Store Spotlight - Dellamorte & Co.

Well, if there's a shop I've been pining over for literally years, it's this one. Dellamorte & Co. makes some of the most awesome shit for the home I've ever seen. A number of their items have been on my wish-list for a long time, the only thing that holds me back is the cost of shipping weighty items internationally, but I reckon they're worth saving for.

Amor Aeternus Wall Plaque

Dellamorte & Co. makes statues, vases, magnets, barware, wall plaques, lights, and more; everything the macabre household could do with to improve upon its macabreness. Each piece of quality dark art for the home is handmade to order. Much of the inspiration comes from the wish to create functional art, and it is precisely that; many of the things you can find there are not just for display, but to use.

You can find anatomically correct heart-shaped vases, realistic skull planters, tombstone magnets, tentacle winestoppers, and much more. Also can be found exquisitely morbid items purely for decoration, such as wall plaques that look like they've been taken from centuries old sepulchres. At Christmas time, you can decorate with cheerful Krampus decor, or hang the Headless Horseman from your tree.

Anatomical Heart Vase in black

The only piece I own is a conjoined twin fetal skull, which was gifted to me a few years ago. It takes pride of place in the centre of my living room's display cabinet. It's always been one of my favourite decorations, and I have, like I said, pined to own more ever since. Dellamorte & Co. has managed to find the balance between spooky and classy. A lot of home decorations can look cheap and Halloweeny, whereas these pieces are pleasingly morbid as well as elegant and smart.

Fruit Bat Wine Accessory Set

If you are someone who decorates for Halloween all year round, and likes to do it with style, then you should definitely visit Dellamorte & Co's online store. Their pieces also make excellent gifts for fans of the dark and macabre, as I said, my piece was a gift, and one of the coolest I ever remember receiving. Thank you for visiting, hope I've given you something new to admire!
Until next week x

Make a Bat Wall!

Instructional video:


A wall of bats is an easy way to make your bedroom, living room, or hallway look cooler and creepier. It's an effective and cheap Halloween decoration, or for all year round!

Our house is called The Belfry and a wall with a permanent flock of bats is naturally an essential feature, so I'm showing you how to make this fun, simple, and effective decoration idea. You can download and print out the bat template I used, or you can draw your own, whatever you like. Making them different sizes can give the illusion of distance as well. Be creative and enjoy!

Below is the image I used as a template, I found it at ActivityVillage and cropped it to size for you.

You will need:

• Scissors or a craft knife
• A piece of cardboard
• Sheets of black card or stiff paper
• Blu-Tack 
• Glue stick
• A white pencil

Ps: If you make this, take a photo and link it in a comment below, or stick it on Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #blackfridaybatwall   - Happy Halloween!

GIANT photo post of DOOM

By special request, here are some close ups of the stuff on "the shrine", which suddenly exploded into being the most popular thing I have ever put on Tumblr. Oooer.

I bought this skull very recently on my holiday. You can also see the one wee shard that remains of my once impressive crystal quartz collection. The two goblets are the ones Mr Owl and I take to parties, since it's always smart to bring your own cup just in case. On the right is a replica kitten skull.

We were given the large Crystal Head Vodka bottle as an engagement present, and I recently found the miniature one, to give him a wee friend. The brass candlestick is actually pretty special to me, it was the one thing I got from my Grandparents' house after they died. I'd always rather liked it. 

Bat incense holder, fuck yeah.

Anyway, moving along, I took a few more photos of bits of my apartment. I suck at doing things, just in general....

In our wee community, everyone names their house. Our's is The Belfry. Naturally, we have a wall of bats.

This is down the end of the hallway, pile of bones and a creepyish tree that makes pretty light.

It's hard to tell but the red blanket is patterned with a flock of bats. It is SO COOL. And fluffy. The cushions I made and hand-painted myself. Guitars and amps in the background blah blah.

Purple Death is a drink that really knows how to sell itself. The label reads:

"An unusual "Rough-As-Guts" aperitif that has the distinctive bouquet of horse shit and old tram tickets. It is best drunk with the teeth clenched  to prevent the ingestion of any foreign bodies. Connoisseurs will savour the slight tannin tastes of old tea leaves and burnt cat fur. Possessors of a cultivated palate will admire the initial assault on the taste buds which comes from the careful and loving blending of animal manure and perished jock straps strained through an old miner's sock. The maturing in small pigs' bladders gives it a very definite nose. Marketed under the Saviour Brand (9 out of 10 people who drink it for the first time exclaim "Je-e-esus Chri-ist")."

Therefore it takes pride of place on top of the bookshelf. The skull is a real cow skull, and the black roses were in a rather lovely glass vase which my cat has very kindly relieved me of the burden of owning, by breaking it into a thousand tiny bits.

Miniature bottles are so cute! Especially when they are Kraken Rum. Also, black teapots. 

My fruit bowl is a spiderweb. Currently sans fruit. 

Candle scones and smashingtastic art from Chuck Hodi in the hallway.

This wicked clock was brought back from Australia by Mr Owl recently, it's pretty fucking cool. I'm a big fan of Madam Talbot's posters, this is one of four I have. 

My key-holder is a bat. 

Um well, that's probably enough for this giant freaking post. Anything more will have to wait, don't worry, I'm nearly done. 'Til next time! x

My Bonnie Wee Hoose

Like I said, I've been wanting to photograph our pretty apartment, but I've been too lazy to do the whole lot at once, so here's a couple more photos, looks like I'm doing it in bits! Oh by the way, just to clarify, whenever I talk about Mr Owl I mean my handsome clever lovely smashing-all-round fiancé guy.
We call each other Mr and Mrs Owl because we're not lame at all.

This is part of our living room. We call it "the shrine" because we don't know what else to call it. The deer skull is real! If you look carefully you will see a kitten skull (not real), a bat incense holder, and a mini crystal skull bottle next to its large friend. 

A few people asked to see what was in the background of my videos, so here it is! This is the top of a shelf. You can just see my meat cleaver cameo earrings from Horribell hanging there. I fucking love the skeleton covered clock in the centre. The framed photo is the first picture Mr Owl and I took together.

The box contains all my Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab imps, there are over 30 inside. I want more. MOAR. The bottles are all BPAL perfumes, some rare or long since discontinued. Most are deathly scented. There is also a rather cliché bottle of patchouli oil there. 

There we are then! More photos will come shortly, I promise x