Painted wooden blocks

It's all dark and rainy here. I guess I'll just paint flowers on every block of wood I can find until Spring sticks. :)

I have to confess, that I wasn’t sure what to call these – they’re not quite sun-catchers, and not really snow-globes, so I decided on Confetti Shakers in the absence of any other ideas. These were born when I accidentally discovered, in one of those ‘Eureka’ moments that you have now and then, that the lid of a Pringles tube, fits exactly onto the lid of a tub of cottage cheese from Tesco (I think other products have the same lids too, mine just happened to be cottage cheese!) My mind of…

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Button and clay flowers grow in this flower garden, standing on their wire stalks in a curved and decoupaged oak wood block. There are little button flowers with a clay flower and leaf. These are hand shaped from polymer clay, fired and painted to finish. The front of the wooden block is decoupaged with floral paper, and a hand stamped little sign that reads 'For You' This piece measures approx 12cm high by 5cm wide. Made with love in Somerset in the UK.