Dear Spousal Unit: Consider this an official Christmas hint.
Petrovsky makes fabulous, bizarre sculptures in Ukraine. Here is his etsy shop. Here is some stuff:
Shopping
Dmitry Cherkashin of Moscow is the proprietor of And Dolls, where he sells many things, but mostly Matryoshka.
Halloween Matryoshka, $53.95
Shadow Matryoshka, $47.95
Because he’s in Russia, getting dolls before Halloween would be a close thing. But we all need to be thinking about Christmas, right?
Crazy Matryoshka, $49
Screaming Matryoshka, $52.95
If you’d like to see what he’s up to currently, check out his Instagram.
Cat Matryoshka, $53.85
Uno Alla Volta sells these incredible Halloween ceramics made in Boleslawiec, Poland.
Polish Pottery Jack O Lantern, $148
Serving Bowl, $135
They are hand-painted, the Halloween motifs stamped on with hand-carved sponge stamps.
Mugs, $35
Apparently, some derned fool put these in Woman’s World, so get yours fast.
Luminary, $49
Quick post today as I need to fall over (still recovering from surgery). Here is some OMG SPOOKY-CUTE from Nikury.
Witchy Terrarium Charm, $9.01
Witchy Cauldron Charm, $9.01
Feline Familiar Vinyl Stickers, $4.20+
Missmonster is the shop of Melita Curphy, who makes all sorts of beautiful, imaginative costume pieces, dolls, clothes, etc.
Corvus Helm, $465
Glow in the Dark Shark Tooth Pendant, $24
Crystal Raven Glow in the Dark Wall Bust, $85
Curphy also sells items on other sites, like Shirt.Woot, Design by Humans, and Five and Diamond.
Werewolf skull shirt, $25
Snake Leggings, $70. They have plus sizes, but they’re kind of a joke. Dear retailer: XXXXL is *not* a size 18-20.
JennyMonkey is an old friend from Portland, Oregon. She used to sell mostly craft supplies, especially stuff for letterboxers. I recently checked out her shop again, and she has gone in an entirely different direction.
Jesse Fowler Bakelite Bangle, $196
While her shop is mostly not spooky, it has lovely stuff. Jenny has carefully curated a collection of hand-made jewelry from small shops.
Skeleton Hand Earrings, $14
Owl Hair Clip, $17
She still has stuff up on her Ebay shop, including a couple vintage postcards. It’s possible I couldn’t resist bidding on this one (even though I totally shouldn’t):
Vintage Halloween Postcard
Jenny is a great person with superb taste, and I’ll be keeping an eye out here.
Cobra Skeleton Ring, $18
Dominic Qwek is a California artist who creates sf sculpts. The shop is small, so I’m going to post a couple things from the gallery as well.
Overseer
Simon, $129
Hopper
Cthulhu
Clyde, on sale for $100
The Dark Exact is the shop of Coleman Stevenson, a Portland, Oregon based artist.
The Dark Exact Tarot, $38
I dig her style, and am itching to add her Tarot to the collection. The shop has a few different augury kits, plus scents, and other odds and ends.
Pin Divination Set, $22
And how cool is a matchbox ritual kit? That’s a stocking stuffer for all your witchy friends.
Ritual Kit, $10
Robyn Lees makes hip, spooky bits. I think she has a great design style, and I could go absolutely nuts in this store. In fact, I need to add this place to the Spousal Unit’s holiday hint file.
Clear Resin Globe with Embedded Cauldron. $11.05
Mirror Ghost Necklace, $13.81
This memorial urn includes glow-in-the-dark powder to mix with your loved one’s ashes. $62.15
Flower Sentry charm necklace, $10.86
House of Mysterious Secrets is the place to go for horror collectibles. Just look at their enamel pin section.
Creature from the Black Lagoon Pin, $9.99
They are particularly dedicated to classic and VHS-era horror.
Prom Night Earrings, $9.99
Free Hugs shirt, $17.99
BRB, I think I need a deck of Labyrinth playing cards.
