About us…

Gail McArtor has worked with different art materials and paper crafting for years. Since 2015, she has sold her art at local Chicago Arts & Crafts shows. She is inspired by steampunk art and other mixed media artists. Gail uses and sells her favorite supplies from designers like Tim Holtz and Finnabair.

Recently, McArt Design added handmade soy and timer candles to the store, along with home decor that matches the unique art pieces.

Visit our booth at America’s Antique Mall in Algonquin, IL, to find McArt Design items and handmade bath products from The Quiet Girl Shoppe.

Thank you for visiting!

A woman with long blonde hair and blue eyes sitting in a car, smiling at the camera, with a black floral scarf and a maroon top.
A holiday-themed gift shop display with wooden shelves and a red cabinet, decorated with fairy lights, greenery, and Christmas decorations. Various gift items such as candles, ornaments, and home decor are arranged on shelves and tables.
A display shelf at McArt Design featuring candles, table decor, and a decorative clock. The items are arranged on a white metal rack, with some candles wrapped in plastic and labeled with quotes such as "Because Love We Love Heaven" and "Family You Life Sunshine." A large white flower and a frog figurine sit among other decorative pieces. The background includes a sign with the McArt Design logo and a black backdrop.
Display of decorative notebooks with embossed and layered designs in various colors, arranged on a wooden stand in a craft store.

Steampunk Dictionary

coggler - cog-gler noun. A person who applies cogs or a cog design to make simple cosmetic changes to an object without fundamentally altering it or adding function. See also primocoggler

erzatz - uh-zats adj. A fake or replacement material. e.g. leatherette rather than leather and plastic rather than metal.

primocoggler - pree-moh-kog-gler noun. An artist who uses cogs and gear motifs to create acclaimed works of decorative art. (From coggler)

shellacker - shell-a-cur noun. A person who paints on object with the aim of making it appear more fitting to the steampunk world. From shellack - shell-ak verb. To paint (Usually in metallic colours)

alkaline illumination - al·ka·line adj. Alkaline in American English - of or like an alkali ; containing an alkali ; having the properties of an alkali. il·lu·mi·na·tionan noun. act or instance of illuminating; the fact or condition of being illuminated; a decoration of lights.

domicile decor - dom·i·cile noun. The country that a person treats as their permanent home, or lives in and has a substantial connection with. de·cor noun. The furnishing and decoration of a room.