Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale Event!

Attention Little Pumpkins!

The Black Pumpkin is having its 1st ever Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale Event!




Starting at 1pm Mountain Time (12pm Pacific, 3pm Eastern) on Black Friday all Twilight-inspired, Little Unreliables Series dolls are 35% off and all 8x10 art prints are $9 each. The sale goes through Cyber Monday and ends at 12am Mountain Time (11am Pacific 11-29-10, 2am Eastern) Tuesday, November 30th 2010.

*Please note, all dolls are pre-order only. Please allow 2 weeks production time + shipping time. Prints and all other items ship within 3-4 days.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Stay warm while shopping today!

Christmas Shop Update!

I'm finally getting around to blogging about the items I took with me to the Utah New Moon Experience. I got most of the left over items up in the shop right after returning home from Thanksgiving in San Diego and most of them are still available to purchase!

There is a New Moon version of everyone's favorite Little Unreliable Vampire. He is sporting the black suit Edward wears for most of the movie when he is parted from his beloved Bella. This suit even has little, shiny, royal blue buttons to match Edward's collared shirt. He needs someone to love him while he is away from Bella - won't you give him a home?

I have a few left. You can find the listing here.

Next up is the ever HILARIOUS Space Heater Special!! I thought I would make it more affordable to put together some doll sets so you don't have to purchase each doll individually. This set comes with Chew Toy, Wolfy Pup Boy and a sleeping bag and when bought all together like this it is less expensive than buying individually. This got many laughs at the convention!

There is one left in the shop and you can read all the details about it in the listing here.

The other doll set is the Fire and Ice Deluxe Set that is basically the Space Heater Special + a Little Unreliable Vampire (New Moon version or Twilight version). I can't WAIT to see this chapter come to life in Eclipse!!

This set recently sold out, but I will have another available in the Christmas Shop Update next week!

And of course, to go along with the Little Unreliables Christmas Card Set, I whipped up some Twilight ornaments! I ♥ the vintage look of tinsel so I had to use it. The ornament comes complete with an AB sparkly rhinestone hanging from the bottom and a wire hook for hanging on the tree. These are really inexpensive and would make a great ornament exchange or package topper for your favorite Twilight-loving friend!

There are 3 left in the shop right now, but possibly more next week for the update. You can find the listing here.

The best part about them is the catchy phrase derived from The Night Before Christmas - Twilight style, on the back...

I also updated the original t-shirt versions of Pup Boy with their own hats for when they phase on the fly. I just can't get over how cute they look sporting their hats with the funny chapter heading on their shirts! Especially this one... The Wizard of Oz!! LOL!

You can find the listings for these Pup Boy dolls here, here and here. All of them now come with a hat.

Looking for the perfect stocking stuffer for the Twilight fan? I have two sets of photo packs that are just the ticket!

These packs would also be great gifts for any scrap bookers in your life who love Twilight. This first pack has 18 true digital 4x5 photos of Forks, La Push and Rialto Beach in Washington's Olympic Peninsula, including some of the Hoh Rainforest and First Beach.

The photos I took turned out gorgeous and I thought it would be nice to share them with others who have either had the privilege of going there and want some mementos, or for maybe some of you folks overseas who might not be able to make the trip at this time. This would be a great way to get a taste of the magical, enchanted landscape there.

This listing can be found in my shop here.

The 2nd photo pack of 11 is of some of the sets for Twilight in Portland, Oregon. Portland, or *Portlandia* as I've heard some call it, is a beautiful place on it's own. However, when coupled with Twilight it's even prettier!

I had the privilege of exploring many of the places in which they filmed scenes from the movie. This pack contains pictures of the greenhouse (the Forks High field trip), Multnomah Falls (seen in some pictures from the movie making-of as well as in the background of the baseball field during the baseball scene), the baseball field itself, and the mossy rocks near the Columbia River where Edward tells Bella more about his family.

My favorite pictures have to be from the baseball field. There was a hauntingly beautiful, mossy, branchy tree there that had a grave-like bed of tiny, yellow flowers at it's base. I wonder who, if anyone, might be buried there?

You can find the listing for the Portland photo pack here.

