This is the first California Creation building I have finished in 2025. Yes, I did start it in 2024. I also finished the Horse and Sled figurine.
Church and Sled
Plastercraft
Ornaments 2024?
I painted these ornaments in 2023 around Christmas. However, they have been hanging for months, and months, and months waiting to be varnished. The ornaments got a coat of varnish when I varnished every other project I was working on.
More Things I Painted
I spent August and September painting a few items I had in storage, but then I went to Hobby Lobby and found two other items in their Fall collection that I just had to paint.
I have seventeen nieces and nephews. I purchased the horse to paint as a potential gift for one of them. It did not get painted, until now.
Its Christmas Time! No, it’s not! I like houses and a nice little Christmas Village to paint was the next item I selected; it was in stored for years. This piece is designed to hold candles.
The next two piece were not in storage. They are the ones I found this year at Hobby Lobby. As you can tell I did not paint the owl in fall colors, instead I selected the colors that I used to paint the three angels. I did not paint the little white reflection in the eyes because after the gloss vanish was applied, it will allow the eyes to catch the light reflection.
I did not want to paint the sunflower multiple shades of yellow. I wanted something a little different, so before I started painting it, I searched the internet to check if sunflowers did come in other colors besides yellow. I used multiple shades of red, orange, multiple shades of yellow, and dark green. After I was satisfied with the colors, I used yellow, red, and orange fine glitter paint. Then I used a sparkle glaze (glitter glaze) over the flower to give it a sparkle. To finish, I used gloss varnish.
Rescued Houses Part 5 with Trees
This is the fifth post about the houses I painted after the flood of 2016. If you interested in learning more check out Rescued Houses – Part One.
This house is about twice the size of the ones I normally paint. After sitting in the flood waters for a few days, it has some damage to its plaster. Some of the houses the damage with too extensive to attempt to save.
The trees survived the flood without damage, because they were in the boxes higher up. Yes, I placed all the heavier objects/boxes on the bottom to keep from crushing the lighter boxes.
The trees were painted green then dried brushed with white paint.
Three Angels
In the year 2002, I found three paintable Angels at Hobby Lobby. Each had a different pose and two were holding musical instruments. I purchased these three and painted them.
I had so much fun painting them and since they turned out beautiful, I purchased and painted three more.
The next year Hobby Lobby had some more, so I purchased three more. Those angels were placed into a box and stored. They survived several moves and a flood. They were never forgotten just a future project.
Earlier this month, I was in Michael’s and found these paint bottle. I thought those colors looked so pretty together and had to use them on something. I got the angels out and painted them.
Do I still have the first painted angels? Yes and No. I gave away some. The others were stored with the Christmas decorations, and they may or may not survived the flood and moves. I haven’t unpacked all the Christmas decorations in years and years and years.
All the angels were painted with either Delta Ceramcoat or DecoArt Americana paint. Afterwards, I used a pearlizing glaze or medium all over the angels. They were finished using satin varnish by Delta Ceramcoat or DecoArt Americana.
Plastercraft Houses – Set One – 2023
They’re back! Yes, I have painted some more plastercraft houses in 2023. Two of the houses, Brass Lantern Shop and White Horse Pub were released, unpainted, by California Creations before 2010. Around the time, the company went out of business. The Shire Church was release by Colorbox, which still make things to paint but mainly for children. At the rate I am painting houses, I should have enough houses to be painted until about October 2064.
Brass Lantern Shop
White Horse Pub
Shire Church
Plastercraft Houses 2021 – 2022
Yes, it took me a long time to start and finish the latest Plastercraft houses. These houses were produced by California Creation, (which has gone out of business), and painted by me. The houses are painted with acrylic paint and sealed with gloss varnish.
Pizza Parlor
Fire Station
Plastercraft Houses 2020
Okay, I only painted three Plastercraft Houses in 2020 – so far. After I finished the last two, I was looking through the box of houses that wasn’t damaged in the 2016 flood, and found the “Hot Rod Parts” building. Since I normally paint three houses at a time, I continue to look and found a second “Hot Rod Parts” building, and then I found a third “Hot Rod Parts” building. So, I decided to paint all three. One for my sister, who I started painting houses for many years ago. One for my other sister, who rescue the houses from the flood and one for me. They were surprise! Especially, since California Creations went out of business.
Plastercraft Houses 2019
Yes, it appears that I only painted two houses in 2019. I did not get a chance to seal the houses until a few weeks ago, because of cold weather and Covid-19. (I can’t varnish if someone in the household sinuses gets upset around paint and varnish.)
These are California Creations houses. The company went out of business in the early 2000s. Yes, these have been in storage waiting for me to paint them.
Pink House
Bed and Breakfast
Rescued Houses – Part Three
After two weeks of being back from my long trip, I realized I missed painting my little plaster houses. It is something that I believe that I am good at doing. I am also good at painting walls too. I finished these three houses and started painting three more. I typically paint three houses at a time, so others can be drying as I work on one.
Thatch Roof House
School House
Library
If you would like to know why I called them my rescued houses, check at this blog post: Rescued Houses – Part One
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