We have a WINNER!

Congratulations to Brenda of NY! 

She's our holiday drawing WINNER

and the recipient of  a $25.00 Gift Certificate

to our jewelry shop, CalKat The Jewelry Junkie!

Thank you, everyone who participated! Thanks for all the lovely comments!

Be sure to check back in January for another

FAST

FUN

FREE

Give-Away!

Wishing you all the happiest of holidays and the brightest blessings now and always!

Carrie & Kathy

One more day to enter...

We've postponed the drawing till tomorrow when Kathy gets back...she takes all the pictures!

So don't miss out! Today's the last day to enter for your chance to WIN a $25.00 gift certificate

to our CalKat The Jewelry Junkie store.

Click here to enter

We're being featured on Etsy Bloggers!

Friday, December 11, 2009

Friday Feature -- CalKat the Jewelry Junkie

This week's Friday Feature at Mama's Magic is also the featured Etsyblogger for the month of December -- CalKat the Jewelry Junkie! Actually, there are several shops associated with the incredibly creative team of Carrie and Kathy: CalKat, Ametista, the Clay Shoppe and YogaFairies.

I had a great time checking out all these shops full of pretty shiny things, and was utterly charmed by...click here to read the the full article and interview

Enter to WiN...it's fast, it's easy and it's FREE!

Who likes jewelry? I do! I do!
Enter to Win! Don't miss out!

To enter simply...
1. Visit our online jewelry shop, CalKat, tell us what you what you would buy in our shop with your $25  gift certificate and why. Leave your comments right here at the end if this post...it's that easy!

2. PLEASE be sure to leave your contact information, either your email address or Etsy shop if you have one, so we can reach you when you win! The winner will be contacted on or after December 20, 2009. If after 24hrs if we haven't heard from that winner, we'll pick another winner.

3. We will draw the winner's name on December 20, 2009 after 5pm/pst.

Gift certificate can be sent electronically, so that you can use it during the holidays! We can also ship world wide if you prefer a printed copy. All are welcome to participate in this fabulous drawing! Good luck everyone and Happy holidays from Carrie & Kathy

We have a winner!

 Congratulations to Kat of Rhode Island for being our 
Holiday Give-Away winner!

Thanks to all who participated in this fun event! We loved reading all of your wonderful comments and cordially invite you all to come back and try your luck at winning a $25.00 Gift Certificate from our

sparkly handcrafted jewelry shop!

Ametista's Holiday Give-away!

Ametista's Holiday Give-away
These festive mini holiday jars can be yours!
Enter to Win! Don't miss out!

Here's all you have to do to enter... 1. Tell us what you like about this delightful little set. Leave your comments right here at the end if this post...it's that simple!

2. PLEASE be sure to leave your contact information, either your email address or Etsy shop if you have one, so we can reach you when you win! The winner will be contacted on or after December 6, 2009. If after 24hrs if we haven't heard from that winner, we'll pick another winner.

3. We will draw the winner's name on December 6, 2009 after 5pm/pst.

We ship world wide! All are welcome to participate in this fabulous drawing! Good luck everyone and Happy holidays from Carrie & Kathy

WOW! Once again our festive Mr. Snowman made it in a treasury!

Thanks PCAGOE Team for including our Mr. Snowman in this wonderful treasury!

Be sure to click on the picture to see

more of these incredible polymer clay artists.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Our Mr. Snowmen are featured in a treasury again!

Our Mr. Snowmen are located 

on the top right hand corner....

but be sure to check out all these 
other incredible snowmen and

items from some very talented artists.  

Happy Holidays!

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. 

We had a great time at The Day of the Dead Market

Purple Passion

Our hand carved "Tree of Life" mold has been included in another stunning Etsy treasury!
Yeah purple!!
Thanks roseworksjewelry

Dia de los Muertos Market in Las Vegas

If you are in or near Las Vegas this Friday night 11/6/09 there will be a Day of the Dead fine art show and Artisan Market place at PLACE Gallery, 1054 Main St. Kathy and I will be there selling our Day of the Dead offerings. Hope to see you there!

Our Annual Halloween Party.....

Here are a few pictures from our annual "Halloween Bash". It usually takes us the good part of the month of October to decorate my house, but it's so worth it.

We just love "HaLlOwEeN"

Haunted Poker Room

Spooky Kitchen


Ghostly Tarot Reading Room


Bone Chilling Grave yard
Enter if you Dare!

Frightening Front Room

There were ghost hanging from the ceilings and cob webs everywhere. We even had a smog machine and dry ice in the wicked punch...

My undead love and I...a match made in well...."heaven"...LOL!

Then there was Laura, who helped out tremendously...we couldn't have done this without you! Here she is with another guest....

"Bob" the Werewolf....

Our guest were very creative with their costumes and we all had such a fabulous creepy time.



Oh I can't forget about the slashing Red Velvet cake that Catherine brought....yummy!

Thanks Catherine!

So then there is myself with my sweet little "meat eater"....heh!

So just a little thanks to all who came and helped make our annual "Halloween Bash" a huge smash!

Until next year.....

A GLoWiNg ReView...

Read what product reviewer,
Robin Haws had to say about us...

"Ametista is a shop on Etsy.com that specializes in adorable and delightfully spooky boxes and bottles. Their signature MoNsTeR bOxEs are uniquely handcrafted trinket boxes that each seem to have their own amazing personality. With big and small boxes of all different shapes and themes, you'll find an amazing trinket box for any gift or just to treat yourself."

...click here for full article

Review by Robin Haws of Lolidots.com

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!

Join us at the Ren Fair...

Ametista, Belandaria Designs and Zollar Fine Arts have joined together to form "Enchanted Offerings", a stunning array of artisan gifts such as signed art prints, beautifully crafted one of a kind jewelry, artistic apothecary bottles, monster boxes and more. This weekend only at the Las Vegas Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival at Sunset Park.

We are offering 20% off your entire purchase when you present this coupon (one per customer please). All you have to do is right click on the coupon and "save image as" and print.

For more information on the Renaissance Festival click here.

The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch Artistic Apothecary Bottle

The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch Artistic Apothecary Bottle, originally uploaded by ametistagirl.

I've been a Monty Python fan for as long as I can remember. The Holy Grail being my favorite Python film, I was inspired to create. The Holy Hand Grenade.

But enough from the likes of me, a mere peasant from a an autonomous collective, being repressed by the violence inherent in the system... the link will tell it far better than I....

Monty Python - Holy Hand Grenade scene

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...