Coming Soon....

...to Dark Decors, "Your Store for Dark Home Decor".

Dark Decor's "Friday Finds"

Definitely worth checking out this blog post.  Dark Decors has found some really unique and artistic lighting.

These two are my favorites...to see more check out their blog at darkdecors.blogspot.com.

Capture Life!

Halloween!

So can't wait!

Dark and Dreamy

During my morning walk at the park the other morning, my dog stopped and I just happened to look up.  This tree and it's branches were just to cool not to snap a pic.  

I edited this pic in #Snapseed.  I uploaded it to #Instagram and someone commented on it, that's where I got the title from.

Sometimes it pays to look up every once in awhile.

                   Capture Life!

Halloween is almost here....

Just a couple of photos I've been playing around with in PicMonkey...

 The moon was taken by me...everything else was added from PicMonkey.

 The carousel was taken by me at Kemah Boardwalk in Texas. 

My son took this photo of me...edited in PicMonkey (having so much fun).

 Ciaran, my friend's cat...photo taken by me, 

texture Jerry Jones (ShadowHouse Creations) and PicMonkey.

 Photo of me taken by me...Day of the Dead...edited in PicMonkey.

So what Halloween projects have you been doing?  We throw a big party every year...off to start decorating!

Capture Life!

Fun...fun...fun...Photography Art

It's Photo Art Friday!

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I took this photo during the day at a friend's house.  I was in her backyard photographing some of her cool bird feeders and looked up and thought that it was a great shot.  I decided to give it a bit of a dark side look and feel to it. 

I first desaturated the photo.  I used SkeletalMess textures "There be Ghosts"  blending mode Multiply at about 80% and Shadow House Creations "BlueTopia", blending mode Color Legacy at 100%.  Then I used my owl paint brush to add the owl.

Here's is another version...I made the owl's eyes glow (sparkle) and added a few sparkling stars with "Sparklies Brushes by Project GimpBC" in GIMP.  Which do you prefer...without the eyes or with the eyes glowing?  I can't make up my mind, so I'd love to hear what your choice would be.

 

If you're interested in Photo Art Friday click on the button below...or just curious...or want to get inspired.

Just listed in our shop...

Carrie and I are still gearing up for our favorite time of the year.....Halloween!  Here are just a few of the items we've finished and now are in our Etsy shop.

  Ghostly Giggling Mini Coffin

 Always Bite Me Goodnight 

                                                                         Mini Coffins

We have a few more projects we're working on so check back again soon!

 

Look what we've been up to...

getting ready for our favorite time of the year...

Halloween!

Primo the Little Demon

Segundo the Little Demon

Tre the Little Demon

Carrie and I have been busy, busy working on new items for Halloween and our Dark Decor, head on over to Ametista Dark Decor to see more of our items.

Coming soon to Ametista Dark Decor....

At one the town's square teemed with life,
The second chime brought roil and strife,
When three rang forth the bell tower shook,
At four o'clock the devil cooked,
Five saw ashes cloud the light,
Six, the moon shone black as night,
The witch's cat shrieked loud at seven,
At eight dripped blooded rains from heaven,
Nine o'clock brings ghoulish cries,
And ten sees children's bulging eyes,
Eleven curses scour the fields,
When midnight chimes death's harvest yields,
Which leads us to the 13th hour,
Best go inside, the scene is dour!

 

By David Braybrooke

Treasury....Treasury...Treasury!

Wow...our artistic creations have made it in 3 different treasuries!  Two from our  Dark Decor and more shop "Ametista" and one from our supply shop, "The Clay Shoppe".

The first treasury features "The Monster Box of Madame de Strange.

The second treasury features "Holy Water Artistic Apothecary Bottle".

The third treasury features our "Fleur de lis Button" mold.

Thanks so much for the love :D

Another MoNsTeR bOx.....

to be making it's debut soon at Ametista.etsy.com!

Here's a sneak peek.

Another fabulous GIVEAWAY!

The wonderful Artistic Halloween Queens are hosting another giveaway featuring an artistic piece created by

Lisa of Pearl Avenue Studios.

 One of a Kind Jack-O-Lantern Lumiere!

It's hand sculpted out of paper mache that sits on top of a black ruffled collar.  It uses a standard LED battery candle (included) to light it up.  The pumpkin measures 5".

It's so easy to sign up to win this fun Jack-O-Lantern, just click here and follow the instructions!

Also be sure to check out their Mother's Day Challenge themed..."A face only a Mother could Love" starting on May 1st.

Good Luck!

Ametista made it in a treasury!

Our shop where we create our 

DaRK DeCOR and MoRe

is featured in this fabulous treasury...

Our Philomena's Fat Herb Jar is being featured here.

Be sure to check out Kit's shop on etsy at Kitcameo.

A special thanks to EtsyDarkTeam for this fabulous treasury.

Coming soon to Ametista...

Not one....but two!

Wow...two out of four of our shops made it in a treasury this week.  

I guess the universe is smiling down us :D

Our "Luscious Lily" mold from The Clay Shoppe...

and from Ametista, our SkUlLs and RoSes MoNsTeR bOx.

We would like to thank the creators of these wonderful treasuries

LizsWares and Jammerdesignz.

Be sure to check out their shops each one is a unique artisan.

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!

Check out this Spoooktacular giveaway!

Artistic Halloween Queen
is hosting a fabulous giveaway...



This Dracula Bat Ornie is up for grabs.
It's artistic creator is Karen Harper of idrawpix.

All you have to do is click on the picture above
 and following the instructions for your chance to win,
it's that easy! 

Also be sure to check out the other fabulous artist in this wonderful group, and don't forget to click on Karen's blog to learn more about her and her creative work.

Sneak peek....

Here's a small piece of what I'm currently
working on for Spring. 
I do hope we have a nice long
Spring this year....
but not betting on it, tee....hee...
no pun intended!

Our latest creations....

This piece was created by C. Lago titled, "Wonderland Artistic Apothecary Bottle", I guess you can figure out where the inspiration came from...tee hee.  She decided to give it to her brother for his birthday.

I created this one using an empty Patron (mini) bottle, keeping in the theme of our other Day of the Dead items...and of course it glows in the dark!

This little bottle will be placed with some of our other select items at Place gallery in Las Vegas, NV.  You'll be able purchase the DOD bottle soon at Ametista as well.

Happy Halloween

Here's wishing you a spooky....frightening....exhiliarting
Halloween!

Be safe everyone!