Fashion Collages Coming Soon

I'm out of town right now so I can't post photos, but I'm putting together a bunch of fashion collages with different themes like pattern mixing, frontier looks, textures, and so on. On the train ride up here I cut out a bunch of fashion photos from magazines and then once I got here I bought a tablet of 8x12" drawing paper to glue them all down. Then I'll do some DIY project to go with each collage board, so this is a long term project and I'll have exciting things to share in this blog if you want to follow along. I know I'm not the first person to have ever done this, but it will be fun all the same. And hopefully someone new to the game will find the information beneficial.

Once I got here I glued everything to the appropriate page.  Most of them were big photos so now I need to find smaller photos to fill in all the gaps. My friend gave me a big stack of fashion magazines to help me out but I only brought one with me on the train, because weight is a factor. I always buy stuff when I'm up here, so I always have more weight on the way home to carry.

I also realized that the size of the paper that was best for the collages won't fit on my scanner, so I'll have to take the photos with my digital camera and hope for the best.

Scarf Ideas

Wearing a scarf is a quick and easy way to get more mileage out of the looks you can put together with garments you already have. So get those scarves out of the drawer or closet and give them a walk around the park.

Source: google.com via Annette on Pinterest

Make a Rose Stencil T-shirt

I just cut out a rose stencil that I drew by hand on Bristol board. I thought I'd scan it and post it here for you to use for free on anything your little heart desires, as long as you don't sell the item commercially. It's almost dark so I won't apply it to the t-shirt until tomorrow. So basically for the price of a t-shirt ($5.), two bottles of fabric paint (pink and green about $3.00), and a few on hand craft supplies like tape and scissors, I'll have a new t-shirt.

Rose Stencil by Fayme Harper. Click on photo to see large version.

 

 

Print free rose stencil on card stock or plastic sheets and cut dark area out carefully with a craft knife.
If you are handy with an air brush you can use that instead of a stencil brush. Resize the stencil if you need a larger or smaller one.