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How to Take Great Product Shots

222 comments on How to Take Great Product Shots

  1. SpyGlassez
    June 14, 2012 at 7:46 pm

    “It has a motto on it” makes me wonder if they even know what it said.

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    • Zippy
      June 14, 2012 at 8:20 pm

      “When life gives you Lemon Bombs, say ‘Thank you, life!’”

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      • lemon_bombs
        June 14, 2012 at 9:13 pm

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        • HelloKnitty
          June 14, 2012 at 10:17 pm

          when life gives you lemons it’s time to get your antidepression meds refilled

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          • imenja
            June 14, 2012 at 11:10 pm

            Already?

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          • Stretch65
            June 15, 2012 at 3:09 am

            At least the book will smell fresh even if what you are reading is stale. Then of course if the “handmade” lemon air freshener bookmark is vintage the smell will have gone away

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            • frogprof
              June 15, 2012 at 9:31 am

              But you can most likely change the size of the smell anyway.

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          • TooManyCookbooks
            June 15, 2012 at 9:54 am

            I thought the phrases ended with ‘break out the ice, tonic and vodka’!

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        • Nemain1985
          June 15, 2012 at 12:45 am

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          • TheAngryArchitect
            June 15, 2012 at 4:24 pm

            You know what they say–if life gives you lemons, go into anaphylactic shock.

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          • terriwells
            June 18, 2012 at 10:43 am

            Dr. Rodney MacKay, I presume?

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        • CinSin
          June 15, 2012 at 6:56 am

          When life gives you lemons, take them. Free shit is cool.

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        • Bajingoism
          June 15, 2012 at 9:45 am

          Am I the only one who’d be delighted if life just gave me some lemons? If I had to choose one beverage to enjoy for the rest of my life, it would be lemonade. I would slice a damn lemon and eat it like an orange. LEMON 4 LYFE!

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          • BrooklynK
            June 15, 2012 at 12:24 pm

            My husband likes to eat slices of lemon with hot sauce. It scares me.

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      • toneman
        June 14, 2012 at 11:05 pm

        When life gives you lemons, you probably just found some lemons.

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        • Stretch65
          June 15, 2012 at 3:10 am

          Those are some real nice puppies behind the wiener dog. WOOF!!

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          • AK_Marty
            June 15, 2012 at 11:31 am

            Good catch! I had to go back and look again.

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          • BrooklynK
            June 15, 2012 at 12:25 pm

            I wasn’t sure if I was really seeing that. Why oh why?

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          • faeroses
            June 19, 2012 at 2:52 pm

            I guess I’ve seen it all, because I was actually more disturbed that they keep calling it “Santa Dog” when it’s CLEARLY Max from “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

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      • kat
        June 15, 2012 at 7:29 am

        When life gave Gino (my avatar & a helluva tough cat) lemmings, he made lemmingade. It wasn’t pretty but he seemed to find it refreshing. :-D

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        • whimsiclefucker
          June 15, 2012 at 9:16 am

          Lemmingade is the word of the day!

          AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

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    • Frida
      June 14, 2012 at 8:22 pm

      “when life gives you fat jealous losers make butthurt”

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    • tokyochaser
      June 14, 2012 at 9:12 pm

      It says “When life gives you lemons make lemonade” I’m kind of concerned I was able to read that. I wish it was more like “When life gives you lemons make lemonparty”

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    • Steampunk Octopus
      June 14, 2012 at 11:17 pm

      Are we certain that lemon is a bookmark and not an air freshener? That could actually be useful for some of my older books. There’s a “musty old book” smell, “old library book smell,” and then “stored with the old athletic gear” smell. Only one of those is good.

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      • BrooklynK
        June 15, 2012 at 12:27 pm

        If it’s an air freshener maybe one could… you know… change the size… of its lemony smell?

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    • Prufrock
      June 15, 2012 at 3:12 am

      “There ain’t no party like a lemon party

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    • crispyduck13
      June 15, 2012 at 6:38 am

      “When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!”

      -Cave Johnson

      Truely inspirational.

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      • chicketieboo
        June 15, 2012 at 7:26 am

        I think the Portal series has some of my favourite quotes… although it used to usually be
        GLaDOS

        I feel awful about that surprise. Tell you what, let’s give your parents a call right now….
        The birth parents you are trying to reach do not love you. Please hang up…
        Oh, that’s sad. But impressive. Maybe they worked at the phone company.

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      • SpyGlassez
        June 15, 2012 at 10:58 am

        That’s my ringtone for a friend who’s last name is Johnson.

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    • Vagrarian
      June 15, 2012 at 6:43 am

      “When life gives you lemons, make limoncello. Then drink it all.”

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  2. Skadi The Slamazon
    June 14, 2012 at 7:47 pm

    I love how one is the in the furture. Do you think that means the shipping will take even longer?

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    • StrangerDanger
      June 14, 2012 at 8:02 pm

      Also if it’s “vintage” from the future does that mean it’s from like 1998?

