Gift for my parents for their 40th wedding anniversary!

[Nighthawk]

My parents are celebrating their 40th on the 21st of this month. They are having a second wedding, and asked me to "take care of" the centerpieces for the reception. This is what I came up with:

mat and coasters for the candle holders





Detail of the coaster



The candle holders, hand painted by my friend and business partner Jaime Manlett.



Detail of how the knotwork will show through the bowl. The bowl gets filled with water, with 2 floating heart shaped candles in it- one red, one white. (A note- I'm sure the critique I will recieve is that I should have made the big mat diamond shaped to flow better with the smaller candle holders. I thought of that after I put the whole thing together... Live and learn, I guess!)





Hope they like it!! I'm pretty proud of it. I love the way the cross turned out!!

[piperdbh]

Those are really pretty; in fact, too pretty to cover up. I'd suggest standing the cross mat on a small easel behind the bowl with the candles, and let the light reflections dance across it. I'm sure your parents will be very pleased with your artwork and proud of you, to boot.

[Nighthawk]

Those are really pretty; in fact, too pretty to cover up. I'd suggest standing the cross mat on a small easel behind the bowl with the candles, and let the light reflections dance across it. I'm sure your parents will be very pleased with your artwork and proud of you, to boot.

Hey!! That's not a bad idea!! I may have to make a Hobby Lobby run... I liked the idea of seeing the cross through the glass bottom of the bowl, but that's an idea with some serious merit!

[budd4766]

As I said on the other forum...good job. I thought you'd like the Ox Blood...and it really goes well there..

[Santa Kona]

Wonderful

[Nighthawk]

As I said on the other forum...good job. I thought you'd like the Ox Blood...and it really goes well there..

Oh hey!! I didn't realize you were an active member here! I post my stuff on the leather worker board because I learn a lot there and feel I should contribute in some way. I post it here because this rabble is my clan!

[biblemonkey]

Wow! If I had the money I would do some co-designing with you and have you make me a custom sporran. I have seen some of your work on this site and am impressed. Good job!

Hugh

[Chas]

Hope they like it!! I'm pretty proud of it. I love the way the cross turned out!!

You should be proud of it -

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Regards

Chas

[budd4766]

Oh hey!! I didn't realize you were an active member here! I post my stuff on the leather worker board because I learn a lot there and feel I should contribute in some way. I post it here because this rabble is my clan!

I'm on both a good bit. I don't post a lot of stuff in either place...I have a facebook page for that, but I do check both forums for info every day..

[Nighthawk]

I'm on both a good bit. I don't post a lot of stuff in either place...I have a facebook page for that, but I do check both forums for info every day..

My FB account is http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/...?id=1344395918 Look me up!!

Wow! If I had the money I would do some co-designing with you and have you make me a custom sporran. I have seen some of your work on this site and am impressed. Good job!

Hugh

I'm a hobbiest at this point, which means I'm cheap! If you're interested, I'd love to work with you. PM me.