Sweet Peppermint Wynter

I've had this metal container sitting on my studio table for a couple of months. I've had it so long I can't remember where or when I purchased it. It's an unusual container; it has the spout of a coffee pot but the handle of a water can. Is it a coffee pot or is it a water can. Maybe it's momma was a coffee pot and it's daddy a water can. Hey, your guess is as good as mine. It sat on my table patiently waiting for its turn to be tickled by my brush. Most of the time when I buy something I have no idea what I will paint on it. That's the reason things will sit on my table for a month or two. Finally, I will know what I want to put on it. Sometimes it's a work in action, it kinda comes together step by step. That's how this piece was.

First, I knew I wanted a peppermint theme. The snowman make-do I recently made as a giveaway inspired the snowman in this piece, with his peppermint neck. I love groups of snowmen so hence the 3 small snowmen in a cart...and I love carts with big wheels. Little prim trees in the landscape, well, that is a no-brainer; easy and simple to do. BTW, those trees go around this piece so if it is sitting where all sides can be seen, well then, it all looks pretty; no empty spots ( I don't like seeing empty spots on my pieces. More work but bigger satisfaction). The "not a coffee pot" handle is painted in candy cane fashion.

What's inside? I used some moss with winter red berries and some snowflakes. I added some peppermint rounds made from wood, a whimsical snowman make-do with his skinny tall stove pipe hat and a cinnamon snowflake. I added some homespun fabric and completed it with a prim tag. I've put this arrangement in my Etsy shoppe. You can reach my Etsy Shoppe by clicking the icon, on the left, that says "The Old Cupboard Door on Etsy".

Thanks for stopping by my place.

Til next time....

~willa~