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Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah. This is just the seed beads I'm finding new homes for. I think I purged 2 gallon bags of just metal beads & 2 gallon bags of stone beads tonight.

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Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 2h

All the beads at the back are size 10/11. The front middle are size 6/8. The right are burlesque. The left are weird. Up front are a bunch of size 10 & 12 beading needles.

A large collection of small containers filled with seed beads.

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Eric Trautmann @mercuryeric.bsky.social · 4h

Amen.

Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 4d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 3h

Do you have a preference for size 10/11 or size 6/8, and/or bugles?

Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 3h

Do you have a preference for size 10/11 or size 6/8, and/or bugles?

Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 5h

There are various Czech made, Toho, Delica, and a bunch of mystery ones.

Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 7h

This doesn't include seed beads from previous purge days and probably isn't everything from the bin I'm working through right now.

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Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 7h

Hello indigenous bluesky! I'm purging my bead stash that I haven't touched in decades. I have a TON of gorgeous seed beads & will happily send them to any of y'all for just shipping cost.
Feel free to share this far & wide. Happy to split things into a bunch of packages to send out.

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Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 8h

Tagging @bardiclady.bsky.social & @sharonrose.bsky.social

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Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 8h

Storage Purge Post:
"Wiggy Head Thing" necklace displays
4 busts, 6 poles and bases

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Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 8h

Storage Purge Post:
Wire Grid Squares
Probably about 200 based on how many I counted and how many I've counted so far.
Heavy-AF for shipping but great for anyone in AA at cons.

Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 9h

These take up the most space and will be going to goodwill on Saturday if not claimed b4 then.

Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 9h

Storage Purge Post:
Book Boxes
I have a metric button ton of these. They are light but take up a bunch of space if they are being shipped.
I can make a list of # of small/med/lg but im not going to inventory all the different styles.
HMU if you want some/all.

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Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 1d

Today was amazing.
I finished a pair of earrings at work that took roughly 44hrs. I got my accurate passport. I got a care package from @xplainthexmen.bsky.social . I'm getting fancy pizza.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

Uline's owners "have used their wealth to funnel millions of dollars into the most extreme RW politicians & mvmts... contributed $144 million to conservative groups in the 2024 election cycle... donated $4+ million to bankroll anti-abortion groups who pushed to overturn Roe v Wade."
refuseuline.com

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Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 1d

At RCCC this year I saw at least 3! Gandalf Big Naturals and 1 Sauruman Big UnNaturals

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Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely.

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Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 2d

Now I just have to figure out where to put it because I don't want the dog to share it because its not big enough. But the dog will want to share if he can access it.

Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 2d

I say he's bougie because he clearly wants a fountain. He drinks from the bowl currently but I think he spent more time drinking in the sink tonight than any other full day at the bowl.

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Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 2d

I learned tonight that Jellyman Kelly is both bougie (I turned the sink on real low & he was so happy to be drinking moving water) and very very orange (he couldn't get a good angle so he just let the water run over his head).

A white and orange cat in a sink with a thin stream of water running on his head.

A pleased white cat with orange markings who's head is soaked with water licking his nose.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 3d

Rest in peace, Miss Major.

We will carry the bricks forward.

ACLU @aclu.org · 3d

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 5d

If you know a jeweler or someone with a big collection who could use organization or display bits, send them this way because I'd love to pass this along instead of sending it to a thrift shop where it might just become trash.

Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 5d

I am hoping to be able to take pics & quick inventory everything next week.
In the interim, some of it is already mentioned in my long bead-purge thread here.

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Optimystical Studios @RCCC next @optimysticals.bsky.social · 5d

If you're not PDX local I'll ask you to pay shipping. But otherwise this stuff is all free to a good home.
If you are PDX local we can arrange a pick-up spot.

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