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      • imenja
        June 14, 2012 at 8:14 pm

        Future Vintage: you’ve finally solved the mystery of how last year’s junk qualifies as vintage on Etsy.

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        • yimphoba
          June 14, 2012 at 8:38 pm

          Future Vintage – my new store name!

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      • Brainmurk
        June 14, 2012 at 8:31 pm

        This is like one of those word problems my math teacher keeps trying to trick me with. :|

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    • Hell Yes
      June 14, 2012 at 8:03 pm

      Let’s hope so.

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    • Prufrock
      June 15, 2012 at 3:14 am

      Takes a little longer, but is delivered by a naked Arnold Schwazaneggar.
      Disclaimer: May also result in the destruction of humanity and the rise of the machines.
      But on the upside – you die wearing a nice brooch

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    • osric
      June 15, 2012 at 5:28 pm

      At least the brooch lady has an excuse — it’s really hard to get good focus through a time dilation field!

      This hottie at some Norweigan university explains it all… (click through for the video!)

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      • osric
        June 15, 2012 at 5:30 pm

        That would be Norwegian… there’s all this drool on my keyboard so my fat fingers slipped.

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  3. Dynomoose
    June 14, 2012 at 7:48 pm

    Sex and mystery are both great sales techniques. And who doesn’t love accidental breast shots?

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    • Anonymys
      June 14, 2012 at 7:50 pm

      I know a lot of people involve nudity in their sales shots but I have a sneaking suspicion this one was unintentional.

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      • Dynomoose
        June 14, 2012 at 8:02 pm

        I think you may be right. But it is still pure awesomeness. If the cheap hemp bracelet chick hadn’t cropped the butt sniffing dogs out of the shot, I might have bought that ugly bracelet.

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        • Kristen.M1030
          June 14, 2012 at 8:08 pm

          Your kidding, right? That’s the selling point in my opinion! ;)

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        • Kristen.M1030
          June 14, 2012 at 8:09 pm

          *you’re

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        • inmediasres
          June 15, 2012 at 6:48 pm

          I seem to remember the buttsniff dogs pic being used in either the first how to take great product shots series, or in some other Regretsy post. I remember the big to-do about her having cropped the dogs out of the photo.

          It’s cute, though. Peace among dogs, y’know? This is how we’ll get along. You sniff my ass, I’ll sniff yours. Then we’re friends.

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    • missadoodikins
      June 14, 2012 at 8:00 pm

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      • Steampunk Octopus
        June 14, 2012 at 11:01 pm

        *I love accidental breast shots when they are so big.

        There. Fixed it for ya.

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    • Snowflakiest
      June 14, 2012 at 8:09 pm

      I would never have noticed if you hadn’t've said something. I was so distracted by the pink santa cap, and whether that’d actually keep one’s neck warm.

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      • barky
        June 14, 2012 at 10:36 pm

        Thank you for admitting that. Now I don’t feel like I’m the only oblivious one out here.

        Well, actually there’s 3 of us at least. I showed it to my husband and he didn’t see the mirror either. Maybe that should worry me?

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        • ArmyHippieChick
          June 14, 2012 at 11:33 pm

          Make that four. After reading your comments, I had to go back and look at the picture again. I didn’t even notice. I just thought my “whimsicle fuckery” radar was on the fritz tonight. Now I know that it was just my breast detector that’s acting up.

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        • Kitchen Bish
          June 15, 2012 at 8:40 am

          It’s like Magic Eye. I had to stare at the photo for several minutes wondering what was wrong and then suddenly the background came into focus and well yeah.

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        • Mugsy Doodle
          June 15, 2012 at 9:31 am

          Maybe your husband was well trained by his father.

          Father: “What do you say when your wife asks you if the woman in the miniskirt is hot?”

          Son: “‘What woman?’”

          Father: “Excellent. That’s the way to keep the peace.”

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        • BrooklynK
          June 15, 2012 at 12:29 pm

          There’s gotta be a joke here about life giving you lemons and ending up with melons…

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      • physalis
        June 15, 2012 at 1:42 am

        Same here. And now I can’t unsee. I’d really like some of those lemons now that other people seem to get all the time, but all life gives me are apples and pears which I do not like. Doh.

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        • ramsgirldesign
          June 15, 2012 at 7:20 am

          I definitely picked up on the boobs, but is it sad I then spent 5 minutes trying to figure out if there were nipples, if they were photoshopped out, if she’d had surgery, or if I just really needed to make an appointment with my eye doc….

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  4. Anonymys
    June 14, 2012 at 7:48 pm

    The last one is… incredible.

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    • mfj
      June 15, 2012 at 7:08 am

      I suppose roaming the house topless, looking for things to sell on etsy, isn’t as uncommon as I suspected.

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      • melagrana
        June 15, 2012 at 7:27 am

        That’s precisely what I thought, too.

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  5. SciFiMagpie
    June 14, 2012 at 7:48 pm

    The last picture…my first reaction was, “MOM??”

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  6. Luna0124
    June 14, 2012 at 7:48 pm

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    • Luna0124
      June 14, 2012 at 7:58 pm

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    • Zippy
      June 14, 2012 at 8:00 pm

      Naked -> Named is probably a safer autocorrect than the other way in most circumstances.

