Holiday Art

One of my ceramic angels when I was looking for Christmas items that resembled me. Since I couldn't find them I created them myself. You gotta do what you gotta do.
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I’m always thinking of new ways to create art. The holidays are always a good time to create different things to keep or give away as gifts. I had been saving some wine bottles to create stylish vases. One bottle I was going to create an angel, it was from a bottle of Italian wine, and its shape is that hour glass figure like a woman. Add wings during the holidays and if they aren’t very Christmassy you can leave the bottle out all year round. Of course art doesn’t have to be seasonal. I have a hand carved black Santa that is visible all year long as are my angel ornaments that hang over the fire place. I have other ornaments that I place in a large vase and they can be seen all year round.

So back to the wine bottle. I removed the label and since the bottle is clear, I decorated it with several red and silver snow flakes. Since the bottle has a screw cap I filled It with M & M’s and it makes for a very colorful and cheerful display. It could also make a great gift for someone that likes M & M’s.

Transforming ordinary items

The image is a shadow created from the patio table.

Art can be found in virtually anything. As I’ve said many times, it’s only limited to your imagination. In a time of recycling and helping the environment there are some things we can use to make beautiful works of art. When I was in Hawaii, one of the wineries made candle holders out of the wine bottles. All wine drinkers have purchased wine that had beautiful decorative bottles and we didn’t want to get rid of the bottle after the wine was gone. You can buy a candle globe that can go over the bottle and put a small candle in the opening and you have a candle. You can also turn wine bottles into lamps. You can buy cords and drill a small hole into the bottle to run the cord. Had the socket for the bulb and you’ve created a unique lamp. Make several and give them as gifts or sell them. You can also take the plane bottles and remove the labels and then take some of your favorite scrapbook paper that matches the décor in the room and decorate the bottle with various strips around the top, center and bottom. Add some glitter or beads and sit on a window sill and let the light create art within the art on the walls and ceiling.

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