Comments on: Inspiration http://www.matchingpegs.com/2009/01/18/inspiration/ A blog about the creative endeavours of a colour obsessed woman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:23:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Andrea http://www.matchingpegs.com/2009/01/18/inspiration/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Andrea Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:13:06 +0000 http://www.matchingpegs.com/?p=1015#comment-312 Hi Claire :) Here are two decorating ideas... One is to use cool twigs or small branches, or great pieces of driftwood from the beach as wall art. Very organic and beautiful and I love the way they have looked on my walls. I have a sister-in-law who uses small but sturdy branches to hang on the wall to hold other things like necklaces, silk scarves, etc. The other idea has been to stretch fabric over canvas stretcher bars to make a wall hanging. I have stretched my own canvases from time to time and so I have always had extra bars laying around and a staple gun and stretching pliers. This idea is so flexible because you can make this item to fit any space you have in your home, large or small. Just choose the size stretcher bars you need and pick out a beautiful fabric that you want in your space and get to stretching and stapling :) Hi Claire :) Here are two decorating ideas… One is to use cool twigs or small branches, or great pieces of driftwood from the beach as wall art. Very organic and beautiful and I love the way they have looked on my walls. I have a sister-in-law who uses small but sturdy branches to hang on the wall to hold other things like necklaces, silk scarves, etc. The other idea has been to stretch fabric over canvas stretcher bars to make a wall hanging. I have stretched my own canvases from time to time and so I have always had extra bars laying around and a staple gun and stretching pliers. This idea is so flexible because you can make this item to fit any space you have in your home, large or small. Just choose the size stretcher bars you need and pick out a beautiful fabric that you want in your space and get to stretching and stapling :)

]]> By: alivicwil http://www.matchingpegs.com/2009/01/18/inspiration/comment-page-1/#comment-311 alivicwil Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:29:33 +0000 http://www.matchingpegs.com/?p=1015#comment-311 I adore Grace Cossington-Smith! History Boy and I went to see an exhibit at the NSW gallery a few years ago (http://alivicwil.livejournal.com/35176.html). We didn't really know anything about her before we went, but both fell in love! (I've posted some other pics here: http://alivicwil.livejournal.com/159705.html We went to the new National Portrait Gallery yesterday - if ever you come to Canberra, it's a must see! (Much more so than the National Gallery across the road.) One of the artworks was a Cossington-Smith self-portrait. (Right next to a photograph of Margaret Preston.) I have huge difficulties throwing out calendars - mainly because I think that I can/should use the images for another purpose! I adore Grace Cossington-Smith! History Boy and I went to see an exhibit at the NSW gallery a few years ago (http://alivicwil.livejournal.com/35176.html). We didn’t really know anything about her before we went, but both fell in love! (I’ve posted some other pics here: http://alivicwil.livejournal.com/159705.html
We went to the new National Portrait Gallery yesterday – if ever you come to Canberra, it’s a must see! (Much more so than the National Gallery across the road.) One of the artworks was a Cossington-Smith self-portrait. (Right next to a photograph of Margaret Preston.)

I have huge difficulties throwing out calendars – mainly because I think that I can/should use the images for another purpose!

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