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WebSpinstress Gothic Art and Design

I'm known as WebSpinstress, because I spin my own webs of elegant Gothic images and decor in both real and virtual worlds.

I aim to poison others with inspiration and creativity as a writer, artist, web designer, wife, and a Mommy. :-)

I love to create dark and romantic paintings, graphics, costumes, merchandise, and decor that appeals to everyone, whether self-proclaimed Gothic or not.

About Me 

Who is WebSpinstress?

It's very hard for me to write about myself - in fact, this will be the 30th lens that I publish, but one of the first lenses that I started writing...

I'm 27 years old, and live in New Hampshire (USA). I'm a work-at-home Mommy to two small boys who are 2 and 4-years-old. My husband and I started dating on my 19th birthday, and we celebrated 8 happy years together by getting married last year on Halloween.

I've been designing web sites and graphics since I was 15, so for 12 years now. Time flies when your addicted to Photoshop. :-) I have been publishing ideas on various subjects and marketing other businesses since I was a teenager, but have chosen to focus my attention on my own artistic creations with the support of my friends and family.

I'm creative and I feel the need to share my artistic side with the world. Up until this year, my paintings and digital artwork were personal and I was skeptical about selling my designs. I've offered information and products before, but this is a new step for me. They don't use the phrase "starving artists" for nothing, so I've relied on my marketing skills for the majority of my career to hold me over. In the past few months, I've learned that many people appreciate similar tastes in art; people from all walks of life so to speak...and it has become even more of an exciting venture to me. This has made my new goal and passion in life to be inspiration itself.

Gothic Contemporary Paintings 

Gothic Art on Canvas by WebSpinstress

My paintings are the work of my left hand. They are contemporary in style, with subtle dark touches to add mystique to each canvas. I was afraid to use color outside of the Photoshop world for many years until I picked up a paintbrush. I specialize in tribal designs, since pen sketches were my initial forte, then moved on to black permanent marker on canvas. Yes, permanent marker - I try different mediums. Then came paint.

I sold my very first piece to a tattoo artist, who fell in love with my Gothic Dragon. It was an Oriental dragon made up hidden tribal symbols, and he encouraged me to pick up a tattoo gun soon after. I still prefer paper and canvas to human canvas though. Art supplies don't move or complain when you design them. ;-)

My favorite piece is entitled "Wine of the Black Widow", shown here. It's a 2-piece canvas set and each side measures 12x24. Originally, I was going to add more designs to the right side of the canvas, but many people fell in love with the way it currently is. I decided not to add to it, for the concept that it is already full and what's left is up to the imagination is highly intriguing to me. The painting above is also a 2-piece set, entitled "Tribal Origins" and is a favorite of most of my friends and family. It currently sits in between a 3-piece dragon wall sculpture that looks like it's going through the wall in my home.

Gothic Digital Artwork 

Gothic Graphic Art by WebSpinstress

My digital art is created with my right hand, because that's what I mouse with. It's categorized more as Gothic fantasy art than anything else, I think. It's funny how there is a difference in style and design concepts when merely switching hands...

I create a lot of Gothic fantasy graphics and designs for use on my merchandise and articles. I tend to try and make everything black and deep shades of red, so I have to kick myself into using unique colors quite often, remembering that other people do enjoy varied ranges of the color spectrum.

Gothic Masquerade Mask Poster print
Gothic Masquerade Mask Poster by WebSpinstress

My favorite digital piece shown here "SpiderWeb Romance" was designed for my Gothic Spider Web Living Room Theme article, and captures most of my favorite personal design concepts all in one. :-) I love the artistic qualities that can be shown using webs, masquerade themes, and dragons.

