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Svengoolie Features Living Dead Girl Nicole’s Creations on Air! 📺😱

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“ATTA GIRL NICOLE!” is all I keep saying to myself after tuning into The Ghost & Mr Chicken 👻🐔 on Svengoolie Saturday night. If you’ve seen the movie before you get the pun but it’s the awe of seeing my artwork on the show that makes it that much more meaningful!

I received an email from Svengoolie (yes, Rich Koz himself) a couple of weeks ago giving me a heads up that my artwork would be featured on the show. So naturally I began counting down the days until I got to tune in. In the mean time I was spreading the word to my art collectors/supporters to all do the same without giving too much away.

When the day finally arrived my husband Frank and I had already planned on making it a whole exciting evening in at home. We got some pizzas, some Uncle Arnie’s, put on our comfy clothes and sat back and enjoyed the film and took in this very memorable episode together. When Kerwyn announced it was time for mail call I had my camera ready and got some great screenshots.

Not only did they feature my “You’re All Grown Up Now” split face portrait that I framed and gifted to Sven, but Gwengoolie also modeled the Glamour Ghoul Dead Girl Decay barrette I made for her on the show as well! That was all thanks to Sven who was kind enough to hand deliver it to her on my behalf after giving it to him with the portrait at Flashback Weekend. To top it off Sven even made it a point to give my Dad a little shout out cause I told him how much he loves the show. I can’t even begin to explain how full my creepy little heart is right now.

I also was able to get a recording of the feature on my phone and thanks to my dear fiend Ben Lewandowski of Dead Regime Media, the sound has been edited to make it louder and clearer for sharing….

To top off being in complete awe of seeing my work on what is such an iconic show for our local horror community, it was the emails, texts, and posts that poured in from my art collectors both during and after the show that really set me from cloud 9 to cloud 10! To see how many of you found ways to tune in or DVR the show without even knowing exactly what to expect but trusting that it was something very special to me, really put things into perspective of how much you guys truly believe in me. This here is just a snippet of what I received from you guys and I would be fibbing if I said I am not tearing up typing this and looking at how many of you chose to spend your Saturday evening in just to support me. 🥹

Let’s hope that by all of you tuning in on my behalf led to skyrocketing the shows ratings on MeTv  for Rich Koz, Sarah “Pin Up Palmer” and the entire production crew who were ghoul enough to make this special moment happen for me. I mean I have always had nothing but mad respect and admiration for all of them (hence why they inspired me to create in the first place) but now when I think of them I will forever be haunted by this moment in all the best ways and am truly grateful to them for it.

Did you tune in on Saturday and see my work on the show? If so throw a rubber chicken in the comments of this post letting me know! And if you are new here, be sure to go check out the fan photo pages of the Svengoolie website that features my work as well as my Creature Features page that lists many of the other fun and unique places my artwork has been featured over the years!

Stay Strange & Magical, ✨
LDG Nicole

Gwengoolie Glamour Ghoul Decay Barrette Handcrafted By Living Dead Girl Nicole 💚🐔🖤

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To say this ghoul has been deeply inspired by the Svengoolieverse would be quite the understatement. Not only did I finish my split face portrait, “You’re All Grown Up Now” as a tribute to Jerry G. Bishop and Rich Koz, but I also conjured up a one-of-a-kind campy but spooky fun frame for it! While working on the frame it hit me that I wasn’t quite done being inspired by these local legends just yet!

I got to thinking about how its been a little while since I have been commissioned to make one of my Dead Girl Decay barrettes. At times I miss making them for my art collectors and even more so when they give me a theme to go off of. Then it hit me.. I must make one for Gwengoolie!

I just adore Sarah “Pin-Up Palmer” and her transformation into the undead glamour ghoul on House of Svengoolie. She’s GOREgeous, sassy and her psychobilly vibes are such a fun edition to the Sven Squad. She often adds floral hair pieces to her look both on and off screen and it got me thinking of how killer it would be for her to have one of my Dead Girl Decay barrettes in her collection. So I started researching and digging into my crypt of supplies and once I conjured up everything I needed it all came together spooktacularly!

Elsa helped me by doing a little photo shoot today so I could take some pictures showing how it looks in her hair. She sits next to me in my Morticia Addams wicker chair in the corner of my home art studio, so she also got to watch the entire creative process. I think she was bit bummed when she realized she doesn’t get to keep it. Can’t say that I blame her. It looks so ghoul on her!

