One of my favorite Facebook page is Flea Market Gardening, love, love their page! They put out this challenge back in January to get people to do a project they have been putting off. I have wanted to do a ceiling fan, "dragonfly", for sometime, so I thought it would be a great time to stop procrastinating and do their winter challenge. Below you will find how I made this one.......
I call this one Ms. Ombre; she took sometime and thought, but think she turned out o.k. I have tweaked her a bit more this summer, her eyes were a bit blaa, so I added some sparkle to her eyes; she's much better now!
My supplies for this project.
I painted the fan blades all white for the background color. I didn't get any pictures putting the fan blades together. Here is how I did it; I used screws, wood glue and a piece of board to secure them all together in the back.
I Then dry brushed/stamped blue over the white...
I wanted an ombre look, so I started at the top with white and worked my way down to a darker blue. This was my first attempt at this kind of look, I really need to practice this technique more, but for now, I'm going with it :). I then attached the body to the wings.
I Added the clear/blue glass stones with silicone glue all around the perimeter of the blades and then let set.
Then with the blue bottles, I broke them in pieces. (Please take extra care when breaking the bottles!) I then took the broken pieces and glued them like you would a mosaic piece.
I added some eyes, necklace and wire antenna.
When I put her out this summer, I thought her eyes needed something, so I added a couple of jewels, wow what a difference, now they pop!! Don't be afraid to change your original plan, you never know, it may end up being a so so project to one of your favorite pieces!
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