Country Primitive Sheep

We have a new flock in town! Country Primitive sheep are joining the Funky and the just plain Country on the country decor wall plaques with hooks page over at my Art by KC site. They have a lot to bleat about - how they can help you keep things tidy back at the farm with a place to hang those little things that cause clutter. Somewhere to hang your keys, your tea towels, or even those hanks of wool you have to roll up in a ball.

Country Primitive Sheep - Wall Plaque

A great gift idea for the crafty person who knits or loves yarn. You are sure to bring a breath of the country into someone's primitive country home with these wooly friends.

Music for February

Keeping in the Celtic theme beautiful I have chosen songs by Loreens McKennitt the Celtic songstress as my February music choice. She has the most fabulous voice and her music played on a mix of ancient and modern instruments is amazing.  
The Lady of Shallott:

Another treat: The Bonny Swans by Loreena McKennitt

Celtic Boar Hand Painted Box

Celtic Boar Hand Painted Box

 

 I have just finished a new Celtic boar hand painted box in a different style than my classic masculine boar jewelry box. This one has a wild boar in metallic gunmetal paint against a blue background on the lid. The sides have oak leaves and acorns - favourite food of the wild boar - on the sides. Front and back have gunmetal chain link detail.

A rugged looking box for the modern day warrior, maybe a valentine's gift for the hunter in your life! The designs are burned into the wood before painting. The inner base of the box is lined with blue felt and the outside has been given four coats of acrylic gloss lacquer.

Celtic Boar Hand Painted Box

The Boar was a symbol of strength to the Celtic people. Warriors respected it's fearlessness and often wore amulets of the boar as protection. The bristles were always defined in the Celtic symbols as it was believed that the boar bristles carried an innate strength.

If the wild boar symbolized victory and courage to the warrior, the Celtic hunter certainly respected the boar with its cunning and ferocious nature. Their presence, once common in the British Isles and Europe, must have made a walk in the woods really interesting in early Celtic times.

 My classic wild boar Celtic symbol for strength box   a favourite country style, masculine jewelry box can still be made to order from my Art by KC website.