I'd love to hear from other crafters about their ideas for using their art projects at home.
I'm in Florida for the end of the snowbird season, my second vacation every year. This time my mom is really into making beaded necklaces and incorporating her ocean treasures. The necklaces are really pretty phenomenal and I've caught the bug a bit myself.
Typically I learn a new skill/craft/hobby and instantly my mind begins turning it over and adapting it to fit another area of my life. So I'm already trying to come up with ways to add little touches of beading to my condo.
Actually, before the trip, I had already decided to glue some square, flat beads to the inside of my bathroom cupboard doors. I've painted the outer trim black and the inside white but where the 2 colors meet I didn't make the neatest paint line. Instead of touching all of this up, which I normally would do, I decided to line the inside with these beads because I think the contrast between black and white is just too stark. So I'm already including beads in one way.
But how about a beaded curtain? That might be really pretty in my office. I don't need to block my neighbor's view because it's just an office and my beautiful crabapple tree does the job most of the year. I could also do a beaded lampshade. Or some beading in decorative pillows.
Then, my little brain continued working and I realized that I've incorporated my hobbies of knitting and felting into my home in afghans and pillows. My painting has left every wall splashed with color and I have two canvasses just waiting for my loving touch.
Which makes me wonder how other people are incorporating their hobbies into their interior decorating schemes. I simply love the idea of decorating a home with your own personal artistic touches and would love to collect several ideas and write an article to share these ideas. So feel free to flood me with your thoughts and projects.
