By alchemystones on Skatehive
The thing about objects that are meant to be picked up — and used as meditation stones or something similar — is that they invariably end up getting picked up! When you're trying to sell something, the unfortunate side effect of that is that some items end up getting a little "shop worn" over time... which often can make them unsellable. But they are rocks!?! Indeed, they are. But that doesn't make them immune to butterfingered festival goers picking them up and accidentally dropping them — paint side down — on a rough concrete floor or asphalted parking lot. The result is usually that some small patch of the design ends up with tiny cracks in the finish coat and sometimes a little spot that looks like somebody took sandpaper to it. Which, for all intents and purposes, is pretty much what happened. Since I'm redoing all our listings and moving them to Etsy, it's also a good time for me to take a closer look at every single item we have and to make sure that everything looks good. And,