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Thursday, July 09, 2009 

Everyone sleeps.

Everyone dreams.

A few of us mumble, chatter, moan or laugh while in a dream state, building an audible window between fantasy and reality.

Dion McGregor, however, delivered a soundtrack of audible atomic bombs. This virtuoso of somniloquy (talking in one's sleep) built 'dream skyscrapers' and narrated every last private detail. Astounded by Dion's evening performances, his roommate recorded hundreds of dreams and sent them to a studio where an album was produced in 1964: He talks in His Sleep.


Dion McGregor

A book was also published that year containing the transcripts of a wider selection of McGregor's dreams, illustrated by none other than the famous Edward Gorey:








Dion McGregor is the greatest sleeptalker in recorded history. In another age, the brilliance of his slumbered monologues would have seen him branded a spirit medium or a sorcerer, subjected him to persecution for demonic possession, or led to his being declared insane. But in this slightly more enlightened era, sleeptalking as sparkling as Dion McGregor's can only be celebrated. His dream-stories are so unique that a special word had to be coined just to describe them. And so, what you're about to hear are the somniloquies of Dion McGregor.

Unlike your average garden-variety sleeptalker, whose utterings rarely go beyond a few indistinct words here and there or perhaps the occasional semi-coherent mumbled sentence, Dion McGregor actually dreams out loud, verbalizing fully-realized miniature dramas of the subconscious. His clear articulation is underscored by the noises of the New York City street traffic below his open second-story window. The somniloquies of Dion McGregor are among the damnedest sounds you'll ever hear. 

In one sense, Dion McGregor's dreams are not really all that different from those of us mortals. Like ours, the premises of his dreams are unearthly takes on real-life events and thoughts, their plots prone to labyrinthine twists and broad leaps of logic. The premise is usually resolved (although, alas, in his case almost never happily so). But this is where the similarity to the dreams of ordinary people the dreams of Dion McGregor end. Quite unlike the rest of us, Dion McGregor narrated his dreams, in a fey, slightly distracted and sometimes insolent voice, the irregularity of his cadences only amplifying the hypnotic effect. Only Dion McGregor's dreams were so incessantly tape recorded. And only Dion McGregor's dreams were the end-products of such an unbridled subvoluntary imagination. - Phil Milstein



Most of the album is far too racy for many as Dion is spouting the innermost secrets of his subconscious mind, so I've included a PG rated track in this blog. However, if you are so inclined, please feel free to visit here or here to listen to dreams of a more outrageous nature.

For further exploration into Dion's dreams, investigate these albums:



Dion McGregor Dreams Again


Deep into that darkness peering,
long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting,
dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
- Edgar Allan Poe

Warm Wishes,






Sources:
www.myspace.com/dionmcgregor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_McGregor
www.songpoemmusic.com/dion/bklt_nts.htm

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Tuesday, July 07, 2009 
Many of us harbor at least one secret quirk.

A small number of us are downright eccentric.

Fewer, yet, are those of us who dance on the border of genius and despair.

At what point does one tumble off the edge into madness? Ba't and I dared to probe the mechanics of the madman while in attendance at:

Psycho: Music & Movie


featured at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX. For those planning a future visit to Austin, an evening spent at theDrafthouse is on many top 10 must see lists on the city. Whether you have a penchant for foreign films, suffer from Monster Mania, or just want to bear witness to the infamous Air Sex Championships held annually at the venue, AlamoDrafthouse offers events to please every palate. 


“The root of Alamo’s success is in its love for movies. They’vecreated a concept that appeals to other film freaks and to movie-goers craving a more exciting and inspiring experience. Milk Duds® and Twizzlers® won’t suffice an Alamo moviegoer. That’s why the Alamo serves dinner and drinks during each show. Because real movie freaks disdain on-screen advertising, the Alamo doesn’t show them -- never will. Instead, the Alamo creates its own wacky pre-show entertainment full of homemade commercial spoofs and wacky previews from obscure and offbeat films. The Alamo is so cool, QuentinTarantino chooses to host his own movie festival at the Alamo every year.“ – John Moore of Brand Autopsy

Can you tell I'm a fan? Having attended a previous event earlier this year -- A Valentine's Blood Feast screening Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Ba't and I knew we were in for an amazing ride, and the evening didn't disappoint. 

