After Elise’s first couple of paintings (which we gave away as Mother’s Day gifts), I wanted to create another piece for us to keep. We started with this 11 x 14 inch fake painting I picked up on clearance from T.J.Maxx for 70 cents. Under the dog, it was a sturdy piece MDF, which I primed […]
Antique mall finds: artwork for the living room and family room
I have been stalking this screen print for about six months, checking on each visit to see if it was still there. I love the cartoony barbershop quartet, the bright colors and the fact that it’s printed on an old player piano scroll. The frame is a little banged up, but otherwise it’s in good condition. The […]
Enlarge and elevate tiny artwork with a shadowbox
Sometimes tiny art is hard to display. I’m a firm believer that the scale of artwork should match the scale of the space where it’s hung, so unless you have tiny strips of wall, tiny pieces can get lost. A great way to give them a little more bulk is to put them inside a […]
Faux abstract kid paintings
My two-year-old daughter is somewhat of a reluctant artist. Elise loves the idea of painting; sometimes I give her a dry, clean paintbrush and she walks around “painting” everything. But when it comes to the real thing, she only is interested for a couple of minutes. She doesn’t like anything wet or messy on her hands, so that’s […]
Kid hand print art
This was a simple kid craft that Elise and I did to commemorate her second birthday this week. Last year, we stamped Elise’s footprints around her first birthday and I thought I would start a mini tradition of making a piece each year. I used acrylic craft paint rather than a stamp pad because I knew […]
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