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Audrey K

lilah wild — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:07:50 +0000

Retro fashion heavy on the wiggle, with a bit of swing and some contemporary designs as well. A great source for dramatic body-conscious silhouettes that play well with both the modern and yesteryear accessories offered in the handbag and jewelry sections. They also carry bath and body goods from Lollia, Tokyo Milk, and Dolce Mia, scented candles from Voluspa, oversized sunglasses, and mini hats for cocktail hour.

Dottie Grim

lilah wild — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:33:00 +0000

Dark decor and housewares, where manic Halloween grins are grounded with elegant splashes of damask. Jewelled spider candy boxes, flocked votive candle holders and scented candles, Victorian-style earring holders, hanging lace lamps for a more mod look, morbid cake and bottle toppers, vampire-aristocrat placemats and table runners, snarling monster mugs, adorable pop-up Halloween cards, silk-covered journals, and for those lucky enough to have front yards, flamingo skeletons to poke into dead lawns.

NIMLI

lilah wild — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:34:56 +0000

Eco-fashion for men and women. The clothes tend towards wraps and ripples of solid color with the occasional print, stocking everything from slinky cocktail dresses to hoodies and what looks to be delightfully comfy loungewear, as well as rubber handbags and synth-leather shoes. Kids and pets get their own sections of apparel, bedding, and toys, there’s whole divisions of furniture and housewares, and the bath and body stuff includes bright purple body glitter.

Old Fashion Halloween

lilah wild — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:54:00 +0000

Vintage and vintage-style goodies for those who prefer to celebrate Hallows’ Eve with a retro touch – or update year-round goth decor with spiderweb table runners. Tons and tons of party decorations, including some actual antiques, and pages for jack o’lanterns, Day of the Dead, and fortunetelling. The original art section includes Kerrykate dolls, Haunting Memories glass skull ornaments, handpainted dancing skeleton umbrellas, and Queen of Hearts sweetly morbid wedding plates, and the Cards section is a goldmine of old-world imagery chock full of black cats and flying witches. Absolutely loaded with great finds for the haunt-minded home.

Studio 3B

lilah wild — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:35:00 +0000

This custom candlemaking shop very much enjoys a sense of drama, pairing their wares up with tales of paranormal romance, mystery, suspense, and horror. They’re just the kind of mystical-looking dribbling things on fire you’d spy beside a well-worn grimoire, customizable by size and color, and scroll through the Mystery-Suspense page for the candles that bleed.

Cut + Paste

lilah wild — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:52:00 +0000

A consignment shop showcasing clothes, accessories, jewelry, and home stuff from a bunch of tiny indie brands. Bright happy tunics, bird earrings, funky tote bags, loads of stationery, soaps and candles, and a page of ‘zines. And if you’re a small-biz brand, they’re actively seeking new “partners in craft.”

The Wyrd Shop

lilah wild — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:45:00 +0000

An occult supercenter stocking a gigantic selection of pagan stuff. Incense, oils, herbs, candles, tarot decks, runes, gemstones, velvet cloaks, cauldrons, books of shadows, loads of jewelry, all the usuals. There’s also a healthy amount of out-of-the-ordinary altar goods sprinkled throughout: athames adorned with triple moons, winged Egyptian chalices, fierce deity statuary, bronze ritual masks, pentacle lockets, and straight-out-of-a-fantasy-movie handmade priestess crowns. Thanks, Sara!

Evening Eclipse

lilah wild — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:29:00 +0000

Gothy perfumery hand-blended and christened with sinister names: Bathory, Zombie, Tannis Root, Poisoned Apple, Desolate Forest, Possession, very vampire-fetish-fairytale with detailed descriptions of each fragrance. They also do fragrances for the home as well as the bod, with wax melts that look like a heady alternative to incense, and color-customizable pillars, votives, and tealights.

Mysterium Jewellery

lilah wild — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:09:00 +0000

Unusual and ornate pagan jewels drawing from Celtic, Wiccan, ceremonial, reiki, voodoo, Egyptian, and Viking symbology, with wild-winged angels and faerie and ornate priestess tiaras. Also greeting cards from a gaggle of fantasy artists, incense blends, runes, tarot decks, and other miscellaneous divination tools.

Frenzy Art

lilah wild — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:56:00 +0000

Day of the Dead skulls – and some devils, too – emblazoned across t-shirts and greeting cards, and really in keeping with the spirit of the holiday, housewares. Handpainted cocktail glasses and mugs, mousepads, cutting boards, switchplate covers, coasters, the little everyday things, and there are 7-day candles for more spiritual needs. Besides the bright depictions of skeletons going about their lives as motorcyclists and mermaids and punk guitarists, there are specialty sections for Frida Kahlo and queer wedding gifts.

One World Is Enough

lilah wild — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:43:00 +0000

Fair-trade fashion of the festival and hippie variety, everything imported in small batches from families and local collectives in Thailand, Tibet and Nepal: dresses of silk sari patches, psychedelic hoodies and paisleyed bellsleeves, skirts tiered and layered, striped button-downs and batik pants for the guys, and kids’ stuff too. Also puppets, singing bowls, Bodhisattva paintings, Buddha statues, and loads of housewares.

JimmyJane

lilah wild — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:20:00 +0000

Top-shelf erotic paraphernalia. Emollient candles made for skin drizzling, “Threesome” perfumes blended for layering, body-wrap necklaces, suede and silk blindfolds, massage stones, and toys of course, fashioned from 24k gold, tattooed aluminum, and pop art, with a special “icons” set where the world’s most immediately recognizable sex toys have been silhouetted down to pure white.

Isis Books & Gifts

lilah wild — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:28:00 +0000

A Colorado witchy shop with a gigantic catalog of spiritual goods. Books, tarot decks, altar tools, incense and oils, herbs, candles, crystals and gemstones, pentacle jewelry, drums, Egyptian statuary, Books of Shadows, rune sets, and tons of other things, with special sections for southern conjure, wicca, feng shui, and moon magick.