Hand Painted Luxury Dog Bed, Beach Cabana Design with Skimboard Headboard

My latest dog bed...

 I'm calling it a Beach Cabana design

I started making my dog beds by re-purposing end tables. 

You can click the "Dog Bed" category to see all of them.

When I started selling and shipping more of them, the inconsistencies of the sizes and 

weights of the tables just wasn't working so I had someone build bases for me.

But, since I've always wanted a nail gun to use with my compressor,

this was the perfect excuse to get one.

So now I build my own!

For this one, I started with the solid wood base and added cream and warm yellow stripes

and wooden bun feet also painted in cream...

I added wooden shell and starfish cutouts to the front. 

I painted them cream then washed with brown to bring out the detail.

The headboard is made from a skimboard that I painted in the same colors.

I hand cut a large starfish shape and added texture with Flexall.

The painted design wraps all the way around.

I painted the inside in a soft blue with sheer white dots...

All the cushions are hand made by me in coordinating, fun fabrics.

It has a soft bottom cushion and three long ones that wrap around the edges

so your dog is super comfy. Three small pillows are along the back...

I love all the combos of textures and patterns

I made the large bottom cushion with an envelope style removable cover so it's

washable on gentle cycle and hang to dry.

I love how it turned out.

The skimboard headboard removes for shipping and is easily 

reattached using three screws in predrilled holes

I need to think of a name for my stuffed life size Yorkie model,

she looks so real!

This bed is 28" tall including the headboard, 24" wide and 20" deep but since

I'm making them, they can be any size.

See this and my other dog beds in my Etsy store.

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Spindle and Table Leg Hand Painted Butterflies

Latest three butterflies. 

This one in a MacKenzie-Childs type 

pattern with the black and white checks

Black glass bead eyes and tiny little red glass beads on the ends of the antenna

All hand painted... 

I used a chair leg for his body.

This pretty blue one is so fun!

A table leg for the body painted black...

hand painted turquoise blue wings with black and white accents...

And blue glass bead eyes.

I love this one. I used Flexall to make the textural design

on the wings, then painted with a copper verdigris finish.

Remember when I cut all these chairs apart? 

You can read more about it Here. I used one of those chair backs for this butterfly's body.

I love the curvy shape of it.  

I added a vintage door knob plate for extra decoration .

I used an aged metal drawer pull for the eyes and curly wire antenna.

You can see more of the texture on the wings in this photo...

Look on the Flexall heading under categories for more ways that 

I use this.

The paint lands in the crevices of the texture and makes it really stand out.

Thanks for checking out the new butterflies!

The blue one and verdigris are sold but check out my Etsy store

 for the Mackenzie-Childs butterfly and more. 

I'm always adding new designs and new items.

I also have mermaids and mosaics and lots of other goodies.

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Art Angel

A recent art angel order...

I had made these angels around Christmas and one of the ladies

that purchased one of them contacted me to make something

similar as a gift for her sweet mom.

For the body, I used a wooden lamp base cut vertically and mounted it on

a round wooden base that I studded with metal tacks...

She wanted soft blues and yellows....

I added this pretty garland of shell flowers centered with yellow glass

beads at the neck....

A decorative wooden shell cutout became the halo...

And the body was painted with different shades of blues, whites, yellow and gold.

The wings are pieces of architectural wooden molding...

They are a little different on each side.

Here is her mom with the angel...

It brings such joy to me working with others to create unique pieces that 

have special meaning for them and the ones they love! 

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Art Bugs

What is it with me and my fascination for making bugs?...and dragonflies and butterflies?

I don't know.

Something about giving new purpose to all those random pieces and parts...

 that may otherwise just be thrown away... plus getting to whip out the paint brushes

and then getting to combine them all together to create something unique just thrills me...seriously! :)

Not too long ago, I had made another batch of bugs, you can check them out here.

But recently, I saw this photo of a moth on my Pinterest feed

by an amazing metal work artist and I was completely inspired to make my own version

with the legs and extra antenna.

I used a chair leg for the body...

An aged lamp harp for legs. 

I've used lamp harps before for antenna on my dragonflies

A metal chair leg bracket for the head with little brass knob eyes...

Added hand painted wings... 

...and he was ready to go.

I was actually tempted to keep this one for myself, 

but I put him in the shop and he's already flown away.

That same day, I made this bug too.

The top of the body is part of a wooden lamp base cut in half and I attached

part of a wooden candlestick base to the bottom, 

he was pretty big, and fat.

...Had to funk him up with aged metal brick ties on the body...

Funky verdigris metal eyes...

...and wings cut from pieces of wood from an old chair...

He's flown off to his new home too.

Thanks for checking out my new bugs :)

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