I have been enjoying working on these little houses so much!
The plants were collected around late Autumn time and pressed for winter use.
They looked too Spring-like, so I rollered them with gesso! I added seeds, pearls and buttons, and the addition of glitter has helped to give them a frosty look.
I'm linking up with Julia over at WOYWW to see what other people have on their desks this week!
What a beautiful series you are creating with your winter houses Diana.
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Lynn 19 X
Only you could gesso plants! But doesn't it make a huge difference? They would have been too highly coloured before and now they fit in beautifully. I really do love this series of little houses, anything architectural floats my boat! We're looking forward to seeing you next week, will email to finalise arrangements :-)
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they are gorgeous, thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteJill #18
Away they are beautiful, so are they a flat thing or will you build it up to 3D?
ReplyDeleteBridget #8
Just gorgeous, Diana. Everything you do is a winner. The touch of green in these is a master-stroke and I love the frosty effect from the gesso.
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Shoshi #21
How absolutely beautiful!
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Happy WOYWW and have a great week.
Lisca
Your winter houses look stunning and I am impressed you have been able to keep the glorious colours in your pressed flowers.
ReplyDeletesandra de @22
still loving those houses, very shabby chic. happy woyww Vicky#3
ReplyDeleteI am loving your winter houses. They are soooooo beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty. What a great idea to coat the natural elements with gesso to tone the colours down. Perfect.
ReplyDeleteFiona #32
Love how you used those natural elements and painted them with gesso! They look fantastic! Very unique! I'll have to start collecting stuff too! Happy WOYWW! zsuzsa #38
ReplyDeleteGreat fun - lovely little houses. Do you have an enormous house in which to display everything you make?? Your work is always beautiful. Well done.
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Margaret #40
Lovely houses.
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Diane WOYWW #44
Oh I adore how you've used those helicopters! What delightful inspiration, I would have never thought of using pressed petals in mixed media. TFS!!! <3
ReplyDeleteSo in love with these winter houses - this is just mixed media at its most gorgeous with a real touch of nature added in. Love! Happy Wednesday! Sandy Leigh #51
ReplyDeleteBeautiful houses and beautiful photos of them too!
ReplyDeleteSharon K #47
Hi again, Diana. Thank you for visiting. The green swirly patterned card piece is simply a stencil taped on to the card, then a variety of different coloured glittery embossing pastes put over it using a palette knife. Incredibly easy - but I'm glad you liked it. Mrs D taught me whilst we were having our playday - she's really good at it - I just had to remember to get the stencil off quickly enough before the paste went hard!!!
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Margaret #40
I'm just in from my afternoon school run and having done the morning school run and a full day of sewing in between I'm feeling rather jaded but as you can imagine those little ones never fail to put a smile on my face so it's all worth it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by at mine earlier.
They are so pretty....I really love the effects you've got.
Hugs,
Annie x # 10
Thank you for your visit, Diana, and you made me roar with laughter at your comment about taking a swig of your dirty paint water!!! I've neve gone THAT far yet lol!! After drinking all that paint, you must have mixed media insides as well as making it on the outside haha!!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you like my kitty page. Only got to do the text and then it will be finished. I'm feeling a lot better now after having had a few days' rest, and today I'm busy making samosas. I must to some baking tomorrow to take to the KnitterNatter craft group in the evening. Maybe I'll have another session in the studio this week but who knows? Busy busy busy!
Shoshi
darling and oh so delicate.
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Pat #61
so pretty and delicate. Thanks for the visit earlier today . Have a great week. Soojay xx
ReplyDeleteThese are so lovely again Diana, the addition of the gesso has given them a beautiful ehterial feel, another wonderful addition to this series. Now I am curious what you will do with them, will they become part of an album?
ReplyDeleteOh this is turning into a fab series...love how they link, then same but different!
ReplyDeleteAdorable little creations...Happy WOYWW
ReplyDeleteYour gesso frosting is just the thing for the garden treasures on these beautiful pieces.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely charming and lovely ♥
oxo
Oh my, Diana, this series continues to completely enchant!! I adore the use of gessoed natural pieces here - so perfect!! And please, how did you achieve the background - an exquisite stamp or your own exquisite drawing, or??? Fabulous! I so love your eye for detail that pulls everything together!! xxx Lynn
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful, I love that you're using foliage and flowers that you picked and pressed yourself. They're wonderfully wintery, and so textural as well. I can see why you're having fun with them!
ReplyDeleteTotally gorgeous.... I love the pretty flowers.... so lovely and frosty. Perfect for the weather we have been having lately.
ReplyDeleteKaren x
I continue to be in love with your Winter garden theme. These are so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteDeep sigh of pure delight - these are breathtakingly exquisite.
ReplyDeleteAlison x