I've been hard at work these past couple weeks vending craft shows, photographing new stock, filling orders, eating cookies aaaand...finding the wiener for the giveaway :)

In the end there were a total of 95 entries from 68 different people. All entrants had been added manually to random.org. That means the few that didn't follow the rules were also excluded and their comments deleted.

lets stop wasting time here, drumroll!!!!

This years gift certificate winner is... melanie who's favorite items are the truffle and cookie dough rings.

An email has been sent your way :)

Thanks to everyone who participated and your killer comments!! I'm already looking forward to having another giveaway in the new year.

WIN a $40 gift certificate!!

Its been roughly a year since my last giveaway so I thought it was damn time to introduce a new one!! Since there's a bit of a range offered in my Etsy shop, the prize you're all playing for will be a $40 gift certificate for www.beatblack.etsy.com

Lets start with the rules:

Everyone is eligible to enter meaning I do ship worldwide. The contest will run from November 23rd until December 5th with the winner (chosen by random.org) being announced on December 11th. If I can't get in touch with the winner after 4 days time another will be randomly selected. Lastly, don't forget to leave your email address under your entry if you don't have a blogspot account. This is so I can contact you in the event of your win and will never be used to spam.

How you can be a part:

For 1 Entry: Visit my Shop here. Let me know what your favorite item in my shop is.

For 3 Entries: Write a post about this giveaway on your blog including a link back to this post. Then leave the address of your blog entry in this comments section.

That's all it takes :) Good Luck to all!!!

NocturnElle Photography

If you've been browsing through my shop lately, you'll notice a new face in my featured items. This past October I was fortunate enough to have a neuro necklace modeled by the lovely Naomi Buechman (Doll Parts) *gush*

Naomi is a model/photographer who snaps her shots under the name NocturnElle Photography.

If you'd like to see more of her photos or are considering booking her for a shoot, feel free to check out her flickr page here, Doll Parts. Lots to see!

An unexpected CinderHella Story...

BEHOLD! The coolest dress ever known to man along side some of the most rad Etsy finds. Don't they just make your heart flutter? *swoon* You know, now that I'm seeing it all together its kind of like a Gothic Cinderella story.... CinderHella if you will.

CinderHella's the headless one with the skeletor dress. Her step sisters take opposite corners on the bottom and they all live in an orangey lit trailer. The soap represents her daily life of chores while its only obvious that the pumpkin faerie be the godmother (and the carriage for that matter). The boy in the striped hat is the prince and the eye necklace being the only thing left must be the... eye she... leaves behind? um, *cough*

1: Im Off to See the World print [KatHannah.etsy.com]
2: Needle Felted Faerie [AnnaBelleArts.etsy.com]
3: A Watchful Eye Pendant [TrashAndTrinkets.etsy.com]
4: The Dell no. 2 Print [NestaUsa.etsy.com]
5: macabre skeleton dress [smarmyclothes.etsy.com]
6: Mini Jack and Jill [onlygooddreams.etsy.com]
7: Jurassic Amber Soap [amandalouise.etsy.com]
8: Devil Girl [loopyboopy.etsy.com]

My Favorite Craft Show Approaches

Its a show I've been anticipating for an entire year. One that displays the handcrafted goodies of the strange, the macabre and the whimsical all under one roof. Its called the Bazaar of the Bizarre.

If your in or around the Toronto area on October the 25th, this year you'll also have the chance to enter a draw for a loot basket. It'll be quite the prize, featuring items from some of the vendors listed on this site: http://www.thebazaarofthebizarre.org/vendors.php

I've even thrown in one of these Neuro Necklaces

Last year I attended as a new vendor with no idea what to expect... and my table looked like ass. This year I started early with hopes of being able to sleep the night before :)

counting down the days

Positive Spin on being a Pyro...

This Etsy artists subject matter is what kept my interest on my first visit. Her sepia tones are refreshed with hints of blue and white, lending her pieces a style all their own.

TheHauntedHallowTree's method is called Pyrography (wood burning) but she also applies other mediums to her pieces such as milk paint.

This artist is a mother of two and lives out in Amish country. Shes never been to an art school but instead has self taught herself and is still learning and applying new methods. To learn more, just visit her website here at TheHauntedHallowTree.etsy.com

Hairy Rainbow

I'm not sure why didn't come across this seller earlier. Her imagination and creativity excels far beyond one medium, which is probably why after 16 years she decided to call it quits as a hair dresser. Crude Things creator Lana has the most edgy, over the top wigs, clothing, accessories, dolls and art up for sale in her Etsy shop.