First up: A brief, introductory talk tying in the music / movie theme: 

'Musicians who were Psycho'

by 3 time Pulitzer Prize nominee, P. Kellach Waddle. A brilliant composer and bass musician in his own right, his last nomination was for String Quintet #5, inspired by the writings of Kurt Vonnegut. He was the perfect host for the night's festivities. 


Robert Schumann 

Following a latent bout of syphilis thought to have been contracted during his years at the University, Schumann began to see visions of angels and demons. He developed a fear of high places, death, drugs, and all metal instruments (including keys). He also wrote in his diary of his hearing affliction, in which he had the note A5 ringing in his ears loudly and without cease for most of his life. Can you imagine attempting to compose music (not to mention trying to keep your sanity) with a continuous sound clanging in your ears? He entered voluntarily into an insane asylum fearing he might do harm to his wife, and remained until his death.

 
 


Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky

A musical genius and troubled man, Tchaikovsky spent his entire adulthood hiding his sexual identity from a society not prepared to accept it. He attempted marriage to a woman he did not love, and dissolved the union soon after the ceremony due to utter disgust! His private journal contains a 40 page entry dedicated to 'that vile creature', in which he goes on at length about his abhorrence for his new bride. Soon after thedissolution of his marriage, he wrote a letter to a friend stating there is "nothing more futile than wanting to be anything other than what I am by nature." He chose to remain a bachelor for the rest of his life. An eccentric composer, it has been said that Tchaikovsky would conduct with his right hand while holding his chin in his left hand, because he believed that his head would go flying off his shoulders while in the process of conducting. 

 

A short classical concert was next on our evening's agenda, complete with soprano vocals, paying homage to Schumann and Tchaikovsky. Intermission brought us sections of the musical score of both Psycho and Vertigo, two of Hitchcock's most famous films.

Now, for the main attraction: without further ado, let the movie begin!

  
        


"Psycho is one of the most influential horror films in history. For the first time in cinema, the monster was a next door neighbor, a person you worked with, the guy behind the counter -- not a vampire or werewolf or other unbelievablefigment of someone’s imagination. No one had ever seen this kind of brutality before in a movie theater.




Credit for Psycho’s brilliance must also be given to three other people; Bernard Herrmann’s perfectly crafted score, Joseph Stefano’s flawless script taken from Robert Bloch’s novel, and Anthony Perkins’ masterful portrayal of Norman Bates. All of which gave Psycho it’s elevation to perfection." - Lee Roberts


Anthony Perkins


A Bit of Trivia: Spoiler Alert!

* Robert Bloch's original novel was inspired by the notorious serial killer Ed Gein who was also one of the inspirations for the character of Hannibal Lector (The Silence of the Lambs). In February 1959, galleys of a novel by Robert Bloch called Psycho made the rounds at Paramount. Its title character was based loosely on Ed Gein, the Wisconsin farmer who had skinned his female neighbors and decorated his home with the body parts.


Ed Gein

Gein was later found to have had a difficult relationship with his mother. The studio found all of this too grisly, but the novel was praised in the crime fiction column of the New York Times. That got the attention of director Alfred Hitchcock.


Alfred Hitchcock


* The novel "Psycho", written by Robert Bloch, was actually part of a series of pulp novels marketed in conjunction with the popular spooky radio show "Inner Sanctum". 


* The Bates house was largely modeled on an oil painting at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The canvas is called "House by the Railroad" and was painted in 1925 by American iconic artist Edward Hopper. The architectural details, viewpoint and austere sky is almost identical as seen in the film.





* Alfred Hitchcock even had a canvas chair with "Mrs. Bates" written on the back prominently placed and displayed on the set throughout shooting. This further added to the enigma surrounding who was the actress playing Mrs. Bates.



* The stabbing scene in the shower is reported to have taken seven days to shoot using 70 different camera angles but only lasts 45 seconds in the movie. 

* The sound that the knife makes penetrating the flesh is actually the sound of a knife stabbing a casaba melon.


Hitchcock & Leigh



Janet Leigh


* According to Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, the censor board for the Hays Office (later the MPAA) wrangled with Hitchcock because some censors insisted they could see one of Janet Leigh's breasts. Hitchcock held onto the print for several days, left it untouched, and resubmitted it for approval. Astoundingly, each of the censors reversed their positions—those who had previously seen the breast now did not, and those who had not, now did. They passed the film after the director removed one shot that showed the buttocks of Leigh's stand-in. The board was also upset by the racy opening, so Hitchcock said that if they let him keep the shower scene he would reshoot the opening with them on the set. Since they did not show up for the reshoot, the opening stayed. 


