Inspiration . My Pom Love

Well I am a little embarassed to admit that I did try Martha's PomPom and my first try was actually quite bad!  I am proud of my craftiness and was shocked that it was ugly enough to crumple up and begin again!  I guess I did not pull gently enough to maintain some of the folds so it turned into a wrinkled mess!!

All the more reason to admire how gorgeous Pom Love's work is...as well as the stylists over at Martha Stewart!

My second round of poms turned out great but completion was cut short when my girls insisted on them as their new bouquets. They were thrilled!

I am having thoughts of how this can be transformed into something bigger.  I am seeing masses of backlit poms hanging from my office ceiling.   Or a sea of them forming a beautiful undulating texture on the bare wall behind my press.  hmmm....

i'm off to try some things.  

i'll be back... 

MP finds : Pom Love

I stumbled across these sunny, cheerful paper pom-poms and I think I actually drooled!  Puffy, paper things just make me melt (and of course drool too)!  Find these and many many more by PomLove.  They even have sweet little mobiles for baby too.

or...you can also try it yourself...I think this is the next project with my girls...pom-poms by Martha

Inspiration . All-year Rings

Paper sculpture is so fascinating to me.   I can't even remember how I found this artist but love what she does with a simple sheet of paper.  These are All-year Rings by Tithi Kutchamuch.  All rings are cut-out from a single sheet and represent each month's flower.  Check out her other work too...very clever. 

Paper Daisy Rebirth

In 2004, I designed a diecut daisy that was used in a number of editorials throughout the years.  It has been quite a hit for something so simple.  And throughout these years, I was unable to throw away the paper remaining after the flower was cut.  The negative space was so beautiful.  "Someday I'll really do something with this..." I used to always think.  Thousands of daisies later have left me with boxes of these squares that I still can't part with.  I have used them for notebook covers, mobiles and tiled wallhangings but now i am creating these stacked art pieces.  They are wall hung and about 2"-3" thick.  The void is beautiful.