Shauna Aura Knight

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Three good things about my day: I got a pile of errands done, I figured out my new online shopping service and can now print my own shipping labels, and...these amazing pomegranates arrived in the mail. I don't know what I am going to make with them, but I absolutely love them, even if the jewels are a resin and not garnet. I love getting new shiny things to work with. Not that I am a dragon... except I am kinda totally a dragon. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJXkdLpHMlZ/?igshid=bc20tiqyujaf

Finally done with necklaces. Time to rearrange the earrings and get those done. Wish me luck! https://www.instagram.com/p/CJNLJaxnoRt/?igshid=1sety9lj6wype

All I have left to photograph for pendants are Zelda and Neverending Story pieces. After that it's earrings, belts, scarves, and then the magnets/stickers/prints. I really am getting close to the end of all the photographing. I am so wiped out, and I just want to sleep. Gonna try to at least get the pendants done tonight. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJIGjq3HcSo/?igshid=5ur0acovnnr6

Hey friends! My feed is full of artists, crafters, and other small biz folks that are getting hammered with demands for refunds because the packages haven't arrived yet. They are overwhelmed with anxiety because of how people are treating them, or because they are being forced to offer a refund that they can't afford; now they are out the cost of the product, and the shipping fee. These are small businesses like mine and they depend on the income from holiday sales to make it through the pandemic. It's not their fault that the USPS is overwhelmed and shipping is backed up. Your package might not arrive before Christmas, and it's not the end of the world. Please give the USPS a chance to catch up. Please be kind to the artists and makers and small businesses that are trying their best. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJE9G2dnzGS/?igshid=1fsj8lh6l5ba2

Swords! Only about three more trays to take pics of. At least, for pendants. https://www.instagram.com/p/CI_zbLznm2q/?igshid=19b2m9hzmwaxk

Finally got through doing repairs and replaces for the stags. Time for more pics! https://www.instagram.com/p/CI931SEnU06/?igshid=hv4h5523zt2h

A lot of my work depends on being able to get specific components, and sometimes those components become unavailable. I am really grateful to finally have the rich gold wings back in my hands. Now if I could just find those large blood red teardrops I use; I can't find any vendors that carry them. Hopefully they find their way back into inventory, because the other color of red is just too bright for some things. https://www.instagram.com/p/CI6tdV3HVU8/?igshid=1osy8r4zw4g9z

Well, it's official: I have become my father. I came home last night with an impulse buy of tools, including a multitool. I mean, I did need a new one...and I needed precisely this kind of keychain tool...and I also am glad to have another cutter so that my old one can just be for the household and the red one can go with my vending kit. But still, I know how many impulse buy tools my dad bought because after he died I was the one sorting out his place. So. Many. Cheap. Multitools At least these match my primary vending color scheme, because I like to match the bling 🤣 https://www.instagram.com/p/CI6eH_UH-Yf/?igshid=18j9fcu9uej95

Xiggoreth Destroyer is hard at work helping me with my to do list. I realized I haven't posted a lot here on Instagram because all the photo editing I am doing is on my laptop. I continue to make progress adding items to my online shop, and I am also offering sales on pieces I have posted on my FB. I am thinking of offering a larger post-holiday sale, probably a discount of 10-30 percent off of my medium and large paintings. My unemployment ends on the 27th, so that's probably when I will formally start the sale. But, if you are interested in any pieces before that, message me and we can talk details. https://shaunaauraknight.storenvy.com https://www.instagram.com/p/CI0mnPvnhCj/?igshid=32a0lhvdm0ih

I am highly entertained that most of the pieces that have sold this week are super gothy. I also sold a red/black/silver wolf with a crescent moon. See...last year I was vending at Crucible, a goth club, and I thought jeez, all my stuff is so many bright colors. I should really do some goth-type colors. I hauled butt and made about 30-40 new pieces in that color scheme, and none of them sold. I made a very sad face. That color scheme has definitely sold at various events though, and it seems to be quite popular with the large necklaces. I just ordered some more black necklace blanks so that I can do more of them; they are definitely fun to make. https://www.instagram.com/p/CIOk1L5Hp05/?igshid=1o8flifufkbn5

These colors make me so happy. I remember when I was a kid I would get a new marker or crayon set as a gift and the first thing I had to do was organize things into a color fades I found pleasing. I am really excited that these are all individually photographed now and will be listed soon! https://www.instagram.com/p/CIAyc_AHYnI/?igshid=4kqpwd8265m8

Has the news cycle got you stressed? Ziggy is here to help. Xiggoreth Destroyer also wants to remind everyone that massive-scale protests and strikes are very powerful and give us, the people, a great deal of leverage should that become necessary. Her high exaltedness Xiggoreth Loaf has spoken. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHeCn7ingKe/?igshid=11ycnlg7jy0io

I have started listing my new artwork inventory on my online shop, and the process is making me want to scream. I have thousands of products and creating all the individual listings needed is excruciating. Right now all I am even doing is putting in the name, dimensions, price, measurements, and pictures; I think I will have to hire someone to help with custom product descriptions because I don't think I have it in me to do that without utterly losing it. I am so frustrated and I absolutely loathe this part of the process. I would outsource it if I could, but 1. Covid and 2. I can't afford it. I just warned Fantasy Author Boyfriend that I am really cranky and it isn't about him at all and that he will be hearing a lot of swearing. In the next weeks I think I will do some group photos of small items and put them on sale. If I can get rid of some small products and not have to list them, and goose some sales, maybe I can hire an assistant to help with some of this. Without a stimulus package, my unemployment ends in December, so I absolutely have to get this shop running. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHYgJvOH--q/?igshid=3xl8ijnxnk0r

I have nothing earth shattering to post, just some shiny little Grail shrines. My boyfriend and I are on a flipped sleep schedule (sleeping days) but this morning neither of us could get to sleep, so we went out and did post office and a few other errands. That tired us out, but I have had a hard time staying asleep. I already deal with insomnia but today it's worse. Here's to hoping that I can get another pile of sleep because my brain feels like sludge. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHJlggAHMN0/?igshid=577f166e57fc

I created these three Grail pieces last night as a prayer, a hope that today the tide turns for the better. That the waters of the heart, of compassion, of healing, flow forth again. Please, please vote of you have not already. A Biden win won't fix everything, and I have issues with him as a candidate, but I genuinely believe that we will have a better chance of surviving Covid and the fallout under Biden and with as many Democrats down ballot as possible. I hope that we that are far left of the DNC have better voting options in the future. I think our chances of doing that with a Trump win are severely hampered. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHIQrRIHIMI/?igshid=yoididn2e0t0