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    • Bejeweled Bajingo Beauty
      June 14, 2012 at 8:03 pm

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      • Anonymys
        June 14, 2012 at 8:10 pm

        I didn’t spot them at first, either. I thought she was wearing a bra.

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    • barky
      June 14, 2012 at 10:36 pm

      Why?

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  7. mamaursula
    June 14, 2012 at 7:49 pm

    When in doubt, make sure you get a boob shot.

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    • barky
      June 15, 2012 at 11:31 am

      Another great quote for a sampler!!

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  8. Danorz
    June 14, 2012 at 7:49 pm

    i’m betting there’s a lot more like that last one there, it’s actually a fetish. when you see photos like that there’s like a 90% chance it’s not accidental at all

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    • LeeLooDallas
      June 14, 2012 at 7:52 pm

      I remember that one. It may have been accidental. They took down their shop. And something else – their Facebook page maybe or a blog?
      That dog don’t hunt.

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      • ilovetrash
        June 14, 2012 at 8:42 pm

        i remember. you are right. usually theyre not accidental, this one was & the person in the photo was just way way way way way too upset. beyond upset.

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        • rushgirl2112
          June 14, 2012 at 10:09 pm

          If that wasn’t accidental, what a supreme idiot. I could see if maybe it was something you weren’t thinking about being reflective, but this is a fucking MIRROR. You take a picture topless in front of one and don’t think the reflection will show up? How seriously dumb do you have to be?

          Or drunk. I guess that could explain it.

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    • Gwill
      June 15, 2012 at 2:48 am

      It was an ebay trend for a while. People would take pictures of shiny things naked and put them in listings. Those were very clever and definitely intentional.

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      • scully_3
        June 15, 2012 at 12:43 pm

        Reminds me of the guy who took a picture of a tea kettle butt naked.

        There’s a term for it – product porn? I can’t remember… mind it too muddled from finals/end of school year shit.

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    • textbookjess
      June 15, 2012 at 11:26 am

      Dangit Danorz! I was coming in here to talk about “shiny boob shot fetish”

      Although I also have a personal anecdote. My dad used to work at a picture place here in Chicago “Watlands”. A coworker of his went on his honeymoon in some cheesyass Poconos Heart Shaped Tub place and came home to develop the pictures. He took a couple silly photos of his wife in the heart shaped tub, filled with bubbles. Anyway, after developing he neglected to check through them and just took them home to show his parents and inlaws. Halfway through the new inlaws got pretty quiet and uncomfortable and the night ended on a poor note when the guy realized his nude reflection was in the tub photos and he was…PHYSICALLY INTRIGUED, shall we say, by his wife in the tub. yikes.

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  9. Best With The Smell
    June 14, 2012 at 7:50 pm

    I feel disgusted with myself that the thing that pisses me off most is that the seller says that the BSB pictures were at the Izod Center. In 2001.

    (It was the Continental Airlines Arena back then. And before that, Brendan Byrne Arena.)

    I’m afraid that the last one was probably intended, although I didn’t notice until I looked closer.

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    • rngwrm
      June 14, 2012 at 8:25 pm

      and description says july 16th, even though 9/6 is clearly stamped on the photo. the backstreet boys didn’t do a show on july 16th. i checked.

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      • tribyen
        June 14, 2012 at 11:12 pm

        You guys should totally work for the FBI. Or at etsy, catching re-sellers – except they don’t employ people to do that, because that might involve “calling out”.

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      • Steampunk Octopus
        June 14, 2012 at 11:22 pm

        Can you guys also tell me how many Backstreet Boys there are? Because there appears to be more Boys onstage than I was expecting.

        Also, isn’t this the exact reason that music acts ask that people don’t take pictures of the performance?

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        • angelbuttons77
          June 15, 2012 at 4:19 am

          They hate shitty pics of them selling on the internet 11 years later. That, and the flashes fuck with you when you’re on stage.

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        • cloudsnapper
          June 15, 2012 at 8:44 am

          I think they had dancers up on stage, too. I never saw them live, but I had a video tape of one of their concerts. (Not my fault! I was in middle school, lol.)

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  10. Draw a Cunt Over Your Head
    June 14, 2012 at 7:51 pm

    Weren’t these posted previously? I swear I’ve seen the lemon one here before.

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    • Helen Killer
      June 14, 2012 at 8:18 pm

      The lemon, the doxie and the bracelet were already posted, but they were so good I had to include them with the new ones.

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      • lemon_bombs
        June 14, 2012 at 9:26 pm

        I love second helpings.

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        • kat
          June 15, 2012 at 7:42 am

          DAYum, I thought that was some kinda deer at first, ha! It’s an odd picture, how the (wolfhound?) grey dog’s so much closer to the camera so looks much much taller & larger. Looks like they might be a fun pair, anyhow!

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          • CatTrampoline
            June 15, 2012 at 10:04 am

            The tall one is a greyhound. A lot of people in my area have adopted retired racing greyhounds.

