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Cottagecore and Dark Academia Haul

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My finds: This lovely cameo bracelet. If anyone knows when this is from please let me know! I forgot to get a photo of this DVD before I lent it out so here is a stock photo. It was not the best mystery ever but good for its time. The hero is adorably awkward and also really not great at art. I am not sure if the latter was intentional or they forgot to hire someone really good at art to do the portraits like they usually do on TV shows. They might have been making a point about rich people back then being dilettantes but I was not sure. Everyone acted like he was really good. This weathered but lovely edition of Poe. This school copy of Tennyson, given as a prize. I don't know if a lot of schools did this, but it can't have been cheap. The bookplate with the details of the prize winner for needlework in December 1920. The school is a girl's school in Sydney. It was originally opened in a terrace house by Miss Marian Clarke on 20 July 1885. It moved to larger premises at Wa...

Lunar New Year Short

  I have been trying out making short videos on YouTube recently. Here is one I made for Lunar New Year.  This year is the year of the water rabbit. I am a fire rabbit. What Chinese Zodiac animal are you?

Vampire: The Masquerade- Coteries of New York

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Game cover image, featuring Sophie Langley. Vampire: The Masquerade- Coteries of New York is a visual novel based on Vampire: The Masquerade , a roleplaying game by White Wolf, part of the World of Darkness . In the original game you play as vampires based on an elaborate rule book with courts, rules, and factions. It can be played in many ways from sitting around in a room with friends to full roleplay with costumes and acting. It has a cult following, there have even been some immersive experience LARPs (Live Action Role Plays) in actual castles. I have been interested in VTM since I first heard of it at about 14 or 15 years old but have never played.  This game is co-written by Krzystof Zieba, one of the writers of the New York by Night game book, it is set after after the original game book and features some of the same characters.  Playable characters: Brujah, Ventrue, Toreador Players can choose one of three new vampires embraced (turned) without their permission by a ...

Dark Academia and Cottagecore Haul

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  Close-ups: Tea light lamp post lanterns Little Red Riding Hood book Framed hedgehog papercraft Vintage looking frame John  le CarrĂ© collection Intricate carved cork scene. Unfortunately the overhead light insisted in getting in the pictures. What was your favourite item from this haul?