The Wonderful World of Woven Wall Art

I have been WAY into wall decor this month. While I've been going nuts with frames and prints and DIY typographical art, I realized I was completely overlooking a whole other world of fabulous finds - Tapestries and woven wall art!!! Yowza, these things are beautiful and more often than not more affordable than their painted, printed, and/or pressed counterparts. 

For example: Wild Columbine has some very unique and gorgeous designs which are often embellished with beads and brass. Shop owner Kelly Christine draws inspiration from natural surroundings, her botanical studies, traditional folk crafts, and "many cross-country travels."

Likewise, January Jackson has a small but beautiful and modestly priced collection of some dainty and exotic wall hangings.It was her pieces that first exposed me to this wonderful woven world :3

Finally, Under the Oak Tree offers a more colorful, somewhat less austere collection of pieces. While a little more pricey than some of her counterparts, the numbers definitely reflect the quality and originality of each piece. Working from Libson, Portugal, shop owner and artist Andreia is committed to being kind to the environment and using only natural fibers. 

The best part of these shops? All women owned, small businesses following their crafty dreams. Go nuts!

President's Day Sale

I'm running a presidential sale in my Etsy Shop to celebrate the long weekend :)

Hurrah!

Wall-spiration

This week: I am presently OBSESSED with wall art and wall art arrangements. All one needs is to briefly glance at the ball of wadded up framing receipts in my car to know I'm not kidding.I've spent the better part of the week gathering art cards and frames and putting them together, unraveling packaging (and even breaking some glass,) all over my living room floor.Small injuries aside, I'm loving the eclectic look of mismatched pieces and closely placed odds and ends to make an interesting and engaging wall. 

The problem most of us have with going with this look is that you needs a heck of a lot art (and frames,) lying around. If you haven't already, make sure you check out my post about buying of DIYing artwork for your walls.

Another great tip I've come upon is buying art postcard sets - I recently snagged The 20th Century Artbox and am loving the results. I picked up a slew of different sized frames from Michael's, (which seems to always be having eternal 50% off frames, for some weird reason,)and have been going nuts. 

I'll leave you with more wallspiration for your daily dose of covetous feelings: