Vintage amber medical bottles, are accented with red, amber and crystal clear chandelier crystals and czech fire beads. I took a baby blue vintage rhinestones to add more color and contrasts.
November 30, 2009
November 17, 2009
Tree of Life Nectar
Tree of Life Nectar Altar Piece. I found this treasured bottle this weekend at a flea market. The front of the bottle is embossed with a little tree, and on the back is written "nectar of the golden life of health and vitality". Better than those poison bottles I find from time to time!
November 09, 2009
Blue Bling and Crystals
More creations
November 06, 2009
Salt and Pepper
There are those that love the idea of having a functional altar piece so that they can store small things in them, such as, a lock of hair, baby tooth, or any other memorable item. I have in the past found small vintage or antique salt and pepper shakers and used them for this very purpose. Recently I have really enjoyed doing smaller pieces topping the shakers with flowers, mandalas, or crosses and accenting them with beads and tiny vintage crystals. These are about 5 1/2" tall and so sweet.
October 29, 2009
Small Collections
Adding little glass objects or tiny bottles and mixing them with a devotional art piece add to a collection keeping it interesting and simple. These two devotional pieces are smaller and mixed in with tiny vintage perfume bottles that are only 1"- 2" tall.
August 11, 2009
Yavanna's Homage
The day I started thinking about the creation of this devotional piece, was the same day a dear friend of mine posted some photos of herself on facebook. We had lived near each other in Laguna Beach, became friends, took an interior design course together, shared inspirational ideas and went through deep life changing experiences together.
She is now moving away from Laguna and her life is changing. In her photos she is paying homage to the goddess of the sea. I was on that day, creating this piece as my homage to the sea. Missing the ocean and the natural beauty of where I was so blessed to live and meet many wonderful amazing people.
Yavanna being one.
So as I was making this piece, she was my inspiration. Yavanna is the picture of femininity, grace, poise, and strength.
I used a soft pink glass heart and embellished it with abalone shells, chandelier crystals, glass beads, vintage rhinestones and of course I place a pearl and crystal crown ontop.
The bottle I chose was a sanctolite candle from the 1970's. It once held a candle that was used as a symbol of someone's prayer on a family alter in Boise, Idaho. I purchased it at an estate sale.
August 07, 2009
Missing My Ocean
Later this month we are heading down to Laguna Beach...
Oh to smell, touch and see my ocean,
my home, and watch the light like diamonds dance on it!
I have these vintage replicas of heart ornaments that have been sitting on the table for months. Like most of my devotional art piece they start out fragmented. A found object here, a pearl there, a cross added....then just the right bottle is found.
I passed by this soft shell colored heart many times a day sitting in a small try on our coffee table. I love the soft color. In the tray are some small shells. Then I thought of making it a devotional art piece. I will be adding taupe pearls, a vintage cross, abalone shells and of course chandelier crystal pieces, which represent the way the light dances off the ocean.
I will write more about my thoughts behind it later, but I just had to get a photo of what creations are transpiring. Writing here on my blog makes me feel like I have some control over my "art life" as I get ready for my day job....which is telling me that I have some big deadlines to meet today!
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