Shivers of Delight

 Cool things from cool artists. Let's go! Mummified Pair in Box from Creafae Demogorgon Doll from Pumpkin Bones Cat and Ghost Pendant from Elemental Silver 1 Original Baba Yaga Drawing from XJLFX Baby Vampire Bat from Baker the Toymaker Quartz and Heart Pendant from Jan Hilmer Miniature Halloween Room Box from Moonchild Silverdream Hand Carved Wood Skull Pendant from Paolo's Mind Evil Crown Candelabra from Ricardo Churchill Done. Now go visit these artists' shops.

I'm a little late in posting this morning because we're having a snow storm and it's so pretty to sit with a cup of coffee and watch the snow fall. Everything is grey and white outside and creates the perfect backdrop for the fashions of The Widow's House .  The clothing and accessories you'll find here are handmade and will attract those that love the idea of creative funeral attire. Enjoy. Sweetly Dead Collar Widow's Coif Hood Melancholy Girls Club Tote Unquiet Dead Necklace Embroidered Bat Brooch Mina Chemisette I just love the Widow's Coif Hood! Bright pink hair falling out of it would be spectacular.

The fantasy dolls from Zarina Art Dolls are made mostly from fabric. They're quirky and a bit macabre. I think you'll like them. Ghost Doll Forest Lady Skull Octopus Butterfly Doll Queen Skeleton Skeleton Doll These dolls are rather unique. I like them!

  I'm thinking I should change the name of the season from Miserable to Quiet. The ghouls really do seem to be sleeping right now. Wednesday the 23rd (1996) Mary Reilly Gothic horror film released in U.S. Thursday the 24th (2006) Octavia Estelle Butler Death Anniversary (Science Fiction Author) Monday the 28th EHAG Emporium : Once Upon a Wicked Time Halloween art sale, 9pm EST Tuesday the 1st (1692) Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba are brought before the Salem Village magistrates and mark the beginning of the Salem Witch Trails (1979) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street musical opens on Broadway

I really like the hand carved and painted skull pieces in the shop Sanchezz . The skulls and skeletons are pure folk art and make me think of dark spells and bonfires.  Hand Carved Skeleton Box Wood Skull Box Misfits Skull Box Aztec Style Skull Box Painted Skull Wall Art   Carved Jack-O'-Lantern Wall Art  Carved Skull Wall Art  Spooky, am I right?!

It's money Monday! Buy something from an artist and make their Monday a happy one. I have a few macabre items from various artists with great shops. Beaded Eyeball Brooch from Shalfetr Butcher's Daughters Art Doll from pasha13 Painted Fabric Witch Shoe from Mavidusdesign Original Painting Rainy Night Ghosts from Curious Colours Art Hand Painted Skeleton Tuxedo Jacket from FruFru and Feathers Devil Skeleton Puppet from Czech Marionettes Miniature Skeleton Clown from Dolls Fairy Tales Rag N Bones Gothic Dancer from Mad Marvellous Things Amazing artists working in macabre themes are everywhere if you look.

Julia Berg makes the cutest little creepy animals. Her shop,  RatBerry Toys , has been a vendor at the Bewitching Peddlers of Halloween art show and I can attest to just how lovely they are. You're going to want to pick one up and cradle it in your arms. Halloween Mother Rat with Carriage of Baby Rats Halloween Bat Raven Doll Sphinx Cat Batman Costumed Rat Doll Whitch Rat Seriously, I don't know why I don't have one of these figures in my collection! I need to rectify that.

While not exactly Halloween, the pottery from Glazed Earth will fit right in with your oddities collections. I always like a disembodied leg or two and add in doll heads and we have a winner! Baby Doll Head Goblets Anatomical Heart Vase Baby Doll Hand Spoon Ceramic Framed Doll Hand with Bird Ceramic Angel with Gun Ceramic Bowl with Red Shoes As my grandmother would say, "Is that funny ha-ha or funny peculiar?" I think both.

The art dolls from Murmures are a little creepy. That doesn't mean you won't love them. They'll just appeal to your darker side.  Pumpkin Head Doll Elegant Skull Bunny Doll Face Brooch Nosferatu Bat Doll Flower & Teeth Brooch Deer Skull Doll They're wonderful! Each piece is made to order and will be slightly different from what you're seeing, but that makes them all the more special.