Chistmas is coming.... Part One

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I thought I might forget the doors I've been mumbling about for now and try and decorate a few Christmas items.
NOTE TO SELF: Make sure you have everything to hand BEFORE you start!
NOTE TO SELF: Do NOT just throw things in the cupboard willy nilly not helpful in the long run!
 I had no idea what I'm going to end up with or even what I'm going to make when I started out.
First I brought a few mini trees and door rings. I thought I could decorate these (The door rings might  even force me to make a few doors to HANG them on? Or not? So once I had my items to decorate I looked at my bead boxes. A mess looked back at me so I spent a day sorting out all my beads. I then wondered if I had and Christmas flowers? So I need to look for my flowers... I found them but they were in a right mess! So I spent a day sorting them out.

 I had repainted some of these Barbie plants and flowers in the past.

 Left one I painted
Pot in the middle has not been painted

 Above... Flowers to be painted

 Below... Re-painted flowers from the Barbie Flower Shop
 I purchased a tin fridge with two shots glasses and some booze (not sure what to do with the booze as I don't drink and parents only drink wine give it to a friend I guess?) Below are the shots glasses filled with glass gravel from IKEA.
 Below are a mixture of flowers some are Mattel and some Rement fixed into bead vases with 'blue-tack' you could also use glue dots. If you want to keep the flowers in the vases permanently then you can glue them in.



 These are just a few ideas and next week I will show you how I made them and how to re-paint (Mattel) flowers and plants.

Comments

  1. Farrah26 November 2014 at 08:20

    Wow, it's amazing to see these minis come to life with some fresh paint! Thanks so much for the idea! :)

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  2. Phyllis26 November 2014 at 10:10

    This is really great and I love the repainted flowers. Looking forward to the tutorial.

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  3. Anonymous26 November 2014 at 10:27

    Great ideas! I love the bead vases, they look like real modern vases! The painted flowers are beautiful!

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  4. shirley27 November 2014 at 05:47

    i never thought to repaint the flowers. wonderful ideal. pretty flowers.

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  5. Georgia Girl27 November 2014 at 11:28

    The flower look great! Great job on painting them!

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  6. Unknown29 November 2014 at 08:54

    Hello from Spain: Christmas is near. Fabulous Christmas decorations. I really like your furniture. You have a large collection of plants and flowers. Keep in touch

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