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I started making jewelry in 2004 and it slowly grew into DarkFire Designs. I opened a shop on Etsy a little over a year ago, and later opened Faerie Footprints, a new metaphysical line, also on Etsy. I have now expanded to clothing and whatever crazy accessories form themselves in my head. On November 4th, 2011 DarkFire Designs reformed into d.Kei, and then with continued growth it split into two shops: d.Kei for the clothing and Visual Kei line, and DarkFire Designs remained as the flagship store, with the rest of the jewelry. A fairy kei shop is now in the planning stages.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Fashion Spotlight: Purple

I'm going to start writing a weekly fashion column over at deviantART, focusing on the latest trends/looks and whatnot, while showcasing all the amazing, talented artisans and designers dA has to offer.

I've kicked off my column this week with a focus on the color purple! I was inspired by Vogue UK's article.

See my post here.
See Vogue UK's article here.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

STOLEN ART IN PORTLAND AREA - PLEASE HELP

A friend of mine had was unloading for a show this weekend when a box of artwork and assorted books was stolen from her.

A full list of the stolen artwork, complete with photos, is here.

Her deviantART journal with further details is here.

If you are in the Portland, Oregon area please keep an eye out for any of these and contact her immediately if you happen to come across any of it.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Reshoots and such

I've been looking through my Etsy stores, and in the DarkFire Designs store I'm looking at photos of some of my inventory and realizing that there are some pieces are in dire need of a reshoot.

The old house was dark, with awkward creamish tan walls that love to ruin the color balance of my photos, and now I have open space with lots of sunny wonderful light I will definitely be taking advantage of!

Expect nice, new, amazing photos to pop in the DarkFire Designs store in the next few weeks. :) I'll be putting up new inventory too!

Saturday, July 7, 2012

New Collection!

I've been working with jumprings...again. XD I did some tweaks to an older design and wound up making a new collection of orbital earrings!

These were inspired by chainmaille. I love the dimension of the orbital weave, and so I paired it with glass beads to make some pretty awesome, sparkly earrings. :)

Behold!








There are all for sale in the Etsy shop!