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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Winter Whites!

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! 
It has been an unusually mild winter for us this year. We are so used to getting multiple winter storms at this time of the year that the sight of green grass in my yard has me dreaming of spring:




 

This old cigar box holds a patch of fake grass found at Michael's:
 
I love using this cigar box in different vignettes! And the contrast between the green grass and the white create a soothing effect! 
 Using keys in a vignette creates a timeless, old world feeling:
I found this set at Kirkland's:
The filtering winter sun livens up this dark corner of my foyer:
The toile candle was made by decoupaging the image on it:
After printing the image( found via Internet) on tissue paper(taped to card stock paper), I used Mod Podge to apply the image on the candle:
I sprinkled some glitter while the medium was still wet:
White tulips grace my silver teapot:
Magnificent in their simplicity:
 Love the ambiance created by this white toile candle:
 Printing the image on tissue paper adds to its luminosity:
Candles add an ethereal quality to any vignette:
Close-up on the candle:
Mixing white with old world charm adds wonderful grace and elegance to tabletop vignettes, don't you think?

Always a pleasure to have you visit me with your loving thoughts! Have a wonderful week ahead!

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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Wine Vignette

I love creating vignettes! They are so much fun to play around with. I like visualizing how they will look and which elements I will use to create them. There are so many wonderful vignettes all over blog land done by amazingly creative ladies. One such talented lady is Marty @ A Stroll Thru Life. She has a rare talent of taking everyday objects and making wonderful vignettes all around her beautiful home. Whenever I need inspiration I simply hop over to her home and come away with many wonderful ideas! She even has a linky party every Tuesday where you can show off your vignette of the week. Click the link above for inspiring vignettes:
Victims of my latest vignette:
Bottles I picked up while thrifting this past summer, $1 each:
Fragrant lavender from my summer garden:
Rosemary from my herb garden:
Crystals and glasses around my house:
 Corks from wine bottles:
They all come together to create a cozy vignette on my kitchen counter:
From a different angle:


Aerial view:
 I made this French-inspired tag by decoupaging the image from The Graphics Fairy and then singed the edges with a candle to give it an aged finish:
Close-up on the tag:
I love using rosemary in cooking as well as in decorating. They make excellent accents and add so much visual texture:
 While taking these pictures, I discovered a nice little feature in my camera which I never paid much attention to before. By selecting Color Accent feature from the menu, I can take nice shots of white or neutral backgrounds with accent on the boldest color of the subject. Isn't that neat?
 I appreciate you stopping by and visiting me. Your loving thoughts always make me smile. 
Have a lovely weekend!
 
Parties I'm attending this week:

~POPPY~


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