Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Modern Pine Cone Terrarium


Bring an rustic yet elegant touch to your holiday table dècor with this gold pine cone and white sand centerpiece.

This modern pine cone terrarium will make a striking statement as a wedding or table centerpiece, bookshelf or fireplace mantel, office decor, and more!

A beautiful hand painted gold pinecone rests on a bed of white sand, with a scatter of golden glass gems surrounding it. The contrast of gold against white looks lovely within this globe vase.

This would make an excellent gift for a bride and groom, best man or maid of honor.

The globe vase is approximately 5 inches tall and 5 inches wide, and the pine cone is approximately 3 inches tall.

The white sand, glass gems, pinecone and vase will come to you carefully packed individually for easy assembly.      

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Monday, November 14, 2016

Gold Pine Cone Garland


Your fire place mantel or Christmas tree will be so beautiful once you deck it out with this gorgeous gold pine cone garland.

Over one dozen gold painted pinecones have been strung to rustic jute twine, along with metallic gold silk leaves, tiny gold ball ornaments and jingle bells. The pinecones vary in size, some big and some small!

The bells jingle softly as you move this garland around, and the ornaments look beautiful with Christmas lights from your tree reflecting off of them. This garland would look fantastic draped around your tree or strung on your fireplace.

The length of the garland is approximately 3 and a half feet (42 inches). This is long enough to string across a fireplace or window, and I have tied loops on both ends so you can easily hang it.

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Sunday, November 13, 2016

Pearl Butterfly Embellishments


These beautiful paper butterflies would be perfect for so many things!

*Use them as scrapbooking embellishments or hand made cards.
*Glue them to a barrette for a pretty hair accessory.
*Attach them to lollypop sticks or toothpicks and use as cupcake toppers.
*Use double stick tape or adhesive and decorate dresser mirror or bling up your lampshades.
*Glue them to a strip of cardstock or a large paperclip and use as a bookmark.
*Stick a bit of wall putty to the backs of them and use them as colorful wall decor.
*Glue one to the end of your favorite pen or pencil.
*Use them to decorate the corners of your computer monitor.

The possibilities are only limited by your imagination!

Each of these lovely paper butterflies were hand painted with metallic shimmer watercolors to give them that shimmery, iridescent look that butterflies are known for. I used sticky gems and pearls to bling up the body of the butterflies as well as the wings. The wings have a slight curl to them which gives them a 3D effect, so they aren't just flat. You can also carefully fold the wings upwards a bit to give them even more dimension.

This set of 5 butterflies come in three colors: 3 blue with peach swirls, 1 medium pink with dark pink swirls and 1 peach with orange swirls. The beautiful swirly colors remind me of melting ice cream or sherbet and are so pretty!

Each of these paper butterflies is approximately 1.75 inches wide (from wingtip to wingtip) by 1.5 inches long (tip of the antennae to bottom of the wings.) With the exception of one little baby butterfly that's just so cute! That one is probably about an inch wide.    

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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Gold Nature 3D Artwork


Simple, classy and elegant. This is artwork was made from a piece of real tree branch and a silk leaves that I painted metallic gold and carefully arranged together on a black acrylic painted canvas.

The contrast between the black and gold is very striking and beautiful, and would make a great accent piece for either your home or office.

This was done on an 8x10 stretched canvas.

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Silver Tipped Pinecones


This set of six natural pine cones have been tipped with metallic silver paint and then frosted with silver glitter. This unique spin on my other painted pinecones combines the beautiful natural look of rustic pine cones with a touch of class. Simple, yet elegant, these silver tipped pine cones really pop!

Each of these pine cones is a one of a kind, no two are alike. They vary in size, but on average they stand around 3 to 4 inches tall by 2 1/2 to 3 inches across.

Imagine how beautiful your table or shelf will look with these gorgeous hand painted pine cones. These would make a beautiful wedding or holiday display.

**They do not include the basket shown in the photos, those were used for demonstration purposes only.**

There are so many things you can do with these beautiful pine cones- display them in a basket or large vase as shown in the pictures, tie ribbon to them and hang them on your Christmas tree. String them together to make garland or a wreath. Arrange them on your table as a pretty centerpiece. Or simply set them on your fireplace mantle or bookshelves! They would especially be just perfect for a winter wedding!

Each of these pine cones were collected by me around my neighborhood. I hand select each one to make sure they are in good condition. Then, they are cleaned by soaking in hot water for several hours to remove any dirt and debris and then dried in the sun for a couple of days before painting.

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