Looking for a unique gift for...

...that special lady in your life or maybe just a good friend, mom, daughter?  Well we have the perfect unique gift for that "one of a kind" person.

or maybe someone who is a little bit of both....sweet and naughty!

Then again, maybe they are just "naughty" all the time...lol!

Valentine's Day will be here before we know it...so orders yours today!

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! ;)

a NEW year and a NEW name...

Ametista's Dark Decor is dropping the Ametista thsi year and going straight for the Dark Decor bit with a new website, new etsy shop and a new facebook fan page and of course a new blog as well...stay tuned!

First Friday

We'll be down at First Friday's at The Lot showing our wares.  We have some new pieces that we're very excited about that will be making their debut tomorrow night.  So if you're in the neighborhood, you can find us right off of First Street behind the Artifice Bar.  All you have to do is look for our black and white striped tent!

We hope to see you there...

Carrie taking a picture of Kathy taking a picture

We consider ourselves lucky to be able to work as a team...Kathy (me) loves taking photos with my Nikon D60 and Carrie can spend countless hours editing and adding effects to the photos.  Carrie keeps it simple and does the vast majority of the editing on Picnik.com because it's easy and fun to use.  I  prefer a little bit more of  a challenge and work in Paint Shop Pro and GIMP.

 

To see more of my work, you can visit my blog at www.kjlovesphotography.blogspot.com.  

We're now offering...

...blank greeting cards. 

You can purchase them individually or in sets from our shop. Be sure to check back, we'll be offering our "Haunted Hauntings" as greeting cards.

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.

Coming soon...

Here is a sneak peek of what we've been working on.  This is one of three in a series.

A Nightmare Before Christmas

Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday

The Movie Lovin eDition!

For this weeks theme, I actually had a different movie in mind, but I couldn't find the picture to use with it in my archives. It was "To Kill a Mockingbird", which is one of my all time favorites.  So, I went with another favorite of mine and when you see the picture...well I don't think I'll have to put the title, but I will.

Can you guess?  Well if your answer is "A Nightmare Before Christmas" you're exactly right!  I watch this show probably every year at Halloween, it just cracks me up....love me some Tim Burton.

I used Kim Klassen's Canvas Back, blending mode Multiply at about 87% and Ruby Blossom's Flying Bat frame blending mode Overlay.

If you're interested in seeing more talented photographers work or in Texture Tuesday, click on the little box below.

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!

First Friday in Las Vegas...

This First Friday in Las Vegas (8/5/11) we will be set up across the street from the Arts Factory by Artifice Bar...woohoo! Look for the B&W striped tent. More info to come!

Emerald Dream

We would like to thank Moonchild84 for 

including our "Queen of Heart" Magical Bath Bliss bottle 

in this most gorgeous treasury.

Super Moon and Mow Cop by Peter J Baily

Super Moon and Mow Cop, originally uploaded by peterjbailey.

An awe inspiring shot from last night's full...had to share. Click photo or links for more info.

First Friday event...

 

THERE ARE STILL A FEW SPACES AVAILABLE FOR TEAM MEMBERS

INDOOR / OUTDOOR

ONLY $10 A MONTH FOR 3 MONTHS

Contact Carrie & Kathy at ametista_etsy@live.com for more information...hurry!

Exciting announcement!!

Our work is NOW Available at 

 

 Located at 107 E. Charleston, Suite 225, Las Vegas, NV

(Inside The Arts Factory) 

We have a NEW OWOH Winner!

Sadly we did not hear from our first winner, so we've chosen another WiNNeR...
Congratulations to NEEDLEWINGS Ohio for being our lucky OWOH Giveaway Winner!

We hope you enjoy your bottle of Ametista's Magical Bath Bliss - LoVE.

Thank you everyone who had a chance to stop by for a visit! We were not able to visit as many of you as we would have liked this year, so we're keeping the list of participants...you can expect a visit from us soon.!

Brightest Blessing,

CarrieAnn & Kathy

Rummaging through Wonders and The Wearing of Silly Hats

One of  the best parts of our job is the hunt for unusual objects to re-enchant.  We found that while doing this the wearing of silly hats increases the fun of our little adventure exponentially.

For those of you who live in Las Vegas, there are some really nice antique shops to be found in the downtown area.  Two of our favorites are Charleston Antique Mall and Not Just Antiques

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You like us...you REALLY like us!!

150 Likes on our Facebook Fan Page...YaY!!! 

  To celebrate, we've created an EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT just for our FB fans!

Use code FBFAN25 and receive 25% OFF your ENTIRE ORDER
...EVERY TIME YOU SHOP!

Thank you for liking us...we like you too!!

treacherous tea sets

treacherous tea sets, originally uploaded by ametistagirl.

Coming Spring 2011!!

Preview Thursday Review - Las Vegas Art District

Recently Kathy and I decided to start checking out the local art scene on the first Thursday of every month (Pre-View Thursday) instead of on the first Friday of every month (First Fridays), because pre-view Thursday is a lot less crowded and affords the opportunity to interact with the artists and really take time to appreciate their work.

So we've decided that once a month we will share with you our top three Las Vegas art scene discoveries.

 

Last nights top three galleries were all located within the Arts Factory.  The first gallery we visited was Geolocations - Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman.  Upon entering the gallery.  Every photograph on the wall is the same size, uniformly framed within accompany statement.  The photographs themselves were interesting, well executed and diverse.  The accompany statements were at first thought provoking and then a little confusing.  But understanding that another person's art is not meant for one to easily dissect, we continue around the gallery to view more.  We then came across a plaque that read Geolocations which explained that the Geolocation project follows random tweets and by using Geotag information embedded in these tweets, travel to the GPS coordinates and take a photograph of the site of the update.

Just blown away by this original concept.  There's much more to the project so we will not give it all away, you must come see for yourself.

Our next gallery visited took us to NEWPHAZ Art by Andre Hines. Let us just tell you that this man paints some amazing portraits.  Some of his portraits included well known celebrities such as Morgan Freeman, Michael Jackson and President Obama just to name a few.  The portraits draw you in as if you were standing there with that person.  The eyes so bright and expressive.  Had to purchase a couple of prints while we were there.  You definitely want to check this artist out.

Last a but certainly not least, Statement Gallery, formerly Damned Ink Studios.  This gallery features some of the most amazing resident artist to be gathered in one location.  Included in it's list of distinguished artist are, Danny Roberts, Laura Zollar, Mike Biggs, Dasha Biggs, Teresa Maharaj and more...

The art featured at the gallery is the perfect balance of masculine and feminine expression.  The artists in residents compliment each other in such a breath taking way the art is edgy, powerful and entrancing and yet very decidedly opposite sides of the same coin. 

There's so much to see you might want to hit this one early in the evening.