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      • Draw a Cunt Over Your Head
        June 16, 2012 at 5:43 pm

        Oh thank god. I didn’t think I was that drunk yet

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    • SlySevSteph
      June 14, 2012 at 8:20 pm

      Some of them, yes. I remember the lemon and the boob lady.

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  11. emosumo
    June 14, 2012 at 7:51 pm

    HOLY CRAP A VINTAGE BROOCH FROM THE FUTURE.

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    • Zippy
      June 14, 2012 at 8:06 pm

      That’s how they get that aged look. – make it now, age it, then travel back in time! You should see my weathered iPad or “funky old iPadtina”

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  12. thecreightonberyl
    June 14, 2012 at 7:51 pm

    The Aura emanating from that wand is obscuring everything in its Realm.

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    • Zippy
      June 14, 2012 at 8:16 pm

      If you’ve seen one “Steely Dan” vibrator with electro-stimulus copper coils and impact-softening cushions, you’ve seen this one. Through a Vaseline-smeared lens.

      I know too much…

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      • EyeHeartSpiders
        June 15, 2012 at 12:50 am

        Not for inexperienced practitioners, indeed.

        I assume the experienced know how to avoid green bajingo from the patina that has been allowed to develop naturally.

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      • kat
        June 15, 2012 at 7:43 am

        *slow standing ovation for this supremely pervy line of thought*

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    • Bejeweled Bajingo Beauty
      June 14, 2012 at 8:19 pm

      It must be the Magick!

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    • Steampunk Octopus
      June 14, 2012 at 11:26 pm

      That must explain why I’m not seeing a patina on the copper. The powerful Magickal Aura cleans the copper with every use. Better than CLR!

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    • Stretch65
      June 15, 2012 at 4:59 pm

      Its not aura its patina

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  13. Jagris
    June 14, 2012 at 7:53 pm

    I like how the flashed-out BSB photos weren’t flashed-out by the photo of them. She’s improving!

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    • rngwrm
      June 14, 2012 at 8:26 pm

      a bad photo of worse photos. it’s very meta.

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    • angelbuttons77
      June 15, 2012 at 4:23 am

      She has more crappy photos of shitty acts for sale!! YAY!

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    • kat
      June 15, 2012 at 7:45 am

      At least it’s a low price.

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  14. Chinese Reseller
    June 14, 2012 at 7:55 pm

    The dogs tail seems to be stabbing her reflected tit in the last photograph.
    And now I’m ashamed that I examined it long enough to even come to that conclusion.

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    • kat
      June 15, 2012 at 7:47 am

      Totally! Or she’s just finishing squeezing it outta her milk glands like they were magical… which they might be if it’s actually…
      MRS. SANTA CLAUS!

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  15. axisIIdiagnosis
    June 14, 2012 at 7:56 pm

    the backstreet boys instant photo collection is my favorite. it’s a bad photo of several bad photos – meta. plus the date on the pictures appears to state 9/6/01 (i’ve been drinking, i could be off), but the description states july 16, 2001. par for the etsy course.

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    • rngwrm
      June 14, 2012 at 8:29 pm

      oh cool, you got both my posts condensed in to one. i should finish reading comments before i say anything.

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    • asecondsolution
      June 14, 2012 at 8:50 pm

      It’s possible the camera had the date wrong, though.

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  16. AmyBakesEverything
    June 14, 2012 at 7:58 pm

    This might be the greatest Regretsy post of all time.

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  17. LitterBox
    June 14, 2012 at 8:00 pm

    What’s goin on with those dogs in the hemp bracelet pic? Peace of tail?

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  18. technocowboy
    June 14, 2012 at 8:00 pm

    OMG. Did NOBODY learn anything from The Teakettle Guy?! PUT. CLOTHES. ON. O.O

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  19. Chicken Slammer
    June 14, 2012 at 8:02 pm

    Pssh, it’s all the hard work to make sure that you know it’s authentic bullshit, rather than the crisp, clean reseller photos

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  20. irishtsy
    June 14, 2012 at 8:04 pm

    shit. do i have fucking cataracts now?

    i don’t remember getting that memo :-/

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  21. JuicyLucy
    June 14, 2012 at 8:05 pm

    Is it a co-incidence that the sharp photo is the one containing bosoms? Thought not.

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    • Snowflakiest
      June 14, 2012 at 8:12 pm

      I think the sharpest was with the dogs getting up close and personal

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  22. wildcatgrrl
    June 14, 2012 at 8:10 pm

    Sharpened the bookmark up a bit:

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    • JuicyLucy
      June 15, 2012 at 2:16 am

      Is that an improvement? Hard to tell really.

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    • kat
      June 15, 2012 at 7:49 am

      It’s …uhh… lovely?… now, thanks Wildcat ;-P

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  23. lemon_bombs
    June 14, 2012 at 8:11 pm

    “It has a motto on it!”

    It sure as hell wasn’t instructions on how to focus the camera.

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    • Zippy
      June 14, 2012 at 8:25 pm

      Please go see my shamelss, fawning comment on post #1 O Great LB.

