Projects: Three projects: Skirt redesign; Postcard Wallart; Skirt conversts to Halter

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See this and more at Creative Kismet. She posted this refashion to Wardrobe Refashion but she has her own blog, with photos and how to's and she shares some of her creative ideas.

Like this one.



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Her blog has neatly arranged categories, and from her recycled craft category, below is one nifty idea she created, inspired by something she saw on HGTV in the show Design Remix.
Instead of using matchbook covers as they did on the show, she used old postcards she had and I like the effect. Plus I like old postcards and see them often at thrift stores, and tell myself not to buy because what would I do with them. Well here is what I could do with them.

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Project; Another Wall Art framed collection - crocheted doilies

More at Decor 8 this morning. What a keen way to personalize your creative space. I like these 'floating' shelves which seem to be so popular right now. They aren't solid enough to hold anything too heavy, but keeping it light and simple is a clean way for this clutter bug to go.



I am liking how she frames and shows off the crocheted doilies. Not sure if they are works she has done or found, but I love to grab a well made crocheted doily on my thrift store excursions. Interesting idea to frame them in a collection as another work of 'wall art'.

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Project; More Wall Art using Photos

More at Decor 8 - kind of an interesting idea for a kitchen or other room wall. Depends on the decor though, style, and I'm not likely to do this one.



Polaroid photos arranged on wall using appropriate acid-free double stick tape. The photos are arranged behind a plexiglass sheet attached to the wall.

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Project; Wall Art Framed using Job Jackets

Found this image at Decor8 of what looks like a fun project to use magazine, poster, art, child's art, awards, whatever else comes to mind to create an 'art wall' setting. The project uses what are called job jackets.
Can't you see some interesting ideas developing for use in your home - teen's room, bathroom, reading room, kitchen! Think of textures, designs you can coordinate, mix and match and make your own wall art statement.

Kitchen; photos of food, thin cookbooks,seed packages,calendar pages.

Childs room; child's art, nursery story photos, childrens books

Teen's room; oh the teens - record album covers, posters cut to size, magazine photos, cd covers, favorite visual teen things.

Bathroom; nautical magazines, seashore - seaside - seashell photos or use the real things, geometric designs in colors if that matches your bathroom theme, greeting cards.

I can think of several things I might do with the transparent film covers I already have for use in binders. And next time I'm in the city where those kind of stores reside, I'll look around for 'job jackets'.

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