In the spirit of giving I want to share some quick decor ideas and painting secrets with you 🙂
Painting is just a process of breaking down your subject into shapes and colors, and then building it back together
I wanted some painted ornaments to match these Santa face plates for a table I’m going to share with you soon
I started with the face
the secret here is don’t over think it, and be patient, it’s easy to give up at this point because you think it doesn’t look right
add the next color shape and continue
Before you know it
You have Old St. Nick!
Things have been going at full pace around here, and I’ve tweaked a few things…when I decorate for a holiday it’s much like adding layers like when I’m painting…I start with a base and add to it as I go along…
The family room got some new tweaks with this pillow, it hopped in my cart at Target the other day. It was so perfect with the muslin cover and the stamped gold and silver snowflakes~
I put more “angel wings” on the hearth in a ceramic urn
The Smith and Hawkin basket [another Target find] keeps toys handy, but camouflaged with a piece of fringed burlap
I wanted more glitzy pillows for the love seat, but I wanted to show Santa I could be good so I decided to just do a simple cover up with burlap, burlap ribbon, and gold star twist garland to help tie everything together with what else is going on in the room
A simple treatment, done in minutes and easily removed after the holidays
In the kitchen I created some fun for the grandchildren
A “Sweet Shoppe” on the baker’s rack
Full of eye candy!
The stair rail is decorated mainly for the boys, because they spend the night a lot, with their stockings and vintage toys
Things are definitely getting Holly Jolly around here, I hope you’re making progress at your house too!
Thanks so much for your visit, I hope you are leaving with some ideas!
for a tutorial on the Burlap Angels click here
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