Scrapbooking Paper as Art
1 Comments Published by Alexandria on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 12:08 p.m..
I've had this idea for several years now, ever since I started using scrapbooking paper to cover my journals. But the other day on Apartment Therapy, I saw my idea realized into reality. My idea was to buy scrapbooking paper and frame them as cheap art.A look through my scrapbooks would make it obvious that one idea I love over and over again is the idea of a wall with three or four rows of framed images in a grid pattern, usually four rows horizontal and three framed images across.
The draw of scrapbook paper would be (aside from it being only 50 cents a sheet) that it could be easily changed depending on the season, or if you redecorate, or if you find other prints that you like. The person who has done this at Apartment Therapy seems to have done this with random sheets, but I would have mine in a common colour palette of pinks and greens, so that each one would pick up on a colour of the previous one and there would be a "flow" of colour from one frame to the next even if the graphic or print were very different, such as a floral print to a geometric one.
Labels: Art, Home decor, Scrapbooking
Ever since I started this blog and started reading the blogs of others here on Blogger, I am in such amazement and awe of the creativity of others in this world. The artistic skills and visions people have through their work, whether it be painting, sewing, designing, etc. are very inspiring and make me want to get in touch with my creative side, too.
Last week (yes, I am slow about blogging), I discovered a new artist through a random link I visited.
She (I haven't figured out her name yet) has a little shop and blog called (Inside a Black Apple), is a painter and when I saw her works on Etsy -- also a great site for discovering artisans -- I was immediately taken with the distinctive characteristics of her subjects. There is simultaneously a very innocent and childlike quality to her work as well as a dark quality bubbling beneath the layers.
Here are some of my favourites:
In order: Black Bunny Spell, Little Umbrella Girl, Tea Time, Up High in the Trees, The Little Knitter, Sugar Girl, Scarf for Two
And finally, this great series of works, called My Favorite Spot.
Last week (yes, I am slow about blogging), I discovered a new artist through a random link I visited.
She (I haven't figured out her name yet) has a little shop and blog called (Inside a Black Apple), is a painter and when I saw her works on Etsy -- also a great site for discovering artisans -- I was immediately taken with the distinctive characteristics of her subjects. There is simultaneously a very innocent and childlike quality to her work as well as a dark quality bubbling beneath the layers.
Here are some of my favourites:
In order: Black Bunny Spell, Little Umbrella Girl, Tea Time, Up High in the Trees, The Little Knitter, Sugar Girl, Scarf for Two
And finally, this great series of works, called My Favorite Spot.
