Showing posts with label Christmas ornament. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas ornament. Show all posts

Friday, December 14, 2012

Festive Cheer

The winter holiday season is upon us. I do enjoy this cozy time of the year. It gets dark here quite early, around 4:30. The holiday lights help to make these dreary rainy days cheerful. My shop, Susan Najarian Art & Design, has some cheerful and festive encaustic paintings to brighten up these winter days as well.  
How about this holiday deer?
Such a cute little dachshund ornament. This ornament is a mini encaustic painting.
A horse ornament 
 Forest trees covered in snow in a pretty icy blue hue.
In this encaustic painting I put some vintage lace. The lace creates a wonderful snowy pattern.
There are lots of  ornaments still available in my shop. They make great gifts and the shipping is FREE.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

DIY Nest Spoon Ornaments

I have created some  nest spoon ornaments for my shop. I thought I would share with you how to make your own shabby chic spoon ornament.
 For this ornament you will need a spoon. I use vintage silver plated spoons. You can find these spoons at garage sales or thrift stores. Another idea is to use a pretty spoon that may have been chewed up in the disposal.
You will also need some wire, a bit of moss, ribbon and  beads. I used fresh water pearls but any kind of bead will work.
On my spoon ornaments I added some rhinestones and a bird charm. I hand stamped the word nest onto the spoon. This step is not necessary because the ornament looks just as cute without the hand stamped word.
To make this ornament I used a drill and created a small hole in the handle of the spoon. I then attached some wire and a bit of ribbon.
To create the nest, I glued some moss and three pearl beads onto the spoon. If you like you can glue on a little bird charm as well.  The glue I use is E6000. You can purchase this glue online or at a craft store like Michael's. Let the glue set overnight.
The next day I glued some rhinestones onto the handle of the spoon. I let that glue set overnight as well.  
This is a fun and easy project.
These ornaments make fantastic hostess gifts
 Put these pretty nests on a Christmas tree or hang them in your kitchen as a tiny work of art.
Have fun creating your own ornament or you can purchase one of these pretty ornaments from my shop here.
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