One World One Heart Event

Carrie and I will be participating again this final year in the "One World One Heart" bloggers event giveaway.

For more information on this event click on the picture above.

 

A couple of wonderful treasuries...

Our Autism Awareness Mold is featured in this treasury for a worthy cause...thanks so much for including us!

We also made it in this other treasury showing off our "Passion Potion Artistic Apothecary Bottle"...We so appreciate the recognition for our work...Thanks for the love!

Bright blessings!

The Art of Re-Enchanting....

As  many of you already know, we specialize in polymer clay, with a focus on dark yet whimsical home decor, such as artistic apothecary bottles and MoNsTeR bOxes. But what you may not know is that most of our items are crafted from re-enchanted glass, wood and other materials.

 Patron bottle artistically embellished

What is Re-Enchanted?
The Definition of Re-Enchanted goes something like this...
To Enchant—
en-chant [en-chant]
-verb (used with object)
1. To subject to magical influence; bewitch: fairy tales about witches who enchant handsome princes and beautiful maidens.
2. To delight to a high degree: Her gaiety and wit have enchanted us all.
3. To impart a magic quality or effect to.

Re—
re [ree]
-prefix (used in this case with a verb)
To re-do: Can I have a do over?
To do again
To reuse, and this case to Recycle.

 Maple syrup bottle

In short, we re-enchant the mundane and render it magical!  

At Ametista you can choose from our ever expanding 
selection of artistic offerings  

OR you can have us custom design a piece just for you!

Re-purposed vintage trinket box 

Vintage Jewelry Box circa 1960, now artistically re-enchanted

Carrie and I try to find vintage, unique items to bring back to life in an artistic way as much as we can...recycle...upcycle...reclaim...
re-enchanted!

A few things that we're working on....

Our new re-enchanted artistic bottles.

These will be part of our inventory for the Renaissance Festival...
more information on them later....

Helena Bonham Carter & Christina Ricci receive CreepyQueenMagazine celebrity gift baskets

As some of you already know, we recently submitted two of our ArTisTic ApoTheCarY BoTtles to CreepyQueenMagazine for entry in their celebrity gift baskets. We are pleased to announce that the press releases are out...


"CreepyQueenMagazine, an online magazine that showcases the best in alternative fashion, announces the presentation of a customized, handcrafted gift basket to Helena Bonham Carter."
Click above to view full press release.

Christina Ricci Receives CreepyQueenMagazine Celebrity Gift Basket
Click above to view full press release.

Pictures of the completed baskets coming soon!

Help us name this MoNsTeR bOx......

Here's a recently captured MoNsTer bOx who refuses to tell us it's name...stubborn little bugger. So we must give it a new one and we need your help. Please leave us a comment with your name suggestion(s) ...we welcome any ideas you may have here.

We greatly appreciate your efforts in the endeavor.

Some Moms bake cookies...we bake skulls!

Carrie and I are gearing up for the Fall season and getting ready for
our biggest (in terms of attendance) show ever...The Age of Chivalry
Ren Fair in Las Vegas, coming this October. More info on that soon!

These bone chilling little scalawags are some of the new items we will be
selling at the event. Handcrafted from polymer clay, baked, stained and
embellished for a nice 'bone' effect arrrrrrr. Available as rings AND pendants!

What's that? Can't make it out to Vegas in October? Not to worry...
you can get your skull gear on our shop soon...while supplies last!

Two more items coming soon to Ametista.etsy.com.....

First I just want to announce that we (Carrie and I (Ametista)) got accepted to have a booth at the Renaissance Festival here in Las Vegas starting October 9,10,&11.....Yea!
We're very excited, but more on that later....

So here are two of the items we've been working on and the "Blackthorn Artistic Apothecary Bottle" designed by Carrie is totally finished and should be up for sale this week at ametista.etsy.com.

Then there's the one I've been working on. I haven't come up with a name yet for it, but it's another creation to our MoNsTeR bOx series....LOL...I should have this one completed by the end of the week and it too can be purchased at ametista.etsy.com.

The stars are made with Night Glow clay.

So now that we have this huge event coming up soon...we'll be busy creating....creating...filling orders....creating...well you get it. But will always try to drop a few lines with upcoming items on this blog here and our other blog at www.ametistadea.blogspot.com.

Be sure to check back!

Bright Blessings!

I snagged a Treasury....."A Mask Ball"

Here are just a few of our favorite items.....

Crafty Clay Shoppe Customers....

Look what "dedesjewelrybox's" created with our molds. These stunning pieces are crafted from Silver PMC (Precious metal clay) which she forms, using our molds and then dries, sands, fires and polishes for a shine that only this purest of silvers can give.

This artist has done a remarkable job and we look forward to seeing more from her!

Look what I've been working on.....

Carrie and I are working hard to build up our inventory for the upcoming Renaissance Festival (in October)...I know it's months away, but each of our artistic creations take some time to do....LOL!

I've been working on a new apothecary bottle.  I'm just about finished with it, but struggling to come up with a suitable name for it.  So if any of you have any cool names you think will fit, leave a comment, I'd really appreciate it.

Getting ready for "Halloween"!  It's never to early to do that in my books....

Wee Little Love Potion Bottles

This is our latest commission work!
To much fun....Carrie did a great job on these.



Two teeny tiny, ity bitty, wee small little love potion bottles with heart design, made to order.

If you would like a custom order, please contact us at ametista_etsy@live.com and we will be happy to assist you.  No order is too big or too small apparently....LOL!

July's Free Monthly Drawing Artist is....

We are excited to be giving away
this splendidly shiny original piece of garden art entitled,
"Moroccan Dream" by bead artist, Deborah Lago of OooShinee.etsy.com

Enter to Win! Don't miss out!

