I don't know about you, but I believe in angels. And I love making angels as well. These angels came about quite accidentally. I bought these lawn ornaments at the thrift store and was actually going to put them in my flower bed. But the more I stared at them, the more they looked like angels.
The hardest part in creating these angels was attaching the heads. I thought that the ornaments were made of wood. Nope, resin. In order to get the wooden heads to adhere, I needed a flat surface. So I had to saw across the top of the resin which my band saw wasn't too happy about. I painted the surface with Waverly Ivory chalk paint. I love using this paint because it is so forgiving. And it dries very quickly. Then I aged it with an antique wax from Folk Art.
This first one has a pair of rusty tin wings that I salvaged from a broken ornament. I used silver tinsel on all. Heads were painted fleshtone, blushed and eyes were dotted with a sharpie. I added an organdy bow at the neckline.
I bought these wings at Michaels. I found them in the floral department. Since the bodies are resin, the wings were hot glued on.
Another set of wings from Michaels.
I think this is my favorite. I love the filagree wings, also from Michaels, and the shape of the ornament makes it look like a skirt.
We had a nice holiday, although we are really needing rain here. I give my plants loads of water and they love it!
