My Horns, Let Me Show you Them

When I came back from Vegas I had a huge order for horns, and I thought that somehow my supply was depleted. I guess not. Turns out I had finished a metric tonne of them before I left and sort of forgot about them! I thought I'd pass these along as the first post of the day. Keep on the look out for a double post today, because I have pictures and announcements and all sorts of neat things. Onto the horns! 

The La Doree horns on the left are one of my new favorites. It's this neat pale gold I had lying around mixed with a great deeper gold. These came out super duper awesome and have that marbling effect I've been favoring. I'd link to these horns but apparently they've already sold! This is a good thing.

My next pair of horns are a twist on the

 traditional Devil Horns! The Sweet Copper Devil Horns are fun and flirty. Done in a really kick ass iridescent red, these horns have delicate

 copper running through them and have nifty

copper tips! Tomorrow or tonight I'll post something similar, but not quite. Why am I telling you this? Because these too have already sold. It looks like I need to write faster folks. :) 

Another set I've released into the wild is my Rococo Fae Horns! These haven't sold yet, so don't worry!

 I love these horns sooo much. Probably because I love the Rococo period. 

The art... the furniture. Well, now you can have the horns! These are some seriously textured horns folks. Seriously. 

They're done in pale pink, lavender, shamrock green and gold in a mottled texture. Super fun and right up the alley for girly girls of all ages. I have several friends who inspired these horns with their sweet disposition and sunny imaginative personalities. 

My big reveal is my Pumpkin Queen Horns! 

These were truly inspired by Fall, Halloween and all things cheeky and spooky. They're horns made to be done up like a pumpkin! The top is iridescent green. The middle is a rich orange copper and the bottom is pumpkin striped! These were lucky enough to be featured on Saucha's blog. Check them out over there! 

Back From Vegas!

Whoo! I'm back from Vegas!

I'd like to tell you I won like a trillion dollars and we took a bunch of pictures, but the truth was we stayed in bed and read and caught a show. That's about it folks. The Violentbelle Household is deliciously boring that way. But I had fun, and that's what matters.

I will say that I enjoyed La Reve a lot. Lots of highly attractive nearly naked bald men in water doing feats of strength? Yes please! As an artist I thought the sets were fantastic and the costumes delicous. All very steampunk/tribal/art deco. As a former person of the theater it was meh. No real storyline, but it is fun to watch. Speaking of which here:

I Swear I haven't Fallen Off the Face of the Planet

Things at ViolentBelle were...tiring and sick ladies and gentlemen. I went to Disneyland last Friday and came home with some sort of stomach flu that put me out of commish. TMI? Maybe. Maybe not. But once I got better I worked double time to make you guys a whole new batch of horns! *SQUEE* Let's introduce you to some of them shall we? 

I had some sort of a Greek mythology kick so many of the designs were based on Greek Goddesses or monsters. Then I just got a general legend kick so some of these are also inspired by that.

On our left we have the really gorgeously painted Phoenix horns! I may have to retake that picture, because honestly it doesn't do those horns justice. That paint job is one of the best I've ever done. The gold and the bright yellow really bring out the fire in these horns.

On the right are the Woodland Fae Horns. These are some seriously textured horns. They're super rich in detail. Golds and browns and greens and bronzes all on a pink base. Though honestly you can't tell the base is pink. It adds a little lightness without being *GAH THIS IS PINK!*. 

I like it. Very mottled. 

Another paint job I'm proud of is the Hera horns. I wanted to do Hera horns that were reminiscent of a peacock, since peacock's are Hera's sacred animal. 

So I splattered and mottled these horns with lots of iridescent peacock colors. Lots of rich bronze, topaz, and greens. I almost don't want to sell them. I kind of want to keep these for myself. Ah. Ces't la vie. 

Here is a new option that may make many of you horn enthusiasts happy. I'm now offering CUSTOM horns. Yeah, that's right. For a few dollars extra as a base price I'll make you whatever color(s) you desire. You want sparkly crystal encrusted horns? Sure. A bit o' extra and I'll make those too. 

Many more updates today, so keep posted here folks! It's my way of saying sorry for abandoning you for a few days!

Squee Thursday!

I'm not just a seller on Etsy, I'm a buyer too. So I love looking around for quirky things I can wear, or art that I can hang.  So here are today's Squees!!!

1. ThePairabirds- Plumage Redux-

This media work is pretty stunning. I happen to love beautiful afros and curls ( I used to sport one myself) and I think its great to see a painting that compares that style to a graceful creature. The lines of the piece are amazing too. All in all a funky piece I want to put in my hall. 