I take on many projects to keep me busy during the long days including, but not limited to: painting, graphics, web design, writing, marketing, promotion, creating new products, crafting, decorating, research & design, and rediscovering the World again in a new perspective with my 2 young boys. :-)

Gothic Home Decorating 

Gothic pillows, bedding, masks, and decor

I publish my articles here on Squidoo, because it's easy, fun, and more rewarding than many other blogging and social networking websites available. My main niches are Gothic Home Decorating and Halloween, but I have veered much farther away from topic.

Having a unique and creative home has always been important to me. It inspires all who visit to remember to add a little bit of themselves to everything they do in life. Once having kids, it became more important in order to show them how lucky we are to be able to have and display our individuality.

The photo above is our living room, through the kitchen cutout window perspective. My personal decorating tastes are dark and romantic with a modern twist.

Home Decor Products 

In my spare time, I create unique pillows, bedding, jewelry, masks, clothing, holiday items, and Gothic home decor accessories... Here are my current listings:

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Gothic Decorating Lensography 

Lenses with Gothic-Themed Bedroom Decorating Ideas:
featured lens Gothic Masquerade Bedroom Theme

A Gothic Masquerade Bedroom (or even a living room), is one of my favorite home decorating themes that I've designed so far. I love the dark romantic aspects of Gothic decor, with meaningful objects that portray mystique that can be added to any...

featured lens Gothic Home Decorating

Gothic Home Decorating is a dark, creative, and unique style that can be comfortably arranged so that even friends and family feel like a part of your mystical lair. Most people have a Gothic bedroom, but leave the rest of the home neglected. It's n...

featured lens Gothic Dragon - Oriental Styled Bedroom Theme

This Gothic Dragon Oriental bedroom theme can be a lot of fun if both the Gothic and Oriental / Asian cultures interest you. This bedroom was created for those who collect swords, Manga, figurines, and/or anime. Years ago, my husband (then boyfriend...

featured lens Gothic Haunted Forest Bedroom Theme

My Gothic haunted forest themed bedroom design incorporates dark symbols with natural elements to provide a peaceful and creative environment. Sort of a feeling related to living in the Twilight Zone... This Gothic bedroom theme is spooky enough to...

featured lens Gothic Style Bedrooms - Themes, Ideas, Design, Decorating

Almost any bedroom theme can be modified to include Gothic style elements and features. You can choose to make your bedroom dark, elegant, romantic, cultural, artistic, spooky, or mix and match until they fit your own unique Gothic style. These Goth...

Halloween Lensography 

Halloween Party Ideas and Decorations

featured lens Halloween and Fall Table Centerpieces

Create your own Fall and Halloween centerpieces this year using pumpkins, skulls, flowers, and any other festive craft supplies you have lying around for simple Halloween or Fall decorations. Multiple Fall and Halloween centerpieces can be grouped t...

featured lens Decorating Kids Room for Halloween

We're all getting ready for Halloween, preparing at least a month ahead to share our spooks and thrills with each other. But, sometimes we forget about our kids bedrooms, which could easily be turned into a few weeks to a few months of fun and creati...

featured lens Horrifying Halloween Haunts for your Home

If your goal is to count screams this year for a very haunted Halloween, you need a yard full of horrific haunts and scary Halloween decorations to create an authentic spooky setting. However, you can't just rely on spooky decorations and Hallow...

featured lens Halloween Printable Coloring Sheets and Activities

Make Halloween last all month long with free printable coloring pages, games, activities, and printable Halloween masks for kids. Pumpkins, ghosts, bats, haunted houses, witches, mummies, skeletons, and Nightmare Before Christmas on blank coloring p...

featured lens Halloween Party Decorations, Themes, and Costumes

Themed Halloween party decorations are an easy way to create a fun and authentic setting. For unique Halloween party ideas and decorations, you can choose a single theme or incorporate a few themes together to keep your spooky decorating original. H...

