Bewitched on Etsy

Handpicked on Etsy
Spooky creations found in my quick search on Etsy this morning speak of witches, ghosts and the occult. Busy day ahead and I just had a few moments for this mini-showcase that tantalizes the imagination and shows some of Etsy's diverse talent. Searching Etsy for 'witchy stuff' is rewarding and many artisans are inspired by the theme. Click on the pictures to see more from today's featured artists. Prices range from $7.50 to $49.00.
Today's artists include: steelgoddess, ghoslovejewelry, whitemagic, TrashandTrinkets

Monochrome: The Gray Scale on Etsy

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Monochrome art explores a single color and its tonal variations. Today's selections are a tribute to the gray scale, represented in this array of photographs, ceramics, bodily adornment plus a wrapped stick of graphite that an artist might use to render a subject in black and white. In contrast to our color-infused reality, black and white photography teaches our eye to appreciate the full range of light upon surface, revealing nuanced gray shades stepping from white all the way to black. Before the invention of photography, artists sketching in coal, graphite or ink used their discerning eye to analyze light and shadow, converting colors into values of gray. Though we sometimes consider black and white to be the most objective portrayal of a subject, in fact it is an abstraction, given the technicolor reality of our world. Artistic expression in black and white or sepia tones is meditative, elegant, haunting, dreamlike or surreal, and sometimes is in itself a stylistic statement of rebellion. Click on the pictures to go directly to these Etsy listings. Prices range from $2.00 to $130.00.

Today's Etsy artists include: MirekPhoto, sclark, themaritimepost, Xenotees, waternymph, GomezbyHand, EarthborneArt, TheButterflyFactory, MNNPottery, andescruz

Celebrate Freedom and Summer Style: You're Invited!

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These seven creations evoke summertime and Fourth of July patriotism. Barbecues and picnics, summer fruits, long days and lovely evenings outdoors, hot weather and fewer clothes that show more skin. Happy Fourth Everyone!

Click on the pictures to go directly to these Etsy listings. Priced from $10.00 to $800.00. From left to right, the Etsy artists include: mostthankful, bionicunicorn, Candies64, sigmosaics, johntunger, lizzeedee, LooseTeeth