Fairy Lanterns

As you may be aware, I am fairy-obsessed.  Surely in another life I was born with a pair of gossamer, glitter-encrusted wings!  This is definitely reflected in my artwork.  Below are a few fairy lanterns I've made.  The dragonfly is a tealight holder.  The others have lights in their lids and operate with a pushbutton on top.  (Loew Cornell makes these fabulous Transform Mason Ball LED Lighted Mason Jar Lid Inserts that operate with two AAA batteries.)

I realize the one below is a mermaid, but mermaids are the fairies of the undersea world!  I glued green tissue paper on the outside of this one:

I used white tissue paper on the outside of these next two, and put some crumpled-up colored tissue paper on the inside to add some special effects:

I realize the one below is a dragonfly, but a dragonfly is the fairy of the insect world!  (Give me time, and I'll give you a reason why every creature is a fairy.)

This next one is Fairy Lantern Deluxe.  Instead of tissue paper on the outside, I liberally glittered the inside of the jar.  Note the wee bottle of fairy dust dangling from it, and the key to the Fairy Kingdom below that:

Fairy nice, if I do say so myself!

Bertolli Beauties

A friend of mine gave me a few Bertolli pasta sauce jars.  They have such graceful shapes - almost like an hourglass - and are embossed with "1865" and some pretty scrollwork at the top.  Often I can't use jars with embossing, as some of it's unattractive or it covers too much of the jar.  These, however, are lovely and lent themselves well to the creation of these ladies:

I started out with some vintage images of women and added some glitter to their outfits.  Then I downloaded some antique-looking labels for the backgrounds.  I added some moss at the bottom of the jars and some flowers at the top, and decoupaged an inspirational message on each.  There are crystals dangling from the top of the jars as well.  I am very happy with how they turned out!  I'm doing a craft fair this weekend, and I almost hope they don't sell because I want one for myself!