Domino has a gallery of ideas for displaying family photographs. Here's my favorite: picture frames duct-taped together to make one big piece of art. See how they added solid color blocks and nature shots to balance the people-pictures. Love it! You could use something like these cheapies from IKEA, I bet. And speaking of IKEA, I'm reminded of this cartoon. Heh heh.
(Image from dominomag.com)
I found this $3 ice bucket at a thrift store and reupholstered it with a piece of the strike-off for my new Boardwalk fabric. Granted, I'm not really sure how often I'll be needing an ice bucket, but I was captivated by its vintage grooviness. And I can always use it as a storage container in my office. I think this one on etsy might be identical, except it's got brass-colored hardware. If it's like mine, you can completely pry the parts off and wrap it with new fabric. I ironed vinyl onto mine to make it waterproof.
This library contains a wealth of historic images, scanned and cleaned up by Florida's Educational Technology Clearinghouse. Teachers and students can use up to 50 items in a single, non-commercial project without further permission. You might find some inspiration here for some of your own art projects.
How to mount a clock on canvas at Real Living magazine
Potato printed grocery tote at Martha Stewart
Patchwork oven mitts from Lindamade
How to make a pop-up photo at Wikihow
Paper fortune cookies at For the Love of Paper
Sewing machine cover at Spool Sewing
Hello Kitty papercraft from PaperKraft
Pieced-paper hurricane candle holders at Martha Stewart
Wildflower pincushion by Anna Maria Horner at BHG
I bought these gold plastic frames (below) at a thrift store and gave them a few coats of spray paint. They were, um, stunning before, but everything is better in orange. Try it—spray painting is fun! Just make sure you get spray paint that's formulated for the type of surface you're painting. Apply several light coats of paint, waiting about 30 seconds in between. Your project will be dry in about 10 minutes, and set in an hour. I used Krylon Fusion for Plastic, purchased at our local Ace Hardware.
Now I just need to make some kind of pictures to frame with these. Then I'm off to take a bath in a giant flower.
Update: The link to Yasmine's labels no longer works. You can download printable matryoshka labels and to-do list sheets from Yasmine at A Print a Day. Mighty generous of her to make these for us.
