Celtic Knot with Butterfly Box

Celtic Knot with Butterfly Box

hand painted

© 2014

available for sale in my Artfire shop HERE

If you are new to my blog, this is the second in the series. The first was actually a small painting that looks a lot like this one, though with a more intense cobalt blue. You can see the other one HERE.

Or view most of my butterfly boxes HERE.  

hand painted butterfly box

Butterfly Box

(for jewelry, trinkets, keepsakes, etc)

© 2012

available HERE from my Artfire on-line store 

or it may be available HERE from Etsy shop

This is one of a series of hand painted butterfly boxes. The whole series of butterfly boxes can be found HERE (or to look at all of the painted boxes in all subject matter, go HERE).

This is the only butterfly box I painted in 2012.

other links:

WEBSITE

ARTFIRE ON-LINE STORE

ETSY ON-LINE STORE 

painted butterfly box in light grey

painted butterfly box in light grey

© 2011 (but first time revealed)

hand painted trinket or jewelry box, one of a kind (4th in the series of 4)

4.75" long x 2.75" in width and 1.5" in depth (i.e. 12.065 cm long, 6.985 cm in width and 3.81 cm deep)

There is only one, but I am listing it in two shops and hope that no one buys them at the same day, hour and minute. It can be purchased through my Artfire on-line shop through THIS LINK  or through my Etsy on-line shop through THIS LINK.

This is the final butterfly box in the series with this particular template. I like it the most out of the series (I just feel it is more refined than the others).

You can CLICK HERE to see the rest of the series of butterfly boxes.

other links:

MY WEBSITE

MY ETSY ON-LINE SHOP

MY ARTFIRE ON-LINE SHOP

painted butterfly box in purple

painted butterfly box in purple

© 2011 (but first time revealed)

hand painted trinket or jewelry box, one of a kind (3rd in the series of 4)

4.75" long x 2.75" in width and 1.5" in depth (i.e. 12.065 cm long, 6.985 cm in width and 3.81 cm deep)

There is only one, but I am listing it in two shops and hope that no one buys them at the same day, hour and minute. It can be purchased through my Artfire on-line shop through THIS LINK  or through my Etsy on-line shop through THIS LINK.

As stated above, this is the third in the series (the rest of the series in HERE). Even though I used the same template, you can see that I changed the right butterfly so that it has stripes in its wings instead of the amorphous colors in the previous two boxes. I like it a lot more.

It struck me that I should have just blogged about all 4 boxes instead of listing them here one at a time. So, in the future I will do that, though most of the other boxes I'll be listing just have a one of a kind design. 

I will list another butterfly box tomorrow and then begin listing other designs.

other links:

MY WEBSITE

MY ETSY ON-LINE STORE

MY ARTFIRE ON-LINE STORE

painted butterfly box in french blue

painted butterfly box in french blue

© 2011 (but first time revealed)

hand painted trinket or jewelry box, one of a kind

4.75" long x 2.75" in width and 1.5" in depth (i.e. 12.065 cm long, 6.985 cm in width and 3.81 cm deep)

There is only one, but I am listing it in two shops and hope that no one buys them at the same day, hour and minute. It can be purchased through my Artfire on-line shop through THIS LINK  or through my Etsy on-line shop through THIS LINK.

This box was actually the first one that I painted in the series (even though I listed the mint one first -- the mint one can be viewed HERE and was actually the second one in the series ... or if you want to see the whole series, you can see all four HERE -- when I have them all listed, of course).

The right butterfly has a little less bright yellow in it than I put in the mint green box. I used the same template for all four boxes, but for the first two boxes, I wasn't entirely happy with the right butterfly, so you'll see that it changes for the last two boxes.

These four boxes will be the only ones I'll make with this template. In fact, I don't know if I'll paint any more boxes. I enjoy them, but I have many more ambitious projects I would like to accomplish. I painted these at a time when I was just happy to have a real studio, with its own running water and cupboards, a big work table (i.e. not my dining room table) and room to move around. I went a little crazy painting everything in sight, including things for my own house. Some day, perhaps I'll show you some of those too, but for now, I have a lot of boxes to list.

other links:

MY WEBSITE

MY ETSY ON-LINE STORE

MY ARTFIRE ON-LINE STORE

painted butterfly box in mint green

painted butterfly box in mint green

© 2011

hand painted trinket or jewelry box, one of a kind

4.75" long x 2.75" in width and 1.5" in depth (i.e. 12.065 cm long, 6.985 cm in width and 3.81 cm deep)

There is only one, but I am listing it in two shops and hope that no one buys them at the same day, hour and minute. It can be purchased through my Artfire on-line shop through THIS LINK  or through my Etsy on-line shop through THIS LINK.

I painted a lot of trinket boxes in the winter of 2011. I had always meant to list them in one or both of my on-line stores, but never got around to it (as you might be able to tell, I enjoy painting and making things a lot, lot more than photographing and listing them). Better late than never, yes?

These are hand-painted (not decoupage or decals), so they are painstaking (and also cost a bit more because of that). They are coated on all sides (including the inside) with a layer of glossy polyurethane. 

I'll try to list as many of these as I can in the next few days as I also have a backlog of greeting card designs to show you too.

other links:

MY WEBSITE

MY ETSY ON-LINE STORE

MY ARTFIRE ON-LINE STORE