm, and I have a Facebook but I rarely use it and it's only for friends / family.   favourite artists or specific paintings?   I love Starry Night, of course, and I'm a fan of Dali.   March 13   how about mix CDs?   I'm pretty picky about music, but I'd give it a listen.   Hey, how do folks feel about little e-goodies, like links to stuff your witchee likes? (articles online, pix, fic, etc)   If my witch fines one s/he thinks I'll really like, then great. Otherwise I'm not a big fan of them in general.   Tim Tams? Yes or no? Chocolate Creme, Caramel, or Dark Chocolate?   Sure! Any is fine.   Is there any "classic" literature (Hemingway, Dickens, Elliot, Bronte, Hugo, Wilde, etc.) that you would like to add to your collection?   I think I'm doing OK there, I usually get it for free as an ebook on my iPhone or from Librivox.   candles and/or aroma melts: yay or nay?   Candles are good, I don't have a tart melter.   Get your music player, what are the first 13 songs on Random?   I'll just cheat a bit and look at what's been playing while I write all these - I have my iTunes on random:   1. #1 Crush ~ Garbage 2. Say When ~ Fair to Midland 3. 6 Underground ~ Sneaker Pimps 4. Ice Monster ~ Minus the Bear 5. Kill Caustic ~ AFI 6. Waking Up Beside You ~ Stabbing Westward 7. A Smart Kid ~ Porcupine Tree 8. Parabol ~ Tool 9. Hardwire ~ Metric 10. Black Balloon ~ Goo Goo Dolls 11. Change (In the House of Flies) ~ Deftones 12. Hush ~ Tool 13. Dope Hat ~ Marilyn Manson   I must say that's uncharacteristically calm for me.   Astrological charts and interpretation/ reports?   No thanks.   So how does everyone feel about receiving ebooks?   I don't have an ebook reader, but if it's PDF I can use it on my iPhone. I know MeiLin mentioned cookbooks and I'd definitely be interested in those.   March 11   Would you rather have HUGE list of things your witchee wants to try or just a highlight list?   A big list! (And I'm a hypocrite, because mine is small because I don't keep up with updates. I want to try pretty much anything sweet and fruity, with tea notes, or spicy.   March 10   Baked Goods? Yea Nay?   Sure, though keep in mind I'm only one person and I'd like to maintain my waistline.   If not Baked goods and you are changing eating habits..a book of recipes perhaps that will help the new eating lifestyle?   If you have a favorite cookbook I'd be open to it. I'm vegetarian and rather uninspired (I make my 12 or so favorite things all the time).   If you were to make an order RIGHT NOW (Not that any of you will make any bpal orders until SW is over, because you do NOT want to mess up any plans your witch might have!) What would you order (from lab, forum, DD, TradingPost, etc)   I haven't a clue. I don't order much because I feel like I have lots of BPAL and I should pay attention to what I already have.   What level of nudity are you fine with on items? Ex: none, tasteful, erotica   None to very tasteful, like classic art kinds of things. I'm a bit of a prude.   I know the ?airre asked about gently used books and if you like garage sales, but would you like other kinds of gently used items that may have come from a garage sale?   As long as it's something non-gross (i.e. not underwear, stuff that's hard to clean).   Do you like cooking seasonings, like the kind you can get in ounce sizes? If so, things you'd love to try out?   Not unless there's a specific something to make with it.   Do you like any particular kinds of green or black teas or coffees that could also be gotten in bulk?   I'm a fan of English Breakfast and I like some fruit flavored black teas. I don't really like green tea, and I don't make coffee at home.   Favorite snack foods (and can they be from bulk section as well?)   I don't do a lot of snacking, and most of the candy stuff I probably am not supposed to eat with my braces anyway.
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Good Judy: Sins Of The Past

Sins Of The Past Category: American Gothic Quantity: sample   Description: SINS OF THE PAST Innocence is lost. The Sins of the Past have yet to be absolved. Weighted and heavy on your heart, they were justified by love and carried out by greed. But, all will be made right. There’s just one more deed to carry out. Simply, one more transgression to erase all the rest. All will be made right again. The Sins of the Past will be put to rest. All fools need to believe. Red apple, aromatic bitters, spearmint, eucalyptus, benzoin.   Review:   In the bottle: Spicy apple and mint, or a minty apple pie.   Wet: It’s cold from the mint. It really smells like apple, with a little bit of warm benzoin and cold eucalyptus. The mix of hot and cold is a bit weird at first, but I got used to it after a minute or two.   Dry: The aromatic bitters appeared, making the apple spicy again. However, it remains foody. I still smell mint, eucalyptus and benzoin, but it's still delicate.   Verdict: Another fruity scent from Good Judy and, as always, an interesting one. In fact, it smells so good, my parents’ dog followed me all-day with her nose up in the air, smelling my trail as if she expected me to get an apple turnover out of my pocket...
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BPAL: Yules: Snow White 2010

Yules: Snow White 2010 Category: Limited Edition Quantity: bottle   Description: SNOW WHITE 2010 A chilly, bright perfume: flurries of virgin snow, crisp winter wind and the faintest breath of night-blooming flowers.   Review:   In the bottle: So soft and delicate... I smell a bit of vanilla and sugar, but I’m not quite sure what else.   Wet: It smells sweet and floral, almost foody. It reminds me of Dana O’shee, only colder and crisper.   Dry: It turned into vanilla, coconut, mint, and almond, with a floral background.   Verdict: Overall, it’s lovely; however, I really got into it when I went outside. The cold winter air improves it somehow; it becomes even crisper afterwards.   More reviews: Limited Edition: Yules: Snow White 2010
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Coo coo chachoo!
 

