New Papercuts

One of my favorite people in the blogging world is Elsita. She is such an amazing artist and person, and is so inspiring, emotionally and artistically. This latest series of papercuts I've done are inspired by her. My papercuts are little rememberances of growing up in India. I will describe each of them.

ELEPHANT BLESSING
As kids in India, we often went to see temple elephants to get a blessing - the elephant would lift up his trunk and put it on our heads to bless us. I remember this wonderful feeling, and when I took my kids back to India last year we watched the same amazement on their faces while getting an elephant blessing.

Elephant is cut out of black paper, child is drawn on white and temple is cut out of white and pasted on white.


LIONS IN THE WILD
There are not many lions left in India. This one has gotten so close to the city because his habitat has been destroyed and he's looking puzzled as to what's coming next...


VANITY OF THE PEACOCK
The peacock is the national bird of India. These birds were always portrayed in folk tales to be proud and vain and not very smart! Mine likes to admire himself in the mirror.

DIY Kitchen Christmas Present

Our daughter wanted a play kitchen for Christmas. After many hours of research, and not liking any of the commercially available ones, we decided to do it ourselves as my favorite was one I saw on Apartment Therapy made using an Ikea side table.

Since we didn't have an Ikea nearby, I went to Joanns, and luckily found the perfect unfinished wood 2-cube shelf for $35, which served as the base. Dave got the rest of the elements cut at Home Depot, 2 doors, the face plate and the back splash, which were all cut from scrap so cost very little ($4 total), and the cuts were made for free by them.

The knobs were also available at Joanns for $0.50 each (I would get smaller ones if I was to do it over), the burners were unfinished wood plaques, and the faucet was a Paper Mache alphabet S cut in half! The shelf was an unfinished CD shelf which works perfectly. We pasted hooks underneath so that utensils could be hung.


My favorite element is the oven rack which is a chrome shelf available at the grocery store.



I got the vintage accessories at one of my many thrifting expeditions. The total cost was about $60 in all, we are so pleased with the results, and she LOVES it!




Here are some drawings to print out in case that helps...

Happy New Year!

Here's to embracing 2009 with wild abandon!

Cigar Box Ornament Storage

I found these cigar boxes on my latest thrifting expedition and thought they would make the perfect storage containers for Christmas tree ornaments! I used cupcake papers as the separators, and put two layers of cotton batting on top to keep them in place. The effect is so winter-y and practical at the same time.

Wee Gallery on Etsy

To make the handmade artwork more affordable, we decided to create an etsy shop, where the letterpress prints, and other limited edition things will be available. We also plan to add some crafty wee gallery items in the near future, for the fantastic DIY people on etsy.

Safari Wall Graphics are here

We're so excited about these, since the Giraffe will no longer be available. I think they came out pretty fantastic, and hope you like them too!

Letterpress now available on the site

Go to the Wee Gallery Letterpress Page >>

Trade Show Elves

Trade show giveaways being assembled by the little helpers.

Designed for Kids

Wee Gallery is featured in the new release, Designed for Kids. It's a comprehensive collection of international designers, manufacturers and companies large and small producing some really beautiful work for children; needless to say we're quite happy to be in such impressive company.

ABC in Vegas

The ABC show in Vegas was another good one--a chance to see everyone again and share Wee Gallery's latest. The limited edition letterpress prints and new Pets and Woodlands lines were the features this year.

Wee Gallery on Apartment Therapy

This post was actually for the Ikea hack that the parents made for their baby's crib. But I spotted the Giraffe wall graphics that they used and noticed they've used the lamp as the trunk of the tree! How awesome is that?! See the full post here.

Wee Gallery in Pregnancy and Newborn Magazine

August 2008. Paired up with the Artsy Mom.

Sneak Peak - Pets and Woodlands

Here is a sneak peak at our new Art Cards coming out this August. The two new sets are Pets and Woodlands. The Woodlands animals will also be coming out in Wall Graphics.

PULSE Show in London

We exhibited at the PULSE show in Earl's Court London June 1-3. It was our first show in England as part of our new company, Wee Gallery Ltd. We can now ship anywhere in the UK within 2 days from our website - weegallery.co.uk

We got lots of attention and picked up some new retailers. We'll be going back to London for TOP Drawer in January.

Wee Gallery on Apartment Therapy

Check out this lovely room created by Tara, shown on Apartment Therapy.

AHOPE uses wee gallery stickers to cheer up orphans rooms

We donated these stickers a month ago and were so happy to see them enjoyed by these children in a small orphanage in Ethiopia.

AHOPE for Children, is an organization that has been formed to help children orphaned by AIDS, with a special emphasis on those orphans who are infected with HIV. AHOPE is an acronym for African HIV Orphans Project Embrace. This is the website for the charity---www.ahopeforchildren.org.

Wee Gallery in American Baby

Featured on the latest American Baby magazine.

Wee Gallery on Parents Blog

Wee Gallery Garden Wall Graphics featured on Parents.com Goodyblog!

Wall Graphics display idea for Retailers

Hangtabs! Available from clearbags.com, or from us (wgHangtab - $1 for 20). They come in sheets of 20 and adhere to the top of the Wall Graphics bag. They can be hung on rods in a gridwall display, on hooks stuck to the wall, or on a clipstrip (shown here).

Art Card chains for display

A great way to display the Art Cards is to punch some holes in them and use flash card rings to make a chain.


A hangtab on the box will allow you to add the box at the bottom to clearly display what's available in each set.

















































Alternate black and white to add visual interest. Line all 6 sets up together to create a curtain effect. Or just do them individually to fill those extra spaces at the ends of cabinets. Here we've used 1 inch flash card rings from Staples.