Click here to enter...

Featured Artists of the day are,,,,,

I decided to feature a few artist that give to their special "causes" this time. We hear and see so much bad that's happening around the world, that sometimes we forget about the ones who are doing good things.

So I want to share some good news....First, AvantDesigns, Lauren started out designing and making jewelry for her own personal enjoyment and then developed it into a way for her to share her artistic creations with everyone. She has a gorgeous necklace that is handmade from recycled paper by women in Africa. She purchased these beads from a non-profit organization called "Bead for Life". These women live with HIV/AIDS as well as refugees displaced by a devastating civil war in northern Uganda. By Lauren purchasing these beads she help join the "Bead Circle" by people connecting around the world to eradicate proverty one bead at a time. Below is her artistic offering she made from "Bead of Life".

My next artist of choice is PurrPrints. This artists loves cats and ink. She uses a combination of hand-drawn, digital and print techniques. Shhh....not all her artwork is of cat's so be sure to check out her section "art without cats"...LOL...Each of her prints are signed and dated on the back or front (your choice). She even makes her own bend-proof packaging by reusing materials whenever possible. So not only does she help safe our planet, she also donates 5% of each of her art prints to a local NO-KILL Animal shelter, "Shamrock".

Hypnocat Print 5x5

My next featured artists is Lazy Dayz, her cause is "Breast Cancer Awareness". Unfortunately, this desease has probably affected each and everyone of us one way or another. But the reason why I chose this artist is because of her "symbol" she designed for the cause. I just thought it was very unique and just artistically designed. She talks about how she came about designing this piece in her shop. For sure it will definitely open the doors for converstaions. She donates 20% of sales, not profit, of this item to "Breast Cancer Non Profit Organizations".

Breast Cancer Boob Bomb

Noah Baby Boutique, She is an ex-retail clothing manager, who has decided to change her life's path and become a stay at home mother. She started sewing as a hobby to help fill that created void, has now became not only a passion, but a new career path.

She makes everything with the utmost care to quality of material and craftsmanship. Being a Military wife...it was with great honor that she created this 3 piece Burp Cloth Set to help a very special charity, "Snowball Express". This charity started in early 2006 with a simple idea; Provide hope and new memories to the children of military fallen Heroes, who have died while on active duty since 9/11.

She donates 100% of the proceeds.

Burp Cloths for a Cause

My next artist is The Clay Shoppe by Ametista...well that's one our businesses....LOL! Our cause is "Autisim Awareness", this is a cause that hits very close to home for my business partner and well me too because I have grown to love her children. This is a set of 3 puzzle piece charm mold, proceeds are donated to Autism Speaks.

Autism Awareness Puzzle Charm

There are so many artist on etsy and the internet that have all sorts of causes that they donate to and are invovled in. I'd like to say "Thanks" to all who have such a big heart.

Happy Shopping!

One of our Molds made a Treasury!

Thanks Sassa Lynne for adding our Fleur de lis mold to this beautiful Treasury....

MoNsTeR bOx is featured on.....

Sweet Thangs

Our PrinCeSs DaIsY MoNsTeR bOx
is being featured as part of a tribute
to monster week.

Sweet Thangs blog is fun, interesting and full of delicious eye candy too!

Check it out....you'll leave with a big smile on your face...

Thanks "Sweet Thangs"!

Fun at the French Market Las Vegas

Carrie and I set up again at our local "French Market". There were new vendors and ones that were there before. The turn out was fabulous and the weather...well we could not have asked for anything better (especially here in the desert)...LOL.

Our booth.

So as usual, I went around to the new vendors and took some pictures of their booths. I just love to take pictures....LOL. So first "Heritage Makers" is a scrapbooking company that will help you preserve all your precious memories. Their website has some amazing layouts and online things to do and help you with. I love scrapbooking and I'm soooo way behind these days...heh. So check out this site at Heritage Makers.



This guy makes some very amazing wood and iron work designs. So for all you "cowboys, cowgirls or just loving the old country, check out the photo below. Unfortunately there is no website that I can direct you to at this time. I will email them to see if they have one and repost it here.

These two ladies make some amazing purses that are all lined with very soft, plush material. They also make jewelry of all kinds. The flip flops are sewn on beads with matching anklets, they are so darn cool....Unfortunately they didn't provide me with a website either...so I guess if you're in the area on June 13th you'll have to drop by to see these two amazing ladies works of art!



We would like to share with you a couple of our new items we worked on for this show and are working on more apothercary bottles and boxes for the next one as well.

Dragonfly Lantern

Fairy Hair Wands

Mermaid's Kiss (sold)

The "French Market" is going to be held every other Saturday from 9-1:00pm, for information go to their website at www.yourfrenchmarket.com . We hope that if you live or are visiting friends or family here in Las Vegas that you'll come out to help support local artists and producers. Thanks to all who have come out and shared in all the fun....

Au revoir from the Ametista Girls!

May's Free Monthly Drawing contest winner is....

Jennifer from Texas!

Congratulations...
Your Yoga Fairy is on it's way!

Be sure to check back this month to see what's up for grabs...
you're definitely going to want to enter
for your chance to win!

Look what we've captured.....

"MoNsTeR bOxEs"

deep within the dark jungles of La Isla de Ametista...not to be found on any mortal map.

Princess Daisy Monster Box is lined in turquoise fur and has some wacky little feet! She may look innocent but you'd better watch out for her bite...LOL! Perfect for that "Little" Princess in your life.

also captured was

Endora's Monster Box

This box was courageously captured by fine Artist Laura Zollar.

So head on over and capture one of these one of kind MoNsTeR bOxEs!