My shopless life...and gory movies

www.dinafragola.com

Dwindling motivation.
My Shopify shop is all set up but now I have to list items.
I have  postponed ordering new pins and patches as I don't seem to be selling them at all...and also  I was less than impressed by the UK company that produced my first batches ( Customs UK, if you need to know) so I have  to find another one.

My Etsy shop are completely dead (local search and free shipping pretty much killed Etsy for me, Belgium is tiny and not many people know of Etsy...not to mention that half the country won't shop from me because I'm a French speaker...). I have considered cheating about location, I wondered if that would trick the algorithm...
With zero shop work to do, I have plenty of free time.
I'm done with the bedroom remodeling. I sleep in, read a lot, catch Pokemons, annoy the cats, binge watch Storage Wars, I style my hair, mope around the house (mope, not mop)...

You can dress your Pikachu in this installment of the game, an pet him and feed him...

I have tidied up the study a little bit,  found some odd Alice things I didn't remember I had, like this horrible cap. Sorted out my handbags (gosh, I have many...), switched purse because the one I was using was falling apart, cleaned my pin collection, threw out old pens...
Man, I'm bored ><

Arguably the ugliest piece in my collection

Oh, and I send job applications, I send trillions of job applications.
A nice regular job would be cool. But I'm realistic here, my chances are close to zero. If the job is  nice, I either don't qualify or it's too far (and though I don't mind, employers do...).
The employment agency is on my back now, like I enjoy being jobless. They want me to take classes...I am so tired of their pointless, useless training. They wanted me to take forklift classes. Forklift. I was so flabbergasted that it left me speechless. I just burst out laughing. That went well. Right, send the half deaf chick learn how to drive a forklift...one of the most dangerous workplace tools. Also, that fits my resumé so well too, graphic designer and forklift operator (?).
But let me put this in context for you:
I imagine not too many people stay up until the middle of the night to watch industrial training videos, but if you choose to do so, I recommend the forklift videos. They are absolutely hilarious and VERY gory. Impaled dangling bloody corpses...like in cheap Italian horror movies from the 80's.
So free piece of advice here, if you see a forklift in a shop, STAY AWAY.

I also spend money I don't have (I have not been paid since my surgery, long story short but they lost the papers, I had to replace them and now they keep finding excuses not to pay, and that' also taking its toll on my morale...)...I really wanted that Nintendo Switch console, and then I had the suden urge to get my hair done (that's silly expensive if you want a hairdye too).

 I miss my shops...

My Alice in Wonderland collection

My shops are dead, I am out of ideas on how to promote. I haven't even managed to sell a ***** pin yet and only sold one patch (to a friend...). Morale is low.
Let's focus on some new pieces from my Alice in Wonderland collection.
Not surprisingly this exquisite music box is from the Japanese Disney Store (thanks, Tomoko, for sending me the coolest things). It has a rocking-horsefly and most importantly a Dinah kitten ^_^

Even the packaging is delightful and the music box actually plays Alice in Wonderland music! 

The real Alice and Lewis Carroll - new items!

As you probably know, Alice in Wonderland  was a real little girl. Lewis Carroll who, on top of being a teacher, mathematician and writer, was also a photographer. We therefore have photos of her and himself.

Lewis Carroll was one of the first photographers, when it was still an expensive and time consuming hobby. He was very popular among famous people and royalties of his time.

By the time he took photos of Alice, exposition time had dropped down to about a minute (from over an hour a few years earlier)

But it was still quite an achievement to have little kids stay still for a whole minute.

Available in my shops....and remember


15% off  on all orders over 10 Euros valid till November 30 in all the shops.
New items added daily! 

DAWANDA
DINA FRAGOLA ETSY
CAPTAIN COSMOS ETSY
ALITTLEMARKET

New Alice in Wonderland design

Available as post earrings, leverback earrings and clip on earrings and plugs.

Larger plugs sizes. Glass cabochons are 1" (2,5cm) in diameter

Available in all the shops
DAWANDA
DINA FRAGOLA ETSY
CAPTAIN COSMOS ETSY
ALITTLEMARKET

And there's a 15% discount code going till the end of November.

Alice in Wonderland plugs - larger sizes

Finally my Alice in Wonderland plugs are available in larger sizes.
The glass domes are 1" (25mm) in diameter.
If you don't see your sizes listed, I take custom requests.
I'll soon have the Alice and the White Rabbit style too. And a new style (but that is a surprise for September).

Get them in my 3 shops:

The Captain Cosmos on Etsy

Dawanda

A Little Market

My Alice in Wonderland collection - new Japanese arrival

My Japanese friend sent me another dreamy package...

Isn't it pretty? I love every bit of it. The design, the style, the shape, the colors...and it's super flattering worn too...and it says Tokyo Disney Resort too

 And look at the details on the back!

A pack of macha cookies by Morinaga.

 I didn't get any Alice ones though...

  A pretty book? Box?

An amazing sticks and spoon set.

  The little book is to rest your sticks on it...

The most beautiful little cup ever.

  and it has Dinah on it, so it's even more beautiful ;)

 By Maebata, Japan.

  Teacup and saucer from Tokyo Disney Resort.

  The cutest plush keyrings from the Japanese Disney Store.

I finally have a plush Dinah

 It's from a set of 12...and ok, I have been toying with the idea of getting the 10 others from Ebay...because they're so cool...an would look neat over my desk...

And as a bonus, meet Gelatoni, the cat from Tokyo Disney Resort...he is currently dangling from my handbag :D