Wall Mirror

I am not very keen on these mirrors, I think them useless as a proper functional mirror. May be try them as a decorative object? I am sure you've seen a lot of items decorated in this style, with 3D ornaments, I am always the last one to try! And then I come across this master-class and having the mirror already primed and painted I decided to give it a go! 3D details turned out far from perfect and I highlighted it by adding craquelure and patina. Now it looks like it was made of ivory long-long ago!

Watering Can "Morning Glory"

Just before Christmas I was asked to make a watering can as a Christmas present to a relative of my friend. It was suppose to be a present for an older lady that is why I made it in very traditional style. The friend did not want to wait until I finish varnishing and got another my watering can and I put this one aside for a while. Now with all this mild weather I started to think "spring! gardening!" and came back to this can. I added some shading, specks, finished varnishing and here we are! The first watering can of the season!

CD Box

Initially this CD box was a rather dull plywood piece, very functional but very plain. To make it more attractive - easy job: paint in and out, use suitable napkin with musical images and decoupage paper with ancient sheet of music on it and add some ageing. I made craquelure inside and outside the box and heighten effect with patina. Here we are - still practical but much more exiting!

Mini Chest "Sweety Pink"

This mini chest of drawers is veeery pink and girly! But sometimes I want to steer away from vintage and create something completely different and I enjoy making it very much. It is rather tiny you can see by the size of buttons. I use various napkins to create nice mixture of designs but tried to stay with the same hues of pink. I hope you like it!

Tea Box "Have a Cuppa"

This is a last tea box for a while because I run out of blanks! So I put all my ideas in the last one and it seems overdone a bit!.. I even added some tiny cracklings on that yellowish stripe on the lid and insides are stained with tea solution (tea bags to be precise.

Set of Boxes "English Roses"

Back to work, back to reality! Long holiday is over and I try to get back to normal life. This is my first project in a new year, very simple as you can see. I suppose you recognise IKEA's set of three boxes and I managed only two!.. The third one will have to wait.

Box for Letters and Papers

This is a large box for keeping letters and papers format A5. The lid decorated with images of classic car racing so that it could be a nice gift for a gentleman.

The box is wooden, but looked very dull so I decided to paint the whole box white and then paint faux wood grain. I am rather pleased with the result!