WOW wednesday: I Love Chihuly

So a while back Brent and I got to see the most AMAZING Chihuly exhibit at Cheekwood here in Nashville. I was geeking out during the entire thing and I'm pretty sure I still drool every time I see a photo of his work. 

For those of you who aren't familiar with Dale Chihuly, here is a quick run-down: He is a glass blower who is "the man" in the his industry. He was actually introduced to glass while studying interior design (which I totally dig) and his work is in more than 200 museum collections worldwide. Basically, he is awesome.

So let's see if you start drooling...(and all these pictures come from the Chihuly website.)

That's just a taste of his skills. Check out his website, http://www.chihuly.com/, to see more pictures and if you are ever near an exhibit, you MUST GO.


Until next time...

Use Whatcha Got

If God gives you lemons, make lemonade...

If God gives you random leftover home decor items make art? (Eh, it kinda works...although I'm sure he didn't want me to buy the random leftover crap to begin with.) 

Anyway, here's what I was up to on Sunday:


Project 1: 

• Woven Placemat
• IKEA silver frame (been waiting to be put to use)
• small IKEA mirror (1 of 4)
• Left over Guest Room wall paint
• Paper from IKEA frame

All of this eventually became a new mirror for our guest room.

  

  

Project 2:

• Old Target Artwork (was originally in our apartment bathroom)
• Left over white trim paint
• Pottery Barn Keys
• Gorilla Glue

All that equals some fabulous new art for our living room that I love.

Yay for simple free artwork completed in a hour! Woop, Woop.

Until next time...