Yet More Condiments

-What three things are you craving right now?   Cheese (since I’m vegan for lent, amg I would kill for cheese!), cuddles, a soft wrap/blanket/afghan to snuggle into.   -paper goods, anyone need? including resume paper, and formal stationery as well as casual cards.   I will ALWAYS accept with open arms cards (especially blank note cards, thank you cards/etc). I don’t have a printer so I don’t really use much other paper goods.   -What is a scent that you've been trying to find even a sample of for a very long time to no avail? (What bottle would you die to get your hands on - even a partial?)   I’ve been dying to try Cake Smash, Underpants (lol), and Candy Butcher. Of course But most of all I have wanted to try the Cinnamon version of Hamadryad. It keeps escaping me! As for a bottle/partial bottle that I would love... Midway. Res’d or original. I have an imp and it is such awesome carnival win on me, that I wish I had more so I wouldn’t be scared to use it. I know it is a pipe dream    -Is there anything in your life that you'd like advice or a "selfhelp" book for?: (ie finances, eating healthier, meal planning)   The one selfhelp book type that I really really need is: What do I want to do with my life? Career assistance. I am so lost that anything that could help me figure out what I want to do would be awesome. Otherwise, finance, eating healthier, self esteem, etc is all great. I have on my amazon wishlist some bits for a book called Boundaries (which looks amazing), as well as the 5 types of love    -If your Witch lived near you, would you be happy or creeped out to get a "coupon" for a service like cleaning help or babysitting or dogwalking or coffee out with your Witch or something like that? Would you be creeped out if a local minion personally delivered a package to your house from a far-away Witch?   I would love to meet my witch/witch’s minion. I’m a bit shy and sometimes hard to track down though.   -Let's say I have a pair of something you collect, would you like one of them and we have matching things?   Sure! I don’t really collect anything though.   March 18   -Do you like poetry?   Not particularly.   -What types of scents do you like to scent your home? Which do you totally avoid?   I like gourmandy or woody scents. I avoid florals. However they cannot be dispersed by fire! I am not allowed the eternal flame in my apt.   -What are your thoughts on comics? Any you like? Any you have been wanting to try? Favorite characters?   I love comics. My faves are gritty illustrations like Proof, The Living Dead, XXX Zombies, Locke and Key, The Darkness.   -How do you feel about nail polish? What colors do you like? Sparkles?   I can’t wear nail polish, as my nails are too brittle and thin.   -Household/kitchen goods/gadgets?   Oh Gosh. A flour sifter. Dish towels. Double broiler (haha ya right.) Dutch over (again, yeah right but oh gosh could I use one!), silicone bakewear! A good colander/strainer. Tea infuser. Speciality items. Everything. Oh. A Frosting... pipebag... thingie. You know what I mean.   -Ok geek check - what sort of geeky things do you do? Do you read comics/graphic novels? Are you obsessed with something (a TV show maybe?) Do you work in a geeky field? Do you play rpgs like Dungeons and Dragons? Would you like gifts related to any of these?   I read comics/graphic novels, but rarely nowadays. I loved a lot of geeky shows (Star Trek, Firefly, Carnivale <- fav ever), I used to roleplay white-wolf and in fact have a Lasombra tattoo. I currently play lots of videogames, from fps to WoW. I’m kind of a huge nerd. I also love Collectable Card Games (though I don’t actively collect them any more), Board games like The Betrayal in the House on the Hill (I’d kill to have this, best game ever), cardish games like Munchkin/Lunch Money/Cthulhu 500. I am a special effects nerd, and do horror makeup as a hobby. I would love gifts pertaining to any/all/whatever.   -Do you have a favorite fabric? If someone were to make you a fabric item, would you prefer it be out of any fabric? e.g. velvet, satin, silk, cotton, bamboo??? Would this change if it were an article of clothing vs. a bag/pillow/blanket/somethingelse   I love all “rich” fabrics. I love the way they feel. My favorite feeling in the world is mohair. It makes me squiggle with joy! It doesn’t matter what it is  I do also love chennelle (sp?) in blankets, etc.   -Anything with the Worm Moon update that you're already lusting after?   Minamoto No Yorimitsu Cuts at the Earth Spider. Oh please oh please. Om nom. Schmendrick. Molly Grue.
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BPAL is a girl's best friend!
 

We had our first rain today

If that is not a reason to celebrate, I don't know what is (I live in Finland, it's been a long, cold winter, and just the prospect of an early spring? THRILLING!)   So, celebrate is what I want to do, and of course I want to do it with BPAL. But I'm seriously lacking in paypalz, so a list of bottles (many, many bottles) will be compiled shortly and prepared for the sell/swap section. I've already stocked up on envelopes, so I'm good to go.   Spring Cleaning, here we go!
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SW Help
 

March 21, 2011

March 21   What three things are you craving right now? Well, I just ate a late lunch/early dinner. so no food. oooo although I could really go for some chocolate. Other than that, I would say... Sunshine, and an organized and cozy bedroom.   paper goods, anyone need? including resume paper, and formal stationery as well as casual cards. I could use some colored card stock for crafty things, but other than that, nah! I can get a lot of paper at work   What is a scent that you've been trying to find even a sample of for a very long time to no avail? (What bottle would you die to get your hands on - even a partial?) I don't have an answer to this I am a bad BPALer. I want to say that I have been obsessing over Snow White since I got a decant of it. Which is almost gone!   Is there anything in your life that you'd like advice or a "selfhelp" book for?: (ie finances, eating healthier, meal planning) I thought that said mine planning and I was like THATS MY JOB! Anyway... I like books about relaxation techniques. I had a book on visualization as a teenager and it really helped me through some tough times. I wonder where it went...   March 19   If your Witch lived near you, would you be happy or creeped out to get a "coupon" for a service like cleaning help or babysitting or dogwalking or coffee out with your Witch or something like that? Would you be creeped out if a local minion personally delivered a package to your house from a far-away Witch? Ummmm I am really shy so I would probably be a little nervous. But that doesn't mean I wouldnt go! Just might need to be an outgoing other person to offset my shyness. And RE: personal delivery: my neighborhood has a 24/7 "guarded" gate so they wouldn't be able to get inside the neighborhood unless I put them on the list. That sounds so lame but I promise I am not a cookie cutter boring suburban yuppie.   Let's say I have a pair of something you collect, would you like one of them and we have matching things? that sounds so sweet!   March 18   Do you like poetry? Yes! I do! I really love weird and dark things. Angry women and nutjobs are my favorite.   What types of scents do you like to scent your home? Which do you totally avoid? My home scents are basically the opposite of the scents i wear. I gravitate towards manly (mmm leather) scents or foody scents for my home. I seem to have allergic reactions to a lot of the sweet floral scents when they are in candle/tart form. I also like any 'clean' scents... the yankee candles new laundry scents are pretty awesome I go with the season though. In the spring I will suffer my allergies to have smells of flowers and grass and whatnot in the house. In the summer I will have clean, citrussy smells. In the fall I will go for thanksgivingy stuff (ginger! pumpkin!). Winter is for pine and snow smells! The manlier stuff can be used all year long because they are my boyfriend's favorite. In summary: EVERYTHING BUT CHEAP SMELLING VANILLA   What are your thoughts on comics? Any you like? Any you have been wanting to try? Favorite characters? I have never read a comic but I am curious about them!   Household/kitchen goods/gadgets? Yes! I recently bought a house, and could probably use almost anything home-related. Still a lot of space to fill.   Do you have a favorite fabric? If someone were to make you a fabric item, would you prefer it be out of any fabric? e.g. velvet, satin, silk, cotton, bamboo??? Would this change if it were an article of clothing vs. a bag/pillow/blanket/somethingelse I like velvet a lot, but not for clothing. I have a pair of bamboo PJs and they are awesome. I dont dislike any fabrics.
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New arrivals and the locket!

