Victorian Inspired Christmas

Hello Everyone!

Stopping in to share my recent projects, Victorian inspired Christmas decorations.

Naturally, I had found 2 similar projects

 on Pinterest (I AM ADDICTED)

and wanted to give them a try.

Here is what I used:

Wood Triangle

Small Tree Branch

Peat Pot

Gesso

Texture Paste

Glue

Glitter

Acrylic Paint

Distress Ink

Fine Grit Sandpaper

Decorative Paper

Snowflake/Ornament Embellishments

Photo Pins

Bottle Brush Tree

Styrofoam Ball

Faux Snow 

Pearl Trim

Ribbon 

I used a gesso base coat on both the wooden triangle & peat pot.

When the gesso fully dried on peat pot, I then painted it with a Rose Gold acrylic paint.

For the tree ornament, I cut vintage sheet music & decorative paper, glued to each side of the ornament,  lightly distressed front & back edges as well as the sides, and very lightly, brushed Rose Gold paint to all surfaces, and enhanced all edges with distress ink.

To finish the peat pot, I used texture paste, along with a sprinkle of glitter, to mimic dripping snow around the top edge. After gluing the ball on the inside if the pot, I used the same texture process, but also sprinkling with faux snow (the type used for Christmas Villages). 

To finish the tree ornament, I pre-filled a shallow hole on the bottom,  cut tree branches to an unchanged piece, and secured with glue.

To the top, I added photo pin and ribbon, and on one side only, I added a glittered snowflake embellishment.

To finish the pot, I secured with glue, 

 a bead wrapped, bottle brush tree, photo pin with printed Santa image (also found on Pinterest), and ornaments on top of the "faux snow", and I also glued a glittered foam snowflake to the front to complete the look.

Whew, seems like a lot of work, but these were fairly easy to create, and didn't take a lot if time to do.

Thanks for stopping by, with this gal being in the Christmas spirit, there are no doubt, more Christmas projects to come!

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Crafty Blessings!