Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Matryoshka Invasion!
The Matryoshka Wreaths! 3

I have loved Matryoshka's aka Russian nesting Dolls since I was a little girl, I own about 10 sets of them, my mom or Grandma would pick one up for me at thrift stores or when they saw them in their travels!

For the past 4 years I have seen a soar in people getting back to collecting them and creating them, thus driving up the cost of the originals and making them that more special! I love the handmade versions and all the whimsical and kitchy Kawaii/Sweet colors.

The new color scheme I am loving to create with is cherry red, periwinkle, and white! I just finished dying and painting a dozen vintage bottle brush wreaths in fun blue, pink, purple and red colors over the weekend. After much thought on what to decorate them, I choose using my new Matryoshka dolls and vintage/kitchy millinery and supplies!

Here are the results:
The first one is Pollyanna's Fairytale!
Matryoshka Wreath, Pollyanna's Fairytale! 5
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Meet:

Pollyanna and she loves fairy tales!

This new piece is made from a hand dyed, vintage bottle brush wreath I created, then embellished with vintage kitchy pieces, vintage beading, millinery, berries, my own scrapbook paper and my handmade Matryoshka Dolls, glitter, paints and more.

This style is
Matryoshka Wreath, Pollyanna's Fairytale!
Matryoshka Wreath, Pollyanna's Fairytale! 2
The Next one is: Nellie's Fairytale!
Matryoshka Wreath, Nellie's Fairytale! 3Matryoshka Wreath, Nellie's Fairytale! 2Matryoshka Wreath, Nellie's Fairytale!
Meet:

Nellie and she loves fairy tales!

This new piece is made from a hand dyed, vintage bottle brush wreath I created, then embellished with vintage kitchy pieces, vintage beading, millinery, berries, my own scrapbook paper and my handmade Matryoshka Dolls, glitter, paints and more.

This style is
Matryoshka Wreath, Nellie's Fairytale!

The Matryoshka Wreaths!
Both these ornament wreaths are nice sized and available in my Etsy Store!
Magic and Joy,
Lisa!

1 comment:

Elaine A said...

Lisa -

So ADORABLE! I just love your work. It always touches my inner child. The part of me that still believes in fairy tales, Santa Claus and happy endings. Thank you for that. We need more special people like you in this world.

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas Lisa and hoping that 2011 is a very special year for you.

Hugs,

Elaine Allen