Copper Gilded Paint Can Luminaries

To make these items, I added a design on the paint cans for punching holes. I them filled cans with water and placed in freezer. When frozen, I took a center punch to punch holes in the cans at small intervals around the drawn design. I then used copper gilding paste over the entire can to create a copper luster. The cans were then filled with dried florals. I then attached a copper fabric bow.

Painted and Decorated Wine Bottles

After washing the empty wine bottles, sand them with light grit sand paper to make glue and paind adhere. Here I first added patterned cardstock to the bottom and decoupaged on to the bottle. I then sponge painted whie acrylic paint, then aqua paint all over the bottle. I then used white texture medium and applied randomly to resemble waves crashing. To the texture medium I added various small seashells, an etched glass seashell ornament, painted netting (from a bag of avocados), and some fringed fiber. To finish them off, I added a handmade tassle, a pearly bead string, purple and aqua ribbons, gold tassled cording, seashells, a string of multicolored beads, a mini picture frame, and bottle toppers.