Snowman Skelly

I just love these...they make me giggle.

SoLd OuT!

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Capture Life!

From Dark Decors...

Here are a few new items you can find at DarkDecors.com

and 

Gearing up for the holidays!

Capture Life!

Look what we've been up to...

Another set of our exclusive upcycle "Beelzebirds" at Dark Decors.  Let me introduce to you, Valentina and Bertram Beelzebirds!

What do you see?

Getting ready for the holidays!

What are you working on?  This piece is coming soon to www.darkdecors.com.

Look what's arrived...

...at Ametista Dark Decor

          Mad Hatter Tea Party Vase

Beelzebird Couple Sienna and Sage

and....

      Nightmare Before Christmas - Mini Jack Skelley Snowman

My other creative side is well some would say "a little on the dark side".  I'm in business with a fabulous creative friend and we try to, for the most part, recycle items in our creations.  For instance, the mini Jack Skelley's are made from a string of lights that went bad and the Mad Hatter Tea Party Vase, is three vintage silver pieces from a mixed match tea set (2 sugar bowls and one creamer).  We had the bottoms drilled out of the top two and fused them all together to make this one of a kind vase...well we might make more if we find the right pieces.

I just wanted to share some of the other things I do.  I also take all the photos for our business and Carrie edits them.

Look what we've been up to...

...just a couple of items that will be coming to our shop

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Look what I won...

I was so excited to receive this fabulous mixed media collage art piece created by Erin of Art By Erin Leigh.  I just had to take a picture of the envelope because it made me feel so fabulous...

now you know why it made me feel that way.  Isn't that just a "fabulous" way to address something special to someone...especially since you've never met.  Erin, thanks it truly did make me smile really big and I also showed it off to my friends and family...LOL!

Inside the envelope my prize was wrapped very beautifully with a lovely black and white ribbon...

and now for the actually mixed media collage...

Erin gave a choice of 6 different artistic collages she had made to choose from.  I chose this one, because it truly spoke to me.  I also felt if my son could see this on a daily basis, it will help remind him to continue to strive to be a better person.  I have it sitting on the family computer desk so it's there for all to see.  Next I'll need to find a frame for it.

You can see more of Erin's work on her blog and also in her Etsy shop artbyerinleigh.etsy.com. 

Thanks Erin for such a meaningful prize.

Bright blessings

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!

 

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

Look up above...

Check out our slide show...

we've added a few new goodies.

Enjoy!

Successful craft show...

We had so much fun and there was a great turn out as well.  We made a few connections and had many sales...so we'd say overall it was a successful event! 

Unfortunately, we had to end an hour early due to winds, very cold rain and hail...yes hail!  I wish there were some pictures being taken of Carrie and I  hustling to take down our tent and pack everything up...I'm sure we looked like wet puppies...LOL.  Anyway, our newly painted event tent made it's debut...

Yes, we designed and painted this 10x10 tent ourselves...well we had a friend help a little bit :D...its good to have friends...thanks Laura!

A member (Robi Dunn) of our local Etsy group, HandmadeInVegas, put this fabulous event together...thanks! 

We even had live music to entertain not only us, but the customers as well.

It was wonderful escaping the Las Vegas heat...even if it did end a little early!

First Mt. Charleston Arts and Craft Fair

Hey all you local Las Vegas bloggers!

Want to beat the heat?  

Come on up and visit us for a fun filled family day. 

  Resort at Mount Charleston

COME ENJOY A WONDERFUL DAY IN THE MUCH COOLER MOUNTAIN AIR. THE FAIR IS BEING HELD AT 

THE RESORT AT MOUNT CHARLESTON 

(FORMERLY THE MOUNT CHARLESTON INN/HOTEL), 

2 KYLE CANYON ROAD, 

KYLE CANYON, MOUNT CHARLESTON, NEVADA, 

Sunday, August 8th from10am-4pm

   There are over 40 artisans from the Handmade in Vegas Group will be 

selling their jewelry, art,  photography, and crafts. 

Admission is free. 

Musical entertainment will be provided by the 

Resort at Mount Charleston. 

Food and beverage will be available for sale.

We will be there...you won't be able to miss our tent...

just look for the black and white stripes and swirls!

Ametista Dark Home Decor and more.

See you there :D

Our "Leo" Zodiac necklace made it in.....

a Treasury!

Thanks MadeInVegas Team!

Learning is fun....

...that is if Megan of Etsy's FFTF&B has anything to do with it. Megan's shop, "From Fragments To Furniture & Beyond"  is a shop for kids of all ages. She specializes in fun educational toys with special needs kids in mind and creates fun ways to encourage speech, motor skills and sensory stimulation. She also makes things for kids in general and those who are a kid at heart.

We are especially pleased to show of her latest project, these colorful numbered dominoes, not only because Megan is a fellow Handmade In Vegas Team member but because she commissioned a custom domino mold from our Clay Shoppe to craft these little lovelies.

 Her entire store is an explosion of color and excitement and well worth checking out. 

Team Treasury

Finally, we have an Etsy Team here in Las Vegas called "MadeinVegas Team".  In this treasury are just a few  team members and how we're a very artistic bunch!

Click here to check out each artist.

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

Chakra Energy ~

Our fabulous "Yoga Fairies" are a part of this colorful treasury....