Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Some of My Artwork and Crafts

Today, I thought I would share some art and crafts that I have made.
I really love paper art, so I decided to try paper quilling. It's a technique using strips of paper that are rolled up using a special tool and folding them into shapes, usually flowers.


(Side Note: See how the soft grey background in this shadow box really makes the colors in the paper quilling art pop? I'm thinking this might be a nice paint color for my daughter's bedroom.)


I made this for my son's bedroom. I bought a piece of canvas, painted it black, folded red card stock paper into paper planes, used a paint pen to draw the plane trails and hot glued the planes in place. Super easy!


Gotta love those infamous candy lips! I whipped up this for my daughter's room by searching online and finding as many "candy lips" as I could and printing them off. Then, I glued them onto a piece of canvas. Instant "Pop Art". I also did some other collages from thumbnail images found online for my daughter's room.


I was so inspired by some pretty wreaths I found on etsy, that I decided to make a similar one for myself. I wrapped tissue paper around a foam wreath. I used miniature pin wheels, scrapbook flower stickers, and traced and cut the bird, butterflies and bicycle. Check out this amazing wreath maker's blog here!











3 comments:

  1. Just wanted to let you know that I found you on Pinterest, and your airplane artwork totally inspired me! Because of your wonderful idea, I made a similar project to decorate my son's room, and just did a blog post detailing it: http://thedomesticproject.blogspot.com/2012/02/fly-baby-fly-diy-project-post.html

    Thanks again for such a neat idea! I'm a new follower!

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  2. Oh wow! Thank you so much! Yours turned out fantastic! Love the colors and the composition. :0)

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  3. I just saw your flowers and butterfly piece up top on Pinterest and oh, I think I might actually try quilling now. I've been interested in paper art for awhile, but haven't dipped my toes in yet.

    Where did you get your inspiration for it? Is there a tutorial or book somewhere that you'd recommend for a newbie who wants to try it out?

    Thanks!!

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