New Living Room Artwork!

One of my favorite aspects of the living room so far has been the wall above the sofa showcasing artwork I've completed over the years!  Do you remember when I showed you all that here?

Well just in case you don't remember what it looked like, here's a little snippet of the art....

Well I decided the wall needed a little color and the black and white photograph I took in Hawaii just wasn't giving me that pop!  So it was time to take that down, pack it up and save it for another day.  

So out came a piece of art I finished just the other day, one which I happen to think works perfect with all my other pieces on the gallery wall!  

I love how the gold in the art plays off my gold leafed lamps!  

It's like the whole wall has come alive, I just love it!

What do you all think?  Do you like the moodiness of the black and white photo, or the drama and liveliness of the gold artwork?! 

Royal Wedding Invite!

Have you all been as excited about the Royal Wedding as I have?!?!

Did I pique your interest with the post title, I mean wouldn't it be FAB to actually be invited to attend that affair! 

Or even just to be in England around the actual event!

Sigh, I mean I love living in the US, but there is just something so grand and alluring about having a Royal family....

Well in case you were wondering I sadly did not get an invitation to the Royal Wedding.   What about the post title you ask?  Well I have been working some artwork for a custom invitation that is Royal Wedding themed!  Want to see?!?! 

Ohh, in case you wondering what all the wonky smudges are, I blurred out all personal information on the invitation.

It is a Royal Wedding and Shoe themed party!  

Sounds fun right!

How are you all planning to celebrate the upcoming Royal festivities?

La Galerie d' Ashley

Yup the Gallery of Ashley is up!  In fact it has been up for about a week, and I am so happy with how everything turned out!

This is the first time I've actually had a grouping of my work up on the wall!  I know crazy right! If you've read my blog for a little while than you know that I was an art major in college, and that I took all sorts of different classes!   In case you missed my last post about my photo wall I mentioned mixing in some photos I took and developed old school, in a darkroom.  These photos are so special to me!

OK, so now on to how I got everything up!
Usually I take the inserts out of the photos frames  and use them to figure out the placement and spacing on the wall.....

BUT.........

.......................... I made a mistake and threw out the rest of the inserts, so I just tape the larger one on the wall,  and used that to get the large frame placed, then added the rest of the smaller frames around it.  

It did take a little bit of trial and error, but I think everything turned out great!

I put everything up right above my new sofa, Karl, which has been my favorite addition to my living room!

There is also plenty of room for me to add more images and frames later as I find unique pieces to add.  I definitely wanted to keep everything organic  and flow-y when figuring out a lay out, so that nothing would seem out of place or unbalanced if I added another image!  I think I came up with the perfect layout for that!  

One of my favorite black and white photos I took in Hawaii, and developed in a darkroom!

I have wanted to display this for years, and this is the first time I framed it and put it up!

LOVE IT!

Here's one of my Kate Spade inspired  pieces!    Also, the black and white photo was developed by using a unique process in the darkroom, I actually had a version of this one published while I was in college! 

Do you recognize these ones? 

 My Vintage Bathing Beauty, and my DIY Kate Spade Ampersand!

I'm loving how everything turned out!

Switcheroo!

I know you all have been waiting impatiently at your computers for me to finish my DIY artwork! I mean you have, haven't you?!? Haha just kidding, I know most of you probably don't obsessively stalk blogs to see when a new post has posted ......... yeah......yeah me neither.....I mean that would be weird right?

So enough of my ramblings! Now you know I am one of those blog stalkers, but I promise to keep my stalking to blogs only!

So back to the reason for the post...want to know what I've been switcheroo-ing ( yes it's totally a word!)

I'm trying to figure out the placement for my living room gallery wall!

I bought the large reproduction from Pier 1 several weeks ago, it was the inspiration for all the vintage inspired artwork I've been creating lately!

These are some of my favorite photos, they were all taken on a trip to Hawaii and developed old school....in a dark room!  No digital images here!  Don't you think they have such a great old school feel?

hmmmm....I was really stumped on the layout!

Almost there I think, but still missing something!

This is just about it!  Stay tuned to see my final layout up on the wall!

Vintage Bathing Beauty

I finished another vintage inspired watercolor for my photo wall in my living room....woohoo!

It's slowly coming together, but I think I'm running out of frames!  I seem to always be buying them and never seem to have enough!  Wish Ikea wasn't so far away!

Anyway here's the latest....

Pop of Color!

Such a crazy week this has been!  I can't believe it Friday all ready! Woohoo!  Want to see what I've been working on this week?

 Let me give you a little hint....

Hmmm....Can you guess?  

Well it was inspired by this Kate Spade ad!

Here is all the work- in - progress pictures!

Here is is almost done! Just need to find a frame,  a trip to Micheal's may be in my future this weekend!

What have you all been up to this week?