In my latest home dec craft project, I've jumped onto not one bandwagon but three (at least): silhouetted portraiture, Victoriana, and wallpaper.
The portraits of Mars and me hang in our bedroom. I got the lantern lamp on etsy,
the candle from my mom, and the Maine Cottage dresser from a coworker
who moved to Colorado. The sock monkeys, Gypsy and Harpo, have been
in our family for over a decade. I think we adopted them from the flea market.
Xavier's portrait is in the top left corner. In the top right is a piece of shadowbox art
by Jen Renninger. She gave it to me as a gift after we collaborated on a collector's box
called Vignette. In the lower right is a pair of 1930s silhouetted scenes painted on glass
that I found at a local antique shop. In the lower left is a photographic print
by Kari Herer that I bought on etsy.
the candle from my mom, and the Maine Cottage dresser from a coworker
who moved to Colorado. The sock monkeys, Gypsy and Harpo, have been
in our family for over a decade. I think we adopted them from the flea market.
Xavier's portrait is in the top left corner. In the top right is a piece of shadowbox art
by Jen Renninger. She gave it to me as a gift after we collaborated on a collector's box
called Vignette. In the lower right is a pair of 1930s silhouetted scenes painted on glass
that I found at a local antique shop. In the lower left is a photographic print
by Kari Herer that I bought on etsy.
I started by having my husband Mars take profile photos of himself, me, and our son Xavier. I printed the photos out and traced the outlines, tweaking the hair and the base of the neck for a smooth and pleasing shape. For our "couples" portraits I lay the tracings on top of wallpaper and used an X-ACTO to cut out the shapes. I then used contrasting wallpaper for the backgrounds. I bought the Victorian frames on eBay; they are made of beautiful, beveled wood, painted black, with silver detailing on the interior edge. Almost everything you see has gold accents rather than silver, so this was a score.
For Xavier's portrait I liked the more traditional black paper but still used wallpaper for the background. The wallpaper for all three projects is from a 1950s decorator's sample book I bought on eBay, but the look of it hearkens back to the nineteenth century.
Trendy? Probably, but I think they'll be keepers.
Alethea Morrison, Creative Director
Photos by Mars Vilaubi
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