These wigs have definitly re-ignited my desire to have coloured hair again. With all the up keep and damage inflicted by hair dye, I'm thinking it might not be such a bad idea to own one.

Dessert from the Heavens

In researching textures and structures of real cupcakes and ice cream Ive stumbled upon something out right AMAZING. Not even in my most bizarre, sleep deprived days could I have come up with something this sweet. Brace yourself!! I present you with....

AN ICE CREAM CUPCAKE! ...Its incredible ain't it?

I'd love to meet the genius behind this idea of a cupcake plus ice cream. I don't yet have all the ingredients for this bad boy but I did manage to make my own cupcake creations.

Not really the same thing but close enough for today.

zombie plus cupcake isn't nearly as appetizing. Real looking cupcake and ice creams will be making their appearance shortly.

Baby Food?

For those of you who have been visiting my blog since its very first posts (riiiiight), this sellers work might seem familiar. sixhours was actually a featured seller of mine ages ago under the name calobee.

Now she has a new shop dedicated to her photography alone and its just chalk full of eerie finds. My personal favorite is this carroty one :)

Her ideas are creep and her angles and set up are brilliant. So brilliant in fact that I just had to issue this re-post.

New Craft Show Coming Up

Heeeeeey Ghouls and Gals! Just posting to say that I'll be in my first craft show of the Spring in Brantford this week. Its called Telephone city and your aaaaaall invited :)

Come join us!!

Its Official...

I just dropped off a batch of jewelery at Freedom Clothing on Bloor Street. Some of which are not listed in my Etsy shop so you'd have to take a trip to see them :)

Its a fab place for locally made gits and wearables so if your in the area I highly recommend the visit.

FREEDOM CLOTHING
939 Bloor St.West,
Toronto ON, (1 block west of Ossignton)

Its The Green Way To Dry Your Hair...

Its been a few months since I've gotten to feature a New Etsian and in that time I've watched the talent in razorberries shop blossom. Its run by artist Tanya Pshenychny, who makes and sells a variety of media.

Its a sort of fun and silly style with a touch of dark, just the way I likes it. If you want to see more theres about 100 links to her shop on this blog right now. Take your pick :)

New Digs, New Items...New Post

Its been a while since I've made an appearance here and much has changed. I've got a new laptop, new place to live, new haircut, new business cards, new shows booked and most importantly... New Items up in my shop!!

It'll still take me some time to get this blog up to par but now that I'm settled I can assure my readers, (if your still out there) that its in the works. Soon I'll be posting Aprils Featured Seller and it'll be like this blog never even died/got sick.

So, Til Next Time my fiends...

I Like My Trees Naked

I'm reaching out to all you fans of twiggy branch trees with my top 9 picks from Etsy. If you see something you like click the links on the bottom to be brought to their page :)



1: Boughs and branches clutch bag [redrubyrose.etsy.com]
2: Lengthening Print [ThePaperApartment.etsy.com]
3: Tree Necklace [SarahHoodJewelry.etsy.com]
4: Skeleton Tree .. Moleskine .. Ruled [shoofly.etsy.com]
5: Branch ring [amieplante.etsy.com]
6: Branching Out Bangle [sparklinglotusdesign.etsy.com]
7: Sterling Sapling [silentgoddess.etsy.com]
8: softly [alooman.etsy.com]
9: Red Balloon 8x8 [angiemuldowney.etsy.com]

Another YouTube Favorite

This next video has all those who have watched it wondering what the bloody hell the lyrics could possibly be. I personally don't even care. I just love the sound of it and knowing that it was mostly created by sounds from the Disney film 'Alice In Wonderland'.



This all around brilliant clip was created by Fagottron, so click on my fiends and enjoy the sounds. Its worth taking the time.

Getting Back On Track

I've missed a whole slew of days here where I should have been posting so lets catch up shall we? Our new featured seller of the month is a woman who loves such things as cat whiskers, Mother Nature and all her mighty splendor, all things bizarre and strange, art, rusty things, healthy yummy snacks, broken things,colored bugs and turning over rocks. Shes an oddball :)


Her shop name is toodlepipstudios and her specialty is one of a kind light boxes with an anatomy theme. The piece displayed on the top right of this blog is my faaaavoritest. Those little fetuses are like little puppies!

I'm Doing It...

ok Dudes and Dudettes! a new year is quickly approaching so in addition to hunting down a job (fingers crossed for a not crap one), I've decided to give myself an Etsy raise! Come January 1st there will be a few minor price increases in my shop.

I'm just putting it out there now to prepare... myself really. It wont be a huge difference or anything. Just a little something something, ya know? and now that its in a post there will be no backing out of it :)