Crushed Velvet & Roses

Location:

Mockingbird Manor

About Me:

I am a mixed-media, altered art & doll artist, alternative perfumer and aromatherapist. I prefer to step outside of the box and kick it to the curb rather than conforming to other people's cracked vision of what normal should be.

I've been known to be charming, disarming, eclectic, eccentric, macabre, dark, wicked, witty, obsessive and can be pushed into the mouth of madness on a daily basis by my 3 kidlets, aka The Oompa Loompas.

Love to collect the curiously strange - friends as well as objects. Like a crazy magpie I'm attracted to objects that sparkle and shine - or maybe at one time they did. These found objects and items I collect/hoard have a story to tell and I'm always listening.

Gender:

Gal

I am a/an:

Independent Artist/Designer, Blogger, Shopper

(Designers only) I create:

Assemblages, jewelry, mixed media, shrines, paper theatres, several different types of dolls, (some are just curiously strange, some are sweet and some - not so sweet!) I also create alternative perfumes and aromatherapy products.

(Designers only) I am willing to do:

Custom orders, Consignment, Wholesaling

(Designers only) I have been featured on:

Alpha Stamps, and will soon be a featured artist for Creative Souls.

(Designers only) My work is sold at:

etsy, artfire, zazzle, fuzzy blue slippers, through word of mouth.

Website:

http://crushedvelvetandroses.com/blog1

Website #2:

http://crushedvelvetroses.etsy.com

Website #3:

http://crushedvelvetandroses.artfire.com

Favorite Designers/Artists:

Mucha, Art Nouveau, Dali, Frida Kahlo, Pre-Raphaelites
Izabella Pierce, Barbe Saint John, Nicole Merkens, Michael deMeng

Favorite Music/Musicians:

Alternative, gothic, old punk, classic music, rock and music from the 1920s/1930's.

Favorite TV Show & Movies:

Auntie Mame, Arsenic & Old Lace, The House on Haunted Hill (the original)

Favorite Books / Authors:

Charles Baudelaire - Les Fleurs du Mal, Edgar Allen Poe, PB Shelley, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Lorca, Byron......among others.