Shop Sale + I Honestly Just Need Income
Hi y’all, I hate to do this, but I really need you to reblog my shop posts or this one because I’m out of money. My utilities are only half-paid and now over a week late, and I can’t DoorDash for extra money legally, because I haven’t been able to pay for my inspection for over 2 months. My car payment is due on February 8th along with my phone bill, and on top of that I’m currently in therapy for suspected agoraphobia and am having a hard time leaving the house without panicking anyway.
If you didn’t know, Death’s Head Divination has been my primary income source since about April of 2020. I left my full-time auto management job because I have an autoimmune disorder and was not allowed to work from home making sales calls (I tried to bargain with them for less money) and they of course reasoned that “only old people die from covid” at the time, not acknowledging that my medication for Crohn’s made me a petri dish for covid lungs. While I was still on temporary leave, I started developing severe joint swelling and pain from Lupus (brought on by that exact medication) and wouldn’t have been able to lift batteries and brake rotors anymore anyway. I had to leave permanently, whether I wanted to or not.
Sales were very good in 2020 and most of 2021, keeping me afloat to pay the bills - but after we moved in October of 2021, I drained my entire savings account (about 6k) to pay for move in and furniture we needed. On top of that I had three hospital visits from tachycardia events, which developed into a POTS-like syndrome after getting off the meds that my doctor said was causing them. I’ve been slowly recovering from that since September and haven’t been able to DoorDash to supplement what I lost. On top of that, I’m posting on four different social media platforms and am still having a hard time making consistent sales. While this is a woe-is-me post, it’s also just that the handling of the pandemic in general has caused a lot of small businesses to lose money, no one is getting financial help anymore, people have to work sick, and disabled people like me can’t work in the public anymore without risking dying. My health isn’t stable enough to get a traditional WFH job.
All that to say - please just push some buttons for me. Tumblr is different than everywhere else in that no one really sees my posts unless you reblog them. Liking essentially only acts as a save feature and lets me know you found some joy (which is great) but doesn’t get me any exposure. If you like my work, please go through my page and reblog some things? Even if you can’t afford anything, someone else who follows you might, and that would make all the difference to me.
Here’s some things that I do in the shop.
1. Hel Mary’s and custom deity statues
3. Crochet Tarot, Dice and Rune bags
The sale is good through February 14th, 2021 - 15% off Hel Mary’s and custom statue requests and other art/handmade and 25% off all vintage and misc. The only exceptions are new arrivals or things I need to buy supplies for.
I take customs of just about anything, Klarna is available through Etsy and I will ship Internationally by request for most items if they aren’t too heavy or too large.
I know that everyone is tired and struggling, so please don’t feel bad if you can’t buy anything. A follow or a reblog goes a long way to helping me reach other people and maybe a sale. And if you want me to reblog something for you, just message me!
If you made it this far, thank you for reading. Ya’ll have kept me alive and kicking since like 2014, so idk where I would be without you. Hopefully better days are on the way for all of us.