So, shortly after my post regarding my silly art hobbies, I decided to make an account with Etsy.com.

(Warning: If you look at this website for more than 5 minutes, you will end up finding something you will spend money on. Don’t say I didn’t try to tell you.)

After perusing the art section for a short amount of time to see what kinds of things were there, I came across a few pieces of artwork that I really liked. Plus, I needed a cheap way of updating our bathrooms.

First, I found Black Baroque, who takes pages from antique books and does a print picture on top of them. The results are pretty awesome.

For the “Blue” guest bathroom:

For the downstairs powder room:

(All frames in this post were bought at Michaels, a store that is kind enough to give me and all teachers 15% off with their teacher ID badge. Score!)

The next store that really caught my eye was Teva Gallery. The colors and small details of her artwork just brightened my day. I couldn’t resist the appeal. It was only several days later that I realized that the artist is located in Israel and was shipping from there…But the end result? Totally worth the wait:

I have a vague idea of where these might end up… now I just need to convince my personal handyman to get them there. 🙂

So, what is the moral of the story? Does every story have to have a moral? Can’t I just share some awesome artwork I found? No? Okay, if you insist.

The moral of this story is: If you get an Etsy account, be prepared to spend money. And waste lots of time staring at lots of crazy or neat items you kind of want to buy but never actually would.