Hand Painted Trays, Doggy Dining Table, Wood Hearts, Painted Apron, Recycled "Whatever" Sign, Hand Painted Wine Glasses and Faux Mercury Glass Projects

I've had quite a few random projects in the blog post queue to share 

and decided to combine them in one post. Be prepared for lots of pics!

Giant Painted Veggies

First up are these giant hand painted veggie chargers.

They are huge, about 18" diameter. 

I found the metal plates at a thrift store and repainted them.

I chose 3 of my fave fruits and veggies for the designs...

Pomegranates...

Pears...

and artichokes. Yum!

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Next, I had an order for a custom doggy dining table. 

This is the customers sweet little dog and the doggy table that she

wanted duplicated, or something similar, in the background.

Leopard print...

And burnished metal look feet.

I used to make these doggy dining tables a lot in the past

but this was back in the day before digital cameras.

This pic shows a few of them.

At Christmas, a customer contacted me needing a couple of 

hand painted wooden hearts for a collage she was working

on for a gift.

She had seen my hand painted Valentine Hearts I had made but

needed a 4" size in specific colors.

They are painted on the sides in stripes...

One is leopard with Pink Crown...

And the other, a pink and cream check.

Next up, is a hand painted apron.

I've done a lot of projects with painted fabric.

I needed a gift for my Mom and created this hand painted apron 

for her. She loves flowers and yellow is a favorite color.

I used a plain canvas apron and painted free form flowers

with metallic gold vines and leaves and deep red checks on the edges.

It turned out pretty cute and she loved it :)

Whatever! 

A funky little sign painted on a recycled drawer front...

Hand painted lettering...

Repurposed piece from a wooden chair at the top...

Wire, glass, beads and little Peking opera mask faces...

Recycling at its finest.

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I wrote a post on how to create your own painted wine glasses 

but if you aren't up for that, visit my Etsy store

to purchase a set of Peacock Wine Glasses.

Sold out and I'm no longer creating the glasses. Thank you!

Gorgeous greens, teals, blues and touches of metallic gold. 

They look beautiful from every angle.

Even water tastes better from a pretty glass!

Last project.

If you follow me on Facebook, you may have already seen this pic.

I had a set of glass jars and decided to try the 

faux mercury glass technique that you've all seen on Pinterest

I already had the Krylon looking glass paint on hand. You also need 

a spray bottle of water and it's always a good idea to use a respirator 

when spray painting. 

It literally took like 10 minutes. I lightly misted the inside of 

the glass pieces with water then immediately sprayed the 

looking glass paint. I did a couple of coats on all. Done.

They have that nice mottled mercury glass look 

I like how they turned out!

Thanks for taking the time to check out all these random projects.

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I still have a few items and clearance paintings in my Etsy shop 

as well.