Daphne's Cottage

Fun Photo's

Just wanted to post a few pictures of some of the painting's my Mother is working on. None of them are finished, but should be completed and up for sale on Etsy and Daphnes Cottage in the next month. We had to start Halloween way early this year. Last year all 50 Halloween painting's were sold in 2 week's.

I also wanted to post some BariJ bag photo's that are now on sale at Daphnes Cottage. I wanted to keep them all, but I own 25, of her bag's and I must stop!

Again I still have Lisa Kaus painting's for sale and most all are on sale. All sterling jewelry is 30-50 % off. Hope you enjoy the photo's.

BariJ delightful applique Anna Shopper bags with vintage brooches for sale at Daphnes Cottage.There is no bag's

out there with this quality, and I should know after months of searching and testing. BariJ is getting bigger and bigger.

Soon, they will be rare and a long waiting list. These three are all one of a kind !!!

Another amazing one of a kind Stephanie bag with fabulous applique work. One of the flowers has the word Summer written upon it. Available at Daphnes Cottage.

A messanger bag by BariJ and this is a make your friend's jealous bag. Even the straps are appliqued. The French vintage ribbon brooch is made up of 6-7 yards and can be removed to put on a beautiful jacket or blouse or left on the bag. For sale at Daphnes Cottage.

People this Stephanie bag is VINTAGE fabric. A VERY rare BariJ bag to be in total vintage fabirc. It has a darling vintage chenille flower brooch.  This bag is extra extra special, so grab it at Daphnes Cottage!!!

A pink explosion Anna Shopper bag by BariJ of the softest corduroy and applique and diamond buckle. Inside a soft pink plaid that is just as yummy. All the straps are leather braid except a few style bags that are patent leather. These bag's will never flop and never fall over and go bad. They will look the same 5 year's from now.

A BariJ messanger bag with appliqued straps and a beautiful French vintage 6-7 yard ribbon brooch. A soft corduroy fabric, with many roomy pockets on the inside and one on the back. Two rhinestone buckles add to the drama of the bag. This pink paisley bag is the BOMB. Again one of a kind and can be found at Daphnes Cottage.

A Stephanie BariJ bag with  very unusual fabric, rhinestone buckle and a 6-7 yard ribbon vintage brooch. Leather braided straps. Applique work is all over the bag and again it is a  One of a kind and can be found at Daphnes Cottage.

All hand appliqued by BariJ with leather braided straps. One of a kind and can be purchased at Daphnes Cottage.

Soft soft corduroy, beautiful rhinestone brooch, leather braided straps, and 6-7 yards of Vintage ribbon with vintage brooch.

BariJ Anna shopper bag..... Highly appliqued and very impressive. Fine high quality fabric and patent leather straps and bottom with 4 steel ball feet. Sturdy and never flops. I have a matching French ribbon vintage brooch that can be added if you so desire. Again, the ribbon brooches are 6-7 yards of French ribbon with a vintage brooch inside the brooch and can be taken off to be worn on a jacket or blouse or kept on the bag. This bag has a rhinestone buckle that add's to the drama, and will last for many years due to it's sturdy interfacing and quality of the bag.

Many many more to come in the next 2 weeks, these are just some samples !!!!!

One of a kind Treasure boxes

A few one of a kind boxes we have for sale at Daphnes and soon on Etsy. They are very heavy and sturdy and I am including some example photo's to show what can be done with them. Most of the applique's are from antique mold's. Each box is made to be slightly worn to give a slight shabby chic look. They can be made in any color and both sides have the wood appliques.

I love putting flowers and/or plant's in my long boxes. Makes a beautiful centerpiece.

You can have one by your bed to keep your book's, magazines, lotions, dead husbands,dead cats, stationary,love letters,booze and what else your heart desires.

One  of the treasure boxes with tops.

I put a shabby chic finish on the boxes  to make it look slightly vintage.

You can house your fabrics, and many hobby items in your boxes. My Mother keeps her cook books in her kitchen box and another friend uses her's as a bread box or treats and chips.

Another example of a box by my bed.

A box in a large bathroom to house many lotions and French soap's etc.

How cool is that soap with a bumble bee inside? I found a soap boutique that makes the most beautiful soaps with every kind of design inside. They are amazing and to beautiful to even use. http://www.sisteragnes.addr.com/     Just click on the nun.

A box with note cards and book's. There is a BariJ handbag with a beautiful applique flower on the front, and a Lisa Kaus painting in the back that was sold some time ago.

