Christmas Pinecone Bird Ornaments - Photograph

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I am posting some photographs of the Christmas decorations and ornaments on my Christmas tree.

Red Pine Birds - Week 50 - The Book of Days

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This week's theme for my Book of Days was Red Pine Birds.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

The master index for all of my entries is here.

"Christmas Pine" - Postcard

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I'm in the process of going through my UFO (UnFinished Objects & Projects) pile to complete them or throw them into the scrap heap.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.32.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different outcome. It's past time for the insanity to stop.

"Christmas Cardinal" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.28.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Red Christmas Birds" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.28

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Winter Birds 2" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Winter Birds."

This is my second entry using the same background as my first entry.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.22.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Winter Birds" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Winter Birds."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.22.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Red Pinecone Ornament - Photograph

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I took that photograph of some of the ornaments on my Christmas tree.

White Tipped Pine Cones - Photograph

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I took that photograph at the reservoir in Redding, CT this past week.

"Christmas Red Birds" - Postcard

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Merry Christmas!

I created this using GIMP 2.10.14.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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What Child is This - The American Boychoir

Red Cardinal Pine Cone - Tin

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I made a Northern Cardinal bird, pine cone, and red berry decoupage tin, using a Trader Joe's cocoa tin that I got around Christmas time.

I created this using a 3-ply paper Christmas napkin, which I separated to use only the ply with the image on it.

I used the same steps as I did for this wood box.

The tin lid was tight to begin with, but now that both have been decoupaged, the lid will have to remain off. This could be used as a pen holder. The backside ended up overlapping crooked but I didn't know it until it was too late to fix it. Note: I used one coat of antique white to paint the tin with, before decoupaging the napkin onto it.

"Red Cardinal Pine Cone" - Wood Box

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I made a Northern Cardinal bird, pine cone, and red berry wood box, using a cigar box.

I created this using a 3-ply paper Christmas napkin, which I separated to use only the ply with the image on it.

Other than not removing the box hardware, I used the same steps as I did for this wood box.

"Red Cardinal Pine Cone" - Wood Box

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I made a Northern Cardinal bird, pine cone, and red berry wood box, using a playing card box.

I created this using a 3-ply paper Christmas napkin, which I separated to use only the ply with the image on it. I removed all of the box hardware first. Then I painted the box using Apple Barrel Antique Parchment and let it dry. Next I used Liquitex Matte Gel as my decoupage medium, and put the napkin onto the box top and sides of the top. I used plastic wrap to press down on the napkin, and also used a brayer across the top of the plastic wrap that was on top of the napkin. (See: How To Decoupage with Paper Napkins (plastic wrap tip). )

Once that was dry, I applied one coat of Liquitex Gloss Gel as a sealer. I was happy to see that the napkin ink didn't run when I did that. But the coat dried with brush strokes that could be felt, so I did the second coat using Delta Ceramcoat Gloss Interior Varnish as the sealer.

I decided to use parts of the napkin as inner panels in the bottom inside of the playing card box. I used the same decoupage steps as above. However, for the first coat of sealer, I used the Delta Ceramcoat Gloss Interior Varnish as the sealer, and the ink ran. It wasn't too bad, and gave it a somewhat distressed look, which I was okay with.

But it was a lesson learned: from now on, use Liquitex Gloss Gel as the first coat for the sealer, so the ink doesn't run, then use the Delta Ceramcoat Gloss Interior Varnish as the second coat, to get a smoother finish without brush strokes in it.

Christmastime at Keeler Tavern Museum - Photograph

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This is 5 of 5 posts of photographs that I took at the Keeler Tavern Museum in Ridgefield, CT this past week.

Solitude - Photograph

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This is 3 of 4 posts of photographs that I recently took at Redding Ridge Cemetery in Redding, CT.

Winter Beach Scenes - Photograph

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I recently took these photographs at Short Beach in Stratford, CT.

"Christmas Santa Claus and Gnome" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "A Touch of Gold."

I created this using GIMP 2.8.22.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Perfect Shaped Pine Cone - Photograph

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This is 2 of 6 posts of some photographs that I took during a walk on the Riverwalk in Westport, CT this past week.

This is one of those pine trees that has perfect shaped pine cones.

"Don't Bring Me Down" - Postcard

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I created this piece for this week's Three Muses challenge "Heart."

I created this using GIMP 2.8.16.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

The words are from the song "Don't Bring Me Down" by Electric Light Orchestra.

The font is Meiryo Bold.

Merry Christmas! - Postcard

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Merry Christmas to everyone!

I created this using GIMP 2.8.16.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

The font is IsadoraCaps Medium.