angels

Cooper’s aunt recently suggested that Cooper and I make some more 'angels' together and since he's all about painting with his whole hands this seems the perfect time to do it. We have made these together in the past as gifts for special folks in our lives, but I’ve never considered selling them until my SIL suggested it.

I’ve given this a lot of thought as these are “special” to me and decided that if offering them for sale they should be done in a ‘special’ way. So, rather than simply numbering each one I’ve decided to give each of them their own name – and we are naming each one to honor a special angel (teacher/therapist) who has guarded and guided and helped Cooper on his journey. Now, you may read some of the names and think “hmm, ok, odd” but what I’ve done is use the name that HE calls them, ex Kessy is Kelsey, Cole – while not an unusual name is actually Nicole, Lolilan is Lorianne, and Lala-lee is Natalie, you get the idea. So far I have about 25 names and as each angel is completed, we are randomly naming them from a slip of paper he pulls from a ‘hat’.
The process is simple and fun, I do a background – have that dried and ready for him when he enters the studio. He, of course, loves making the handprint wings and (with a little help) thumbprint heads, and then I “hand over hand” with him to paint the angel’s gown, which is kind of a transparent copper color just in case 'we' get a little too enthusiastic or overzealous.
Here is his Etsy site! COOPERandMOM.etsy.com Enjoy!! :)