Today we played!!

We've been working on so many things lately and so many of them have been, well...let's just say not shiny. Bills, general accounting, taxes...you know...not shiny or fun in the slightest.

But today, we had a fabulously fun day of creating art tile coasters using some images of our artwork.
 WaY FuN! 

We'll be selling these on May 4th, for First Friday ( Las Vegas' premiere monthly art event) at 
The LOT, the best 'Shop Local' experience in town.

Okay, back to playtime!

It pays to play...

Here is yet another awesome reason to support hand crafters and small business...

They like to give you stuff...COOL stuff! No one takes better care of their customers than a small business owner.  Many will offer incentives and prizes that you just won't see the big guys giving away.

Look what we won from the latest contest hosted by Jewels by Jules

So exciting! A handmade necklace, that's beautiful and unique and now ours!

Check out her awesome shop...she's a Las Vegas artisan...just like us and a proud member  

of Handmade in Vegas!

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! ;)

Etsy Dark Team Secret Swap

Remembering in gratitude to our "Secret Swap" partner, Theresa with Keyhole Gallery, for her amazing gifts.

We received all kinds of little goodies like a photography art card, 

a hair clip,  

really cool bat necklace and earrings to match,

awesome vintage looking circus magnets,

a Halloween bag, a couple of rings and spider web headband. 

To learn more about Theresa and her work, visit her blog, Keyhole Gallery.   

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!

We have some very exciting news.....

We got an order from 

Thunder Valley Casino and Resort 

for 700...yes 700 of our 

Jack Skelly Snowman ornaments!

So, if we're MIA...you know why.

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.