It is a rainy Monday morning in
Umbria. Yes I have a cappuccino by my side, do you? I love the rain, to me it
always magical. The Italians
are funny because they will sometimes have their umbrellas up even when it
isn’t raining. For this Northern
California girl it has to be really raining for me to put up an umbrella or
even carry one. Now I know to look
out my window not to see if the umbrellas are up but to look on the river and
see if there are needle-point circles in the water. Then it is raining.
I’m really excited about this
post because a while back I had a great idea. I thought why not paint with colored glass paint the
crystals that go on chandeliers.
In the past I had tried to use
glass paint and I found it really hard to work with but that was when I was
painting kiln loads full of pottery and the kiln makes everything look so
amazing that glass paint seemed pathetic.
Now that I’m painting furniture
and walls, glass paint seems just like another fun alternative. Plus I’m all about process and learning
new techniques.
I'll show you some before shots now.
here it it before straight from the junk store |
candelabra painted white already better |
On crystals I suggest a thin
layer with a soft brush that does not show too much brush stroke. Then if you want to let it dry a few
hours you can do another layer.
I painted only one side of the
crystal, this was all that was needed to show the color effect.
painting crystals glass paint comes in many colors go to your art store |
I absolutely love brown with a warm color. I think it is so hip.
I like the idea of doing an
amber brown color with this white chandelier.
painted crystals on chandelier |
I wish you all a good start to
your week. I hope it is raining
wherever you are in the world.
Remember every week do something creative that fills your soul up rain
or shine.
plus the holidays are coming! |
XO
Natalie
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This is a great idea! It should be all over Pinterest.
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