I got my big shipment in - along with a gorgeous scent locket (goldfish pool)! It looks so much better in person! And works beautifully for holding scents inside. I was using a different locket before this arrived - a rose gold one... but it seemed to have an odd smell to it... the new silver locket holds the BPAL oils without any weird smell from the metal coming through :-)   My current reigning favorite? White chocolate, mango, and buttercream. Wow. Its such an amazing scent that I ordered 2 more bottles before they went off the market (1 more for me, and 1 to use to trade).
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Swap List

Swap List - 5ml Bottles: MITZVAH GORERET MITZVAH *May be picky!* (Holy hyssop, red apple, massoia bark, and pomegranate with eight different types of honey that represent the sweetness of life and new beginnings.)   Swap List - Imps and Decants: Partials A FIT OF ARTISTIC ENTHUSIASM 1/2 FULL (Electric jolts of mania with the scents of a salt-crusted coffin bobbing through tumultuous ocean waves.) CHANUKKIYAH 2010 (1/2 FULL: Olive oil, beeswax, glowing amber, sweet sufganiyot, pomegranate, and fig.) THE DOLE OF THE KING'S DAUGHTER (1/2 FULL: Red roses, blood-flecked lilies, upturned earth, yew branches, and blood mingled with river sand.) GELT 1/2 FULL (Dry cocoa and golden amber.) JACOB'S LADDER 2010 (1/2 FULL: Golden amber, galbanum, benzoin, ambrette, rockrose, costus and tonka.) THE RUSSIAN DANCE 1/2 FULL (Florentine iris, black tea, labdanum, patchouli, champaca flower, benzoin, and ambergris.) PENDING   GC AEVAL (Sage, sweet pea, bold pale musk and warm tonka.) BRIMSTONE (A smoky, gritty blend, husky and gray.) CHUPAROSA (No description of notes, but it's definitely roses and honeysuckle.) MARIE (A blend of sinuous violet and elegant tea rose.) OPIUM POPPY (No description of notes, but reviews describe it as strong poppy with some incense or smoke.) PERSEPHONE (Pomegranate and rose.) QUEEN (No list of notes, smells earthy and spicy to my nose, with something green in the background. Most reviews say it's a green scent, but I'm getting a lot of earth.) SKULD (Ylang ylang, honey, Egyptian and Arabian musks and labdanum.) SNOOTY ROSE (Red rose, oud, plum, bergamot, and red sandalwood.) TWEEDLEDUM (Green mango, fig, patchouli and green tea.) PENDING WHIP (Agony and ecstasy: black leather and damp red rose.) THE ZIEBA TREE (A dreamlike, listless scent, misty and hazed, with wisps of white sandalwood, eddying musks the colors of eventide, shimmering pale resins, davana, lemon blossom, orange blossom, and white peach.)   Unimpable/Discontinued LAUREL HONEY (No listed notes; sweet, mild honey with subtle leafy herbs in the background.) PEPPER (Wild English roses, French gardenia, vanilla, honey, golden ginger, blood orange, pine resin, pink pepper, crushed berries, tuberose, bergamot, and geranium.) SAINT-GERMAIN (gilded amber, hypnotic lavender, brash carnation and deep mosses.)   Limited Edition ANTHEIA (Grandiflorum jasmine, Damask rose, ylang ylang, gardenia, sweetbriar, and apple blossom dusted by golden amber.) DAWN: PRIESTESS (Damascus rose, jasmine, myrrh, opoponax, white sage, and patchouli.) THE DECREPIT HOUSE (Dilapidated planks of mahogany and cypress wood perched feebly on a grim foundation of long-dead leaves, black musk, patchouli, galbanum, tobacco absolute, fragonia, and oakmoss.) PENDING GINGER SKULLS (Zingy crystallized ginger candies with quince and Asian pear.) PENDING KLARA (Honey dusting powder, mandarin, iris, ylang ylang, tea rose, and carnation.) KYTHERIAN (Black narcissus, purple orchid, neroli, white sandalwood, ambergris, plum musk, jonquil, thyme, oakmoss, and grapefruit.) PENDING THE LADY OF LAKE RONKONKOMA (Balsamic, reedy water, sweetgrass, algae, loosestrife, and lady's slipper.) LADY LUCK BLUES (Honeyed Bulgarian rose, vanilla flower, benzoin, tonka, black plum, peony, and iris.) MISERCORDIA (magnolia, black currant, castoreum accord, lavender, labdanum, amber, rose otto, and opoponax.) THE PHOENIX IN SPRING (Newborn, with flecks of myrrh still dusting its wings, the Phoenix emerges: dandelion florets, cherry blossom, spring wildflowers, and myrrh.) SLEIPNIR (Confections spun of hazelnuts, honey, elderberries, and bilberries with a dusting of hay and a bit of carrot.) SLEEPING NYMPH AND SATYRS (Wild woods, Bulgarian rose, tolu balsam, vanilla absolute, ambergris, honey, and vanilla.) PENDING TEARS, IDLE TEARS (A bittersweet aquatic lifted by white rose, olibanum, amber, orris root, davana, and oude.) TRANSEO (benzoin, orange blossom, cumin, King mandarin, gaiac wood, juniper berry, Calabrian bergamot, Ceylon cinnamon, and blood camouflaged by wine.)
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Spring Switch Witch questions

