A Strange & Terrible Beauty

With Halloween at the end of the month, October seemed like the perfect time to dip into the darker side of Etsy. For this month’s round-up, I looked for beautiful pieces with just a little edge of creepiness, weirdness or darkness. And I’m kind of loving how this round-up turned out.

A Strange & Terrible Beauty by Dragonflight Dreams


Polyp Night lamp – Juniper w…

$94

Waterfall Landscape 432 blac…

$199

Copper Metal Cuff, Wired Cuf…

$85

Leather Journal, blue journa…

$192.5

Black Leather ‘Maja’…

$70

Black Vine Half Mask,womens,…

$160

Black ocean wave necklace -…

$34

Beautiful Hand Carved Tribal…

$399.99

1-layer twist ring (black) 3…

$15

Wing – 5″x5″ print

$8

Silver Rib Cage Ring in Soli…

$75

Winter Tree Branch Stemless …

$60

Mini Bulbosa Air Plant Conta…

$12

Mutual

$1800

DIANA / Gold Pentagon Cage M…

$100

Spiky Mug Made To Order Blac…

$30

I’m pretty much lusting after that journal. And I sort of love the ribcage ring, even though I don’t normally go in for the macabre. Also, bonus points to fellow YA readers who got the title reference. 😉

What do you think? Do you like Etsy’s darker side?

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Book Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs This was a refreshingly different read. Riggs combines contemporary and historical fiction, mystery, children with paranormal abilities, and (extremely creepy) found photographs to create something a bit off the beaten track, book-wise. The main character, Jacob, thought that all of his grandfather’s stories about monsters and children with peculiar abilities were just that – stories. Until the night he finds his grandfather torn apart and dying in the woods – and sees something he can’t explain. His grandfather’s last words send Jacob on a quest to the little island off Wales […]

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