NEW!!

NEW to DarkDecors.com 

Art tile coaster sets!!

NEW Name, NEW Look and NEW Website!!

It's here! It's here! It's finally here!!
Kathy and I are very please to announce that after much hemming and hawing (years in fact) "Ametista Dark Decor"  is now finally and simply "Dark Decors".

All of the whimsically dark and twisted home decor you know and love plus some newly expanded lines that we know you'll just love and here's the BEST part...it's all at our new website!

darkdecors.com 

Still finishing pages and polishing the edges, but we're so excited we had to tell you about it NOW! ;)

Heart Tree Vases

Heart Tree Vases, a photo by ametistagirl on Flickr.

The heart tree trio is completed and is now available in our shop.

The inspiration for this series is the evolution of a heart through loss. One begins at a place of heart break feeling as it were, broken. After which there is usually feelings of anger, even if it's illogical. That anger is a fire that propels one out of the mire of depression. Once the heart is cauterized it is able to heal and become hole and full once more.

First Friday Las Vegas

 

 

 

 

 

Tonight's First Friday location will be at 1025 S. 1st Street (right next door to the Artifice Bar) 

We will be selling our wares...just look for the Black and White striped tent...you can't miss it! 

It's gonna be a fun night! Hope to see you there!

WooHoo it's back! The One World One Heart Event

Carrie (that's me!) and Kathy (the crazy woman I craft with) are very excited to be participating again in this final year of the "One World One Heart" bloggers event giveaway... Yeah!!

Click on the picture above for more information on this most fabulous event.
 

...got glam?

Show off your WiCKeD HeaRT this Valentine's Day...and all year long for that matter. We can't ALWAYS be angles, so why try?  Devilishly adorable, this handcrafted pendant is sure to be flirtatious conversation piece.

 

 

Also we have this one of a kind QUeeN of HeaRTs SCePTeR

The perfect Valentine's Day gift for the Queen in your life. Inspired by our love of Tim Burton's Alice, this piece is regal, whimsical and FUN FUN FUN! No one will look more majestic than your queen as she waves her scepter and yells, "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!" Don't let it be YOUR head that goes rolling this Valentine's Day. 

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VDaY SALE - use code VDAY2011 to receive 25% off your entire order! NOW thru 2/7/11

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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.

New in our shop....

 PuRPLe PoPpy APoTheCaRy BoTtLe

Antique hand blown glass combined with a clever application of craft have turned this mundane object in to something quite magickal! Click in the photo for more information.

Our Snowmen made it in a Treasury!

A Creepy Christmas Wish...

These are just a few of the things on the
"must have holiday wish list"
this year to ensure the perfect haunted holiday!
Like this? "Can't get enough", you say...
go to http://www.etsydarkteam.webs.com/

then sit back and giggle as the darkness envelopes you. 

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!

A few things we've been working on....

Kathy and I have really been busy gearing up for the upcoming "Age of Chivalry" Renaissance Festival here in Las Vegas starting October 9-11th. Here are a couple of our items that we've made for this occasion:

"Ye Olde Cloak Pins"

We've also added these scurvy dogs to our MoNsTeR bOx collection....

TrEaSuRe MoNsTeR bOxEs

These will be available soon in our etsy shop.

Our dear friend and local fine artist, Laura Zollar, has come to play with clay with us as well.
She created an absolutely stunning re-enchanted bottle and an artistic apothecary bottle.

Sea Life Artistic Bottle
by Laura Zollar

and.....

My Wicked Heart Artistic Apothecary Bottle
by Laura Zollar

To see more of our artistic offerings click here...

The JaCk SkeLLingToN MoNsTeR bOx

This MoNsTeR bOx is not for sale,
as we don't wish to go to jail.

We captured it for a review
and posted here to show to you,

these lovely pics of Nightmare fright
but Disney owns the copyright.

And though our Skelly shan't be bought
we are satisfied that he was caught.

For you see my friend, that's what we do...
...hunt MoNsTeR bOxes just for you!

See our collection of fine specimens at Ametista Artistic Offerings

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......

Etsy's Treasury West...

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

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 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.

UPDATE - As of 8/29/09 we have, via our Facebook and Flickr friends, the following submissions...

• Dorothy's Revenge
• Beetlejuice
• Zebra Crossing
• Wicked West
• Deep Blue Sea
• Mime-in-a-Box
• Wicked
• Ebony & Ivory
  

All very tempting! The hard part will be to pick just one, so tell us what you think. Which one would you pick?

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.

Some Moms bake cookies...we bake skulls!

Kathy 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!

Kathy snagged a Treasury...

Just a few of our favorite items from Etsy artists.