Love you, oh Witch!   Most recent at the top:   21st March   Pillows? What size/designs/colors would most interest you? Square with slip-on covers in bright colours! Patched and quilted! Saturated colours, cottons, satins and silks, whatever there is! (If it's manageable, of course.)   Purses? bags? What style/colors? I'm not much of a bag person, actually. I've used the same leather satchel-bag for the last three years and now it's starting to wear down at the corners, I'm thinking I should look for a new one. Hm.   Decorative scarves for hair and/or creative accessorizing? What colors? Not really. I have loads of scarves and already forget to wear them all!   Would you like anything from Starring Fragrances. They make awesome hair stuff, natural deoderant, and home fragrance (and a ton of other stuff, those are justmy favs)? Don't know of them - haven't really heard of them I'm afraid!   Ok geek check - what sort of geeky things do you do? Do you read comics/graphic novels? Are you obsessed with something (a TV show maybe?) Do you work in a geeky field? Do you play rpgs like Dungeons and Dragons? Would you like gifts related to any of these? I don't mind comics, although I'm no collector. I love sci-fi-ish TV shows: Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis have been my big obsessions the last few years, and I'm just hovering on the edge of Sanctuary right now. I'm a computer programmer so I have natural geek tendencies, although I'm not heavily hardware- or platform-oriented. Linux is still 'hardcore' to me. I would love any and all gifts my witch gave me!   What are your thoughts on comics? Any you like? Any you have been wanting to try? Favorite characters? I used to collect Marvel comics - mostly the X-Men range - about 1997-2000. I still love the 90s X-Men and the Age Of Apocalypse storyline. (AUs FTW!) Then I moved and stopped collecting. But I still have a fondness for Jean Grey and Cyclops, Psylock (Japanese Ninja version - see? NINJAS!), Rogue (with Gambit), and Storm (African Weather Goddess version, not Halle Berry's movie version).   Around 2004, I started watching the Justice League Animated series and fell in love with the Trinity of Bats, Wondy, and Supes. Mostly Bats and Wondy, with Supes in there only if Bats is also there. I have both the Bats and Wondy 12" dolls at home. *coughs*   What types of scents do you like to scent your home? Which do you totally avoid? Vanilla, floral, herbal. Nothing dirt or too heavy.   Do you like poetry? Love it. Prefer classical and non-Western (with translations, since I speak only English).   How do you feel about nail polish? What colors do you like? Sparkles? I'm very conservative with nail polishes - browns and pinks. (Pinkish browns?) Unfortunately, the Post's polishes are too dark for my regular wearing tastes, and I can't remember the OBI colour that I like.   Anything with the Worm Moon update that you're already lusting after? The Japanese scents sound pretty nice. But I applied for a decant circle (not sure if I got in: haven't heard back)   Is there any kitchen gadgets or goods or what not that you need/want? Cookie cutters! Always good!   Do you have a favorite fabric? If someone were to make you a fabric item, would you prefer it be out of any fabric? e.g. velvet, satin, silk, cotton, bamboo??? Would this change if it were an article of clothing vs. a bag/pillow/blanket/somethingelse Any fabric is good. I'm not allergic to anything - I just don't like scratchy on my skin.     --   For those who like lipgloss, lipstick, tinted balms, etc, what colors do you wear (and warm? cool?) and do you prefer something sheer or more opaque? I usually just use Vaseline or The Body Shop's Hemp Lip Protector. Nothing scented or tinted. But I've got golden olive colouring, so something in the darker, browns and dusky roses shades would be better than pinks, scarlets, or oranges.   If you were able to get a vintage or prototype bottle from the upcoming West Coast Will Call, which one would you want? ...I'm tempted to say 'MB:Underpants, but I think Victorian Rose Milk sounds lovely. Otherwise, Threnody or Katharina!   DVDs, Blu-Ray, both, neither? DVDs, yes. I think the stepfather has Blu-Ray. They certainly have 3D. But DVD is safest.   Since this is a price capped round, would you rather get one "big" thing or lots of "little" things or don't care?[\b] I really don't mind either way. Lots of little things is nice, but since I'm in Australia, I usually just get one big parcel.   Do you like pirate-related things? I don't mind it. I'm more problematic about 'knick knacks' otherwise known as 'fillers' - little erasers, plastic 'joke' bits and pieces - things that just end up in the rubbish bin because otherwise they float around for way too long, cloggind up my space.         --   Favorite artists or specific paintings? Mucha for the Art Noveau, Klimt for the movement, Escher for the mix of mathematical and bizarre, Cezanne and Van Gogh for colours and atmosphere, bold colours and bold lines are always good. But I have great fondness for 'grandscapes' such as "The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon by Sir Edward John Poynter"   Booze? Yay or Nay? what kinds? Sure. I prefer liquors, but somehow I don't think that anyone's going to send me a bottle of, I don't know   So how does everyone feel about receiving ebooks? Would love. About to get an eReader (Sony Reader, I think) and also about to make a fairly big trip to Europe during which I will need books!   Is there any "classic" literature (Hemingway, Dickens, Elliot, Bronte, Hugo, Wilde, etc.) that you would like to add to your collection? Any and all! I think we mostly have Austens in our physical library, so anything you see fit would be welcome!   Get your music player, what are the first 13 songs on Random? I have a really bizarre mix of stuff on my iPod - a lot of instrumental/soundtrack (Merlin, Firefly, Sarah Connor Chronicles, Indiana Jones, Jade Empire), a heavy dose of modern classical (Bond), remixed musical (Glee), with a dash of jazz, nineties/noughties light alternative (Live, Powderfinger, Pearl Jam), and more than a few 'dumb pop' artists (Backstreet Boys, Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, and Taylor Swift. Oh, and the Spice Girls). Miles Dyson's Grave - Bear McCreary (Sarah Connor Chronicles soundtrack) Don't Call Me Baby - Madison Avenue Lancelot Leaves - Rohan Stevenson (Merlin: Series Two soundtrack) Bust Your Windows - Amber Riley (Glee Vol. 1) Goodbye My Friend - Spice Girls Even Angels Fall - Jess I Love You (from 'Samson and Delilah') - Bear McCreary (Sarah Connor Chronicles soundtrack) Perfectly Perfect - Elizabeth and the Catapult Rose's Turn - Chris Colfer (Glee) Mass Destruction - Faithless Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee 28 Days - What's the Deal In The Next Room - Noen Trees Rock Star (Jason Nevins Remix Edit) - NERD   Pirates vs Ninjas vs Zombies - who wins? Which do you love most? I don't like Zombies, so it's Pirates or Ninjas.... And much as I love the romanticised pirate narratives of the modern day, I'd have to go with ninjas myself. Moving like the night...never seen them coming or going, and then BAM!   Piercings? - ears?? - elsewhere? One hole in each earlobe.   Chocolate. With stuff in it? Are you more a plain chocolate lover, a chocolate and normal items lover (normal items being nuts, fruit, caramel) or do you like weird stuff in your chocolate? (weird stuff being curry, chilis, balsamic vinegar, floraly things) I've discovered a love of chocolate-coated salted caramels thx to this local market I went to and bought their chocolate-coated salted caramels and their chocolate coated turkish delight. Must go back this Sunday... I'll try anything at least once!     --   Do you need another bpal box? If so what would your fantasy one look like? Thanks, but no. I have one that I've been doing up (for a while now) so I don't need one. But my fantasy one would feature a trompe l'oeil that made it look like there was a hole in the lid and a dragonet inside the box.   Surprise! the world has given you the day off. You hear that, no chores, responsibilities, or budget you have to follow. What would you do in those 24 hours? Take my day in stretches of reading, quilting, writing, with a big breakfast at the local café and a tasting dinner at an expensive restaurant in the city that night.   Do you have any blogs you regularly read? Via my f-list/dwircle: Cakewrecks. Slacktivist. Jim Hines. Diane Duane. Fandom_Wank, Unfunnybusiness, XKCD... I'm also subscribed to an Intranationalities community, a Politics community, and several comms for people of colour via Livejournal/Dreamwidth. I read Sunny Singh Online: http://sunnysinghonline.blogspot.com/ and used to read All Men Are Liars (Except Sam DeBrito): http://blogs.smh.com.au/executive-style/allmenareliars/ but haven't in ages. Other than that, I read a bunch of quilting blogs: Moda Bake Shop, Stash Manicure, Quiltville, Live a Colourful Life, ps. I quilt, crazy mom quilts, a quilting life, twin fibers, naptime quilter, Quilt Inspiration, Gen X Quilters, Red Pepper Quilts, Canton Village, Fat Quarterly, Freshly Pieced, Stitched in Colour.   Astrological charts and interpretation/ reports? Nope.   How about mix CDs? Yep. Anything you like listening to, I'll give a go!   Do you enjoy gardening? If so, what kind of stuff do you grow? Vegetables, flowers? Vegetables, mostly. When and where I can, which isn't much.   Contacts: LiveJournal: tielan - fandom, BPAL, etc. seldear - RL and quilting (old fandoms) Dreamwidth : tielan - everything   I have Twitter and FB, but I barely use them. My usual post consists of "I'm exhausted. Send caffeine." Or something equally boring.   Minion things I can do: Not much. I can quilt, but I won't have time to put anything together for anyone but my witchee before the deadline. I could put together a fabric pack if someone would like one for their witchee, though. Or send Tim Tams. Make cards or send cardmaking equipment...   Steampunk inspired items? Yay or nay? That's a definite yay!
tielan

