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.

Starbucks fans will recognize these bottles.

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.

Chambord anyone?

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!

 Vintage Jewelry Box circa 1960, now artistically re-enchanted.

Congratulations to a new MoNsTeR bOx owner!!

A big congrats goes out to
Lacy of Victoria Texas
who recently won the our
"Scare D'Cat MoNsTeR bOx
in Lolidots Halloween
Spooktacular Give-a-way!

Yeah!!

We're so happy that Scare D'Cat
has found a good home just in time
for Halloween!

This is Halloween...

"Boys and girls of every age,
wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see,
This our town of Halloween."

We've been included in another nightmarishly
spooktacular Etsy treasury!!

Check out all the cool handmade Jack Skellingtons
available here...wow!

A sneak peak at a "custom" MoNsTeR bOx.....

We are actually adding the finishing touches to this request for a custom MoNsTeR bOx, more details on all who and why which is very exciting...well to us that is. LOL!

More of this box will be revealed very soon......

Happy Birthday to The Clay Shoppe...

...Our Clay Shoppe turned 1 year old today!

In celebration, we are offering FREE Shipping

in ANY of our stores, on any purchase of $20.00 or more.

visit
Ametista Artistic Offerings
CalKat the Jewelry Junkie
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One week only! Offer ends 9/16/09

Etsy's Treasury West...

We've never caught a "Treasury West" on Etsy....until now!

Not your average Siren...

Coming soon to Ametista......

Mermaid MoNsTeR bOx

I finally finished her....I made a few color changes, but here is the final product.

I had made the face a long time ago and just wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it, and then I finally created this fantasy mermaid box. Even though this box went through several different transitions before the final product came to be. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as Carrie and I do.

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.calkatthejewelryjunkie.blogspot.com.

Be sure to check back!

Bright Blessings!

A gif for Helena Bonham Carter....

This is our entry into Creepy Queen Magazine's celebrity gift basket. "Lilith", an embellished antique French apothecary bottle, (we even custom made the black velvet wrap)is being presented to Ms. Carter. As Kathy and I are both fans, we are just thrilled and hope she enjoys it!

For more info visit - www.creepyqueenmagazine.com/celebritygifting.htm

Check out this "cool" contest

We've just entered a contest hosted by Creepy Queen Magazine and if we are one of the lucky winners we will have our Artistic Apothecary bottles included in a deliciously dark celebrity gift baskets going to three of our favorite actresses; Helena Bonham Carter, Christina Ricci and Rose McGowan.

Wish us luck!

 

"Key to My Heart" featured at DesignStyleGuide.net

One of our apothecary bottles is being featured in a treasury by Kristen Law of DesignStyleGuide.net
http://www.designstyleguide.net/treasuryDetails.php?ti=595

DesignStyleGuide.net - Search the best in handmade decor

Source: www.designstyleguide.net

We were recently asked to join the Design Style Guild, and are very excited to be a part of such a well put together site and group. Just about anything you may want for your home decor can be found on this site and everything is handmade! Kristen Law, the sites founder, has assembled a truly impressive array of artisans to choose from...well worth a look see!

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