I used a small vintage plastic statue of the Virgin Mary which a very nice lady gave to me at an antique show she was selling at. She said she was waiting on a very special person to give it too... lucky me :-) I painted and covered the little statue with glitter and placed pink roses at her feet. Please note that there is NO sacrilegious offense implied here...
Here is a close up of my little shrine ~
I used a small scrolled wooden base that I distressed to have it fit in with all my other distressed stuff in my house. I added a glass dome to keep the dust off of it-- cause I am just to busy doing fun stuff to dust! I love how this turned out. My caute little shabby-chic shrine to the Virgin Mary~
Beyond beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! She is so beautiful - you had me at that pink glitter'd dress . . .YOU are always such an inspiration - and check out those followers! 400! Way to go . . .
ReplyDeleteBTW, I was thinking of the time you said you wanted to paint faces? You may want to consider looking into Willow's free online class - even if you sign up for the tutorials - you would LOVE it and there are already over 1,000 people signed up!
Happy Wednesday, Kristin xo
Oh Ceryl your shrine is so beautiful, love the glitter on Mary.
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Very pretty Cheryl! I don't think it's offensive at all, though there's always a risk when "religion" creeps into your artwork!!
ReplyDeleteLovely Virgin Mary shrine, it really looks like it was always meant to be like that.
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Your shrine is beautiful!
ReplyDeletelove the palette & sparkles - both relaxing & a bit glam :D
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing! I wish I had a dome handy!
ReplyDeleteVery cute, love the glitter.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Cheryl - I am sure the lady who gave you this would be thrilled to see what you created with it! Diane
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