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ow1goddess' Blog
 

Swapper help!

Basic stuff: I love books (mostly fantasy and history), the color purple, and bubble bath/fizzes/bombs/shower gel/oil. I wear a 2X in most shirts and have size 10-11 feet.   My wish lists are here: etsy Main Amazon Nonfiction Amazon
ow1goddess

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HKB's Blog
 

And more SW questions...

Would you want an invite to a site that is invite-only ex. Diaspora, Demonoid, etc. If so, what? I can't think of any, I don't know what those sites are.   Pillows? What size/designs/colors would most interest you? Hmm. Maybe decorative pillows. I looked on Etsy and added a couple that appealed to me for reference. I'm open to anything though. There's no particular color scheme to my house.   purses? bags? What style/colors? Nah I'm set there, set on wallet too.   Decorative scarves for hair and/or creative accessorizing? What colors? I don't think I would wear those   Would you like anything from Starring Fragrances. They make awesome hair stuff, natural deoderant, and home fragrance (and a ton of other stuff, those are just my favs)? I've never tried anything from them but it looks like nice stuff. Hair stuff, home fragances, lotions, etc. it's all good.   Soaps? Be specific: if there are BPAL soaps you want to try or are dying for more of, tell all here! Also, any other companies people like or love? Villainess, maybe? Or Lush? What flavors??? Any of the BPAL soaps except Snake Oil (I haven't tried any). I love Villainess, they have probably my favorite soaps. I'm not as picky about scents when it comes to soaps as I am with perfume, I'm more adventurous. Um, I want to try more soap made with goats milk. Anything hand made and with rich ingredients and oils and all that goodness. Paintbox Soapworks, I like too, especially the White Cotton Sheets scent. I've tried some Lush soap, I did like it.   What periods of art do you love most? Like, if someone was going to get you a tapestry or a box or some other item, what period would you want it to most resonate with? the pinks and golds of Rococo? the clean geometry of Art Deco? The romanticism of Art Nouveux? The strange lines of Cubism? Of those listed, Rococo and Art Nouveux appeal to me more. Ornate, filligreed.   Would you like caffeinated lollipops?: http://www.lollyphil...cks-caffeinated sure, they sound yummy   Copied CD's or DVD's? CDs, not DVD's though, I don't think my DVD player even works.   Do you like poetry? I do! Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop, H.D. Mostly stuff written in the last 100 years.   What types of scents do you like to scent your home? Which do you totally avoid? I like to avoid overly foody home scents just because they make me hungry. Also I'm picky when it comes to "clean" scents (lemony or ozone), I'd like to find good ones but so much of the time they just remind me of laundry detergent or dish soap. Incense-y notes like sandalwood, tea notes, florals, all that is pretty safe.   What are your thoughts on comics? Any you like? Any you have been wanting to try? Favorite characters? My boyfriend is really into comics and draws some. I am more of a reader, but I do read comics from time to time and would like to find more that I like. Alternative comics like Chris Ware and Daniel Clowes.   How do you feel about nail polish? What colors do you like? Sparkles? I rarely wear it and I have a lot already anyways.   Household/kitchen goods/gadgets? Yeah I'm always lacking in kitchen goodies. A mortar and pestle, tongs (mine just broke), a kitchen timer, an oven mitt, a kitchen scale   Ok geek check - what sort of geeky things do you do? Do you read comics/graphic novels? Are you obsessed with something (a TV show maybe?) Do you work in a geeky field? Do you play rpgs like Dungeons and Dragons? Would you like gifts related to any of these? I don't think I'm all that geeky, actually. I've never played and RPG and I don't get obsessed with TV shows.   Do you have a favorite fabric? If someone were to make you a fabric item, would you prefer it be out of any fabric? e.g. velvet, satin, silk, cotton, bamboo??? Would this change if it were an article of clothing vs. a bag/pillow/blanket/somethingelse? If it was something wearable I do like wool. I have no strong preferences, it's all good.   Anything with the Worm Moon update that you're already lusting after? I would love to try especially: Worm Moon, Enlightenment of the Courtesan Jigokudayu, The Amorous Tree. But really I'm up for trying any of it.   If your Witch lived near you, would you be happy or creeped out to get a "coupon" for a service like cleaning help or babysitting or dogwalking or coffee out with your Witch or something like that? Would you be creeped out if a local minion personally delivered a package to your house from a far-away Witch? Well I don't have a dog, I don't need house cleaning. Coffee might be fun! Babysitting would be super cool, actually. If my witch or a minion wants to stop by that would be fine but I'd like some warning because I'm a pretty reserved person.   Let's say I have a pair of something you collect, would you like one of them and we have matching things? Sure
HKB

HKB

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Beware of Redhead - The BPAL Version
 

More questions now featuring answers!

