Lakers Fever!

Cheech and Chong came out with Basketball Jones back in the 70's, a skit about a kid who jonesed for playing basketball, now we call it Laker Fever!

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Let's start summer off right, with new jewelry and artwork from Charcoal Designs! Keepin' it cute and crafty since 2004!

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The Mummy Art Plaque (One Of A Kind) $40.00


Wolfman Art Plaque (One Of A Kind) $40.00


'Lady Sings The Blues' Gardenia Hair Clips $10 each


Swallow 'Wings Of Love' Necklace (w/hand beaded glass chain) $24.99


'Wolfblood' Necklace in White $24.00


'Love Kills' Necklace $22.49


Rubiks Cube Necklace $10.00


'Perch & Destroy' Necklace $18.00


Marie Antoinette Coffin Plaque (One Of A kind) $50.00



All This & Much Much More! Shop Now! WWW.CHARCOALDESIGNS.COM!

Etsy Roulette-Sweet Meat

Etsy roulette is something I do for fun, I choose a topic...today's it just so happens to be 'Sweet Meat', type it into the search box on Etsy and see what comes up...here are my fav's for Sweet Meat!


Breakfast Favs as Vegan Soaps By Dirty Ass Soaps!

'Gorgeous Hunk Of Meat' Print by Maybe You Should Die!

And 'Pork Is Nice Sweet Meat' Print by Spread The Love!

If you play 'Etsy Roulette' too, drop me a line with your favs!

Owl Pincushion Winner Is...

The winning name is HOOTERS!

Thank you everyone who entered! It was so hard to decide on a winner because the entries were all so good! In the end I decided to go for a name that was short, precise and can be taken out of context, which I love!

Close runners up were *even an owl needs a day job , *how many pricks, and *owl that hurts, well really the list goes on and on, they were all brilliant! Thanks again everyone, until we meet again at the next contest!


Check out my Flickr page to view all the entries! Thanks for playing Tamara! Check out her Etsy shop for some amazing (+ super creative!) faux bois jewelry!

Owl Pincushion Contest!

Owl Pincushion Contest! Name that product!

CONTEST: Help me come up with a cute, kitschy, campy, clever name for this new product and you could win one owl of your choice! A winner will be chosen on Friday around 3pm, the winner will get to choose whichever owl they like best (either the lavender, white or pink owl). Only one winner will be chosen, so please come up with a great name for these owls!

Rules:

Come up with a clever name for these owl pincushions...

1. One entry per person
2. Leave a message on my Flickr page or leave a comment (below) to enter.
3. Deadline is this Friday June 12th, 2009 3pm.
4. Friends and family can vote too!

:D

BooDrivers Now Available!

BooDrivers, the original monster head screwdrivers, now available at Charcoal Designs! Available in Red, Green or Purple. Custom colors by request.

So Ugly, They'e Cute!

I came across these shoes via a twitter update from my pal Jennifer Perkins (of Naughty Secretary Club). There are many different designs on the same style shoes to choose from (sort of like Lesportsac bags), but I think these are my favs...

Frozen S**thole by Nikibi

Check out the other artist rendered shoes at The String Republic

Promo Swap! Anyone interested?

Hey guys, Spitfire Interiors and I just had a ton of postcard printed up and our goal is to hand them all out by the end of the summer! I send out a lot of card with orders (and hand them out at shows) and I would like to include your business cards or postcards with my orders too, In turn I will send you my postcards so you can send them out with your orders.

If you are interested please email me so we can swap postcards/business cards and addresses!

My shop is more on the punk, rockabilly, cutesy, kitschy side, so I am mostly looking to swap with shops that are similar (it will work out better for both of us), if this sounds like your shop please drop me a line so we can swap!!

Btw, your shop doesn't have to be just jewelry, I'm looking to swap with t-shirt companies, artists, crafters, makers, etsy shops, etc.

Thanks!! -Laura Stokes-Estrada

P.S. Here is what our postcard looks like (double sided, front and back)...

