treacherous tea sets

treacherous tea sets, originally uploaded by ametistagirl.

Coming Spring 2011!!

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.

"One World, One Heart" Winners....

What can we say? We had SO much fun flying through the web on our magick carpet, visiting SO many talented artists, in an array of  mediums, with such interesting and amazing blogs!. We are very grateful to have met you all and hope that you will stay in touch and visit us from time to time, as we will be visiting you.

And now our "OWOH"  Winners....

Shaiha from http://shaihasramblings.blogspot.com

and

Zan Asha from http://beyondvagabond.blogspot.com

Thank you all so much for participating and 
for taking the time to leave such kind comments. 

Please come back and 

visit us for our next give-away Starting 2/22/10.

And last but not least, THANK YOU Lisa Swifka ...

of http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/a_whimsical_bohemian/

...for having a great idea and sharing it with the world!

Take part in this exciting global event!

UPDATE - Due the overwhelming  response  to this fabulous blog fest, 

we're adding an additional Fairy Wish Bottle for every 100 comments...

...so now there's 2 Fairy Wish Bottles up for grabs will there be THREE!

 

WHAT IS ONE WORLD ONE HEART?
We are so excited be involved in this global networking event. This is the forth year of this huge blog giveaway, but it's our first time participating...how fun! We are very much looking forward to meeting new and interesting bloggers out there in the blog universe.

Here's a little something about 'One World One Heart'...
Lisa Swifka of 'My Life as a Whimsical Bohemia' created this event in 2007. The original idea behind this giveaway event was to bring bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. Lisa says, "It closes the gap of the blog community and enables us to interact, discover new and wonderful people, and in the process possibly win a prize or many prizes along the way". As of 2009, 911 bloggers from 28 countries participated. Can't wait to see the total this year!

In Lisa's words, "It transcends geographical location, socio economics, political affiliation, religious beliefs......it's a coming together like the giant community we are on this planet. If only it took a simple giveaway to create PEACE everywhere, in the mean time here we give from our hearts. We are not solving the worlds problems nor are we curing anything nor are we changing the world. We are merely generating a closer community between humans through blogging."

Contest starts NOW and ends February 15, 2010

So, in keeping with this year's theme of "Magic Carpet Ride", We offer up, for your sparkly wish fulfillment, your very own FAiRY WiSH bOtTLe!

Ametista’s FAiRY WiSH bOtTLes were created for the specific purpose of wish granting.

The first step to getting anything one wants is to envision it. You must have a clear image of what you desire. Writing down your intentions is a good way to strengthen your focus.

Now as everyone knows, fairies carry wishes into the realm of possibility...one of the more helpful/less mischievous tasks they perform. So do be careful what you wish for, you are likely to get it!

WiN YoUR VeRy OwN FAiRY WiSH bOtTLe, It's FAST, EASY and FREE

To enter simply...
1.  Leave your comments right here at the end if this post if you like, it's optional. You don't have to sign up for anything or even have a Blogger account, you can still leave comments by selecting the "Anonymous" button.
2. PLEASE be sure to leave your contact information, either your email address, Etsy or other online contact information, so that we may reach you when you win! (If not, we will move on to the next person who DID leave their contact info.)  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 February 15, 2010 after 5pm est.

We ship worldwide so ALL are welcome to participate in this fabulous drawing! Good luck everyone!

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!

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!

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......

We have a winner...

Meet our newly named addition... "DoRoThY's ReVeNge MoNsTeR bOx"
Thanks for Christine D. of Texas for the ab fab new name!

Etsy's Treasury West...

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

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!

Meet the GriM ReaPeR...

GriM ReaPeR MoNsTeR bOx, originally uploaded by ametistagirl.

Coming this week to our shoppe...

...The latest addition to our MoNsTeR bOx collection.

Inspired by Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life, Part Six - Death".

Any good Python fan will readily recognize and immediately appreciate the quote inside...makes us laugh every time we open it!

Kathy snagged a Treasury...

Just a few of our favorite items from Etsy artists.

Enter to Win! It's easy...it's free!

We are excited to be giving away
this splendidly shiny original piece of garden art entitled,
"Moroccan Dream" by bead artist, Deborah Lago of OooShinee.etsy.com

Enter to Win! Don't miss out!

Here's all you have to do to enter...

1. Tell us what you like about this piece. Leave your comment 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 July 31, 2009. If after a week we haven't heard from that winner, we'll pick another winner.

3. We will draw the winner's name on the last day of the month,7/31/09 after 5pm/pst.

This artist ships world wide!
All are welcome to participate in this fabulous drawing! Good luck everyone!