The art of randomness

Reading these DIY design blogs has helped me to think of fun ideas for inexpensive/homemade art to fill the wall space in various rooms.  I have already posted pictures of my framed wallpaper sample:

 or custom framed newspapers from UF victories:

but here are a couple more.

This I created using a few old National Geographics I found at a thrift store.  More specifically I pulled a few of my favorite ad pictures.  All the women have fabulously over-styled hair and cat-like eyeliner.  The woman in the ad for a stereo in the middle frame looks just like my mom did in her senior picture, so it has a special place in my heart.  The colors are muted and romantic, so it looks perfect in the dining room.  The frames I got at Target for $9 for 2, but this can work with any matched frames.  If I lived closer to Ikea I'm sure I would have gotten them there.

This is in the guest bathroom.  I used a white frame from Goodwill and a mat purchased at Michaels.  The art itself is a page from a calendar I found on sale at Target (let's hear it for mid-January calendar sales!).  It has a nice mix of gray, blue, and green, as well as some bird pictures.  Everything is better with a bird on it, right?

And finally, another item sourced from a 1963 National Geographic:

I blew this 8 x 10 shot into poster sized at the local Kinko's for a couple of bucks.  I just love the little girl dancing with the statue!  This is for anyone who questions the value of art, and also for anyone that loves to smile at child antics :-).

Overall I have learned that anything is art as long as you love it and frame it.  For me it's pictures of birds, kids, flowers, or things that are blue.  How about you?