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Thursday, March 5, 2020

EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL.

EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL.

I'd recently been playing with old and vintage photos, trying to come up with creative ways of re-use. Then, my boyfriend sent me THIS LINK featuring an artist doing AMAZING work using embroidery on a photo, and I am in love! I love the particular picture above where the bride literally BLOOMS on her special day. So cool.


A STITCH SITCH.

It reminds me a bit of another artist I follow, Kathy Laskey from Silverton, Colorado. Her Instagram is full of fanciful re-workings of vintage imagery topped off with embroidery. I definitely recommend a follow or you can bookmark her Etsy shop HERE.


Creative Embellishments, image from Haiku Moving Co on Instagram
It is with no small irony that I relish my action of sharing on the interwebs some of the WONDERFUL stuff I discover via online. What a world that opens up to ya, if you let it.

BITS + PIECES

Bridal Bloom, digital overlay on vintage photograph by RQ Bella
Offline, I recently received a STACK of vintage photos by a fellow vintage dealer, when he heard I was in the process of making art with vintage media. I'm looking forward in exploring my own ways to bloom via this wonderful windfall of old pics.

EVERYTHING IS MOST DEF

Here's something I did last year, pretty primitive compared to the above artists, but hey, ya gotta start somewhere!

Tell me, are YOU a creative or artistic sort? What do you like to work with? 





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6 comments:

Becky said...

Not much talent, but I did just co-host a cool hat making class-- we used paper bags to make Mad Hatter hats!

citizen rosebud said...

Becky that sounds like fun! I’d love to try my hand at making a whimsical topper! Xo

Shybiker said...

Cool idea! I buy old photos and postcards with thought about converting them into fun gifts to friends. I never imagined modifying them; thanks for the notion.

citizen rosebud said...

Ally- I agree- old pics make fun gifts so sure.

Forest City Fashionista said...

The "Blooming Bride" is wonderful! So much creativity in the world if we are open to it.

Lindsay Rickman said...

YEAH I LOVE THE BUD! <3 <3 <3