OOoo a card from ma witch telling me goodies are on the way Excellent choices in Doctor Who ecards btw   Do you like poetry? I don't dislike poetry, there are poems I really like, but would I consider myself a fan? I don't know. I'm undecided. What types of scents do you like to scent your home? Which do you totally avoid? Foody stuff - because then I can pretend I've baked awesome things   How do you feel about nail polish? What colors do you like? Sparkles? I have a fair bit, I like to polish my toes more than my hands. I go for greens, blues and metallics mostly, but cool colours are always welcome. And sparkles   Household/kitchen goods/gadgets? I love gadgets, LOVE them so anything is welcome.   Do you have a favorite fabric? If someone were to make you a fabric item, would you prefer it be out of any fabric? e.g. velvet, satin, silk, cotton, bamboo??? Would this change if it were an article of clothing vs. a bag/pillow/blanket/somethingelse I like natural fabrics mostly, and fabrics that feel soft. I don't like itchy. I have a pair of bamboo yoga pants that I adore.   Source: Spring Switch Witch Time! Theme: Treasure Hunt
Aevalin

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mimosa's Blog
 

SW March 2011

March 23   Easter Candy - do you like it? If so, what types? Candy is always good, I like most kinds 9just not Hersheys chocolate) What scent(s) are you petrified of getting DC'd? I haven't ordered aelopile yet, hope that doesn't get d/c before I get a bottle. March 22   Violette Market Update is up. Do you covet anything from it? I try not to covet any other brands than BPAL, I can't cope with any more addictions. What is your favorite type of wine? Would you be interested in trying something new? In that case, is there anything you really DONT like? Ooooo how about dessert wines? Wine is good Dessert wines is very small quantities on the right occasion. March 21   What three things are you craving right now? Sleep, a day off work when it's not raining and I wish someone would bring me a cup of tea/glass of wine right now paper goods, anyone need? including resume paper, and formal stationery as well as casual cards. I do like cards and stuff but I think I have too many to use in my lifetime. What is a scent that you've been trying to find even a sample of for a very long time to no avail? (What bottle would you die to get your hands on - even a partial?) I think I'm sorted here, Banshee Beat is my HG scent and I've been lucky enough to acquire three bottles in the last year. I hope that will last me for ever. Is there anything in your life that you'd like advice or a "selfhelp" book for?: (ie finances, eating healthier, meal planning) I do need to eat healthier, I would like a vegan cookbook or recipes with quick easy meals March 19   If your Witch lived near you, would you be happy or creeped out to get a "coupon" for a service like cleaning help or babysitting or dogwalking or coffee out with your Witch or something like that? Would you be creeped out if a local minion personally delivered a package to your house from a far-away Witch? I'd love to have a Witch near me. Let's say I have a pair of something you collect, would you like one of them and we have matching things? Cute March 18   Do you like poetry? I don't dislike poetry, I just don't make an effort to read poetry What types of scents do you like to scent your home? Which do you totally avoid? I like all sorts of home scents, more foody than I would wear, cinnamon,citrus, vanilla and even florals. Don't avoid anything in particular. What are your thoughts on comics? Any you like? Any you have been wanting to try? Favorite characters? No thanks How do you feel about nail polish? What colors do you like? Sparkles? Only toes get painted in plain neutral/pale colours Household/kitchen goods/gadgets? I like kitchen gadgets, I can't think of any I am need of right now, although I can always use spatulas, wooden spoons and stuff Ok geek check - what sort of geeky things do you do? Do you read comics/graphic novels? Are you obsessed with something (a TV show maybe?) Do you work in a geeky field? Do you play rpgs like Dungeons and Dragons? Would you like gifts related to any of these? Me a geek? Not in the computer game/rpg way. I have plenty of odd hobbies, like crawling round the woods looking for fungi to photograph. Actually BPAL addiction is a bit geeky really. Do you have a favorite fabric? If someone were to make you a fabric item, would you prefer it be out of any fabric? e.g. velvet, satin, silk, cotton, bamboo??? Would this change if it were an article of clothing vs. a bag/pillow/blanket/somethingelse I like cotton clothes best, other items I like whatever fits. Anything with the Worm Moon update that you're already lusting after? I'll stick with my decants, I'm so bad at picking out good things from the notes, I've learned to test before I buy. March 17   Would you want an invite to a site that is invite-only ex. Diaspora, Demonoid, etc. If so, what? I've never heard about these. Pillows? What size/designs/colors would most interest you? I have a collection of rust coloured cushions, in different designs and sizes, newcomers would be welcomed, purses? bags? What style/colors? I received a fantastic bag from Molls in the last SW round so I'm sorted here. I can always use more canvas tote bags for shopping, with unusual designs Decorative scarves for hair and/or creative accessorizing? What colors? Blue. Would you like anything from Starring Fragrances. They make awesome hair stuff, natural deoderant, and home fragrance (and a ton of other stuff, those are just my favs)? Not tried, if they are your favourite I'm happy to try. March 16   For those who like lipgloss, lipstick, tinted balms, etc, what colors do you wear (and warm? cool?) and do you prefer something sheer or more opaque? How do you feel about shimmer? Lipgloss or balm; natural colours, sheer, no shimmer. Are there any fancy/gourmet/special herbs or spices that you'd love to receive? ie: good quality vanilla or other extracts, vanilla beans, saffron, lavender, etc. Local herb or spice mixes would be good. What's your favorite animal? Or is there one that's particularly significant to you? Not an animal,but I do like dragonflies. If you were able to get a vintage or prototype bottle from the upcoming West Coast Will Call, which one would you want? I don't read the lists-I know that I will never get to a will call, so I try not to covet the most precious bottles. DVDs, Blu-Ray, both, neither? Both, European region Sock Dreams? What kind? (anklets, footies, etc.?) Ankle socks suitable for un-skinny ankles. Since this is a price capped round, would you rather get one "big" thing or lots of "little" things or don't care? Whatever suits my witch. Do you like pirate-related things? Not specially but I'm happy to keep to the theme. Soaps? Be specific: if there are BPAL soaps you want to try or are dying for more of, tell all here! Also, any other companies people like or love? Villainess, maybe? Or Lush? What flavors??? I've built up a small stockpile of soaps recently, so I'm not really in need of more. I do like lovely soap though, particularly Snake oil and similar. What periods of art do you love most? Like, if someone was going to get you a tapestry or a box or some other item, what period would you want it to most resonate with? the pinks and golds of Rococo? the clean geometry of Art Deco? The romanticism of Art Nouveux? The strange lines of Cubism? Rococo-no,too ornate and gold. Art Deco-Yes Art nouveaux-Yes Cubism-maybe Would you like caffeinated lollipops?:http://www.lollyphil...cks-caffeinated Possibly, not too sure about all that caffiene Copied CD's or DVD's? Maybe, as long as they are OK with customs I'm going to Disneyland in a couple of weeks, is there anything I can get you? Don't think so. March 15   Booze? Yay or Nay? what kinds? Yes but I don't think booze can be posted, can it? Nothing alcohol flavoured please. Steampunk inspired items? Yay or nay?   Do you like amurigami dolls? I shall google now!! These are cute, are they tiny? I can imagine one in my car if they are. I need to learn how to make these. Pirates vs Ninjas vs Zombies - who wins? Which do you love most? No Zombies please. Do you like wearing things in your hair? If so, what kind (snap clips, scrunchie, headband, etc), how big & crazy (lowkey, bigger the better), and colors. My hair is too fine, things just slip out. Piercings? - ears?? - elsewhere? Just ears Chocolate. With stuff in it? Are you more a plain chocolate lover, a chocolate and normal items lover (normal items being nuts, fruit, caramel) or do you like weird stuff in your chocolate? (weird stuff being curry, chilis, balsamic vinegar, floraly things)   Milk chocolate with things, normal, weird are all apreciated. March 14   surprise! the world has given you the day off. You hear that, no chores, responsibilities, or budget you have to follow. What would you do in those 24 hours? Can I go to a spa? Swim,,be pampered, read and relax. Do you have any blogs you regularly read? I've not explored before, if my witch is knowledgeable about these things please direct to good sites. Do you need another bpal box? If so what would your fantasy one look like? I really shouldn't need another box, I'm trying to destash, i think they are breeding though so I probably would use a box. Fantasy would be hand painted Do you enjoy gardening? If so, what kind of stuff do you grow? Vegetables, flowers? I do garden, when I have time I grow veg, flowers everything Social Networking sites:   favourite artists or specific paintings?   March 13   how about mix CDs? Yes with a list of contents so I can find out more. Hey, how do folks feel about little e-goodies, like links to stuff your witchee likes? (articles online, pix, fic, etc) Yes please. Tim Tams? Yes or no? Chocolate Creme, Caramel, or Dark Chocolate? I have tried them before, if my witch has access to these I would be happy to test them again. Is there any "classic" literature (Hemingway, Dickens, Elliot, Bronte, Hugo, Wilde, etc.) that you would like to add to your collection? candles and/or aroma melts: yay or nay? Yay Get your music player, what are the first 13 songs on Random? Astrological charts and interpretation/ reports? I'm sorted here, I had some charts drawn up by a friend. So how does everyone feel about receiving ebooks? I don't have a ebooks reader yet, contemplating it right now. March 11 Would you rather have HUGE list of things your witchee wants to try or just a highlight list? Huge might give me a chance to find something from a distance. March 10 Baked Goods? Yea Nay? If not Baked goods and you are changing eating habits..a book of recipes perhaps that will help the new eating lifestyle? If you were to make an order RIGHT NOW (Not that any of you will make any bpal orders until SW is over, because you do NOT want to mess up any plans your witch might have!) What would you order (from lab, forum, DD, TradingPost, etc) What level of nudity are you fine with on items? Ex: none, tasteful, erotica Fine on all levels I know the ?airre asked about gently used books and if you like garage sales, but would you like other kinds of gently used items that may have come from a garage sale? Everything used works for me except footwear,underwear. Do you like cooking seasonings, like the kind you can get in ounce sizes? If so, things you'd love to try out? Anything I can't get here Do you like any particular kinds of green or black teas or coffees that could also be gotten in bulk? I mainly like black tea, I buy this in bulk and drink lots. Favorite snack foods (and can they be from bulk section as well?) Snacks are good in my opinion (but not for my waistline) Nuts,seeds,crackers,chips,dried fruit all find a welcome here. In fact the only snack foods that I don't go for are meaty things.
heleng

