Posterjack

I'm always on the hunt for cheap art for my house (isn't everyone?).  Since repainting my house this past weekend, we started hanging art around the house the other night.  Some of the pieces I bought awhile ago, just weren't working anywhere.  Now I need (ok, WANT more than NEED), some other pieces to fill some blank walls. But we have no budget for art. Enter: cheap art.  Ok, so cheap still has a price tag, but it's a lot more reasonable than our other options.  Maybe I can take some unique photos soon, and use Posterjack.ca.  I read about Posterjack via Style at Home Blog and it sounds wonderful.  A Canadian company (always a plus to find a local!), you can get a 24"x36" photo printed for around $24 (correction, $19 sale right now!!), and have a 8x12 photo printed & framed for around $30.  A company that can blow up your images and still look good??  I think I might be checking them out in the near future....Frames are usually an easy find (enter Ikea....)



{Images via Style at Home Blog}



Doctors and Derrieres

What are you doing on Friday night? If you live in or around Edmonton, you should check out the 6th annual Doctors and Derrieres exhibition, from 7-11pm at Enterprise Square.

My sister-in-law, Crystal Driedger, will once again be participating and will have her work, along with several other local artists, up for auction.  Her nude sketches are some of my favorite pieces. (if I could show them on here without exposing certain areas, I would! But see here and here for a quick sample of what you can expect, and come to the show to see more!)

"The idea behind this fundraiser is to have medical students pose nude for talented local artists and sculptors. Art pieces in diverse mediums celebrating the human body are then donated by each artist to be sold at the main event each year to raise funds for an emergency health Project in El Salvador .All proceeds support Change for Children's Emergency Social Health Fund. A community-led grassroots initiative in rural El Salvador that provides health care in underserved areas." ~ via doctorsandderrieres.blogspot.com

Buy now, think later??

After returning my Old Hollywood Pics (along with a few other items that didn't work out) to Homesense, I was left with a gift card and a want to shop (bad combo??). I set out for a few things (which I found - $5 each!), but then came across this piece of art (excuse the bad/small iPhone photo):



And as a way to infuse color into our master bedroom, this art jumped out at me. Not sure how it'll look in the room yet (or if my hubby will even like it), but I think it will go quite well with our curtains and wall color (which i will show once the room is finished-- and the curtains DO look like the Homesav pic and the walls look more grey and monochromatic with the curtains). But, as Christine from just bella suggests (and i now FULLY agree!) with Homesense is "buy now, think later". As the items I returned were actually purchased with Xmas gift cards (and then refunded on gift cards), this painting I consider technically FREE. So, if we don't like it in the end, it can be returned. Win-win, right? What do you think?

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Zebra....

I was reading my daily blogs, and today's post at A Thoughtful Place was on zebra prints in the house.  It reminded me of my trip to Homesense awhile ago (when I purchased the Old Hollywood prints), and I saw a zebra canvas print I LOVED (but wasn't willing to pay the $200+ price tag, even with my $100 gift card...).  For one, it was LARGE. Large enough to fill a wall I want to do this on, but purchasing a print would be far EASIER...and it's it gorgeous?? And two, it's BLACK and WHITE! Hello!! I LOVE black and white!!! But, the zebra print probably isn't there anymore (I did see another zebra print at a different Homesense location, but it wasn't the same.  It didn't have the same impact this one did.  Isn't it gorgeous? (Oh, did I say that already??) I kinda regret not buying it....(even though we don't have art in our budget right now.... [insert sad face here]).

{image via Decorpad}