POTW: A Nice Pair Of Hooters

It's time for the new Print of the Week (POTW) where I choose an image and put the print on sale big time.

This week's POTW is a pair of prints: Night Music and Owloween Night, my very popular crazy-eyed owls.  The 8x10s" are marked down 50%, from $14.49 to only $7.25.  The 11x14" sizes are available for $14.25 (regularly $21.49).  You may purchase both prints or just your favorite.

Night Music (left) and Owloween Night (right)
50% off Prints of the Week starting 2/25/13

For those of you new to POTW, I got the idea from the indie makeup companies that offer a different one of their colors at a discounted price each week or month (Color of the Week/Month).  The idea is that every week, a different one of my prints will be massively on sale.  Here's how I see it working out:

• Sale is from Monday at lunchtime to following Monday at lunchtime
• No coupon needed, it's marked down already
• 50% off 8x10" prints and about 35% off 11x14" prints 
• No limit - get as many as you like
• I'll decide which prints go up, BUT I will make that decision based on fan/client input
• Images will not be POTW more than once in a 6 month period, so snap up your favorite when it comes around
• You can find the POTW by clicking on the Print of the Week link from my site (or click the SALE link to see everything that's been marked down).
• Occasionally, I'll put a pair of prints on sale (because I'm nuts)

Check back next Monday (just click on the "Print of the Week" link in my shop) to see which print will be on sale.  I will switch them up around lunchtime here in California.

And of course, let me know which image you would like to see as Print Of The Week! 

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NEW ITEMS: Magnets, Key Chains and Earrings

Three items are coming off the "secret menu" and have been added to the Krissi's Art Studio permanent collection of glass tile art "jewelry:" magnets, earrings and key chains.

Magnets:  These little guys are an inexpensive way to collect Krissi's Art Studio/Skelekitty images.  I use the same sturdy glass 1" tiles (the ones in my personal collection have survived many a drop onto my ceramic tile floors), but keep the price down by sealing them with a silicone product instead of the 2-part jewelers resin I use on the jewelry.   You can purchase sets I have put together or choose the images yourself.  Click here to see all magnet sets.

Silly Sugar Skullies magnet set

example of Weeping Angels magnet set

Some ideas if you'd like a customized set of six magnets
custom magnet sets of five are also available

Key chains:  Because some people don't wear jewelry but still want a piece of art to carry with them every day, I do offer my 1" glass tile and resin pendant pieces as key chains.  The tiles are created and sealed with 2-part jewelry grade resin, just like my pendants are, but instead of a pendant bail and chain, you receive a low-profile bail with an attached spring-clasp key chain.  The spring latch key chains are nickel plated and measure approximately 1" wide by 2.25" long (including loop and snake style chain, a little over 3" with 1" tile).

Coupling Failed with key chain and low-profile bail
option may be added from pendant listings by choosing
"key chain" option instead of sterling-plated ball chain

Any 1" pendant can be made into a key chain (2" glass tiles are heavier and less sturdy, and are therefore not recommended for key chains).  There are two ways to order: either go to the "customized  key chain" listing and choose your desired image, or go to the pendant listing for the image you like and choose the "key chain option" at the bottom (the second way seems less intuitive, but can save you a few bucks if a 1" pendant tile is ready to ship - if you order through the custom listing, a new tile will be made for you).

Owloween Night 1" glass/resin tile with low-profile bail
and key chain option.  Choose your own image for a key chain here.

Earrings:  YES!  Earrings are now available to go with your pendants or to be worn on their own.  They're tiny -just 5/8" of an inch- simple images turn out the best.  I welcome mix & match sets (like Skelekitty angel/devil or the pair of crazy-eyed owls).  I lived through the 80s - I won't judge if your earrings aren't matchy-matchy.  See all earring listings here.

You can have an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other.

Rainbow Silly Skully earrings

One of the cool things I've been doing with earrings is taking a detail from a painting -say a fish from the mermaid painting Something's Fishy- and making it a focal point for an earring/pendant set.  Of course, if you just wanted the little fish earrings, I'd be OK with that too.

Something's Fishy pendant with the fish detail on earrings
pendant / earrings also available separately

If you decide you do want a matched set, you save a chunk of cash by buying the pendant with your earrings.  Just scroll down and choose the "add a matching pendant" option.  You'll notice the prices for pendants added to earrings are quite a bit less than if you buy them separately.



A lot of these items came about because YOU, my wonderful clients, asked me to make them.  If there's an item you think would be cool, drop me a line and let me know!

