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Old and Spooky is LIVE

Posted by frykitty on September 7, 2024
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About a year ago, I started working on a bunch of stuff. Among them was a retro-horror channel called Old and Spooky, where I would discuss 20th century horror. I was almost done with my first video, when disaster struck. Disaster named ADHD. I accidentally deleted my data, and thanks to Microsoft (it’s complicated, but they suck) I could only restore a tiny amount.

I was devastated. I couldn’t look at it for months.

Then I started My Messy Desk, which is a whole lot of fun. Problem is, there’s a lot of downtime while I wait for things to dry or cure or whatever, and I don’t have much else to do. I decided to work on Old and Spooky during that downtime. It felt great. It feels great. And now, the first video is out.

It’s about one of my all-time faves: Dan Curtis. If you don’t know who that is, I bet you do know Dark Shadows and the Kolchak movies, right? Well that’s Dan Curtis.

Here is my inaugural video. My reading is a little stiff, but that will get better with time. Overall, I’m pretty proud of this. *flexes*

Dan Curtis looking all cool in his leather jacket.

Meet Gormless the Ghost

Posted by frykitty on September 1, 2024
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Another shadowbox this week, and it’s a doozy. Well, the outcome was pretty simple–though I really like it! It’s just that the journey to get there was…complicated. Mostly mold-making, because that’s always time-consuming and complicated. But soooo worth it! I will be using this little guy forever.

Tags: #crafts #art #ghosts #halloween

Closeup of the corner of a shadowbox with a lit ghost and a fancy tombstone.

Wanna win a shadowbox?

Posted by frykitty on August 26, 2024
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So, I have a YouTube channel. Well, a new one. Sort of. And since I’ve updated on time (more or less) for a whole month, it’s time to announce it here!

It’s called My Messy Desk, and to avoid filling my entire house up with little makes, I give everything away. Or at least I will once it’s grown enough to get the comments. I only want five! FIVE. Eventually.

The important thing to know is TURN ON CAPTIONS. There’s no voiceover, and if you don’t turn on captions, you’ll miss my scintillating commentary. And spackle jokes.

What I do there won’t always be spooky, but for the next few months, all spooky, all the time!

Artisans Cooperative is Live!

Posted by frykitty on October 2, 2023
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Artisans Coop is an online marketplace for ONLY for handmade items, run by its member artists and supporters. I’m a founding member and volunteer, so I get to see the workings. It really is what it says on the package. No outside investors we’re beholden to, no megalomaniac billionaires at the helm. Just us. Just artists and people who love them.

And yep, I have a shop there. With permission from the Countdown, I’ll be featuring shop items on the blog during October. And after October.

I’ve even added a shop page here, so you can look things over in Spooky Moon style.

Right now, it’s all brooches, so today’s item is my Red Skull Brooch (no, not that Red Skull. It’s just a red skull).

Brooch with with a ceramic skull sporting red swirls, including rusty and dangly bits.

Tell everyone! Tell your dog! Tell your gecko! You could tell your cat, but they probably won’t care.

Nick Nocturne

Posted by frykitty on September 28, 2023
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I watch a lot of YouTube. I have a wide range of interests, and I dig watching people do their thing. NightMind, by Nick Nocturne, is one of a handful of creators I love so much I support them on Patreon. He covers Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) and Unfiction, two of my favorite things in the world. He’s thorough, interesting, and fun. I have sat through 4-hour streams for this guy. So, naturally, I had to get a plushie. I mean, that’s what you do, right? I also got a pin, which I proceeded to put on the plushie.

Adorable four-eyed demon plushie.

Nick has two channels, his main channel, Nightmind, is for meticulously researched scripted explorations of cool stuff. Nick Nocturne [Astraline], is where he posts his Twitch streams of Unfiction and ARG. They’re long, but so much fun because you are looking at new things with him. Astraline is its own world of characters, of which Nick is one, and I can’t wait to see where it goes.

Show Me Your Art!

Posted by frykitty on August 30, 2023
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I have a lot of Halloween stuff. Bins and bins. Most of it is mass produced, from places like Home Goods or Michael’s. This year, doing my usual Halloween hunt at those places just didn’t appeal. I wanted something original, made by human hands.

So for 2023, I am buying original Halloween art. If you are an artist, or know of something good, hit me up in the comments.

Anything I buy will be featured here on Spooky Moon in October, when there’s more traffic. Sales and publicity–what could be better?

Springoween!

Posted by frykitty on March 20, 2022
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Time to liven this place up! I’ve applied to sell at Springoween, held by Red Vein Haunted House, on April 30. I’ll have lots of goodies to share, including something I’m pretty proud of: Hallorunes! Halloween oracle stones. I’ll be giving free readings in the booth, while the Spousal Unit handles the mathy stuff.

I’ll be posting more sale items over the next few weeks.