Custom pieces!

Today I finished a couple of custom necklaces, and wanted to share them with you! I am always very eager to take on your custom ideas, whether it be a simple cameo necklace, or a very detailed faux fur collar (or anything else you can think of that may not be listed!) So keep your eye on the 'Custom' section on the right hand side menu, or simply email me if you would like to make an order!

The wonderful world of custom collars!

Lately, I have had the awesome pleasure of being commissioned to do a lot of custom faux fur collars. What started off as me buying some scrap faux fur from a trip to Brighton ended up with me having a lot of lovely ladies requesting their own custom piece!

I have just now gotten down to the bottom of my custom order list so thought I would share the photos I have collected of the little project!

I have some awesome ideas for different versions of the collars, such as a button up style for the Autumn and Winter months, where practicality is also a factor!

I am stoked to hear some more of your ideas and would love to make something special for anyone that has a few ideas and a spare few pennies! There is an option on the site where you can order your own collar, with a list of options that you can totally make your own, or you can simply email or Facebook me!

Anyway, here are some of the pieces I was lucky enough to be asked to make!

A little bit about Santa Macabre being vegan!

Santa Macabre is an animal friendly company. I strive to create items without using any animal derived materials such as feathers etc. Though I do love the look of faux fur, and I find it fun making artificial animal skulls, I love and respect animals more. I have specific views on animal related issues, which I am sure I will touch on again! I am a lot more relaxed than I used to be though, in that I can see aggression can hinder rather than help the cause. Anyway, for now I just felt like sharing some awesome music that inspires me every time I listen to it. And I've also popped in a couple of other videos at the bottom of this post that I think most people would find interesting, not just vegetarians and vegans :)

Rise Against - Ready To Fall

Propagandhi - Purina Hall of Fame

Conflict - This is the ALF

Icons of Filth - Show Us You Care

The documentary Earthlings (narrated by one of my favourite actors, Joaquin Phoenix) is one of the most amazing pieces of film I have ever seen. I would suggest anyone and everyone should watch this, if even just to get a better view of what animals are used for on this planet.

Gary Yourofsky is an amazing vegan speaker. It's brilliant to be able to hear the facts in such a down to earth manner, and he makes it so easy to relate.

This provides some answers on the whole "But humans need to eat meat" argument.

And lastly, this man was the single most reason I decided to finally take the step to go vegan. After reading his book (From Dusk Til Dawn) on his life as an animal rights activist, I knew that there was nothing that could possibly be better (for myself, the planet and of course, the animals) than being vegan.

Santa Macabre radio (listening to lately)

Dead Man's Bones. Everything about them is amazing.

A bit creepy, love them a lot at the moment.

Loved Nine Inch Nails so much when I was a teenage goth, and they're still pretty phenomenal (well, their older stuff anyway).

The Used have a very special place in my heart <3

Meet the Macabre Models! #1: Carly Zombiie

I have a lot of love and affection for the amazing models that have done Santa Macabre proud by wearing my designs and working with some awesome photographers! So I have decided to do a little feature on each model that has so far modelled for Santa Macabre, just so you get to know a little about the person behind the beautiful face!


First up is the wonderful Carly, who recently shot with one of my favourite photographers Matthew Bud Cole-Jones (aka. Fienderella), who you can find here.

Carly Zombiie


Known as Zombiie to my friends, Im obsessed with dead things, death, corpses, being undead, guts, gore horror, art and modifications. I truly am a living dead girl and my love for zombies goes completely past just the films. Im a model, Japanese fan dancer, belly dancer and down right sleaze performer and have been performing in one way or another since i was 4 years old. After a bit of a break from the limelight Im now back and better than ever.

That little something special

I had an order from a lovely regular customer called Amy. She wanted two custom cameos, containing photos dear to her. It was really nice to do something with so much meaning, and I hope she likes them!

A little about me.

It seems almost big headed to do a post about myself, but as I've said, I know I always like to see the person behind things I like (and thank you so much for liking Santa Macabre!), so here I go :)


My name is Maria Junko and I am a lot nearer to 30 than I am near to 20. This is an odd feeling, but I'm cool with it :) I'm a total homebody and my biggest passion is animals, hence my being vegan. I love nothing more than being creative, which is how I ended up making things under the name of Santa Macabre.


I first sold my handmade items at the Wolverhampton Vegan Festival in 2009, which was amazing! After that awesome experience I began to sell at other South Wales based fairs and eventually ran my own monthly fair (Vintage Pretty) for just over a year. I made some lovely friends from the crafter/artist crowd and had a wonderful time. 


Currently I am mainly working on custom pieces, which I absolutely love. There's nothing more exciting than being asked to create something unique for someone. I am very lucky to have some wonderful customers and I am so very grateful!


Santa Macabre takes up a lot of my time, but I will try and take the time out to update this regularly. Hopefully you will get to see just some of my influences, aswell as getting the chance to look at all the wonderful models who have helped me out by modelling my jewellery/accessories.


xoxo

Hello and Welcome

First of all, thank you for taking the time to take a look at this little blog! I have never really liked 'faceless' designers or companies or whatever you would count Santa Macabre as, so I decided to try add a little personality to all of this!


This blog will also be a cool place to show you all the latest Santa Macabre makes (jewellery and other stuff), aswell as the latest photoshoots. Oh, and also things that I like.