Christmas Market
Jenni Jarvis • January 15, 2024
Booth at Christmas Market
I was asked to participate in a local Christmas market with different vendors in early December, and thought it would be something fun and different, so I said yes. I brought a variety of large paintings, with mostly smaller, giftable items I'm going to share here.
I have a mix of traditional and non-traditional Christmas colors, and lots of acrylic pieces on small canvases. I also created some watercolor chinoiserie trees and plants with hand-torn deckled edges I floated in glass, gold-rimmed frames.
My larger items took some inspiration from coastal art, even though we are very inland. I also had plenty of florals, too.
I can't remember the first example of fluted wood furniture I saw, but it was probably either this gorgeous custom wood bathroom vanity from Chris Loves Julia , or the DIY fluted coffee table Fariha shared on Pennies for a Fortune . The custom cabinetry was done professionally using a router for each line, which isn't something I possess the skills to do. This did help inspire the colors I used in our bathroom remodel, though! I really connected to the method Fariha used to build the coffee table--wooden dowels. What a fabulous idea!
I did a little refresh in our daughter's room, and I decided we needed some large-scale art. I actually planned to order a print, but inspiration struck on a trip to HomeGoods when I saw two HUGE framed canvases on clearance for $25 and $9. I grabbed them up and headed home, with my head filled with ideas on what to do with them.