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      • lemon_bombs
        June 14, 2012 at 9:38 pm

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        • EyeHeartSpiders
          June 15, 2012 at 12:52 am

          Awwww.

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        • TooManyCookbooks
          June 15, 2012 at 10:00 am

          AWWW! We’ve had a baby fawn in our back yard for about a week now; he’s eating well off my garden. Now I can prove to my husband that we can, in fact, bring Claude in and get him to cuddle*.

          (*I’m not actually going to try this.)

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    • Matt Johnson
      June 15, 2012 at 9:12 am

      I think the motto on it is “caveat emptor”.

      Either that or “ass, gas or grass, nobody rides for free”.

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  24. imenja
    June 14, 2012 at 8:11 pm

    I wonder how the altoids enhance the magical power of the wand? Or are they as a failsafe for a wiccan who only brushes her teeth during a full moon?

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  25. Katz
    June 14, 2012 at 8:11 pm

    I kind of really want that hemp bracelet.

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  26. justgus
    June 14, 2012 at 8:25 pm

    Some days it’s just too hot here, and I think to myself “Self, why not just go take pictures of your products in the nude? What could possibly go wrong?”

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  27. Hello Happy
    June 14, 2012 at 8:31 pm

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  28. melissammmm
    June 14, 2012 at 8:37 pm

    I *need* that lemon bookmark for my regretsy finnish folktales book! It has a MOTTO, guys. I didnt even know bookmarks GOT that fancy!

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  29. Princess Buzzkill Crying Glitter Eagle
    June 14, 2012 at 8:42 pm

    Say what you want about the BSB photos listing… The seller may not know where the shift key is, but they know the difference between there and their. And for that, I am truly grateful.

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  30. TristansDad
    June 14, 2012 at 8:45 pm

    I think the worst is that lady with the drooping shoulders in the awful t-shirt. The one that says “meh” on it. It makes me cringe. Who’d buy anything modelled like that?! And those socks! Eugh.

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  31. jupiter
    June 14, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.

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    • lemon_bombs
      June 14, 2012 at 9:19 pm

      A lot of us do. We try not to post them on the internet where we will have them rated and judged.

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    • Hollyless90
      June 14, 2012 at 9:19 pm

      Ah, Jupiter. How cute that you are horrified about sagging boobs! Age and gravity happen, my dear. Something to look forward to…lol

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      • imenja
        June 14, 2012 at 9:30 pm

        If they are big, they are never perky, even when young. And there are men and women who like them that way. People are so accustomed to media images of fake boobs, they don’t know what natural, large breasts look like anymore.

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        • Dumpster Jedi
          June 14, 2012 at 9:33 pm

          Mine looked like that from the time I was 12 until eventually had to have them reduced due to health problems. Now I have glorious big-ass scars instead. I’m self-conscious about them, but I try to comfort myself that somewhere out there, I’m somebody’s fetish.

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          • angelbuttons77
            June 15, 2012 at 4:29 am

            Fuck being self-conscious, girl! I’ve had a reduction, and anyone who doesn’t like the scars can fuck off. Better to be healthy and comfortable. My husband didn’t even bat an eye the first time he saw my franken-boobies. I think he was just happy to be seeing boobies…

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        • rushgirl2112
          June 14, 2012 at 9:59 pm

          Exactly. I have a pair of DDDs, and they’ve ALWAYS been saggy. And you know what? My boyfriend thinks he’s the luckiest guy on the planet.

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          • rushgirl2112
            June 14, 2012 at 10:22 pm

            In fact, earlier today he offered to be my slave and walk around behind me holding them up all day (because, frankly, most bras aren’t up to the challenge).

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            • imenja
              June 14, 2012 at 10:27 pm

              Yeah, I’ve had that offer myself.

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            • imenja
              June 14, 2012 at 10:31 pm

              Convo me about bras if you want. I have had to develop extensive knowledge in that area.

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              • Shanpo
                June 14, 2012 at 11:35 pm

                32DD signing in & open to tips!

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              • imenja
                June 14, 2012 at 11:54 pm

                I guess we don’t get messages on here.
                1. Fit is crucial. Most women wear the wrong size. Go to plussizebras.info to read about how to measure yourself and determine proper fit.
                2. Good bras are expensive and wear out in a few months. It costs you money, no way around that. If you don’t have a front loading washer, wash by hand to preserve the life of your bra.
                3. My favorite brands are Panache, Elomi, and Fantasie of England–all sold online and in specialty shops. Don’t rely on dept. stores because they stock limited sizes and generally don’t go above DD or DDD.

                Panache provides excellent, gravity defying support but can be uncomfortable. Fantasie bras are pretty, okay support and well made. I am currently wearing Elomi– good support and reasonably comfortable. If you really are a DD you’ll have a lot more options than I do.

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              • angelbuttons77
                June 15, 2012 at 4:33 am

                I’m going to add find a good bra specialist. NOT the old ladies in the lingerie department at Macy’s, and NOT the chicks at VS. Get fitted properly, even to the point of the specialist doing alterations. It’s heaven.

