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Showing posts with label featured. Show all posts

Monday, October 11, 2010

Featured Etsy Shop: DamnFrenchDesserts

Today's featured artists come from DamnFrenchDesserts, all the way from Madrid, Spain!

Hi, these are Damn French Desserts, purveyor of exquisite knick knack. In our Etsy store you will primarily find stationery little wonders and digital works but we also work a la cárte, because we enjoy taking our customer's challenges, so if you take a look around you will find that we have designed websites, banners, wedding sets and even scented sachets … so I guess the sky is the limit.

Our headquarter is established in Madrid, where me and my sister live, design and enjoy life as much as they can!

Since we were little, we've always been fond of almost every aspects of creative activity: drawing, writing, taking pictures, painting … but it wasn't until December 2008 that we decided to open our store in Etsy, which -due to our daily jobs' duties as personal assistant / shopper for a wardrobe designer- remained empty for almost a year. Some people say "it didn't happen if you didn't write it down", in our case it seemed it wasn't going to happen if we didn't show some of our items to the world, so that's what we did. And it happened, we started selling :)

We both are fascinated by the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was such an amazing time full of inventions that changed the world completely. We love the old books and catalogues from those years … diving into the antique encyclopaedias and those anatomy compendiums that could be equally fascinating and spooky.


Here are some of our favorite shops on Etsy. We've found cool talented people behind each one of them.

Wondrous Curiosa: Anna's new adventure, a whimsical place and a must for victorian era lovers!
www.etsy.com/shop/wondrouscuriosa

Time Moving Slow: Gorgeous and intriguing photographies taken by Anna Lazaro, one time Damn French Desserts official photographer and co-designer. Right now she's in the process of renovating it, but you will find fine art photography once the shop is re-opened.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/timemovingslow

Sinners Saints Sweets: Sinfully delicious cupcakes and confections! The Homer Simpson inside me wants it all!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/SinnersSaintsSweets

Jungle Tribe: Amazing leather works. Special mention to their SPM blasting bag 4.0.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/JungleTribe

DeweyDecimalCrafts: Crocheted skulls for all occasions. Their little crocheted skulls always put a smile on our faces!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/DeweyDecimalCrafts

Tattoo Socks: Gorgeous is not even the word to describe their stockings! A brand new concept for sexy and elegant.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/post

Our site has been under construction for years … but finally (and hopefully)before this coming December, Damnfrenchdesserts.com will be more than a single page hosting leading to our Etsy store. It will be an illustrated catalogue and a place to share our thoughts.

Thanks so much for reading this far! Feel free to visit us anytime. Coffee and pastries are on us.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Featured Artist: Jessica from thestapeliacompany

This is the first in what I hope will be an on-going feature: a spotlight on a Victorian-inspired Etsy artist.
Jessica is the talented artist behind the shop thestapeliacompany. She has created a darkly Victorian atmosphere in her shop, and everything right down to her storied descriptions are full of surprises and the surrearly beautiful. Please meet Jessica!


A little about myself, well, I am a painter, illustrator, photographer and graphic designer who has always be fascinated by the aesthetic of the Victorian period. The clothing, the architecture, the literature have inspired various choices in my work. I like to create things that are dark and beautiful, and these adjectives also describe that period. My work mixes carnivals and circuses, botany and biology, antique photos and horror-related motifs. Look at any of my work and you will see one or more of these themes.


My craft is primarily painting and photography. I've been taking photos for about 10 years but only started selling them 2 years ago when I opened Stapelia. I have been drawing and painting since I was small.

Like I said, the dark, beautiful and at times horrible aspects of Victorian life are what inspire me. I love the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelly and others and the paintings from that time also inspire me to make dark work. In addition, the fact that people traveled and collected specimens and journaled and created curiosity cabinets also fascinates me. Really, I like it all, but if I had to choose, it would be the literature and architecture that really inspire me most.


Here are some of the shops I really love on Etsy:

Beat Up Creations
http://www.etsy.com/shop/BeatUpCreations

Just Mad Books
http://www.etsy.com/shop/justmadbooks

Topsy Turvy Design
http://www.etsy.com/shop/topsyturvydesign

Sushi Pot
http://www.etsy.com/shop/sushipot

I do have a blog! And I update it weekly with art, photography, movie reviews, strange news, and my work:
http://thestapeliacompany.blogspot.com

And some of my paintings can be found here:
http://thestapeliacompany.com

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Friday, May 21, 2010

Featured!

I just found out that my work was featured in the awesome blog http://etherealbeginnings.blogspot.com/ and I am so honored. Please take a look!
Marie is just about the sweetest person on Etsy, and you HAVE to check out her shop. She sells amazing bath and body products for both men and women.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/etherealbeginnings

Thank you Marie!