weekend wrap-up (inthecrystalpalace Etsy treasuries)

Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Here's a look at the gorgeous Etsy treasuries that inthecrystalpalace was recently featured in:

An All Etsy Christmas curated by KumoTemari

(featuring hush now, an Emily Dickinson-inspired assemblage by Kym Hepworth)

making christmas curated by wintergarden

(featuring Ho Ho Ho Ho, Robin Miller's original Christmas Santa collage)

Parisian Pastels curated by Aurelas

(featuring Kym's mixed media assemblage, Louise Brooks)

A very dark Christmas curated by zenmasterflash

(featuring Robin's Christmas collage, Ho Ho Ho Ho)

Sweetness Follows curated by SeaLilyStudio

(featuring Reliquary, a Victorian mourning art-inspired assemblage by Kym Hepworth)

the daytime fantasies of the tragically hip curated by fabrikastudio

(featuring Robin Miller's collage pendant, Dirty Brats Yonder, Where's the Soap?)

Oh What a Beautiful Mourning curated by zoelogy

(featuring Kym's Victorian Gothic assemblage, Reliquary)

In Love with Mary Jane curated by Earthspalette

(featuring Balloons, a whimsical collage magnet by Robin Miller)

Many thanks to the creative and talented curators for including us in their beautiful collections!

drool (inthecrystalpalace's Etsy treasuries)

There's only a couple more days before Thanksgiving. Are you ready? Neither are we, but, we're looking forward to it. Until turkey day officially arrives, feast your eyes on these scrumptious beauties! Lots of gorgeous handmade and vintage items to drool over. Here's a look at the latest Etsy treasuries featuring items in our shop, inthecrystalpalace:

 

In A Blue Velvet Frame Of Mind curated by BlueMagpieDesign

(featuring hush now, an Emily Dickinson-inspired assemblage by Kym Hepworth)

Still Some Autumn Glow beneath the Snow curated by TableTopJewels

(featuring Robin Miller's unique kitchen art, Sunrise)

Do What You Love, Love What You Do (Gifts For Him) curated by VimVigorVintage

(featuring Robin's Mad Men collage pendant, Bachelor, His Faults Were Legion)

electric eclectic curated by paperandpast

(featuring Kym Hepworth's dark romantic assemblage, This Bird Had Flown)

Cornershop - Norwegian Wood

Etsy Parla L'Italiano curated by callmemimi

(featuring Oh Love, It's Ducky, romantic jewelry by Robin Miller)

Thank you, BlueMagpieDesign, TableTopJewels, VimVigorVintage, paperandpast, and callmemimi, for including us in your lovely and creative collections! 

weekend wrap-up: inthecrystalpalace's Etsy treasuries

Feeling well rested and ready to get your week going? Maybe we'll just ease into it. inthecrystalpalace was featured in some beautiful Etsy treasuries over the weekend:

strange magic curated by ellemoss

(featuring The Widow, a Victorian mourning art-inspired assemblage by Kym Hepworth)

Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic

our story curated by Gavin
(featuring Balls To The Wall II, an encaustic painting by Robin Miller)

Soft White curated by DecadesOfVintage
(featuring Robin's original framed abstract collage, Blossom)

Snow Predicted at Midnight curated by NifticVintage
(featuring hush now, an Emily Dickinson-inspired assemblage by Kym Hepworth)

Terrific, Terrific, Terrific curated by CrocodileUndees
(featuring Robin Miller's unique collage kitchen magnet, Sunrise)

Many thanks to the creative curators for including us!

A Ghost Story: Part 1 - a new Etsy treasury

One of inthecrystalpalace's assemblages, Called Back (Emily Dickinson), is featured in a haunting and romantic treasury, A Ghost Story: Part 1, curated by devilette1 on Etsy:

Here's a link to devilette1's shop - thanks for including us! 

And here's a link to the treasury on Etsy. Please click on the items and visit the shops!

Called Back (Emily Dickinson)

Here's another new assemblage that was recently added to our Etsy shop, In The Crystal Palace:

Kym Hepworth, Called Back (Emily Dickinson), 2011, mixed media, 10 x 23 5/8 x 3 in.

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Called Back

Just lost when I was saved!

Just felt the world by by!

Just girt me for the onset of eternity,

When breath blew back,

And on the other side

I heard recede the disappointed tide!

Therefore, as one returned, I feel,

Odd secrets of the line to tell!

Some sailor, skirting foreign shores,

Some pale reporter from the awful doors

Before the seal!

Next time, to stay!

Next time, the things to see

By ear unheard,

Unscrutinized by eye.

Next time, to tarry,

While the ages steal, -

Slow tramp the centuries,

And the cycles wheel.

- Emily Dickinson

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The title of this assemblage alludes to Emily Dickinson's gravestone epitaph (see image below). The right panel of the piece, in which a old wall telephone is nestled inside a wreath, playfully refers back to this. The overall color scheme of the piece is white and pale blue. Emily Dickinson is immediately associated with white: She began wearing white sometime in the 1860's when she was in her 30's. She was buried in white and enclosed in a white casket. In the left panel of the assemblage, her portrait is framed inside a white wreath. The wreath is meant to suggest a bridal wreath. In mourning art imagery, a bridal wreath represents the death of a bride. The middle panel of the assemblage has a butterfly with a downward pointing skeleton's hand. Again, in mourning art imagery, the butterfly symbolizes the soul in resurrection, while a finger pointing downwards indicates the Finger of God taking the deceased home; sudden death or mortality.

Kym Hepworth, Emily Dickinson's gravestone (Called Back)

Kym Hepworth, detail, Emily Dickinson's grave

Kym Hepworth, sunflowers, New Orleans