                I’ve found that the better I care for my bras, the longer they last. Also, my bra specialist will do bra tune ups – I have a bra that has lasted me well over a year, simply because she did a $10 refit and fixed the band and straps….the CUP is the pricey, but long lasting, part. If you’re in the Chicago burbs, go to Tina’s Closet in Lisle…..she’s a treasure for boobs.

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              • mad trolleybus
                June 15, 2012 at 8:59 am

                I´m a 34GG and I second everything what imenja said. A bra must fit – most women wear them too big on the back size and too small in the cups. It´s almost impossible to get good bras in my size here in Czech Republic so I order them online from England. Currently my favorite bra is a Panache sports bra: http://tinyurl.com/c76we25 – it´s unbelievably comfortable, gives a fantastic support and a great shape, I wear it under T-shirts as an everyday bra. Also fantastic is the Deco bra from Freya, great shape and cleavage – I have four in different colors: http://tinyurl.com/col8fm8

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              • Fat Jealous Luther
                June 15, 2012 at 9:26 am

                You women are forming quite an awesome supoort group here, I guess today’s motto is “when life gives you jugs, start a jug band.”

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              • imenja
                June 15, 2012 at 9:56 am

                I completely agree about the good bra specialist. If you go to a good specialty store that stocks a wide range of sizes, they can fit you properly. I have found, however, that if they don’t stock my size, they’ll will try to fit me in whatever they have. When I lived in Austin, TX, there was a great shop I went to where I first learned I was buying way too large of a band size and too small of a cup size. But when I moved back to Minneapolis, the store I went to here didn’t stock my size. The experience was pretty horrible, in fact. So a good bra specialist is invaluable, but not all locations have them. So I shop online now.

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              • imenja
                June 15, 2012 at 10:01 am

                Panache Super Bra Tango II has the best support I’ve ever experienced in a bra.

                Also note that sizes vary by brand. There is no standard sizing after DD.
                Here is a chart that compares sizes by brand: http://www.plussizebras.info/size.html

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              • CatTrampoline
                June 15, 2012 at 10:13 am

                Title Nine has an incredible range of well-made bras for A through DDD. I ordered two awhile back and they both fit and gave comfortable support – something I gave up on 10 years go. They also have a good return policy and good fitting directions to ease the fear of shopping online.

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              • rushgirl2112
                June 15, 2012 at 10:52 am

                Great advice here . . . seriously . . . but when you’re poor (like below poverty level poor), your only option is praying that the Kohl’s down the street has their bras on sale and you can find a DDD that doesn’t have underwires so wide that they’re jabbing you in the armpits all day.

                And when only one in a dozen bras in your size feels like you could wear it without wanting to tear your breasts off, mail order is out too. And yes, I’ve tried that before when I had money to buy a bunch at once and return what didn’t fit. And no, it still didn’t result in anything that worked any better than the department store selections.

                I’ve had a fitting before too. They just don’t make bras this large in the right proportions or with adequate support, at least not in my price range. It SUCKS. :(

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              • imenja
                June 15, 2012 at 10:57 am

                Rush girl,

                Check Barenecessities.com. They sometimes put good bras on sale at great prices. I saw some Fantasie and Elomi bras on sale there recently.

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              • imenja
                June 15, 2012 at 11:05 am

                Also if you read the plussizebras.info site and look at their comparative sizing charts, that should help you figure out how to order the right size.

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              • angelbuttons77
                June 15, 2012 at 3:43 pm

                rushgirl – you need to find a FJL who knows how to sew in your area, then. Trade sex for bra work! ;) I’ve sewn my own before (bought from Kohls, altered at home) and it’s still better than off the rack. Like a lot of us have said – MOST people buy TOO BIG in the band – it should sit at the bottom of the shoulder blades, and stay there. If they ride up, they pull up back fat and throw off the balance. I’ve bought some good ones @ Kohls….without wire, though, because the wire ALWAYS sits too wide. I’m around a 40GGG…..I’ve bought 44DDD and taken things in and been far more comfy than finding an off-the-rack 40GGG…..fit the cup, alter the band! :D

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              • angelbuttons77
                June 15, 2012 at 3:45 pm

                ALSO – I do think it’s COMPLETE bullshit that it HAS to be so pricey. Tina @ the place I go has all sorts of different price ranges, thankfully, and she alters – for free. Look around, you’d be surprised!!! BUT – bra support is so important to health (back, neck, breast, etc) that I think it’s CRAP that it’s so high priced for the big ones….and half the time (I’m looking at you, Lane Bryant!) it’s $50+ and STILL fits like shit…

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              • imenja
                June 15, 2012 at 5:57 pm

                Barenecessities has Panache Supertango on sale in limited colors. 20.99.

                In my size range, choices are limited and prices are high. So I am sharing my own experience, not bullshitting. As a JJ or K, I couldn’t begin to fit into a DD.

