Just Paint It Blog

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Home
  • About
    • My Stuff
      • My House
      • My Hubs
      • My Paintings
        • Illustrations
        • Murals
  • Projects
    • How To/PIY
      • PIY – Paint It Yourself
      • Quick Stuff
      • Tutorials
      • Videos
    • Techniques
      • Antiquing & Distressing
      • Blending Colors
      • Color Wash
      • Decoupage
      • Drawing
      • Dry Brushing
      • Faux Finishes
      • Glazing
      • Highlighting
      • Shading
      • Stenciling
      • Transfers
    • Home Decor
      • Accessories
      • Furniture
      • Holiday Decorating
      • Seasonal Decorating
    • Crafts
      • Dollar Store Crafts
      • Holiday Crafts
        • Christmas Crafts
        • Halloween Crafts
      • Kids Crafts
      • Seasonal Crafts
    • Paint Types
      • Chalk Paint
      • Chalkboard Paint
      • Glitter Paint
      • Metallic Paint
      • Pearl Paint
      • Specialty Paints
      • Spray Paint
      • Watercolor Paint
    • Paint Surfaces
      • Paint Canvas
      • Paint Fabric
      • Paint Glass
      • Paint Metal
      • Paint Paper
      • Paint Plastic
      • Paint Walls
      • Paint Wood
    • Submit Yours
  • Shop
    • A.R.T. – Art Related Things
    • Original Art
    • Pet Portraits
    • ClipArt & Printables
  • Portfolio
    • Pet Portraits
  • Contact

Christmas in Bronze, Rust & Gold

November 24, 2009 By Colleen Jorgenson 7 Comments

In my goal to post here daily, I must come clean . . . I’m pooped. There are a lot of great things about being self-employed – one being a very flexible schedule. One of the downfalls – a very flexible schedule. You work always – seven days a week, all hours of the day & night.

Don’t get me wrong – I’m extremely grateful to be working. I’m just tired from working over the weekend – painting more stage sets and this year’s gates. Plus the sites are miles away from each other. Anyway, I digress . . .

I did these decorations last year for a condominium clubhouse community (hired by the HOA). Again, I gave the options of either classic red or burgundy or tones to match the colors of the clubhouse – which they chose. Their floor is acid-washed rust and they picked up those tones throughout the room.

tree-and-fp-web
The fireplace is home to a 48” lit wreath – huge! but it works in this large room.
fireplace-web
close up of wreath . . . cream poinsettieas, bronze magnolias, eucaplytus, even feathers. Gold-tipped twigs, and a wonderful glittered windowpane ribbon.
fp-wreath-close-up-web
Here’s the fireplace with the lights on . . . It just glows.
fp-with-lights-web
Then I put wreaths on every door. Same colors, different materials, but it all blends. For the front door wreaths I cut strips of silky striped fabric, besides Christmas ribbon.
front-door-wreath-web
These wreaths went on each office door.
wreath-w-feathers-3-web
This one just lays on the counter in the cafe area.
cafe-wreath-web
These hang on the doors going out to the pool area. More rust magnolias, the delish glitter mesh ribbon and, again, strips of bronze satin fabric.
pool-door-wreath-web
fp3-web
There are multiple columns in the entranceway. I didn’t want to just wrap them in garland so I did these little swags with hanging glitter strips. No ribbon, ornaments or froo-froo – just pine, twigs and hanging glitter. These are 12 feet up, by the way.
columns2-web
Then, finally, the tree! I used a 7-1/2 footer, elevated it on a big box draped with fabric. It’s impossible to tell from these pics, but there are yards and yards of fabric tucked inside the tree, four kinds of ribbon, poinsettias, twigs and ornaments.
tree2-web
For the topper I just used tons of copper feathers.
tree-topper-web
This year I’ll take step by step pictures of how I do wreaths & trees. It’s really simple, I promise! And tomorrow I’ll add more pictures and add some how-to’s.

Colleen

about Colleen

Filed Under: Floral Design, Holiday Decorating, Home Decor, More Stuff

Comments

  1. Swati says

    November 25, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    Oh Colleen – you are so talented. The wreath over the fireplace is stunning. The only thing holding me back from doing the same is that I don’t have a fireplace, so…(not!).
    Swati

    Reply
  2. Colleen @ MuralMaker&More says

    November 25, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    Thanks, Swati – years of being a florist and working in a crafts store. One year I actually decorated 28 trees – in themes. Only problem is my house usually gets the ‘left-overs’ from jobs, but that’s okay. I may splurge and buy some ornaments just for me this year.
    And, hey, I put wreaths up all over – windows, walls, wherever. Just because.

    Reply
  3. Jenn Erickson says

    November 25, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    Whoah! I sometimes feel overwhelmed by decorating my little tiny house. You pull off amazing style in stunning detail on such a large scale. Incredible!

    Reply
  4. Colleen @ MuralMaker&More says

    November 25, 2009 at 3:51 pm

    Thanks, Jenn. But it helps when you’re getting paid to decorate. I used to do about 5 houses a year – now, not so much. Some years my house wouldn’t even get done, so that wasn’t too fun. I’m starting today, in fact, just to make sure!

    Reply
  5. Lindsay Rudolph says

    December 5, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    The fireplace looks beautiful! I love the picture where the lights are on. It gives the room such a warm and welcoming feel.

    Visiting from SITS! Merry Christmas!!

    Reply
  6. Colleen @ MuralMaker&More says

    December 5, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    Lindsay, thanks for stopping by. I just did my mom’s fireplace last night but my camera isn’t showing it well with the lights, dang! Need Hubby’s ‘good’ camera to get the best effect.

    Reply
  7. Luschka says

    December 16, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    Signing up to your RSS feed, even if just to ooh and aah over your creativity!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    About Me

    Hi there! I'm Colleen, a self-taught artist, writer and blogger, among other things. You don't get to be old enough to order off the Denny's senior menu without accomplishing a few things in life. Read More…

    Recent Posts…
    • Patriotic Fourth of July Printables June 25, 2019
    • Camping Coloring Pages June 15, 2019
    • How to Paint Purple Iris January 28, 2019
    • How to Paint a Teddy Bear January 24, 2019
    • How to Paint Tulips January 21, 2019
    Comments…
    • Colleen on Echo Lake – The Beginning
    • Rachael E Trimble on Echo Lake – The Beginning
    • Lourie on Snowmen Printables
    • Colleen on DIY Painted Retro Shoes
    • Catherine Fearing on DIY Painted Retro Shoes

    Subscribe via Email

    Get updated delivered directly to your inbox!

    Art Digital Downloads

    Archives

    Pretty Handy Girl Fun DIY Gifts!

    PHG_zazzle-banner

    Videos

    Error type: "Forbidden". Error message: "The request is missing a valid API key." Domain: "global". Reason: "forbidden".

    Did you added your own Google API key? Look at the help.

    Check in YouTube if the id muralmaker1 belongs to a . Check the FAQ of the plugin or send error messages to support.

    Instagram

    Google+

    Facebook

    Pinterest

    Etsy

    Copyright © 2023 Just Paint It!/Colleen Jorgensen · website by Houndstooth Media Group