With a house full of newly painted neutral walls, we’re psyched to have plenty of rooms begging for some art. So hopefully you’ll start to see several posts about good artsy-fartsy finds.
We’re starting with a John & Sherry original. When we went on our Alaskan honeymoon in July we took tons of memorable photos, including the one below during a private seaplane flight to a remote volcano several miles outside of Anchorage (yep, I said volcano in Alaska).
That field of blue and black in the foreground is a glacier speckled with deposits of volcanic ash. Definitely not something you see everyday. On a whim, I desaturated the pic in Photoshop to see what it got me. I am officially obsessed with the result:
So obsessed that we got a square frame, a 12″ x 12″ print at Kinko’s for $10 and tah-dah – our first new piece of classy D.I.Y art. We even penned “Alaska, July 2007” on the mat (under the bottom right corner of the photo) to make it feel like the true piece of original art that it is. Here it is showcased above Sherry’s desk:
christie says
What an awesome idea, I will definitely have to do this with some of our vacation photos! Your print turned out great!!
Just FYI, 12×12 prints are only $3 at Costco and the quality is fantastic!!
Jessica says
B&W just makes everything infinitely classier. :)
Kaitlyn says
I’ve been looking back through your archives, and I loved this post! My husband and I are planning an Alaskan adventure for next spring/summer as a delayed honeymoon (instead of going on a trip after our wedding, we bought our house)! Do you have any suggestions or travel tips? Did you go with a cruise package or did you put together the different elements of the trip (i.e. private seaplane flight, which looks so cool by the way!!) I’d appreciate any advice you could give us!
YoungHouseLove says
We loved planning our road trip (we flew into Anchorage and drove to lots of cool places like Seward). We paid for adventures as we went, so nothing was pre booked. We would recommend a sea plane fir sure and we also lived driving along Highway 1 and stopping to check out the glaciers!
xo,
s
Lily says
Love this idea! I tried a similar project using flowers from my garden for a bright pop of color! What do you think?
http://gildedlilypad.blogspot.com/2011/07/make-your-own-art.html
Lily
The Gilded Lilypad
YoungHouseLove says
Pretty!
xo,
s
Kirsten Berry says
Love your light-hearted, all fun blog-o-ideas! Came upon ‘young house love’ via a Real Simple list. Thanks for sharing!