Gothic Cathedral style shelf cabinet

Side of the gothic cathedral catacomb-inspired cabinet

A few months ago I was laying in my room and looking around at all the pretty things I’d made using the laser cutter, CNC router, Cameo Silhouette and embroidery machine at the maker space – and a new idea came to me.

I wanted to make a cabinet to hide some of my rather mundane (and decidedly not spooky) hair and skin care items that I keep on top of my dresser.

I started out with a sketch book and then took that idea to Adobe Illustrator. Not only did I want a design for the cabinet to suit my spooky-creepy-cute aesthetic, but I also wanted the cabinet to have lights in it – light that would stream out of holes in the doors/etc to glow when my overhead lights were off.

Witch Hands wall art

DIY glazed witch hand wall art

In my continuing story of adding things I find dark, creepy, macabre, and beautiful to my gothic gallery wall(s), I ran across the Witch Hand Wall Art – Home Decor Piece from Hysteria Machine. I follow them on Instagram (and if you don’t, and love this kind of thing, you should too…) and instantly loved this art piece which is adorned with their trademark beautiful filigree elements. However, I knew it was outside my budget, so it just sat in the back of my mind… until Halloween came around, and with it, cool hand-shaped things from Michael’s and the dollar store.

Gothic death head moth hair slide

An embroidered death-head moth hair slide with a silver-tone hair stick

A friend of mine makes gorgeous laced and spiked leather hair slides – and it got me thinking of hair slides.. but for me – embroidered with what is slowly becoming kind of like a secondary personal brand… the death head moth.  (It’s not really… I just have put it on a number of projects…) Of course, that means digging through my stash of fabrics, and my first choice was pulling out some burgundy ultra suede, harvested from a really old-fashioned car coat I inherited a number of years ago.

Wearing an embroidered death-head moth hair slide with a silver-tone hair stick

(my friend doesn’t have any of her hair slides up on her Instagram or her website at the moment, but check out her other leather work here)

Two more bat wing necklaces

Minty green DIY gothic craft vinyl bat wing collar necklace

Before I lost access to the maker space and their Cameo Silhouette 3 cutting machine, I had a long list of cool things I wanted to try – and this bat wing necklace was nearly at the top of the list!

In my last post I shared the first version of this necklace, but after finishing that one, I made two more, first changing the size, and then changing how the necklace connects at the front.

Today I’m sharing those second and third necklaces, and figuring out what version I like best…

Bat wing necklace

DIY bat-wing collar style necklace in green vinyl

Before I lost access to the maker space and their Cameo Silhouette 3 cutting machine, I had a long list of cool things I wanted to try – and this bat wing necklace was nearly at the top of the list!

I first got the idea from (the currently closed) @shopjennymachete‘s bat wing harness. I loved the idea, though I didn’t really want to make a harness. Worn backwards though it looked so much like the collar on a shirt – or a necklace!