A Green & Gold Christmas Coffee-Table Vignette

Greetings lovely friends & readers

Firstly thank you all So very much for your sweet kind comments on my last post.   The general consensus seems to be "Leave the stand silver & paint the star" - which I am more than happy with.    The problem here is that the star is currently missing - I blame the youngest four-legged member of the family & live in hope that I can find it again (!!!)  😸

Last week I decided to do a Christmas coffee table display in a Green & Gold colourway  💚💛

This largely came about because I had these 3 cherished items, bought home when I cleared out Mum's home            back in early March.  Mum always kept the Cherub candle holder & flower frog in her china cabinet & I found the gold Angel wrapped in tissue in a drawer.  I very much wanted to use these items as I especially loved the bronzy gold tonings of the cherub. 

 

I needed a tray for my display but had none apart, from silver ones.  I had bought this mirror home from Mums, actually lifted it off the wall at the last minute & thought I'd bring it home to donate.  It's frame was plain dark brown.  I unscrewed the hooks from the back so it sat flat & then went over the frame with my rub-n-buff ... it came up wonderful & just the right muted gold colour I was after.

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My only purchase was this gold glass "tree" which I bought online from Spotlight in their sale.  It has fairy lights inside & stands 36 cms tall.

I knew I had some thrifted candles that would fit in the cherub & found the perfect Christmas green.  All the other items on my tray are from past Christmas's or items I use daily around my home.  I sprinkled some gold stars over the glass when I was happy with everything.

The little wire heart tree in a pot also lights up & was purchased * here * back in 2020.

The gold baubles were a previous op shop purchase - you can buy bags of these very cheaply.  The bottom ones are actually broken but you just place them in the bottom & no-one knows  😉

 The tureens that the baubles are in are from the SPCA Op-shop purchased back * here * in 2021.

The wreath has been used for many years - I placed my glass tree inside it & wound some gold strings of beads around it.  Mums gold Angel sits just on the edge of it. The cream brocade tablecloth was a gift from my friend Joyce,  thrifted by her from the Church Op Shop where she works.

I LoVed my Green & Gold Vignette & when I sit on the couch at nights it makes me very happy to look at the treasures that were my Mums. 

Unfortunately I came in last night to close the curtains & what do you think greeted me dear friends .................... ??

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Go on .....  take a guess .........................

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Raise your hand if you guessed right !!!!!!!  😐 

And just look at the way her tail is curled so neatly around the flower frog making sure she doesn't stab her precious self !!!!!!!   She is honestly enough to make me give up  ....... & then yesterday I came home from town to this below  .....................

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Blackie parked up on my new outdoor table runner - Lord give me strength ! 🙏

I decided to paint the wooden fruit board that I showed in my last post as I wanted to use this special Christmas transfer.  Unfortunately it turned out too dark - I have photographed it outside today as it's such a dull overcast day - but indoors, in my house, the transfer barely shows up.  I should have used a light coloured background.  But it's okay - its all learning & not everything I paint turns out just magical & wonderful.

I have acquired a small selection of Christmas books & wanted something to display them in.  This box (top left) was in my sleepout - it had gotten damp at some stage & had watermarks all through it.  I painted it Vintage White & mod-podged this lovely piece of decoupage paper to the front.  The paint covered over the watermarks really well.

I'm really pleased with how this project turned out & Sid sat on the floor yesterday & read through some of the Christmas Children's books (all thrifted of course)

The felt elf boots (top left) have been on my Pinterest board for a couple of years.  Last night I decided I wanted to make some so I drew up a pattern, scaled it down somewhat & then sat & stitched a pair of elf boots.  Mine are in pale green felt with pink pom poms because Why Ever Not ? 💚💗

Before I close a mention regarding my last post .... the last photo of the $12 thrifted picture is actually Our beloved Late Queen as a young Princess Elizabeth.  Some of you realised this & some did not.  My dear friend Willie very kindly did some research on this & sent me * this link * if any of you are interested in reading about the prints.

Thank you so very much dear friends, for your visits here today,

I hope to be back in a few days with a Christmas-Home-Tour-of-sorts to share with you,

Wishing you a wonderful rest-of-the-week,

With much love & friendship,

Julie & the furry three x0x0x0