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A Visit To The Shop ~ Once A King…

Posted in A Visit To The Shop, tagged , , , on May 16, 2013| 4 Comments »

When I began my little business, Auntie B’s Wax, I knew it would largely be about nostalgia.  Candle fragrances that trigger childhood memories, little bottle cap magnets with charming vintage images, and drink charms featuring movies and TV shows of yesteryear.  But my business could not be truly actualized unless there was a little room for diversion ~ a little something here and there that didn’t really fit into the vintage/nostalgia theme. 

These are things that make me snicker and giggle like a third-grader.  They’re kind of naughty, usually subversively so, and I can’t resist sharing them with my customers.  Today I share with you one of these diversions…

Once A King Magnet for sale at Auntie B’s Wax ~ only $5!  Click the pic to buy one now!

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A Visit To The Shop ~ Sunny

Posted in A Visit To The Shop, Etsy, tagged , , , , , on May 2, 2013| 2 Comments »

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You’ll never know, dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away
                                                                                               Oliver Hood, 1933

Sunny-bottle cap magnet at Auntie B’s Wax.  Click the image to see the Etsy listing or to purchase.

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A Visit To The Shop – Sweet Pea Candle

Posted in A Visit To The Shop, Candles, Etsy, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »

A Child’s Vision
by Alfred Noyes

Under the sweet-peas I stood
And drew deep breaths, they smelt so good.
Then, with strange enchanted eyes,
I saw them change to butterflies.

Higher than the skylark sings
I saw their fluttering crimson wings
Leave their garden-trellis bare
And fly into the upper air.

Standing in an elfin trance
Through the clouds I saw them glance….
Then I stretched my hands up high
And touched them in the distant sky.

At once the coloured wing came back
From wandering in the zodiac.
Under the sweet-peas I stood
And drew deep breaths. They smelt so good.

Sweet Pea Candle at Auntie B’s Wax

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A Visit To The Shop ~ I Wake Up Screaming

Posted in A Visit To The Shop, Etsy, tagged , , , , on April 18, 2013| 14 Comments »

The day job

It takes every ounce of decorum she can muster

To be polite

To be professional

To put up with the competitive, tunnel-visions of the administration

To be a productive cog in the machinery of a social service agency

But Monday through Friday

When the alarm clock rings at 5:00 a.m.

She wakes up screaming

I Wake Up Screaming pulp fiction magnet at Auntie B’s Wax

 

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A Visit To The Shop ~ Ferris And Friends

Posted in A Visit To The Shop, Etsy, tagged , , , , on April 4, 2013| 2 Comments »

The question isn’t what are we going to do, it’s what aren’t we going to do.

Ladies and gentlemen, you are such a wonderful crowd.  We’d like to play a little tune for you.  It’s one of my personal favorites and I’d like to dedicate it to a young man who thinks he hasn’t seen anything good today.  Cameron Frye, this one’s for you.

Do you have a kiss for Daddy?

The key to faking out the parents is the clammy hands.

Bueller…Bueller

Ferris and Friends Drink Charms at Auntie B’s Wax

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