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Get Halloween ready, or further embrace your all-year-round love of the other side, with two new ranges of accessories now finally available - Wise Witch, and Dapperween. I want to let you know more about my thoughts behind these, as there's much more to it than October 31st = fancy dress. Some old favourites are also back for a limited time, and of course, skulls and black cats are always in fashion as far as I'm concerned - so you're sure to find something to fit your style!
You may notice that amulets frequently pop up in my work (I explain a bit about them here from time to time) and overall I'm fascinated with magic, myth, and folklore, especially with how things continue in a modern context. The when and why of the pointed hat being associated with witches has enough theories to fill books, but the interesting part is that some practitioners want to "reclaim" the hat and turn it into a positive symbol of power. I fell in love with these hat charms, and chose to team them with symbols of nature and elements of witchcraft which continue, rather than stereotyped frogs, wands and spellbooks. Yes, I do know folks with wands and spellbooks, but I feel that showing the natural, herbal, astrological side better reflects the modern craft as practised by many, and moves away from the cartoonish cursing cauldron stirrer.
I've been making with skulls for some time (skull shaped beads that is!) and I also create pieces with semi precious stones - so combining the two was only a matter of time. Dapperween is a stylish series of pins, with less of the bold colour of my usual skull work, and more carefully chosen eye-catching detail. Stones are a delight, picking just the right shapes and colours from a wealth of options, their tones and combinations blended by nature rather than human eye. Fancy Jasper is a fantastic stone, offering so may colours and patterns even in the same single piece. Purple fluorite is a perfect pale shimmer of colour, and goldstone (actually a kind of glass) is like grown-up glitter, always ready to lift up any outfit.
For a limited time you can now grab skull earrings, and a couple of pairs of very sweet pumpkin earrings! These have been available previously, but are back from the grave just in time for autumn. Not just for Halloween season...
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