You Say Vinaigrette, I say Vignette

In our homes, vignettes are really just a grouping of items we love.  The thread that pulls a look together can go from similar colors, textures, themes and the list goes on.  Pick your spot then surround your objects, your vignette, with empty space.  This will make them decorative and meaningful and not just an endless array of clutter.

Robert's baby shoes and Buddha.  Go figure.  Gretchen passed on her passion for the whimsical use of old bronzed baby shoes... you'll see them in many of her creations.  They are still easily found in thrift stores and flea markets.  We like that they are an unexpected addition.  Their warm tarnished quality ties in with the jeweled elegance that sits behind.  

A bright idea.  Take not-so-great thrift shop paintings add a bit of white paint or collage and you have given the piece a new abstract focus.  Now the painting is allowed to stay and frames a favorite vignette.

In an old house wall space is at a premium so we use the staircase spindles on which to hang our artwork.  Overlapping pieces, as well as molding, accentuates what's left of the home's original architectural detail.  "Sherlock" seems a little stunned.  What does he know?

P.S.  Silver lamps, gold frames, there are no rules.

Find Colleen's vignette collages available for purchase on Etsy!

Just click the link - etsy.com/handmade-collage-the-jewel-box 

or etsy.com/handmade-collage-simply-dotty