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SW Help
 

March 18, 2011

March 17   Pillows? What size/designs/colors would most interest you? I like pillows! I like pillows that are bright and colorful, becuase most of my couches and thinks are boring broooown. Also, I have some quilts on the beds, and I'm sure any pillow you could make would be represented in a color on the quilt. One is a series of blues, one is going to be this one: link 1 And one is this one: link   purses? bags? What style/colors? I love purses! I typically go for hobo styles, but I recently purchased a vera bradley bag (I know, so sorority girl and 8 years ago) but I am in love with its shape. It's called the "alice' it has a closure on top and has tons of pockets for my two cell phones and keys and things. I HAVE to have some sort of closure on top becuase I have been known to lose keys from a purse spilling over.....   Decorative scarves for hair and/or creative accessorizing? What colors? Sure! I have pretty boring hair so I like to put stuff in it. I like everything but: 80's knockoff prints, sparkley metallic, neon.   Would you like anything from Starring Fragrances. They make awesome hair stuff, natural deoderant, and home fragrance (and a ton of other stuff, those are just my favs)? The stuff in the Mythology of Love Collection sounds cool. The other stuff seems a bit too foody or rich.   Side note:I have a really sensitive scalp and I react harshly to most any shampoo that doesnt have some sort of medication in it (like, skin sloughing off). So I'd be nervous about someone buying me any kind of shampoo. But I dont have any adverse reactions to conditioners (and do a conditioner only routine every once and a while)... but my hair LOVES 'cones. I know they are bad, but my hair relishes in their glorious sinful delights! I keep trying new conditioners but I keep going back to Brilliant Brunette. Oh my god I'm rambling telling my witch about my hair. Sorry!!!!! Forgive me, beautiful witch!!   How do you feel about nail polish? What colors do you like? Sparkles? I love nail polish! I usually keep the brighter (Yellow! orange!) colors for my toes, since I work in an industry dominated by older, conservative, men On my fingers I'll usually either wear nothing or something "normal"... dark red, pink, dark blue... etc Sparkles are good!   Ok geek check - what sort of geeky things do you do? Do you read comics/graphic novels? Are you obsessed with something (a TV show maybe?) Do you work in a geeky field? Do you play rpgs like Dungeons and Dragons? Would you like gifts related to any of these? I do not read comics I am not really obsessed with any TV shows. i used to watch Fringe but they moved it to Friday night and I never watch it anymore... I am an engineer, which can be pretty geeky, but i work in a construction/mining company so it's more LETS MOVE DIRT than LETS DO MATH! I do play World of Warcraft, which is really nerdy. I have been playing since... 2008? hmmm, I can't think of gifts relating to any of these.
decenda