Gothic Christmas Lensography 

Christmas Decorations and Ornaments

featured lens Elegant Wine & Grapes Christmas Decorating

Grape clusters and mini wine bottle Christmas tree ornaments make very unique and elegant holiday decorations. The red, green, and purple hues of grapes or wine create striking accents with traditional evergreen trees and garland. Fair warning thoug...

featured lens Gothic Christmas Tree Themes

A Gothic Christmas tree is quite the oxymoron, however Goths aren't the only ones who opt for non-traditional themes. People with Christmas trees full of hearts and pink ball ornaments and dog breeds shouldn't be laughing. I'm a huge advocate of cre...

featured lens Gothic Gifts for Christmas, Birthdays, Special Occasions

There are a lot of cute Gothic gift ideas floating around, but someone forgot to send a memo somewhere. Gothic has elegance and style...funny t shirts, horror movies, and yet another Nightmare before Christmas figurine gets morbid - even for the morb...

featured lens Christmas Tree Themes and Decorating Ideas

Themed Christmas trees are popular because you can include your personality into your holiday decorations and Christmas ornaments. A Christmas tree theme with appropriate ornaments and similar Christmas decorations will most likely fit into your them...

featured lens Gothic Christmas Decorating

A Halloween and Gothic Christmas Decorating theme mix wouldn't be my own concept, although I'll take some credit for maximizing the idea. :-) There is nothing more relaxing to me than lit black and red candles flickering on a mantle, with a t...

Love & Romance Lenses 

Unique and Creative Ideas to Share your Love

featured lens Unique Romantic Gifts, Ideas, Crafts, and Loving Gestures

Have you searched your heart out for unique romantic gifts, crafts, and personalized ideas? Valentine's Day and Anniversaries are a great reason to buy a romantic gift for the love of your life, but it's a poor excuse to celebrate them and th...

featured lens Terribly Romantic Gothic Dates

Even if you are already married, you should plan a few romantic dates together to keep the sanity intact. Especially if you have kids. ;-) In fact, marriage is probably a better reason to date each other again once in a while to keep things interesti...

featured lens Love in a Lunchbox - Creative Ways to Pack Up Your Love

Leaving printable lunch notes in a lunch box for your husband and kids is a great way to fill up their stomach and their hearts at the same time. There are many ways to pack up your love and send it off with an extra big smile, when you've run out o...

featured lens Unique Wine Glasses, Gift Baskets, and Accessories

Wine gifts are the perfect choice for holidays, weddings, anniversaries, and special occasions. There are many unique styles of wine glasses, wine gift baskets, racks, and accessories to choose from. From collectors to enthusiasts and wine lovers in...

featured lens Gothic Gifts for Christmas, Birthdays, Special Occasions

There are a lot of cute Gothic gift ideas floating around, but someone forgot to send a memo somewhere. Gothic has elegance and style...funny t shirts, horror movies, and yet another Nightmare before Christmas figurine gets morbid - even for the morb...

Just for Kids... 

Printables and Crafts for Kids

featured lens Christmas Printables - Coloring Sheets and Activities

Make Christmas last all month long with free Christmas coloring sheets and printable activities for kids. Color Santa, reindeer, snowmen, ornaments, snowflakes, stockings, and Christmas trees on blank coloring pages. Print out mazes, games, dot-to-do...

featured lens Halloween Printable Coloring Sheets and Activities

Make Halloween last all month long with free printable coloring pages, games, activities, and printable Halloween masks for kids. Pumpkins, ghosts, bats, haunted houses, witches, mummies, skeletons, and Nightmare Before Christmas on blank coloring p...

featured lens Lego Power Miners and Monsters

5 colorful rock monsters have been planning to take over Lego World, and now the Lego Power Miners are determined to stop them. Complete with crystals in hand, their heads open up to chomp the crystals and gain energy. Just be careful they don't eat...

featured lens How to Treasure a Pirate Day with Ye Toddler

Set sail and stiffen mini sea legs with Pirate crafts and high sea adventures. Plunder a whole Pirate day full of learning activities, Pirate printable coloring pages, treasure hunts, recipes and fun projects for your toddler, who will eagerly say &...

featured lens Free Printable Borders and Bubble Letters

Printable borders and printable bubble letters make it fun and easy to create your own personalized greeting cards, stationary paper, photo frames, and scrapbook pages. Here are a few holiday border clipart designs, letters to print for crafts, prin...