Now my goal is to get this special handmade hair piece to Sarah before Elsa tries to claim it for herself. And maybe, just maybe one day we may see Gwengoolie rocking it on tv. Am I nightmaring again? Of corpse! But I like to keep the mindset of “never say never” because over the years my art has opened up doors and been featured in ways I never thought imaginable and all because I enjoy using my talents to gift back to those who spark my creativity. ⚡️🖤✨

Stay Strange & Magical ✨
LDG Nicole

Custom Haunted Mansion Barrette

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Dax is one of my clients from the UK who first discovered my work 7 years ago while purchasing one of my pre-made Dead Girl Decay barrettes. He gifted it to his wife and she loved it so much he reached out to me the following year asking if I could make her something more custom. Every year since then he returns with a new theme to have a new hair piece made for his wife and it always gets my creative blood flowing! Not to mention how honored I feel knowing it’s the first thing she opens every Christmas!

So this year Dax got into the “spirit” of things by requesting the theme be Disney’s Haunted Mansion! Some requests included the branding colors, Madame Leota, the iconic wallpaper, and of corpse…the hitch hiking ghosts! This was right up my alley so I was super stoked to get working on it and very happy with how it came out…

The first thing I envisioned was Madame Leota front and center but most importantly I wanted her to have a dome like – crystal ball appearance. I was lucky enough to be able to up-cycle a Madame Leota cabochon jewelry piece that was perfect for what I was envisioning. I used charms to add the hitch hiking ghost accents and found the iconic wallpaper on ribbon! On top of adding flower petals and feathers to tie in the branding colors, I chose to add sheer flower petals and iridescent glitter to represent the holographic ghostly spirits that haunt the mansion! When I sent photos to the client for pre-shipment approval I was happy to get this message in return…

“Perfect! You’ve outdone yourself again! She’ll love it! ❤️❤️”

As alway, the wait to get confirmation that it made it to the buyer (especially overseas) is always a nail biting experience for me. If it gets lost or damaged in transit, you can’t get back the time, unique materials, and the heart and soul you put into an original creation. However my mind was set at ease when I got the message that it had arrived…

“It arrived today!! It’s beautiful! Thank you again, Nicole. Nailed it. 💀💀🦇🦇”

And just like that I was doing my artist happy dance again. I must say no matter how big or small, the custom creations I have made for clients are always extra special to me. It’s one thing for me to envision something and bring it to life in various mediums. It’s another for someone else to have a vision and then trust that I am the right artist to bring it to life. Especially when it has to do with creating something that someone wants to gift to someone they love and is a part of making the holidays even brighter.

Want to see the other custom barrettes I have created for Dax (and other clients)? Be sure to visit the Dead Girl Decay page of my portfolio website and scroll down to Custom Themed Decay!

Looking to have something custom made? Contact me for details, turn around times, and pricing.

Did you receive a piece of my art this holiday season? Contact me or send me a message via my Etsy shop to submit your photos and be featured here and in my Freaky Fanatics slideshow!

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Stay Spooky & Magical,
LDG Nicole

Jeepers! Jinkies!

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Happy Autumn Equinox my Freaky Fanatics! I got a spooky fun treat for you today. Two new Pop Culture Icon Dead Girl Decay barrettes have hit my Etsy shop!

Inspired by my love of Daphne Blake (a past high school nickname of mine) and her ghoulfriend Velma Dinkley I give you “Jeepers!” and “Jinkies!” Fun and colorful wearable art with a touch of spooky cartoon fun!

The centers feature up-cycled plastic Daphne and Velma heads surrounded by a multitude of flower petals and feathers inspired by their iconic cartoon looks in Scooby Doo.

Perfect to wear for Halloween, Comicons or really anytime….these barrettes are limited edition (no one else will have one like you do) pre-made and ready to ship in my online Etsy shop. Love them but don’t wear barrettes? No problem! Many of my customers clip these to things making them unique additions to their home decor!

Like to shop in person and support a small local business at the same time? Then jump into your Mystery Machine and head on over to Closet Collectibles in Crete IL where these two barrettes will be available for purchase if they are not sold by the time I make my next art drop off!

Stay Spooky & Magical!
LDG Nicole