Last but not least, I wanted to share with you a little something I'm just tickled blue about! They will be in the shop next week for the Christmas update!!

Little Unreliable Vampire button pins! This is the same image from my original painting of my favorite vampire sporting his angel wings and halo. His card in the Twilight Christmas Card Pack is the "Oh, come, let us adore him!" card.

This button measures 1.5" and would be a perfect accessory to your holiday attire!

He's Christmasy but not too Christmasy so you can wear him year-round. It's like having a little angel on your shoulder at all times! (Don't you like how I coupled him with my Forks hoodie? He would be even cuter on a more elegant, girly shirt but I'm sorta bumming it today. Hahah.)

Little Unreliable Vampire likes wearing buttons of himself. He KNOWS he is so freakin' cute and full of awesome.

These will be available to buy individually or in sets of 5 - perfect for gift giving and TwilightMOM get togethers!

Be on the lookout for more posts about items that will be available in the Christmas update next week, including original paintings and new dolls!

You don't want to miss it!

Twilight Inspired Christmas Postcards!

Where have I been?

Well, sewing and painting my little arms off, that's where! I was anxiously getting tons of dolls, pendants, prints and pumpkins ready for my trip to the Utah New Moon Experience where I was a vendor in the TwilightMOMS store. I had a wish list of things I wanted to make and take with me, which seemed to change on a weekly basis the closer the convention got. However, I was very pleased with the resulting array of merchandise I was able to finish in the short time I had. (p.s. I'm finding as I go along this artistic adventure that I don't like to stick to a schedule so any dates and goals for certain items I have previously posted, although I still plan on putting those items in the shop at some point, are heretofore thrown out, just so you know. ...the dates, I mean.)

I do have some goods left over from my vending there and those will go up on my blog and in the shop next week after Thanksgiving and just in time for Christmas, but first, I wanted to show you my Twilight Inspired Christmas Postcards that are now in the shop! I know most of you like to start your Christmas correspondence early so here's your chance!

These are a part of my Twilight inspired series I'm calling "Little Unreliables" which includes all of the Twilight inspired dolls I have made so far (and lots more to come there too!) I painted each image on a wooden plaque which I then had printed onto postcards with a cute, corresponding Christmasy/Twilightish phrase.

The left side of each of the following pictures is the front of the card and the right side of the picture is the back.

"Jacob with your nose so bright...

"won't you guide the dog sled tonight?"

Edward Cullen

"I saw my Twilight Mommy kissing Santa Claus."

"With Jasper...

... all is calm, all is right."

Edward

"Oh, come, let us adore him!"

Alice...

"She knows if you'll be bad or good,

so be good for goodness sake."

"Bella says,

"All I want for Christmas

is Edward's two front teeth."

*Each package contains 12 postcards and 12 envelopes.

*They are multi-packs so you will receive 2 of each of the six designs you see here.

*The postcards have a beautiful glossy finish for the print on the front and a matte finish on the back with the text.

*Each card will not contain the copyright watermark on it

My clever husband helped me on that last phrase for Bella. Hee hee! Couldn't you just die of laughter? I know I did! I was giggling the entire time I was painting these little characters.

Have a special set of Twilight-loving friends and family that would get a kick out of these cards? Then bounce like a snow bunny over to the shop and snatch up a batch or two before all of the Christmas elves grab them for themselves....

Pumpkin Prints

The Black Pumpkin is definitely not camera shy. Last Halloween I took her out in the sun for a little photo session, which she just loved. ♥

So I thought maybe you would like a picture or two to hang up at Halloween! I think she would look fetching in a fancy black frame in a group of photos hung together gallery style of costumed children, candelabras and perhaps a few old ghostly photos of your ancestors. I'm actually working on a darkly themed gallery wall in my house and even though it won't be finished for a few more months, I plan to keep it up all year long and will show you all once it's done.

Here are the two photos that will be available in the shop:

"Nestled in Green"

I love the way this photo brings out her reds and purples. She's not just black, she's more of a plumy-eggplant and the way the sun enhances this is just beautiful!

This photo is now available in the shop as an 8x10 in either Metallic or Glossy finish. Printed on Kodak Supra Endura Professional Photographic Paper.