A sample of one of our past promo packs! Send in your stuff so you can be included!...

New Jewelry In The Shop! Swallows, Guns & Monsters, Oh My!

Available Only At www.charcoaldesigns.com!

Donkey Kick!

I've been on a donkey kick lately and have just introduced a 'Kick the bucket' donkey necklace and donkey art plaque to the shop. 'Vaya con dios, Patches' is part of my new Pet Cemetery collection, which pays homage to non traditional pets, like the Tijuana donkey!

'Kick The Bucket Necklace' $15.00









Now available at www.charcoaldesigns.com!

BooDrivers 'The Original Monster Screwdrivers!'

Coming soon, the original monster screwdrivers. They will be making their official debut at this weekend's West Coast Kustoms car show in Santa Maria, CA. They aren't on the Charcoal Designs website yet, but If you'd like to place a pre-order please leave a comment/message for me on my blog! Thanks guys and gals!

West Coast Kustoms 'Cruisin' Nationals' This Month!

Come visit the Charcoal Designs/Kustom Voodoo booth May 22nd, 23rd, & 24th 2009 at the one and only Cruisin' Nationals in Santa Maria, CA!

Gardenia Hair Clips Back In Stock!

Our hand embroidered Gardenia Hairclips are back in stock! These are one of the very first items I had offered in my shop way back in 2004, before I started making jewelry I was embroidering iPod case, eyeglass cases, stuffed 'good luck' dolls and Billy Holiday inspired gardenia hair clips! Now they're back and available with your choice of light or dark green leaves.

Available at www.charcoaldesigns.com!

Changeling

Who else watched Changeling and fell in love with Angelina Jolie's cloche hat? I am digging her wooden acorn brooch as well. <3

Textile Fetish

I recently did a craft trade with Jennifer Ramos of Textile Fetish and just received my adorable 'craft show' apron in the mail today. I love it, the pockets are roomy but not too big, perfect for manning my craft show booth, I can sort my small bills from the large bills and not have to worry about stuff falling out or looking unorganized, plus it's super cute so I don't have to feel weird wearing it around the shows if I decide to go shopping or grab a quick bite to eat! Thank you Jennifer!



Jennifer also sent me a super cool bonus gift. A skull coin purse with a pegasus lining...

<3

Make Your Own 'Geico' Funny Money

Learn how to make your own 'Geico Ad' funny money! This punk version is a gag gift for my friend's birthday coming up. It's really inexpensive to make and really easy too, I have included some things to print out so you don't have to design anything yourself in photoshop (unless you want to).

Materials:


*Rectangular paper pad (or cut your own 'money' shaped pieces)
*Faux Money Print Out (money band(s) and $5.00 bill image I've included in this post)
*Scissors
*Large googly eyes (available at Michael's and other craft shops for around 96 cents)
*Glue
*Double sided tape
*5-6" piece of wire (either from a coat hanger or a long twist tie).
*Pliers (if you are going to use a thick wire)

1. Print out the image attachment I have included (below), then cut the pieces out. You may need to edit the size of the $5.00 in photoshop if you are using your own rectangular paper pad or you can cut a stack of papers to fit the same exact size of the $5.00 image on the print out, which is approximately 6 1/8" X 2 5/8".

(Click on image to enlarge it before printing)

2. Place your $5.00 cut-out over the stack of papers, then tightly wrap the blue money band around the stack and secure it with a hidden piece of double sided tape.

3. Take your wire piece and manipulate it into a bicycle handle bar shape, the spiral shape on top gives the glue and eyes something to grab onto and the bend at the bottom will keep the whole thing from toppling over. Carefully slip it under the money band (you don't want to tear the band). Glue your eyeballs on, I used plain tacky glue (the kind that comes in the brown bottle) because the eyes are light weight an don't need a heavy duty glue.

4. For the last step you can put a funny note like 'this is the money you could be saving at ____ (said store)', etc. Then place it on a shelf in your shop, hide it in your boyfriends sock drawer, or place it on a street corner and see how many people try to steal it!