           

                         

2.

  Nebulamystic- Absinthe Soap with Embedded Sugar Skull          

Holy Awesome Batman! I think I'm in love. I hope they're lying by saying that's the last bar.  One it's an adorable and spooky soap that would look great in any bathroom.  Two the skull is made with goat's milk and the soap is made with anise seed. This probably smells delicious and the effect on your skin must be heavenly!

3. Snappy Shop- Coffee Loves Milk

I can't even explain to you the cuteness of this apron. I mean it's coffee in love with milk. I want this so bad. You see in my household of tea drinkers we're the color of coffee and milk. Plus I love to cook. So I can profess my love in a kitschy way and avoid splatters! Score! 

 Enjoy!

Horns, Downtown, and Halloween

Good afternoon lovelies! 

I've been busy all morning shipping and taking snaps of the brand new Horns! I just started to play with some of the neon colors in my paint palette and lo and behold I got some really neat effects with this set. Sulfur, the horns on your right, have this super neat marbling effects I did. Let me tell you sealant is a gals best friend. Srsly.

The most time consuming pair was surely the Studded horns. I used about six layers of hot pink dots to get the effect, which really works. 

I'm hoping to make a trip downtown to the Fashion District this afternoon. It's like Wonderland. I'm hoping to pick up some jewelry findings for some of the Mesdames X collection. We'll see how that goes. 

Also one of my favorite Holidays is approaching which means I'm cranking out horns and such like no tomorrow. That Holiday is Halloween. 

I still don't know what I'm going to do this year, but I might go as Artemis and wear a pair of my own horns. Artemis is my favorite Greek goddess.

There's just something about her strength that makes me happy. 

As a random side note, I get to send my Drago horns to Greece, which is uber exciting! 

 

Updates and Cut-ups!

Ah yes, I've been a busy little Belle. I'm still editing the massive amount of pictures I took at this weekend's photo shoot. There were hats, ruffs, cuffs and silliness abounding. 

Today has a sizable update.  Last night I posted a mini hat that was inspired by chocolate.  My model K, (she's on the left) told me it looked like a truffle. I was going to call it just chocolate, but she's far more inspired than I. My favorite part about this hat is those strawberries. I had to wade through boxes of vintage fake fruit in order to find an unsullied pair. Also that veil is probably the best veil I've ever done. I love it to pieces. Pieces I tell you. K did a fantastic job modeling this one. Love her. 

Then today comes a hat inspired by the legendary Joker. 

 I have serious thing for that character. Not just the whole Dark

 Knight movie, but the character. I'm an avid comic book collector, so this one was so much fun to make. I really enjoyed making that absurdly cute little bow. Also I found those feathers stuffed in the vintage fruit box. How could I not? B was the model for this one, and the smile she took on in some of these pictures freaked me out to no end. How she managed to still look hot I have no idea. The girl's amazing. 

Also the Mesdames X items are up finally! I'm starting to really love how these things are turning out. The buttons, lace and frills are just getting my imagination far too excited. My base model so far has been L, who has such a stunning classic beauty that I've started to design new ones with her neck in mind. Fantastic. My favorite on her was the Dark Lady. It was a little fairytale and a whole lot Victorian.  The way she looks with her windswept hair is just fantastic for these! 

I think my favorite photo of the shoot had to be this little behind the scenes moment. Here is L and B wearing some of my horns.  Devils. Deliciously beautiful geeky devils. 

Can't Sleep Blues.

Okay, I can't sleep. This is par for the course, because I'm just used to nighttime. However I *know* I should be in bed, and so I'm going to take a cuppa of sleepytime tea. 

Tea, you say? Yes. Tea. I'm a big fan of tea. The entire house is. I love tea so much I give it away with purchases. The sleepytime tea is a tea I concocted that actually helps me sleep better. So because I believe in sweet dreaming and the like, I'm going to give you my recipe:

1 tablespoon peppermint leaves

2/3 Teaspoon saffron

2 teaspoons Marigold

2/3 Teaspoon ginger

1/3 teaspoon Valerian root. (You can sub for Jasmine too!) 

Wait five minutes after the water has boiled and pour over the herbs. Brew up to ten minutes depending on the strength you like. Flavor with a little honey and drift off to sleep!

All of these herbs produce sweet and easy dreaming. Mr. Fascination often comes home to find that I haven't even finished it because I've fallen asleep!