                Cup sizes cannot be altered, because they are integral to the structure of the bra, but I expect band sizes can be. I’ve always tried to find a bra that fits. And if you can get one for 20 bucks that’s got to be more economical than buying a standard bra and paying for alteration.

                Goddess bras are reasonably priced, but in my experience not as good. But if you get one at Onestopplus.com, you can also find a 50% off coupon online. They have other options as well.

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              • imenja
                June 15, 2012 at 6:09 pm

                Essentialapparel.com also has some excellent bras on clearance for $19.99 right now.

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        • Prufrock
          June 15, 2012 at 3:10 am

          Hell, even if they’re small they’re often not perky unless it’s cold out.
          (heck, if you check out societies where it’s acceptable for women to always go topless, pretty much everyone’s boobs look like rather like that, regardless of size. ‘Tis gravity.)
          Imenja’s right: a decent bra is the key. Mainly because it slaps Isaac Newton upside the head and allows your sweater-kittens to laugh in the face of gravity.

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          • Fat Jealous Luther
            June 15, 2012 at 8:16 am

            So it wasn’t an apple that smacked Newton’s head, but rather one of his wife’s ample jugs?

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        • almadison
          June 15, 2012 at 11:13 am

          No, not *never.* My natural breasts are 30FF and they do not look like that. They are very large, yet I cannot hold a pencil under them.

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          • imenja
            June 15, 2012 at 3:19 pm

            That is very unusual. You must be very young. Mine were never perky. It’s a simple function of gravity.

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    • Dumpster Jedi
      June 14, 2012 at 9:23 pm

      How dare people not conform to your exacting physical standards that they can’t control! I’m certain I’m getting the vapors.

      Also fuck you.

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    • rushgirl2112
      June 14, 2012 at 10:21 pm

      Well, you’ve obviously never owned – or had an encounter with – a pair of naturally large boobs, nor studied anthropology, nor even flipped through a copy of National Geographic.

      Grow up. Seriously. Until then, best have Mommy tuck you in to help prevent those scary dreams.

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      • VeganVulva
        June 15, 2012 at 7:32 am

        I don’t know, because if Mommy was ever pregnant with you, her boobs might look like that…

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  32. pearlheartgtr
    June 14, 2012 at 9:48 pm
  33. Fat Jealous Luther
    June 14, 2012 at 9:48 pm

    Now I got “Man in the Mirror” stuck in my head:

    I’m staring at the rack in the mirror
    Just like all you Regretsy dudes
    And no message could have been any clearer
    If you wanna sell the world a Christnas pooch
    Take a shot of yourself flashing your boobs

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    • TheAngryArchitect
      June 15, 2012 at 4:28 pm

      That was dreadful. And I do mean that in the best way possible.

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  34. Little Bird
    June 14, 2012 at 10:05 pm

    There are so many tutorials about how to take great sale shots regardless of the quality of your camera. Why don’t people read them?

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    • barky
      June 14, 2012 at 10:47 pm

      Too busy having nightmares maybe?

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  35. Sofia
    June 14, 2012 at 10:24 pm

    The last two pics just made my night! Now I KNOW it’s time for a beer.

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  36. JoyM
    June 14, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    I know what the motto says: When Life Gives You Lemon-Shaped Bookmarks, Throw Them On Etsy With the Rest of the Crap!

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  37. MockingbirdDont
    June 14, 2012 at 11:46 pm

    Hey now! Some of you people are imposters!! FJLs don’t have beautiful, perky tits!!! REAL Fat Jealous Losers most definitely have “utters”, and need “support”. Take your perfect breasts back to Etsy and go model some handmade Alibaba shit.

    Love, my tig ol’ bitties.

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    • MockingbirdDont
      June 14, 2012 at 11:49 pm

      FUCKING HELL. *UDDERS* FUCK ME RUNNING. WITH A SPORTS BRA ON, OF COURSE.

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    • imenja
      June 15, 2012 at 12:18 am

      All natural breasts are beautiful, small and large. The important thing is that we as women don’t contribute to our own disempowerment by criticizing other women’s bodies.

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      • Helen Killer
        June 15, 2012 at 11:32 am

        All “natural” breasts are beautiful. So I guess we empower ourselves by criticizing the bodies of women who choose to get implants.

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        • ebinard
          June 15, 2012 at 12:17 pm

          I’m not sure that’s a woman in the mirror…does that mean we have open season to criticize and make fun?

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          • Helen Killer
            June 15, 2012 at 12:20 pm

            I was under the impression we had permission to make fun of everything.

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            • Matt Johnson
              June 15, 2012 at 12:25 pm

              Except Sci-Fi, apparently. People here seem to get awful serious about that.

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            • MockingbirdDont
              June 15, 2012 at 5:16 pm

              Feeble attempt at humor was feeble. To the Fat Jealous Loser Cave I go!! Study the ways of the masters, I must. Boobs!

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              • Matt Johnson
                June 15, 2012 at 5:38 pm

                Was that a reply to me, MockingbirdDont?

