My Room's Christmas Decorations!

On the first of December, Mum and Ellenya decorated my room for Christmas!!! I have collected a lot of pretty decorations over the years, and it makes me really happy to see them each year at Christmas time!

Here are some pictures of my decorations:

Even my door handle has jingle bells! 

My chest of drawers - with its bell wreath and mini tree!
The mini tree even has little battery-operated lights -
but they were switched off when I took the picture.

The top of my chest of drawers!
My mum made the bear angel on the top of the
tree for me a few years ago =)

The top of my chest of drawers!
My friend from school gave me the tree candle
when I was about 14 - I have always kept it!

The area at the foot of my bed - so my main view =).
I love lying in bed and looking at all the shiny decorations! 

The mosaic star I made, and a tree made of bells that
has a secret hiding place inside for toffees!

Decorations on the top of my tall cupboard =). 

My cupboard door handles!

My bell tree!

A nutcracker =).

More decorations!

My curtain area! It is very very decorated =D.

My curtain rod with tinsel, glass baubles,
and other decorations! 

 

Some pretty colourful tinsel on the shelf above my head!
It was a gift from mum this year - because she knows
I love rainbowy colours!

My key windchime is decorated, too! 

Window stickers on my wardrobe mirror doors =). 

I love that when I am lying in bed, I can see pretty shiny decorations all around me =). I am really grateful that my family decorated my room for me!

~Adrielle =)

My Mosaic Chest of Drawers - Part 5!

So, I finally finished decorating my miniature chest of drawers this month! Here is the final of five blog posts outlining the fun and creative journey that led me to the final product =).

My finished chest! 

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When all of the painting was finished and dry, I gave the mosaic areas a final clean and polish - and my miniature chest of drawers was finally complete! 

Here are some pictures of the final product, starting with the painted back and base:

The design on the base of my chest of drawers began as a kind of
accidental paint spillage situation... but evolved into something wonderful! 

The inside of the cavity where the drawers sit is also painted:

Drizzly shiny awesomeness!

Each of the three drawers features some black mosaic tiles on the inside, with a painted drawer bottom, outsides and base. The front of the drawers feature mosaic designs that fit together to create a garden scene on the front of the chest:

The mosaic designs on the front of the drawers fit together to create a garden scene! 

A paint design on one of the drawers =).

The drawers in the finished chest =).

The garden-themed mosaics on each side of my chest of drawers feature flowers, butterflies, birds, greenery and sky:

 The final part - and my personal favourite - is the rainbow sky mosaic design on the top of the chest:

I am really happy with the way that my miniature chest of drawers turned out - and I had a lot of fun decorating it! I actually miss working on it now that it is complete! I will have to look for a new project to embark on... It is my birthday in less than a week - maybe I will get another gift to decorate in the coming year!

~Ad =)

My Mosaic Chest of Drawers - Part 4!

So, I finally finished decorating my miniature chest of drawers this month! Here is the fourth of five blog posts outlining the fun and creative journey that led me to the final product =).

My finished chest! 

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After all of the grouting was done and dry, I moved on to the painting stage! I wanted to give the un-mosaic'ed surfaces of the chest a pretty finish! I started by giving the exposed wooden areas a coat of white paint. 

The side of my chest of drawers - with white paint.

Then I decorated the surfaces with Pebeo Fantasy Moon and Fantasy Prisme special effects paints! The pictures below show how I gradually built up the marbly splattery layers of paint to create the finished effect:

These paints are cool in that they look textured - but the finish is quite smooth and glossy. 

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For the next stage in this project, see the the next blog post in this series: My Mosaic Chest of Drawers - Part 5! =).

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~Ad =)