Matthew Mead Studio Metallic Copper Ornament Redo

You've probably seen those long tubes of red and green ornaments that retailers have in the isles this time of year.

The tubes are filled with several shapes of red and green, sometimes other colors like silver and gold.

I picked up two large tubes of those ornaments, brand new, a couple years ago at a garage sale for a buck each.

They are plastic.

Shiny metallic, plastic.  I intended to use them on my outdoor decorations.

But sometimes outdoor window decorations don't happen.

Like when the snow arrives on the window ledges before the greens do.  That means the snow is under the festive array of evergreens instead of softly fallen on top of them.

When the snow falls on top you don't always get to enjoy the underneath anyway.

So since the plastic ornaments have never made it outside in the years since I picked them up, I decided I wanted to jazz them up in colors that fit in with our family room.

This meant shades of copper, reddish brown, earthy.

I purchased several colors/shades of copper "metallic" spray paint - because spray painting all those buggers would be fast right?  And Christmas was coming.

I tested each color on one of the plastic ornaments.

And they all looked like crap to me.

Where was the shimmer of metal I was looking for?

I know where......

I was about to give up when I decided to plop my round hiney in a chair and hand paint each ornament with Matthew Mead Studio Metallic Copper I received from Fusion Mineral Paints.

The line of metallics is awesome.  If you want some design inspiration stop over at Holiday With Matthew Mead to see how he adds a designers upcycled style to everything he creates.

Hand painting ornaments is a time consuming process but it wasn't exactly rocket science.

I even got out the glitter in three different colors.

And as my round hiney was about to go numb in the chair, the last copper brush stroke was completed and that box of red and green plastic ornaments had been turned into a box of several shades of glittered metallic perfection for use as decorations in our coppery family room.

Even after sitting for so long to complete them, I looked around to see what else could use a fresh coat of metallic copper.

I'd like to say when I was done the angels sang. 

But what really happened is that the angel closest to me was galvanized and she got painted copper with glittered wings, before she ever had the chance to open her mouth to sing.