*Alfred Hitchcock tested the fear factor of Mother's corpse by placing it in Janet Leigh's dressing room and listening to how loud she screamed when she discovered it there. 


* After the film's release Alfred Hitchcock received an angry letter from the father of a girl who refused to have a bath after seeing Les diaboliques (1955) and now refused to shower after seeing this film. Hitchcock sent a note back simply saying, "Send her to the dry cleaners."




* Alfred Hitchcock received several letters from ophthalmologists who noted that Janet Leigh's eyes were still contracted during the extreme closeups after her character's death. The pupils of a true corpse dilate after death. They told Hitchcock he could achieve a proper dead-eye effect by using belladonna drops (one of the most toxic plants found in the Western hemisphere). Hitchcock did so in all his later films. 


I shall leave you with a few lines of a Schumann song to ease you into sleep: 


I bear no grudge, and when my heart is breaking
I truly saw you in my dreams
And saw the night in the room of your heart, 
And saw the snake that bites your heart;
I saw, my dear, how truly miserable you are. 





Sweet Dreams,







Sources:
www.imdb.com 
www.best-horror-movies.com 
www.solarnavigator.net
www.thisdistractedglobe.com
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 

Ants After Dark: The Main Event
Guest Blogger: Barrett Klein

Allow me to introduce myself. As a relative newcomer to After Dark, and to Natasha's fabulous life, I happily and humbly invite you into my world of embracing science and art. Growing up with a family of artists, it was natural for me to spend time in my father's art gallery or surrounded by my mother's artwork. My identical twin brother is a brain imaging scientist and professor at Columbia University and my older sister is a marvelous musician and luthier at her violin shop, Korinthian Violins. As for me, at five years old I became enamored with insects and have retained a love of insects ever since. Almost everything I have accomplished, from making natural history displays at Chase Studio and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), to teaching and conducting behavioral research, has revolved around insects.

Creating dung beetles for the Hall of Biodiversity. Photo: Denis Finnin, AMNH



Praying mantis in the Hall of Biodiversity, AMNH.



Battling scarab beetles. Photo: Denis Finnin, AMNH


While my dissertation involves SLEEP behavior in honey bees...

Barrett in Germany


Sleeping Bees


Thermal Bees

It is difficult to focus exclusively on my honey bees when so many opportunities arise bringing science and art together. Here are two:

Faux Frogs -- the study of mate selection by female frogs in Panama, using robots. I make the frogs and Joey Stein (of Moey Inc) makes a computer-controlled unit that regulates the singing and inflation of the faux frog's vocal sac.

Faux Frog


Illustrating a damselfly field guide, written by John Abbott:



It was only natural for me to be drawn to Natasha and to After Dark's creations. With an affection and admiration for nature, Natasha shares my desire to uniquely and esthetically incorporate and highlight nature in art. It is a privilege for me to join After Dark and to be able to introduce myself to you, After Dark's international family. 

Now that you know who I am, I can share with you one odd evening here at After Dark:

The night we celebrated ANTS.

The occasion? Fellow ant biologist Sasha M. is moving. A festival honoring ants (and Sasha) was long overdue. The venue? After Dark's H.Q., nestled in the pulsating heart of Austin. How to celebrate our ubiquitous neighbors, those six-legged animals with a keen sense of smell, efficient division of labor, and profoundly social organization? We decided that a fitting honor would take several forms through the night, including what must be Austin's very first ANT OLYMPIAD, followed by readings, and potluck film feast! As an entomologist interested in insects' impact on human culture, I had an easy time selecting the haute couture for the phantasmagoria: 

Readings, simultaneously in French and English: Bernard Weber's Empire of the Ants.

Potluck: Feast befitting of ants, including Liz M's Ants on Logs.

Films: Our cinematic entertainment included The Naked Jungle, followed by Phase IV.

The Naked Jungle: 1954 classic in which Charlton Heston is no match for either a raiding mass of Amazonian army ants OR the acting skills of his female lead.


Phase IV is a 1974 trippy feature starring an inexplicable (and, for the most part, unexplained) takeover of planet Earth by an unprecedented association of different ant species (led by a spider wasp queen, for good measure). The arms race between a pair of human scientists and their intelligent ant adversaries inspired awe, fear, and respect (if not from some of our audience, at least from the scientists within the film). The classic film THEM! would be left for Ants: The Sequel, to be planned at a later date. 

