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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her)

@mecm.bsky.social
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Content design/strategy, information architecture. Feminist. #BlackLivesMatter. #Baltimore. Civic tech, #a11y, vintage stuff, powerlifting. Kinda salty.

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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The gentleman of the house worked for the govt in some way—there was midcentury stuff from all over the world. I picked up this wooden cigarette holder that is also a music box. Almost certainly from occupied Japan.
A wooden cigarette holder with an owl and scrollwork carved in
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
There was a ton of cottagecore type stuff but some things weren’t in good enough condition for me to bother with. But I did get this handmade cabinet that is sort of perfectly weathered.
A rectangular wooden cabinet with a latch closure and a heart cut out
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Since the Etsy link doesn't provide a thumbnail, here's a photo.
A brown lacquered vintage chinoiserie cabinet style jewelry box with shell inlay in a floral pattern on the doors and lid and brass hardware.
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We had professional photos taken of Grant Beagle by Tina with Barkyard Studios here in Baltimore. These are the images we decided we wanted prints of and they perfectly reflect our little old man’s personality.
Grant Beagle with his nose to the ground tracking a good scentGrant Beagle facing the camera with a happy expression and his tongue outGrant Beagle staring intently at the camera with his head cocked with curiosity
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
#Baltimore folks: I will be bringing my vintage business to a flea market at the Catonsville Senior Center this Saturday, May 16, 9-1 It won’t all be strictly vintage but you can consider it all retro flavored. Some examples of what I will have:
A box showing different pieces of porcelain, including small blue and white teapots and a plate with berries on it
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
So this is an unusual thing in case someone has a Lenox Spice Village collector in their life and hasn’t yet bought a holiday gift. I have a set of 7 of the 1992 coffee mugs from that collection now available on my Etsy account, on sale through tomorrow. www.etsy.com/listing/4424...
7 Lenox Spice Village porcelain coffee mugs in various colors
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I will be continuing to list new items all week including this stunning copper pedestal dish.
I am holding up a long oval pedestal dish made of copper with scalloped edges.
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
My brother’s dog is also a sato and he appears to be a Puerto Rican pointer mix. And, of course, my house is all beagles, all the time.
A large black and white dog stretched over his bed which is sitting on an Oriental rug.
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Wooden Brutalist style candlesticks
Two dark wood carved candlesticks
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Milk glass sauce bowl with saucer and spoon, grapevine motif.
White opaque glass bowl, saucer and spoon with grape pattern on it
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Wooden sculpture of St George slaying the dragon
Wooden sculpture of a knight on a rearing horse pushing a sword through the heart of a dragon
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Pair of tall brass candlesticks (I actually have A LOT of brass coming soon).
2 brass candlesticks
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Some vintage stuff from the past couple of weeks, coming to Etsy soon. First this mid century modern wooden jewelry box with a 3-panel landscape painting on it.
Wooden jewelry box with pastoral scene on the lid
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Photos attached to original post since Etsy links don’t unfurl.
Front of pink, purple and gray snowboard jacket Back of pink, purple and gray snowboard jacket
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Also lots of discontinued Bath and Body Works and Avon fragrance products. Reach out if you’re interested and I will see what I have! I also dug through some piles of clothes and bags and shoes, pulling among other things, these adorable Betsy Johnson heels (8.5, 4 inch heel).
A pair of black open toe heels with faux fur
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
@theiaconf.bsky.social bingo (I have a lot of these so come see me if you want to fill out some squares.)
A conference bingo card
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I pulled a few more pieces because they were all natural fibers or spring /summer pieces in currently popular styles. I was going to walk out of this sale spending about $1-2 / piece so I had some budget for a more experimental piece like this. NWT 2010s so not quite vintage so we’ll see how it goes
White mini dress with tropical print
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Another Sunday so another estate sale. This one I only went to today because I was on a mission to acquire more spring/summer items, plus it was run by my favorite estate sale company and advertised a huge amount of women’s clothes, many NWT.
Pile of clothes purchased at an estate sale today
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Grant was a very brave boy at the vet today so he got to have some French fries.
Grant the beagle taking a French fry from my hand
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
And this cool, funky vintage tie. Coming to my various online stores soon, but reach out if you’re interested in what I have to buy directly. www.ebay.com/usr/macarrol-0
Funky vintage men’s tie that is purple with fox tails
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Advertised as having more than 900 pieces of vintage clothing, this did not disappoint. My haul includes arty/boho stuff galore, including a lot NWT and 100% wool and silk. Women’s sizes M-2X.
Pile of blue and red clothes
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
4 floors to explore. Someone has a sense of humor.
An old cabinet with a plastic skeleton hand reaching out from one of the top drawers
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This weekend’s vintage shopping adventure was at this crumbling Victorian mansion in the Charles Village section of Baltimore.
Looking onto the porch of a Victorian home made of gray brick with red trim
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
And the photo in thread since it didn’t append to the Etsy link as I anticipated
A pair of copper English lustreware goblets embossed with blue background and pink roses
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Nothing that Grant likes more than a hotel bed.
Grant the Beagle lying on a hotel bed and posing majestically for the camera
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
So, as a random thing about me: I pick up stuff at estate sales, rummage sales and similar to flip for resale. Mostly because I like old stuff and want to help it find new homes and because I have a good eye for it. Today I found this vintage Chinese shell art piece at a house.
Framed piece of artwork of a flowering branch of pink flowers with butterflies. On the right side,there is Chinese script.
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
So this is cool: when I left my last job, I was leading the information architecture portion of the redesign of usda.gov. I only got as far as proposing the new navigation structure and never knew how it turned out. That site finally launched and—it still has the navigation I proposed.
Screenshot of the mobile primary navigation of usda.gov showing the main navigation categories of Food, Farming and Ranching, Forestry, Sustainability, Trade and Markets, and About
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
Happy Halloween!🎃
My beagle, Grant, in a devil costume with a misty forest background
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 19/02/2024
Hell yeah we like the gym lighting
Me standing in front of a mirror at the gym flexing my arm to show a large defined deltoid muscle
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
Grant wasn’t so sure about his costume at first but he seems to be getting into it as kids come up
Grant the Beagle in a Batman costume. The caption on it reads “Batdog”Grant the Beagle sits at the front door in his Batman cape looking out at the street
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
Pretty good pump these days
I am sitting on a bench at the gym in front of a rack of dumbbells and a mirror. My left arm is flexed to show a large bicep and deltoid.
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 10/08/2023
Grant may be blind but he never misses a meal, his own or anyone else’s.
Grant, a blind tri-colored beagle, rests his head on my leg as I eat a snack.
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Mary Carroll-Mason (she/her) @mecm.bsky.social · 02/07/2023
I posted this on all my other socials so might as well here too. On Friday, I turned in my master’s thesis and, 5 years, 4 jobs and a pandemic after I started, just like that, I am no longer a graduate student.
Print copies of my thesis in a box. The signed title page is showing.Statue of Edgar Allen Poe on the University of Baltimore campus Me in graduation regalia walking across the stage to University of Baltimore president Kurt Schmoke during last month’s ceremony
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