I will also have 5x7s of this next week in either Metallic or Matte finish.

"Misfit"

For this photo I wanted to make her look as black as a plump little beetle amongst her orange sisters. She's so black she's almost blue and I'm in love!

"Misfit" in sepia

I couldn't decide which one I liked better because the sepia gives the photo a more fall-ish feel and brings out her purpley-reds so the choice is yours!

The "Misfit" photos will be available next week in either Metallic or Matte finish in both 8.5X11 and 5x7.

Be sure to check the shop next week. =)

I'm off to go paint some moons!

Evil Little Red

8x10 acrylic on canvas

Do not be deceived by the angelic glow that surrounds her for though she is child-like, she is older than most civilizations and can bring unbreakable immortals to their knees with her wicked ways. Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Not Little Red. Wolves are a mere appetizer.

Inspired by Jane from the Twilight saga, Little Red Riding Hood and ghosts of long lost children, Evil Little Red loves lurking in dark tunnels and blocking the way out to the hope-filled light.

Prints of this painting and all previously posted will be available at my booth, The Black Pumpkin, at TwiCon 2009.

Phasing

8x10 acrylic on canvas

After all, aren't all men constantly on the verge of turning into a hairy beast?

Inspired by Jacob Black from the Twilight series, Wolverine from X-Men and shap-shifters in general, this painting depicts the question, what would a werewolf look like in mid-phase? The light and shadow represent the duplicity of his life, as his eye reflects the new moon. I can almost hear his howling now...

Fallen Angel

8x10 acrylic on canvas

Our ultimate hero with a tragic flaw. Our angel, both heavenly and destroying. He is everything to everyone, yet nothing to himself. His eyes speak of that "ancient sadness" and his face could launch a thousand ships. He's as old as the stars, yet no life could be long enough, for no matter how much good he does, to him it will never be adequate to fully redeem his soul. But that's the best part, isn't it? Indeed, true beauty is in his paradoxical glory.

This painting was inspired by Edward Cullen from the Twilight saga, Angel from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Anakin Skywalker from the Star Wars saga, and birds - who sore so high, so close to the sun, they burn.

Just a Taste?

8x10 acrylic on canvas

"Just a taste?" he asks with smoldering, dark orbs that draw you closer. Even though you know exactly what fate awaits you in his embrace, how can you possibly resist? Calming, lush colors surround him, like cool grass and a smooth stream on a hot summer's day, yet it is not water he thirsts for as he licks his dry lips.

This painting was inspired by not only the dangerously tempted Jasper from the Twilight series, but also the stereotypical James Dean, bad boy vampire who hungrily pursues the damsel in distress and renders her powerless by his hypnotic eyes.

Yes, I think most of us have met one or two...

The Teller Queen

8 1/2" x 11 on acrylic paper

Inspired by Alice from the Twilight book series, fortune tellers, evil queens and pixies, The Teller Queen has a permanent wink of one eye and a constant twinkle in the other for she knows what is in store for you, and whether good or bad, it's going to throw you for a loop. Her smirk alone holds infinite dark secrets yet it's a happy one, for no matter what fate befalls you, she will still be queen of everything as she skips her way through the rest her immortal life.

For my first portrait painting ever, I am very pleased with the outcome. I was a little scared to jump right in without a paint class or two in my past, but I guess, like most everything in life, the best way to learn is by doing.

This print will be for sale at TwiCon and in my shop thereafter. My shop will be part of a TwilightMOMS boutique where THE Lisa (creator of TwilightMOMS) will be selling New Moon-ish TwilightMOMS shirts, Georgia (aka *gypsy wings*) will be selling her gorgeous butterfly wing pendants along with Twilight inspired jewelry and artful photographs, and I will be selling my new shop items along with the newly designed New Moon rhinestone t-shirts from Amy of Girly Girls' Closet. We will be sharing a booth with The Mitch Hansen Band so look for our banners!

Hope to see you there!

Many more items to come...

Oh! p.s..... I will also have postcards of the original black and white pencil sketch of The Teller Queen at TwiCon. They are a limited number of 100, are signed and numbered and will come free with a Black Pumpkin purchase of $30 or more. ♥