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              • MockingbirdDont
                June 17, 2012 at 9:56 am

                @Matt Oh no! More a general reply. I did not forsee my initial comment welcoming the kudos of…um…a hippie in disguise? No snark was intended. Imagine if you will that I was literally slinking back into a cave. Like Gollum. Without his Precious. Only less angry. And schizophrenic.

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      • PensEnvy
        June 15, 2012 at 4:24 pm

        All boobs have their strengths and weaknesses. For example, natural breasts are easier to juggle, surgically enhanced breasts are easier to motorboat. Either way, boobs are awesome.

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      • MockingbirdDont
        June 15, 2012 at 5:18 pm

        Shush now. Taint that serious.

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      • imenja
        June 15, 2012 at 9:53 pm

        I haven’t criticized anyone’s body and have no intention to start.

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  38. Restless
    June 15, 2012 at 1:48 am

    This one is not Etsy, but why deny you such brilliance because of that little detail:

    From Blocket, a Swedish site (we´re neighbours of the Finns).

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    • Restless
      June 15, 2012 at 5:11 am

      And oh, it´s the dining table and chairs that were for sale.

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  39. Harley Quinn
    June 15, 2012 at 2:42 am

    Whoa, that future vintage brooch’s date stamp is my birthday. I certainly hope that isn’t what I’m getting for my birthday in 2018 because that’d really suck.

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  40. Prufrock
    June 15, 2012 at 3:03 am

    Oh I remember that Dashund.
    * le shudder *
    Do you think that she was midway through getting dressed and facepalmed when she remembered that she’d forgotton to take the photo, so did a hasty snap.
    Or do you think she just likes to prance about in her house naked?
    I know it shouldn’t put you off (after all she’s not been rubbing it over herself) but….bleuugh.
    Which is a pity because it is rather cute.

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    • kat
      June 15, 2012 at 7:55 am

      I find it kinda lumpy & poorly-made myself. There’s an art to making stuffed toys well.

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    • Elysapeth
      June 15, 2012 at 2:08 pm

      You don’t find you take your best sales photos in the nude?

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  41. soycheese
    June 15, 2012 at 5:25 am

    I’ve actually been paid to model items for sale on etsy. Glad no one told the guy he could just take a fuzzy cell phone pic in the buff! :P

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  42. ifyousquintjustright
    June 15, 2012 at 6:41 am

    I think I drnk too much hard lemonade again. Everything is all blurry.

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  43. Matt Johnson
    June 15, 2012 at 7:59 am

    That Magick Wand is so powerful that it fucked up the focus on the camera. Now THAT’S magickal!

    Plus, it looks kinda like a dick- double bonus.

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  44. Matt Johnson
    June 15, 2012 at 8:04 am

    I always wondered what a Backstreet Boys concert looks like. Turns out it looks like a junior-high talent show, only with more streamers and higher voices.

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  45. Trickster
    June 15, 2012 at 8:05 am

    I refuse to believe that last one was an accident.

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  46. Matt Johnson
    June 15, 2012 at 8:06 am

    Be honest….could you honestly identify that as a lemon in a police lineup? Or under oath?

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  47. swamper
    June 15, 2012 at 8:11 am

    When Life gives you lemons make lemonade and a matching bra and panty set out of the peels so you won’t be caught taking photos in the nude. Plus it recycling!

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    • Matt Johnson
      June 15, 2012 at 8:41 am

      I know how it is, though….lots of times, I want to take pics of my “Silence of the Lambs human torso skin santa dog” but I don’t want to be puttin’ on all kinds of clothes n’ shit! Plus, I don’t want to have to move my humidifier, that thing’s heavy!

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  48. Byrd
    June 15, 2012 at 9:05 am

    My recipe for life’s lemons:

    lemonade (from said lemons)
    2 oz Vodka (or Rum if you prefer)
    1 oz limoncello
    2 fresh mint sprigs
    Tall Glass with Ice

    ENJOY!

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    • BoomBabaBoomBaba
      June 16, 2012 at 5:03 pm

      I have everything for this recipe except the lemonade! Life, why won’t you give me some lemons, dammit!?

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      • terriwells
        June 18, 2012 at 11:11 am

        Be careful what you ask for…

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  49. CatTrampoline
    June 15, 2012 at 10:19 am

    I have to admit that I did not see the naked person in the mirror in either picture until it was pointed out. Now I can’t un-see it. All I saw was clutter, a frequent problem in many photos. I mean, how hard is it to drape a sheet or blanket over some of your furniture to make an uncluttered background? That is what I do for most of my Instructables photos. And if they come out blurry, I re-take them. And I’m not even selling anything.

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    • inertcorkhair
      June 15, 2012 at 10:47 am

      Someone who can’t be bothered to dress themselves is going to dress their furniture? I don’t think so.

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  50. Matt Johnson
    June 15, 2012 at 12:59 pm

    When life gives you lemons, study those lemons: someday, you might want to make something that actually looks like a lemon.

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  51. stampy
    September 5, 2012 at 11:59 pm

    “When life gives you lemons, take off your hemp peace sign bracelet and pull your dog’s nose out of your other dog’s ass.” How did they miss that before posting that photo?

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