The MAIN EVENT for the evening, however was a test of wits and skills. We set up the equivalent of an 800 meter human sprint competition, but instead of pitting one political regime against another, we set up a single elimination tournament across SPECIES of ants.


INSTRUCTIONS:

Step 1: Collect ants from front yard. Upon cursory examination, you might naively assume that a tiny ant is a tiny ant and that your front yard consists of one species of tiny ant. Take a closer look. We used vials, a magnifier (20x with LED light), and gathered five species of ants belonging to four different genera within minutes of starting our search. (If you don't have an expert ant biologist on hand, distinguish species by gross anatomical differences, being careful not to race one member of a colony against her larger sister).


Step 2: Ant wrangling. Insert one ant from each genus into one end of a clear PVC tube, small diameter preferable. Pinch tube both behind and in front of ant until the racing gun goes off. Dramatically fling currency on racing table (for effect), choose sides, and feel the weight of imminent victory or defeat in the air.


Step 3: Once a victor has been determined for each heat, continue until one champion obliterates her competition, then allow your adrenaline levels to drop, and carefully return each ant to her respective point of collection in the front yard.

THE PLAYERS: 

THE CARPENTER ANT (Camponotus sp.) Photo: Alex Wild

Tree-dwelling, common predator of unusual size and uncanny ability, the carpenter ant is able to surmount vertical surfaces with aplomb. This ant is known to unmercifully chomp wood.



THE ACROBAT ANT (Crematogaster sp.) Photo: Alex Wild

Twisting, weaving, and evasively maneuvering, the acrobat ant dances with unpredictable grace. She holds her rear end high over her body while on the run.


THE FIRE ANT (Solenopsis sp.) Photo: Alex Wild

The bane of many humans, this fiery mound-builder should serve as a harsh reminder that this ant is not to be trifled with.


THE ROVER ANT (Brachymyrmex sp.) Photo: Alex Wild

Miniscule, will this tiny adversary overcome her larger competition? Before you dismiss her, remember Bruce Lee's sage advice when locals were betting on fighting mantids in Enter the Dragon.



Who was our Austin ant CHAMPION? 

Stay tuned for the answer in the next blog installment... 

and feel free to cast YOUR vote!
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Friday, June 12, 2009 
All good things must come to an end.


The lighting has been carefully chosen.




The table has been artfully arranged.







A bouquet of night flowers waits for your arrival.




After Dark Jewelry respectfully invites you to:




The Retirement Party

Please join us in wishing farewell to many cherished designs as we forge a path for new jewelry creations! This week is the last opportunity to rescue these beloved jewels at a discounted price prior to their final demise this summer:

Arcane Heirloom Necklace 
Duchess Necklace 
Eternity Necklace 
Lily Necklace 
Queen Marie Necklace 
Athena Cameo Necklace 
Avalon Necklace 
Black Beetle Necklace 
Night Wing Enslaved Necklace 
Night Wing Necklace 
Pirate Queen Necklace 
Queen’s Court Necklace 
Requiem Necklace 
Velvet Poison Necklace

Alexandra Choker
Angelique Choker 
Black Rose Portrait Choker 
Isabella Choker 
Katerina Choker 
Lilian Choker 
Morrigan Choker 
Natalia Choker 
Victorian Choker 

Serpent Earrings 
Viper Chandelier Earrings 

Several others will undergo design construction in the near future while we divide them into new categories, each with a uniquely elegant theme. This will be an adventurous and exciting summer! In addition to the sale, the After Dark Jewelry Family would like to make the following announcement:

In celebration of our move to Austin, Texas, home of the largest urban bat population in the world, After Dark Jewelry will donate 5% of every sale from this point forward to Bat Conservation International. A small line of bat-inspired jewelry will also be released later this year in which 50% of all profits will be donated to BCI. Please assist After Dark Jewelry in supporting a cause so close to our hearts.



A cherished Austin resident: The Mexican Free-Tailed Bat




Sharing space with the bats: Austin at dusk


About the Austin Congress Avenue Bridge Bats:
The Congress Avenue Bridge spans Town Lake in downtown Austin and is home to the largest urban bat colony in North America. The colony is estimated at 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats. Each night from mid-March to November, the bats emerge from under the bridge at dusk to blanket the sky as they head out to forage for food. This event has become one of the most spectacular and unusual tourist attractions in Texas. The most spectacular bat flights are during hot, dry August nights, when multiple columns of bats emerge. 

