#support small businesses
We’re overjoyed that “Support small businesses!” is such a common refrain in the days after Thanksgiving, and that we end up on so many people’s shopping list. We wanna spread the love by sharing this list of all our retail partners, each of whom offers SO MUCH MORE than just our perfume collaborations. And many of them are running their own special deals this weekend!
In no particular order:
Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Thank you all for helping us build this network of bright, talented, industrious people to pool resources with. We hope you’ll keep looking for small biz options throughout the entire gift-giving season!
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Today is the day we usually celebrate Pi Day, but honestly it feels infinitely* silly with so much happening around our pale blue dot. So instead of celebrating an irrational number, we thought we’d share slices* of some small but rational* steps for uplifting one another in difficult times.
As many of you know, we are in the process of setting up our own small (women-owned!) business, and as we work through that process we appreciate even more how much time and energy the artists & vendors we share here have put into their own craft. For many of them, maintaining their livelihoods is especially challenging right now, but luckily, we can help!
Instead of hoarding toilet paper, why not start your winter-holiday gift shopping veryearly!Orstock up on birthday presents, or gifts for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduations (with or without in-person ceremonies), Just Because Day! If you’re not sure what someone special (even yourself) might like, purchase a gift card from your favorite artist. Want a custom creation? Message an artist on social media for a commission so they don’t have to pay fees to sites like Etsy. :)
Here are just some** of our favorite small businesses (women, family, and/or minority owned) who could use your support:
Amy Rae Hill (whose commissions like this teapot are out of this world!)
Cepheid Studio (check out her new shinies, like this Hubble pin badge!)
Chrissy Sparks Art (we adore her hand-painted cosmic wooden ornaments)
Cosmic Funnies (whimsicalweb comics, illustrations, stickers and more featuring all your favorite celestial objects)
Lost in Space Jewelry (custom Planetary Position Plaques make lovely gifts!)
Science Socks (watch this space for more designs!)
Sofie Shen (illustrator extraordinaire who can make your space art dreams come true)
Two Photon Art (they have some great freebies to download, too!)
Yugen Tribe (our long-time favorites with stunning new designs, like these Solar System beauties)
We’ll continue to share work by these artists and more via this thread over on Twitter!
Socially-distant hugs from across the Universe,
–Emily & Summer
(image credits: FreakingNews.com, user: vicspa)
*We made be sad and stressed, but puns will always prevail.
**woefully incomplete
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Support small businesses! My review/haul of the Etsy shop ABlackStar.
Staring at my shop after my product launch, praying I get a sale
Declines and cancellations on Patreon were bad this month, like, worse than usual (I lost 8 patrons alone the week after Denver and everyone who’s newly signed up has been declined). I put all my money into a savings account in early October and it’s only accessible if I pay a fee per $10 withdrawn, so if you want to support an Indigenous/Mexican creator during Native American Heritage Month, you can do the following:
Subscribe to my Patreon - I have a few spots left for my cheapest tier and 3 spots in my $10 tier (commissions for November are open until the 5th)
Buy my jewelry - I haven’t made a sale in a while and I know people are heading to conventions soon, so feel free to stop by and snag something to wear in your photo ops or make a jewelry commission!
Buy something from my fragrance shop - I make organic fandom-themed fragrance products and I am super close to having made 2,500 sales!
Subscribe to my Ko-Fi - help me get to a convention without having to worry about making my table/hotel/etc. back with either a one-time donation or a monthly subscription that will get you product from my fragrance shop each month. I don’t get the same traction that white-owned small businesses in SPN/Marvel fandom do, so any donation here helps.
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Y'all please check out Saxxy and all of her amazing-ness.
S O V E R E I G N T Y
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♦️ Supreme power or authority. ♦️
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For starters- within this context, sovereignty does not mean having authority over others.
Unless both parties are into that, of course. (But that’s another topic)
Rather, the context of this post pertains to authority over oneself.
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♀️ As a witch, Vampyre, or any other spiritual being in which one identifies with, Willpower is everything (well, most of it at least). ♂️
We- as spiritually advanced beings- are able to manipulate energy merely by speaking.
With that being said, one must have complete rulership over oneself if they are to evolve.
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♦️The three essential foundations in which sovereignty is formed are:
1️⃣If you say you are to do something, do it!
2️⃣If you say you will not do something, then- for the sake of your dignity- do not do it!
3️⃣If you are unsure of something, objectively seek a solution as best you can.
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Be not a hypocrite! And keep in mind, we are all subject to making a mistake. —>
If that is the case, merely admit your faults, learn from them, and move on like the badass being that you are!
