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Seaside

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:14:31 -0500

$75.00
Excerpted from the diary of a senior Aetherial Expeditionist:

She used to walk on the beach every morning, with her shells. But the ocean is a dangerous place, and not in any of the ways that you were told when you were a child. The seashore is right next to it, which is an untenable place to try to make a living. But she would, all the same.

She walked along the beach every day, gathering shells and carrying them in her skirts, then taking them up to the more popular stretches of beach and selling them to the sunbathers.

One evening, she returned home with only one shell in her hands, a warm flush in her cheeks, and a strange, longing look in her eyes. She strung the shell onto a string with a few stones, and tied it about her neck. She never again went down to the ocean again, but she still wears the shell.

We have all asked her about it one time or another, and every time, she simply touches it gently with her fingers, gazes out the window at the cliffs, and one corner of her mouth lifts in a subtle smile.

A handmade lampwork glass seashell, strung with large, luminescent beads of rainbow chalcedony. Small lampwork green beads like fisherman's float-glass at the hand-made clasp.

An Immodest Proposal

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:14:31 -0500

$25.00
A delightfully suggestive combination of curves and intersections of antique German amber glass, with silk-wrapped memory wire to create a lovely choker that will perfectly fit any neckline.

Gooseberry Fool

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:14:30 -0500

$30.00
Gooseberry Fool:
Two quarts of gooseberries; one quart of water; sugar to taste; two quarts of new milk; yolks of four eggs; a little grated nutmeg.

Put two quarts of gooseberries into a stewpan with a quart of water; when they begin to turn yellow and swell, drain the water from them and press them with the back of a spoon through a colander, sweeten them to your taste, and set them to cool. Put two quarts of milk over the fire beaten up with the yolks of four eggs, and a little grated nutmeg; stir it over the fire until it begins to simmer, then take it off, and stir it gradually into the cold gooseberries, let it stand until cold, and serve it. The eggs may be left out and milk only be used. Half this quantity makes a good dishful.
-- Warne’s Model Cookery, 1891

A wonderful summery Steampunk piece. Light and airy, front-clasping so it won't tangle in your summer hairdo, and full of all the colors of June and July.

18" long.