Inspired from our featured couple’s art in our 2013 Spring Issue, I wanted share a little more about our DIY from Get Crafty — a silhouette art project. (Visit page 50 of our Spring Issue for DIY instructions for a back-painted-glass silhouette art piece.)
Too busy? Stick around, there are plenty of artists represented here, who are willing and ready to create custom silhouette art just for you.
Clockwise from top left: Deer art by Fiddleheads for Fiona, USA map art by Fanciful Chaos, Plywood DIY Silhouette by Lowe’s Creative Ideas and Birthday invite by Jones Design Company.
From the sentimental to quite quirky, anything you can dream up could be interpreted in a silhouette art piece. When I saw the unique back-painted-glass piece that our sweet couple featured in the magazine created, I knew I had to make one too.
Sadly, we lost three pets within 9 months of each other, none lived with us for less than 10 years, so each was a shock and are quite missed. While I only have happy memories left to share, I still felt I should do something to give them a new presence in our home.
We’ve got photos, but something about the silhouette showing the cute bent ear of our collie, Presley, captures his personality in a special way.
Clockwise from top left: Chalkboard silhouette at Darling Clementine via 6th Street Design School, DNA ferret by Popply and Dragonfly, Cut Arts silhouette artist via Young House Love and Bird feather by EE Art Studio.
I love those DNA art pieces, you should click through to see the detail and find your favorite animal. When I was a kid we had a ferret and I just had to share this one in honor of him. Simon, you were the best ferret three kids could have!
If you’re ready to get started now, check out The Graphics Fairy here.
More inspiration? Take a look at Mr. Yen on Design Sponge. Quite inspiring.
Roxanne D
A self-employed home renovator and interior designer, Roxanne is living in her third 1920s-era home in one of Tulsa’s oldest neighborhoods. A small-town Oklahoma girl at heart, she has also lived in Australia, which helped inspire her love of design. Roxanne loves sewing, knitting, crocheting, repurposing furniture and salvaging architectural pieces. She loves to tackle a do-it-yourself project, no matter how small or large. As our very own “granola girl”, Roxanne dreams about designing everything from dresses to gardens to her day, whatever comes across her path.
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Those are SO sweet!