Kitchen box for bread's, cookies. muffin's, all treat's, olive oil's, and can be used as a centerpiece on the table with a platter on top with a gorgeous HAM, or dinner roll's.. The sky is the limit.

Box used for decorating. I threw some of my X-mas ornaments in to show how they can be used for the holiday's.  Again it can be used on a dinner table and house X-mas decorations, Easter decoration's, Halloween, B-day,  Thanksgiving and a realy cool idea is to give one of the boxes with a top with a gift inside to a bride, a graduation gift, a keepsake gift.

How cool is this? A box used for Halloween candy and Halloween party favors. I adore unusual Halloween decor.  I collect every kind of Halloween item I can get and some I keep out all year. If you want to find some groovy unusual Halloween pieces and other types of art, please visit   www.GLITTERANDGRUNGE.com. There are many artists on display there who are fantastic, such as Holiday Queen Melissa Valeriote  who is just fabulous, and I have about 15 of her pieces that I keep out all year. You can find her at  THEHOLIDAYQUEEN.BLOGSPOT.com  ...Also please check out WWW.EHAAG.COM  I LOVE this site and want everything I see!

How about this fabulous little creature? It's a small sample of the many amazing pieces she makes.   Melissa Valeriote Theholidayqueen.blogspot.com Go visit her ASAP.

Early Halloween Mixed Media Painting's Preview

Some pictrures of the Halloween art sold or still on sale with us. Most paintings have a chain or nail thread to hang on the wall or even outside.

   

This cat's name is Lucifer, but he's a friendly Lucifer. We have him in a series, and he has a girlfriend named Cristabelle. Lucifer is from Salem and he is in the vintage style and there is vintage papers, vintage photo's, and vintage journal's on the canvas. The painting has been made to have a rough, lumpy and raised vintage texture. This cat was actually taken from a wooden sign that was over 120 years old!!!

This Halloween owl is my favorite and I hate letting it go. It is so sad that  you can't see how cool the texture is on the canvas and how old she made it look. Alot of the painting's have vintage Mica and/or German glass glitter or a hint of black German glass glitter, but it's imposible to see. Also alot of the pieces have raised pieces of wood in different shapes, such as moons, cat's, sheep,ravens, circles, and stars etc. with vintage papers glued on or glitter. Like I said these are half finished and taken with a crudy little camera. This owl piece is very heavy and has a think layer of molding paste as do most of the holiday pieces.  The molding paste mixed with wax does the neatest trick I found out one night when I fell asleep with a  HEAT GUN on the painting. It bubbles up and makes the neatest surface and realy gives the piece a vintage feel and it makes the sides and edges all rough and gloupy.

Another Lucifer painting, this time with a vintage raised wood clock piece around his neck. He is looking very majestic on his pumpkin throne. The papers and photos are all vintage on the sides of the canvas. Again covered in molding paste and made to look old and spooky with a rough texture.

Another view of King Lucifer...

A real vintage style owl painting.I adore this one and we gave it an extra heavy coating of molding paste an an extra rough vintage surface, How cute would this look on your front door, hung with a chain, or hung on the wall.

Here is  three bad boy crows who rule the halloween night and neighborhood. My Mother has 5 crow's called the Beltway Boys who live in her massive yard/pasture because she feed's them human food every day and they rule all the bird's and the whole yard strutting around like King's... Again, vintage paper and heavy molding paste to give it a rough texture for a real vintage spooky look. Hang it on your front door, your mantle, any ole wall, or over your husbands bed and make him think you are starting vodoo on him...

This is one of Lucifer's cousins and he is a country Halloween cat with more charm and manners. I love his face and hat, he realy does look old and crusty.

This one reminds me of the 3 little pigs, but they are Halloween pumpkins with vintage papers.

This next one is just a fun Halloween cat on the way to a party. He is half way finished.

A fabulous owl with raised wood shapes with vintage papers on them. Mica and German glass in the tress. When I take better photos, you will be able to see so much more detail.

This one I love and is so much fun. It has a way to go yet, but it's going to be one of the favorites. Again,, more vintage papers and vintage textures...This one we might hang antique rusted chains from the top.

this next one is a fabulous green pumpkin, He has the most unusual texture on is tummy, on accident. Almost like bubble wart's. His vintage papers and the halloween vintage couple on the sides that look petrafied just makes this piece.

I have so many more to put up, but this is a small example of whats to come and I will save the best for last and when I can put up more perfect pictures.

Here is a small French stuck-up  unfinished X-mas Kity,,,