Vintage Christmas Snowbabies Angels Miniature hotsell Vignette Diorama We Make a Great Pair Skating bottlebrush trees mercury glass garland beads

This pair is tiny and they are angels. They are retired Department 56 Snowbabies—pewter, 1 1/4” tall and almost too cute for words.

The detail is astonishing— you can see the feathers on their tiny wings which are just a tad over 1/4 of an inch long, you can see their skating blades with curved ends, texture on their snowsuits, locks of hair peeking out from under their hoods and just a whisper of pink on their lips and cheeks.

These angels are titled “We Make a Great Pair”— which lends itself to many possibilities for gifts.

The base for this pair and their tiny skating pond is a gold, ceramic candleholder. I think the gold base is evocative of mercury glass...and it sparkles nicely with the mercury glass and glittery snow.

I used a tiny, round mirror as their pond, surrounding it with pink snow drifts and a tiny bottlebrush forest. I sculpted the snowdrifts out of foam, coat it with a concoction I make called my own sparkly snow, then shower it with ultrafine pink glitter. Yes, pink snow.

One of the trees is decorated for Christmas in pale pink, turquoise and chartreuse. The chartreuse and pink ornaments are actually mercury glass beads; the turquoise ornaments are metallic beads. If you look closely, you'll see that a couple hotsell of the ornaments have fallen into the snow.

Just a little sweet whimsy and fun for Christmas.

And maybe a special gift to tell someone that you make a great pair.

About 4 inches high and 3 inches wide.