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mudspinr's scattered thoughts
 

condom-mints for current SW round

Would you want an invite to a site that is invite-only ex. Diaspora, Demonoid, etc. If so, what? No idea what those are so hard to tell. I guess it would depend on if the content was something I was interested in.   Pillows? What size/designs/colors would most interest you? Not much of a pillow person, but if my Witch is crafty and wants to make a pillow it would be loved and happily displayed. I enjoy Celtic, Art Nouveau, and Impressionist imagery.   purses? bags? What style/colors? Pretty much OK in that area   Decorative scarves for hair and/or creative accessorizing? What colors? Love scarves and various hair toys. Colors can be all over the rainbow because a small amount of any color usually looks great with most of my mostly neutral wardrobe. I love hair clips, and regularly think good thoughts toward whoever invented the little claw clips.   Would you like anything from Starring Fragrances. They make awesome hair stuff, natural deoderant, and home fragrance (and a ton of other stuff, those are just my favs)? My only fragrance thing is BPAL.   For those who like lipgloss, lipstick, tinted balms, etc, what colors do you wear (and warm? cool?) and do you prefer something sheer or more opaque? How do you feel about shimmer? Don't wear any of that, absolutely can't stand the feel. I am kind of curious about lip stain, and would go for a matt dark red in that.   Are there any fancy/gourmet/special herbs or spices that you'd love to receive? ie: good quality vanilla or other extracts, vanilla beans, saffron, lavender, etc. I LOVE spices and would absolutely love and use any fancy/gourmet spices, herbs or salts.   What's your favorite animal? Or is there one that's particularly significant to you? do dragons count? Cats are good too.   If you were able to get a vintage or prototype bottle from the upcoming West Coast Will Call, which one would you want? Keeping eyes firmly shut on that so don't know. I haven't been able to keep up on any of new stuff for quite a while c/o $ issues. A sniffie of anything new would be fun, but not necessary.   DVDs, Blu-Ray, both, neither? DVDs good, no Blu-Ray   Sock Dreams? What kind? (anklets, footies, etc.?) Recently had to resume wearing sox--don't really like shoes or sox, but gotta do what you gotta do--Foot is Woman's size 9-11depending on cut. Favor Anklet, or slouchy style.   Since this is a price capped round, would you rather get one "big" thing or lots of "little" things or don't care? Whatever works for my Witch is great!   Do you like pirate-related things? Does Johnny Depp count? If so please send him directly in a large crate with appropriate holes for breathing. Pirate clothing optional. Other pirate related things--kind of depends on what it is.   Soaps? Be specific: if there are BPAL soaps you want to try or are dying for more of, tell all here! Also, any other companies people like or love? Villainess, maybe? Or Lush? What flavors??? Not much for designer soaps.   What periods of art do you love most? Like, if someone was going to get you a tapestry or a box or some other item, what period would you want it to most resonate with? the pinks and golds of Rococo? the clean geometry of Art Deco? The romanticism of Art Nouveux? The strange lines of Cubism? Love Impressionism and Art Nouveau. Steampunk is cool.   Would you like caffeinated lollipops?: http://www.lollyphil...cks-caffeinated These sound fun!   Copied CD's or DVD's? sure.   I'm going to Disneyland in a couple of weeks, is there anything I can get you? No thanks.   Booze? Yay or Nay? what kinds? I like booze, but don't think it is supposed to go through the mail. Hard alcohol rather than wine, and dark microbrews in beer.   Steampunk inspired items? Yay or nay? Yay!   Do you like amurigami dolls? Depends on what it is.   Pirates vs Ninjas vs Zombies - who wins? Which do you love most? It depends on what you are doing with them   Do you like wearing things in your hair? If so, what kind (snap clips, scrunchie, headband, etc), how big & crazy (lowkey, bigger the better), and colors. Love most kinds and colors of hairtoys, with possible exception of headbands because they slide off and give me headaches.   Piercings? - ears?? - elsewhere? ears.   Chocolate. With stuff in it? Are you more a plain chocolate lover, a chocolate and normal items lover (normal items being nuts, fruit, caramel) or do you like weird stuff in your chocolate? (weird stuff being curry, chilis, balsamic vinegar, floraly things) Chocolate is love! Favor dark, Normal stuff is good, weird stuff might be fun.   surprise! the world has given you the day off. You hear that, no chores, responsibilities, or budget you have to follow. What would you do in those 24 hours? Sleep late, eat something decadent, play with clay.   Do you have any blogs you regularly read? only political ones   Do you need another bpal box? If so what would your fantasy one look like? Boxes are always good.   Do you enjoy gardening? If so, what kind of stuff do you grow? Vegetables, flowers? Grow tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs, and flowers.   Social Networking sites: I'm on ravelry but never post, same with Live Journal   favourite artists or specific paintings? Lautrec, Van Gogh, Frazetta, O'Keeffe   how about mix CDs? Sure   Hey, how do folks feel about little e-goodies, like links to stuff your witchee likes? (articles online, pix, fic, etc) sure   Tim Tams? Yes or no? Chocolate Creme, Caramel, or Dark Chocolate? OH YES   Is there any "classic" literature (Hemingway, Dickens, Elliot, Bronte, Hugo, Wilde, etc.) that you would like to add to your collection? I need another copy of The Sun Also Rises   candles and/or aroma melts: yay or nay? NO thanks, bad for Bird.   Get your music player, what are the first 13 songs on Random? No music player. If I had one first songs would probably be by Leonard Cohen, Grateful Dead, Indigo Girls, Cowboy Junkies, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Pink Martini,   Astrological charts and interpretation/ reports? Meh   So how does everyone feel about receiving ebooks? Maybe   Would you rather have HUGE list of things your witchee wants to try or just a highlight list? Huge list please-- fair is fair after all and I'm answering all these questions   Baked Goods? Yea Nay? Please!   If not Baked goods and you are changing eating habits..a book of recipes perhaps that will help the new eating lifestyle? Recipes are always fun   If you were to make an order RIGHT NOW (Not that any of you will make any bpal orders until SW is over, because you do NOT want to mess up any plans your witch might have!) What would you order (from lab, forum, DD, TradingPost, etc) Frumious Bandersnatch   What level of nudity are you fine with on items? Ex: none, tasteful, erotica No problem with nudity here   I know the ?airre asked about gently used books and if you like garage sales, but would you like other kinds of gently used items that may have come from a garage sale? Sure!   Do you like cooking seasonings, like the kind you can get in ounce sizes? If so, things you'd love to try out? Love seasonings, would happily try anything unusual.   Do you like any particular kinds of green or black teas or coffees that could also be gotten in bulk? I like black teas more than green, and coffee in dark to medium roast. Would happily try anything unusual or local, or that my Witch enjoys and wants to share.   Favorite snack foods (and can they be from bulk section as well?) I like nuts, mixes, chocolate of course, dried fruits, and am open to experimentation if my Witch has a favorite to share. Bulk section is fine.
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