Information from Bat Conservation International's Website: 
BCI’s conservation efforts have resulted in permanent protection for a majority of North America's most important remaining bat caves, saved millions of bats from being accidentally buried during mine safety closures, and led to the establishment of the first national park in U.S. history to protect a tropical rain forest. BCI has sponsored research documenting the key roles of bats in major ecosystems, supported training for graduate students in 55 countries, and trained hundreds of wildlife managers from more than 20 countries in bat management and conflict avoidance techniques. Today, BCI is expanding its bat conservation goals, and through its growing worldwide partnerships, is multiplying the impact of every dollar invested. 82¢ of each dollar raised goes directly to fund conservation, education, and research that helps bats and the ecosystems that rely on them, a higher proportion than reported by seven of America’s 10 largest conservation organizations. Much remains to be done as we educate an increasingly urbanized generation to appreciate and live in harmony with the natural world. BCI has shown that bats and people can live together in harmony with great mutual benefit. Furthermore, we have reestablished millions of bats, where without timely intervention there would now be few or none. Bats are an irreplaceable and invaluable natural resource that simply must be protected. Nevertheless, they still rank among the world's most misunderstood and endangered wildlife, hence BCI's continuing mission.


We never know the wealth of water till the well is dry.
- Thomas Fuller

Warmth and Love,

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Monday, June 08, 2009 

Ever hungry for more inspiration, I scour the Internet daily for tidbits of delicious fodder for After Dark's upcoming anatomical collection.

THIS is not what I had in mind. Every time I look at this frosted monstrosity my body wages instant war: with face contorted in disgust, I alternate between belly laughs and slight retching. As hilarious as it would be to give to someone else, how many of you would really line up to nibble on one of those pretty little toes?

I'll pass. Ewww.


Nibbling aside, I will freely admit my life-long obsession with foot binding. I clearly remember stepping up to the help desk in the Youth section of my local library at the tender and impressionable age of 9.

"May I help you"?

I should have asked about Little House on the Prairie.

Or Charlotte's Web, or Little Women.

But, I didn't.

Instead, I asked if she had any books on Chinese Foot Binding.




And, in the moment of comprehension which followed her reaction, I first understood that I was different.

Today, evidence of my obsession is still alive and well on the walls of the After Dark Bungalow. Why, just a trip to the powder room is all you'll need to catch up on the latest style of lotus wear!




The desire to radically alter the human form to gain greater acceptance is endlessly fascinating as the subject hits so close to home -- albeit on a smaller scale. My 'golden lotus' shoes are a gentle but firm reminder:



Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
- Denis De Rougemont


In other news:

Hope and I are deep in a quagmire of Perl script and are doggedly wading through miles of code in order to teach ourselves how to change the website. FINALLY! So, apologies are certainly in order for the appearance of the site these past few days. However, we are determined to get it in tip-top shape by Friday, because we are having a sale! More info to come later in the week. In the meantime, here's another tidbit 'o creepy to tide you over till we meet again:

The creepiness continues... complete with video! Jen's delectable Cake Wrecks blog is one of the funniest on the net and has quickly become a favorite. Eat up!


Warmly,
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009 


Photo Credit: Another Partial Success


Sometimes, you just KNOW you've made the right decision. A pivotal fork rises from the ground and splits your life into two potential paths, and a choice must be made. Night sweats and daymares persist through the first tentative step into new territory. Only then, when you are in your most vulnerable state -- when there is no turning back and you've plunged head first onto the asphalt, hoping to escape the transition with only a skinned elbow or two -- do you you actually find out if you've chosen the correct path.

And then the sun comes out and slaps you on the ass. The planets align, the tiki gods grin in your direction, and you realize you should have moved to Austin six months ago.

Hope no doubt faced similar angst when driving cross-country to work for an eccentric accessory designer she'd not yet met, leaving her fiance, family and friends to spend three months in After Dark Jewelry Land. Wanting to leave a sunny first impression, I whisked her off to Mayfield Park for a picnic with the peacocks.














I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

- Robert Frost

Warmth and Love,


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Monday, June 01, 2009 
My Dear Friends,

I have been out of touch with much of the world for quite some time due to an attempt to re-evaluate, re-organize, and prioritize my life. This period of necessary change has been a daunting climb and a humbling journey -- one in which creativity was lost and found several times along the way. There are two distinct aspects of my personality which seem to be forever battling for control.

I am Natasha: fun-loving, friendly, over-the-top artist!

Photo: High Art



I am also Kristie: bookish, bespectacled hermit who flees from the first whiff of conflict.



