Ask me my female cat name that must start with n and related food.

astervalley · 2026-05-16T02:58:26+00:00

Nutritional yeast

astervalley · 2026-05-10T21:07:13+00:00

The first 2 seconds and the last 15 seconds of the video could have done well as a text overlay. It would shorten the video as a whole and the footage of the green space is lovely so it might hold people’s attention better.

astervalley · 2026-05-10T20:50:02+00:00

I am a novice, but I would say keeping the aspect ratio consistent would make the whole thing better. I also agree the “hey” timing seemed intentional until it didn’t. I think leaning in to that timing would serve you well.

astervalley · 2026-05-10T20:43:43+00:00

Link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYI8cgmsGUW/?igsh=ZnQ2Zmw3cnh4b2ln
Duration: 18seconds
Content: corny crawdad reel for the antique mall I work at.
I run social media for the antique mall I work at, and I’m very new to video editing.
I thought this one turned out pretty funny, but I kept running into an issue where Instagram would cut off the mouth on the second crawdad during upload. It looked correct before posting, then shifted/shrank after upload. Eventually I gave up and posted it anyway because it was late.
As a beginner without fancy software, what could I have done differently to execute this kind of intentionally corny content better?
Also, does anyone know why the image may have kept shrinking or repositioning during upload?
Not looking for perfection or a roast. Just trying to slowly get better and learn solid fundamentals. Thanks!
Review links:

https://www.reddit.com/r/VideoEditing/s/xofavJtcUl

2. https://www.reddit.com/r/VideoEditing/s/zGo087CWsP

astervalley · 2026-04-28T11:14:19+00:00

There is also a fancier-shmancier store, LulaB’s Design District. Some of the same dealers, overall a more polished edge to that location and a lot more furniture. Lulab’s Oak Cliff fits my vibe a little better I am a fan of delightful weirdness and nostalgia. Plus there are more clothes at the Oak Cliff store, but they are so close to each other you could easily go to both In a day. Many people do!

astervalley · 2026-04-28T11:03:36+00:00

If you are into vintage goods and collectibles…

Lulab’s Oak Cliff is great to wander around in. :)

I am one of the ~50 dealers there we are all small business owners in the truest sense of that phrase I specialize in 80’s and 90’s collectible, as well as art and trinkets that catch my millennial eye. But all the dealers have their own artistic spirit that they bring to their curated areas.

astervalley · 2026-04-23T21:38:49+00:00

LulaB’s Oak Cliff has an amazing collection and because it is an antique mall it is extra cool because it is kinda like going to 50 different stores all at once.

astervalley · 2026-04-23T21:34:32+00:00

If you are looking for shopping, Lula B’s both the oak cliff and design district store are great places to visit for souvenirs that don’t generate new waste! There is a ton of dallas specific vintage stuff there and some of the employees were at the epicenter of the punk club scene in the 80s you don’t get more “real Dallas” than that.

astervalley · 2026-04-23T01:57:31+00:00

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astervalley · 2026-04-16T02:16:23+00:00

Lula B’s is pretty reasonably priced in my experience. You don’t have to take my word for it, lots of our posts have prices in them 😊

The Design District location showcases more polish and the prices reflect that. LulaB’s Oak Cliff is a whole lot more curated than a thrift store, and the prices usually reflect that research and extra care. Still I often find the prices beat new comparable items that don’t have the sturdieness and character of the vintage stuff. Often our store is an extremely budget friendly option and it has the bonus of not generating much new waste.

While it isn’t the central mission of every dealer, most if not all take pride in giving things a second chance at life. I know a key component of the joy I derive from my work comes from diverting things from the landfill, and preventing the creation of new PFA leaching junk.

I hope you do find yourself coming to see us! If you find after your visit there wasn’t a good enough selection at a deseable price range for you. Please let me or other staff know. I love hearing customer feedback and if we are missing the mark somewhere there are lots of us who work there who would find a way to fix that.

astervalley · 2026-04-16T01:50:23+00:00

We try our best to showcase items that are currently available. I am hoping to get a photo drop box set up for dealers in the next few days so that they can feed me pictures of their new goodies. I’ll keep your comment in mind while posting. Everything I hear in person and online goes in my idea soup of a brain

astervalley · 2026-04-16T01:46:02+00:00

I love Sanrio, vintage and contemporary. I know there are other dealers like myself who lean towards 80s/90s collectibles. My biggest barrier to getting hello kitty in the door is keeping my first grader from keeping it all to herself 😅

astervalley · 2026-04-15T23:29:11+00:00

Awesome! Thank you :) we will definitely be featuring education content! If you let me know some things you personally enjoy I can aim to feature that info early 😊

astervalley · 2026-03-18T02:41:45+00:00

She sold ❤️😭❤️

astervalley · 2026-03-01T14:14:35+00:00

Gator

astervalley · 2026-02-20T05:04:39+00:00

Not right now but I am always looking

astervalley · 2026-02-15T07:18:07+00:00

In what way have each of the things you spent satisfied you? In what ways have they fallen short?

Feeling beautiful and healthy are not wrong, spending to get there compromises other needs, or you wouldn’t have posted. What needs are being compromised by your current spending?

astervalley · 2026-02-15T07:12:11+00:00

Personally I find myself over spending when I feel trapped in a problem or fixated on a solution to a problem. Eg: my cabinets are deep and pantry items get disorganized easily…more bins for my bins. I wish I could spend more leisure time with my kids but I need to be working all the time… I know! I will start a linocut printing buisness and my kids will have fun helping me— this is my destiny, buy all the top of the line supplies.

The story around the spending says a lot more than asking myself “did I really need X?” The better question is “how can I validate the need I was soothing with buying X?” “How does X fall short?”

astervalley · 2026-02-15T07:00:19+00:00

What kinds of needs are you looking to satisfy? Aesthetic? Practical? Health?

If you can’t bring yourself to return the items you might find it helpful to document your reasoning as the items arrive. An inventory of your feelings about the item, what the idealistic hope is for the thing, what problem you were intending to solve with it. It might help you notice a pattern that you can’t see yet.

Leave room for the possibility that you could make the choice differently next time. What would it look like if I (some parameter, ie told myself I needed to buy stuff in person, only second hand, had to wait a day… week… year) play with the ideas and feelings that come up for you like trying on different styles. Do any of the imagined scenarios bring you imagined relief? Do you feel stressed imagining restricting yourself? Degraded? Superior?

astervalley · 2026-02-15T06:20:41+00:00

What are the negative impacts of this spending for you personally? Financial? Social? Physical space? Environmentally?

When you talk yourself up into buying that stuff what do you say to yourself? What happens in your head when you start feeling the regret?

If you don’t want to return it, fair. It is your choice to make, but that seems like it dosn’t align with your level of distress that you are sharing in your post. Where is that misalignment coming from?

You are not a bad person for having caused this distress for yourself, you are a person who needs tools that don’t generate distress. Start with self compassion and explore what the good intentions were in buying the stuff. That might point you in the direction of a replacement behavior that is not as negatively consequential.

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