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December 15th, 2008

Whenever I look at it

Everyone that goes on the show LA Ink seems to have a story. They usually make me cry. Sometimes they make me blubber. I usually spend time after the show thinking about the stories & looking up to see if whatever featured charitable organization has a toll free number.

Sometimes it’s the story of triumph. There are a lot of memorial tats & stories of people overcoming illness. I was so caught up in the humanity of the show that I didn’t feel sarcastic about it until this week. After every single piece the client says “Whenever I look at it, it will remind me of….” This is great except a lot of these tattoos are back pieces, which means that the person won’t be looking at it everyday.

December 15th, 2008

Lame Lamee

I understand that typing French characters can be difficult. This is exactly why I never use French words. I was just look through vintage dress listings, you know the kind of clothes that they wear on Mad Men. There was a stunning gold dress that I can’t buy simply because of the description.

I’ve been trying to shop vintage because I love the craftsmanship & unique style. I think the dress was my size but you never know with vintage clothes when you’ll need weight loss products to fit into them. It says Vintage 50s Gold Lame Mad Men dress. I would have called the gold metallic fabric lamee just to be safe, even though I think it’s properly spelled with an accent over the e. I’m buying new clothes so I won’t look lame thank you very much.

December 15th, 2008

Druzy Pendant Contest

047.JPGUpdate:  This contest is now closed but a new one will start on Monday.

This morning I wasn’t very nice to someone. I wasn’t mean, I wasn’t even thinking about them, I was just tired & didn’t feel like being awake yet. The person smiled at me & wasn’t effected by my general grumpiness. Within minutes my entire day had turned around & I was smiling & cracking jokes.

Since I’m not a morning person, I have to discover my own ways to pass on kindness. One of these is to give away jewelry at random. Maybe the person needs it, or maybe they just like the piece & it makes them smile & feel special. The winner can either keep the jewelry or pass it on to someone else. The contest is easy to enter just read the rules & then leave a comment with who you would give to & why or a random act of kindness.

The prize this week is a druzy quartz pendant set in sterling silver with a 16″ sterling chain. Apparently, druzy doesn’t photograph well, but it looks like the inside of a geode, this one has all kinds of colors in it.

The Rules:

Please don’t sell the jewelry, it’s to make whoever receives it feel special. Winner will be chosen by a random number
generator at 6pm on Friday Mountain Time.

Contestants should be over 18 & live in the lower 48 states because I’ll be paying shipping. I won’t sell or abuse your
mailing address.

If you’ve already won a Random Act of Bling, you can win again, but please give the jewelry away at random.

Please leave a valid e-mail address, this is how I will contact you if you win. If I can’t reach you then I might have to relist
your prize.

If you want to link or stumble this post it would be appreciated but is not required.

Comment/trackback/link should be about a random act of kindness or who you would give this jewelry to & why.