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Price Adjustments (you'll like it, I promise)

Price adjustments DOWNWARD??  Awesome!!!  

As of 2/20/13, I've dropped the prices on several items:

Earrings:  Custom earrings have dropped in price from $28 to $26 a pair.  Ready-to-ship earrings, of which I have several pairs to be listed this week, will be only $24/pair.  Even though I've reduced the price on the earrings, I still use the same products and techniques on these that I do on my pendants, to ensure that you have jewelry that will last.

Example of  glass tile/resin art earrings
(Coupling Failed).  See all earrings here.

Prints:  I have also reduced my regular 8x10" print prices from $15.99 to $14.49.  This isn't a sale price - that's where they're going to stay.  That means that the featured Prints Of The Week will be just $7.25!  Be sure to check in every Monday afternoon at skelekitty.com (or on the facebook page) to see what the current print of the week is.  Don't miss your favorite image when it comes around!

Pendants:  Those of you who don't need a chain with every order will be happy to hear that chains are now an option on all pendant purchases, so you'll save a few bucks here and there.  The price of a 1x1" ready-to-ship pendant has dropped from $21.95 to $19.99, and you may add a 24" sterling-plated, small gauge ball chain to your order for just $1.95.  Here's how:

We hope these minor adjustments will help your wallets a little here and there!

Best wishes,

Krissi & Skelekitty

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Print of the Week is BACK!

I haven't done Prints of the Week sales since 2009 or 2010, so I thought this would be a perfect time to start them up again.

What's a "Print of the Week?" (POTW) you ask.  Well, I'll tell you.  I got the idea from the indie makeup companies that offer a different one of their colors at a discounted price each week or month (Color of the Week/Month).  The idea is that every week, a different one of my prints will be massively on sale.  Here's how I see it working out:

• Sale is from Monday at lunchtime to following Monday at lunchtime
• No coupon needed, it's marked down already
• 50% off 8x10" prints and about 35% off 11x14" prints 
• No limit - get as many as you like
• I'll decide which prints go up, BUT I will make that decision based on fan/client input
• Images will not be POTW more than once in a 6 month period, so snap up your favorite when it comes around
• You can find the POTW by clicking on the Print of the Week link from my site (or click the SALE link to see everything that's been marked down).
• Occasionally, I'll put a pair of prints on sale (because I'm nuts)

The first Print of the Week (POTW) is Griding To A Halt.  The 8x10" is marked down 50%, from $14.99 to only $7.50.  The 11x14" sizes are also $7.50 off (that is about a 35% savings).

Grinding To A Halt is PRINT OF THE WEEK
for the week of 2/18/13
(1/2 off 8x10s, 33% off 11x14s, no coupon needed)

Check back next Monday (just click on the "Print of the Week" link in my shop) to see which print will be on sale.  I will switch them up around lunchtime here in California.

And of course, let me know which images you would like to see as Prints Of The Week! 

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Valentine's SALES (not just hearts!)

Howdy folks! Well, here we are in the second month of the new Skelekitty.com shop. So far, so good! How about some sales, hmm?


Valentine's Sale [link to sale items]

Everything with "love" in the title or that features hearts or flowers (not just roses!) as a central image are on sale though the end of Valentine's weekend (Sunday, February 17). No coupon is needed since everything is already marked down for you. I'm awesome like that.

shhh. Don't tell anyone, but I seriously dislike this holiday. However, I love flowers, hearts and buying stuff for myself - when it's on sale it's even better!



BOGO Print Sale [link to prints]

I haven't done one of these in a while, so why not now?  All 8x10" prints are Buy-One, Get One Free through Sunday, February 17th, too!

Here are the instructions and "fine print:"

• BOGO sale applies to 8x10" prints only (does not apply to hand-painted mats, 11x14" prints or print sets).
• No coupon needed! Leave a note in the PayPal "notes to seller" saying which 8x10" print you would like as your free print. (Not using my preferred method of PayPal?  If your payment method doesn't allow for a "note to seller," please send me an e-mail with all the necessary information for me to connect it to your purchase.)
• There's no limit.  If you buy two prints, you can choose two free prints.  If you buy four, you get four.  
• You may double up on your prints and give the extra as a gift or mix and match and keep them all for yourself!
• Free prints must be the same or lower price than the purchased print. (You may not pay for a sale print and choose a full priced print as your freebie because, c'mon... I need to pay for my supplies, after all!)

Not seeing the image you want?  Drop me a line!

Thanks for supporting Krissi's Art Studio and Skelekitty.com!

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