Well, it happened. I have unleashed the spirit. I'll be brief and share some photos...
The wreath is actually a candle ring. The clock came from Goodwill last week - $2!!!!!
NOTE: all of the following "greenery" came from the after Christmas sale at Old Time Pottery...
a wonderful place.
I found these little "embellishments" at the dollar store for, well, a dollar. Added some scrapbook paper and framed them {no glass}. They say "gifts", "cherish", and "blessings".
These were two doors from an old cabinet that had obviously last their glass. What do ya do with those... you hang stuff in them!
This as a wooden bowl with a candle ring and a hurricane. Notice that I've used burlap for table runners in a few of these pics? Burlap is cheap and easy to use. To get the staight edges so that you can "fray" the piece, all you have to do is pull a string on each side and cut off the waste. Then stitch around the rectangle 1 1/2 inches from the edge. Then pull the other strings to "fray". The stitching, obviously, keeps it from coming completely apart. I've seen people (who don't sew) use a glue gun and glue ribbon so far from the edge to keep it from unraveling.
Add a ribbon to a lamp shade. #3 thought we needed the little pine cones around the bottom.
The top of the piano. The top board is from an old headboard that we dismantled. The 2 black and white things are artists canvases decoupaged with pages from an old catalog (from St. Paul, Lucy). The deer and garland from Old Time Pottery and the gold board on the easel is just an 18 in piece of 1/4 inch plywood.
I covered it with textured wallpaper (another of my favorite things), painted ot old gold, and smeared on a bronze glaze. I love it!
MUCH MUCH MUCH more to come!
Blessings-B
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