The Evolution of a Vignette

Tabletop vignettes are not always my favorite thing to put together.  I actually have to be "in the mood" to do this at home otherwise I am just never satisfied with how it looks.  Even when I am in the mood, I find that I am constantly standing back and looking, then tweaking until finally, I say to myself, "just leave it alone now".

I put together the vignette on this table I have in my dining room {it is really a sofa table, but I needed something in here and it works} kind of spur of the moment, although I knew I needed to do something with it for weeks now.  It actually came about by accident. 

I had moved the pot of faux paperwhites {or daffodils, depending on the season and how you want to see them} onto the surface portion of my dining room hutch.  I had also placed a new cloche that I had gotten there as well, after tying a wired ribbon bow around the handle.  This was really just a putting-it-there-until-I-decide-what-to-do-with-it placing, but I liked it and thought it would work well within a tabletop vignette. 

While the cloche that I had originally gotten the idea to do this vignette was too big for this table, this cloche and wood cheese board {that I painted with Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint} was a better size for this table.  You may recall that I found this cloche and the base at Goodwill recently.

The scale wasn't working for me this way.  I had the height of the lamps on either side, then the gradual decline in size with the paperwhites.  The cloche was not matching up to that so I had to find something to raise it up.  I found this pedestal that I had glued together and painted black in a closet.  I wasn't very keen on this pedestal that I had made {round wood disc and candlestick from Michaels, painted and hot glued together}, because the candlestick portion that comprises the stand is a bit thin and wobbly for my liking.  However, it seemed to work here and felt stable, so I was comfortable using it.

Much better! The needed height was achieved.  I wasn't "feeling" a ribbon tied around this cloche, but felt it needed something.  I had gotten a few tags {I believe this one came from Debra at Common Ground when I got my special necklace} and put it on the cloche.  Although it is filled with wine corks and not a fern, I like it.  



Here you can see a full view with the pedestal giving the proper height to the cloche now.  I also re-introduced one of my PB copies ~ the framed corks that I had in here originally.  Still ~ something missing . . .



I added the second one in as well.

Yes, I like that much better!  Don't you think so?



 I think I will leave this one alone now!  At least until I start decorating for Christmas!

Some night shots, if you can bear with me.  I'm trying to practice since Daylight Savings Time and the only natural light I will have is on weekends now.

Okay, thank you for being patient with me!  No flash and just these lamps for light AND they are not blurry.  That is good for me!

Linking up with:

Tabletop Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life
Vignette Friday at Color Outside The Lines

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