Brighten Up A Winter Room: reflective objects

Twinkle, twinkle to brighten up the short, dark, winter days. Photo ©Liza Cowan

 

I like to brighten up the short, dark, days of Winter by placing shiny reflective objects around the house. The twinkle of reflected light does wonders to lift the spirit of the room. 

There are lots of great, inexpensive knock offs of silver, mercury glass and mirrored things in circulation right now, so keep an eye out. I found this container at Home Goods, for a song. I'm not sure what's its intended use would be, but I was looking for a shiny silver container for my paperwhites, and this is perfect. And it was cheap!

Happy Solstice. 

 

 

A Winter Day Photos

 

Some pictures I took today, a snowy and icy Winter day in Vermont.

Snow on tree branches, ©Liza Cowan

 

 

Snowy neighborhood through rain drops ©Liza Cowan

Winter flower stalks in snow ©Liza Cowan

Winter afternoon light and shadow with orange lamp.

Winter Afternoon Light and Shadow with Orange Lamp. ©Liza Cowan 2014

Kali matchbox label and teacher's rubber stamp

NEAT WORK: Kali matchbox label and teacher's rubber stamp. Photo ©Liza Cowan

Glass Flower Frog as pencil and pen holder.

Glass frog as pen holder. Photo ©Liza Cowan

Maybe you already knew this, but I just figured it out. You can use a glass frog as a pen and pencil holder. Glass frogs, in case you are wondering, are made to go in the bottom of vases to hold the stems in position. Some of the older ones a beautiful as objects, which was what drew me to this particular one when I saw it in an antique store. But then I realized it would hold pens, stylishly. 

Have fun.