Pretty Poison

Pretty Poison

Oh my, what a deadly little doll this one is. Trimmed in pretties of bows and lace, with a face of a little angel ...but ... do beware for she has other intentions when becoming your friend .

Keep a close eye and don't drink her tea,

for Arsenic my dear is her choice of poison you see.

Dark Fifi

Dark Fifi , a new creation just listed this morning . She was made with a bit of foo-foo inspiration of the French Boudoir. Where I envision ladies primping, powdering and perfuming themselves wearing striped stockings and ooh la-la corsets .

But, of course I had to add my dark little flare by adding a clay clock with a bat accent ...you know I can help it ;)

Milk and Cookies any one?

Ok so Ive been trying different techniques of doll making, from cloth to modeling clay and this is my first attempt which I was very pleased with .

I give you Mable, the old crazy spinster lady who the neighborhood made fun of, but one day she got even.

How you say? Well let me tell you the story.

Mable was quite the little baker so being tired of the names,looks and pranks, she baked some cookies one spring day and invited the neighbors over .

Now the neighbors not being able to say no to fresh baked cookies and cold wholesome milk came straight over . As they enjoyed the scrumptious cookies and milk they began to feel ill, so ill that well ..they soon met their demise.

Oh yes, Mable got even and put an end to the taunts and the rude calls

for she mixed arsenic in the milk that the neighbors drank all!

What a wicked little lady Mable was don't you agree? But I hear her cookies were to die for ;)

Gypsy Witch Box

Last night until the wee hours of the morn, I finished a mad idea that came into my head around 5:30 in the afternoon . Made with picture frames and old vintage photos,hand sculpted tea cup, bows and trim.... I came up with this. A perfect little tarot card box or all around stash box for ones witchy and magical tools of the trade..he-he!

This is now listed drop on by !

Every now and then I make something for me. And with spring in the air I am re-arranging and re-decorating the house. It is hard to find my certain style of what I have in mind to set the stage for my house so most of the time I make my own decor. So while out shopping for finds at the local antique shops and thrift stores (I can spend hoooours in when I have the time)I came across a bargain table with little nick nacks . So a little 80's style wall mask and a small brass candlestick holder caught my eye and I picked them up for about 75 cents.

Funny How 75 cents could turn into such a dark and lovely piece of art !


I painted the mask black and added accents of gold paint and feathers with black and gold roses.

I then glued the mask on to the candle stick and attached a small clay bat to it that I had made a few months back for a gift box , added tulle and ribbon and topped the bat with an old anitque style clip on earring.

Yes every now and then I make something for me and this one I am definately keeping upon my parlor mantle.

OMG!S ince December?..Really it's been that long without a post?? ! My how times flys by! And how very, very, sorry I am for dropping the ball on my blog ! Here I go again though :)

I have created a few dolls and things since then but not as much as I would like . I was on a creative hole I would say for loss of my little muse who always came through with some wonderful ideas. "Oh where, oh where have you gone? !!!"

So lately I have been piddling here and there in my spare time of not working on the business of VMB and well here are two new creations now listed on Ebay .

Gothic Cupcake

The Sleeping Beauty

I looove how both turned out !

I am in a dark whimsy kind of mood ever since I came back from vacation . I guess going back home to visit the family just gave me so much great joy that the Texas sun must have shone on me a bit to long and illuminated the halls of my dark heart that now I can't help but to think on a little bit different note for my art themes, like sweets and crowns and birds. I guess all artist go through transitions and phases that makes their work evolve from one thing to another . Why keep it the same all the time right ? Well eigther way I hope you enjoy the newbies so drop by and take peek !

Nina.

New Doll Listing

I realize it has been a while since I posted here on the blog , just a lot to keep up with EEKKK!

Well Halloween season over at VMB has been very busy which left me no time to play and make new dark GSB lovelies for you. So in the wee hours of the morning between orders and waiting for soap and paint on boxes to dry I made a new creation I call "Masquerade of the Macabre "now listed . I plan to list more in the next few weeks coming before the holiday season begins to take off so look for new creations to be posted here soon ..I promise:)

I may not drop by as much as I would like but know I am still here and soon after the holidays will come out of hiding in soap and scent land and back into the art world of the macabre;)

Until Then ....

Dark Kisses,

Nina.