Drum roll please.... Today's Friday Feature is mirthreverence! Mirth & Reverence offers OOAK jewelry, altar dolls, and photography. Here are a few of my favorite items in Kate and Jamie's shop.
Kate and Jamie offer many gorgeous altar dolls in their shop, but their Hekate doll is one I keep going back to just to look at it. The doll they used as a base is Elphaba from Wicked. Very appropriate, I think, to become a representation of Hekate, who was called the Queen of the Witches. What I'm always impressed by when I browse through Mirth & Reverence is the detail work on every doll. Not only did they clothe her the way you would imagine her to look, but she has beads snaking around her arms (snakes are one symbol of the Greek goddess) and bare feet that appear dusty from all of her travels. Even the stand she comes with is detailed--they painted it to be a crossroads, another of Hekate's symbols. These altar dolls are definitely worth every penny. (Hekate, $350.00)
I had a really difficult time choosing one piece of their jewelry to feature. They're all beautiful, so when you browse through Mirth & Reverence, definitely go through all of the jewelry. The Dream Castle necklace is a two-strand necklace of tiny seed beads and accented with Snowflake Obsidian. My first thought when I looked at this necklace was that it would look great wrapped to make a bracelet. Lo and behold, when I read the description, they suggest the very same thing! :) (Dream Castle, $15.00)
Last summer Ben and I took a trip to San Francisco to attend his college friend's wedding. While we were there we took a guided trip up to Muir Woods. On the way up we kept hearing about all of the wildlife we might see in the woods. When we arrived, we all went our separate ways and met back at the bus later. Other people on the bus saw deer, but we sure didn't! So when I saw this photograph in Mirth & Reverence's shop, I knew I had to include it here. I sure do wish I could've seen her in person! (Doe in Muir Woods, $15.00)