Gothic Interests Lenses 

Gothic Skulls, Coffins, and Darker Point of View

featured lens Gothic Weddings - Decor, Flowers, Cakes, Favors

A Gothic Wedding can be very unique and fun for all family members. Gothic is a term coined to pertain to the darker side of life; usually based on music, clothing, and decorating styles. But Gothic is an extremely vague term for no other Goth is lik...

featured lens Gothic is Green. Not Just Black...

Green Living tips and learning to "go green" are an increasingly popular interest because everyone wants to do their part in effectively saving the planet. Many new eco-friendly products have been created to demonstrate that you don't have to lose an...

featured lens Gothic Coffin Furniture and Accessories

Coffins are not just for the dead - they also bring new life to usable custom furniture creations that would be the perfect center of every Gothic home. Coffin couches are the most popular coffin furniture pieces (usually a do-it-yourself creation),...

featured lens Gothic Pirate Skulls Art and Home Decor

Gothic Skulls and Pirate art - The thrills and chills of skull decor can be creepy to some but also romantic to others. Whether old or young, skulls and pirates offer an adventurous decorating option full of mystery and surprises. Join me on a journ...

featured lens Crystal Skull Head Vodka - unique gift idea

I discovered these unique Crystal Skull Vodka bottles while searching for early Gothic Christmas gift ideas. Someone recommended them online on a blog and I immediately fell in love. :-) Although this unique Vodka bottle has a paranormal meaning as t...

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featured lens Words are more meaningful using Haiku poems...can you create one?

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry that has become popular all over the World. Traditional Japanese Haiku poems focus on various inspirations from nature and how humans live in it, while many newer versions display the writer's perspective and ho...

featured lens Choose an existing or custom LEGO set to define yourself. Which blocks are the most relevant?

It's an odd question to be asked...but what if somehow it is relevant? These little colorful pieces of plastic appear to represent the building blocks of creativity - they're colorful, assorted in shapes and sizes, can be themed or categorized, and...

featured lens WebSpinstress - My Gothic Halloween Wedding

My Gothic Masquerade Halloween wedding of 2008 was inspired by my artwork and creative dark crafting skills. A mix of elegant, elaborate, and the unusual made for a no-stress and dramatic wedding that appealed to all of our friends and family... Ori...

featured lens Baby Books - Memories, Ideas, Printable Pages, Graphics

A baby book, or baby memory book, is used to record baby's milestones, ancestry, family life, and events that are important to remember later in life. There are plenty of baby books available to buy and fill out, but sometimes you want a more person...

featured lens Grim the black cat, and his sinister "tail"...

Grim is a black short-haired domestic Bombay cat with copper eyes and a very affectionate demeanor. However, when the sun sets and the first stars appear, you'll find him lurking in the shadows and fulfilling his magical destiny. For Grim is not shor...

Top 100 

My Printable Borders and Bubble Letters lens made it to the top 100 on 2/17/09 - less than 5 months after the date I found Squidoo. A proud accomplishment... :-)

You can find my overall stats, profits made, and a few helpful tips on lensmaking here:
http://www.squidoo.com/SquidooRewards

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I made Giant Squid status here on Squidoo on January 13th, 2009!

I'm very proud to have received my Giant Squid badge in my first 3 months of being here, and I have made many Squid friendships along the way. Work hard, build quality lenses, maintain them often, and don't give up! :-)

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by WebSpinstress

I aim to "poison others with inspiration and creativity" as a writer, artist, web designer, wife, and a Mommy. :-)

I prefer the dark and romantic sid... (more)

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