I am learning to control and diminish my less-than-desirable personality traits, but will forever be a work in progress.

Despite these flaws, I'm sharing ME for the first time, with you.

My new blog, Life After Dark, is a very personal exercise in vulnerability. I must learn to accept myself, my surroundings, and my artistic ability as they are right at this moment instead of hiding myself until perfection is obtained. This is a very public kick-in-the-ass, and all fingers are pointed straight at me.

So, the good, the bad, and the artistically ugly will be up for all to see, and I'm going to learn to love it...

Just as I am.

This blog is for my Mama and for my gigantic family who are hundreds and thousands of miles away.

This blog is for my neglected friends whom I love and cherish even though many think they've been forgotten.

This blog is for those who think I dislike them because of my infrequent or non-existent communication. I'm sorry.

This blog is for those of you who have an internal war raging between Can & Can't, Will & Won't, and Do & Don't.

This blog is for Ba't, my muse.

And, this blog is for me.


Life evolves, and so have I. A 1920's bungalow situated next to an abandoned carousel in Austin, Texas is where I now call home. I work full-time once again from my home studio, and have the most loving and selfless assistant imaginable -- 'The Goddess' Minerva.



Hope, After Dark's remarkably talented new intern joins us for the summer, and she has already blown me away with her skill and her eye for design. Hope designed the blog layout and has created a collage filled to the brim with my favorite things. Thank you, Hope!

I'm elbow-deep in After Dark Jewelry's new anatomical collection, which is far removed from past designs. the website and logo will change to reflect the aesthetic of the new collection, so it's going to be an eventful and challenging summer! I'm feeling more creative and inspired than ever before. You will hear from me again.





Warmth and Love,

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Friday, December 05, 2008 
The After Dark Jewelry annual Holiday sale is upon us again, and it is our largest sale in history! Save 40 percent off every item on the website! We have also added a Gift Certificate feature to our website. Simply purchase a certificate in your chosen amount and the gift certificate will be emailed directly to you. After Dark Jewelry makes the perfect gift for any woman -- we have designs that are sure to be cherished always, a magical and dark gift to fulfill her holiday wishes. Every After Dark Jewelry item is wrapped in a black gift box or velvet pouch with our logo. This 12 day sale ends Monday, December 15th, so don't delay!


www.afterdarkjewelry.com



Holiday Shipping Deadline Information:

Thank you for allowing After Dark Jewelry to be a part of your Holiday celebration! We have a few tips for our customers who are planning to purchase gifts for loved ones during the Holiday Season:

Due to the hand-made nature of After Dark Jewelry designs and the Holiday rush we must receive your order by December 15th in order to have it in your hands by December 23rd. Please note: mail-in payments will not be processed in time for the holidays.  Feel free to pay via credit or debit card, or Paypal. Choose "Priority Shipping" when completing your order. We carry many of our best-selling designs in stock and ready to ship if last-minute arrangements are required, as well as gift certificates that are emailed to you the same day you order! If you have a special request or need overnight shipping, please feel free to contact us for assistance.

Enjoy the Season!

Natasha Frost and the After Dark Jewelry Family
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Sunday, October 28, 2007 
My Dear Friends,

Throughout my travels via MySpace, email, and events over the years, I have had the privilege of corresponding with many of my clients on a personal level. I have had the opportunity to align faces with names, view likes and dislikes, and have been given a glimpse at the lives and personalities of those who purchase the jewelry I create. What a marvelous gift this has been! Not a day goes by in which I do not receive a kind word of encouragement, inspirational artwork, or exposure to something new and intriguing. You are talented, creative, and uniquely beautiful -- I am honored and so very pleased to be creating jewels for you.

With this in mind, our webmaster is busy creating a new section on the After Dark Jewelry website and MySpace page featuring our gorgeous clientele! Please send in photos of yourself wearing your After Dark Jewelry to be displayed in our customer gallery. Feel free to send in your own personal snapshots; professional photos are not required. We welcome photos of you with friends, on vacation, or out for a night on the town. You may be as creative and artistic as you choose; it is entirely in your hands!

Please send all photos to:

Include your name (or alias) and photographer's credit (if applicable).


Also, Darlings -- this is the last day of the 25% storewide sale! It ends at Midnight, October 28th (today), so don't delay!



Warm Wishes,

Natasha Frost
www.afterdarkjewelry.com

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Saturday, October 27, 2007 




Model: Victoria Sinister
Photo: High Art (Nadyia)

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