Priceless works of art

personal photos

I like for the things I look at in my home on a daily basis to be personal.  There are exceptions, but I like hanging things on my walls that mean something to me or were not just randomly picked up at a store.  I have a lot of photos on my walls (nature, family); pictures of places we've visited, and a few carefully piced pieces of "real" art from local fairs that have really jumped at us.  Not talking Renoirs here people, just prints of watercolors from a local artist that really stole my heart. 



But over the years, what takes up the majority of our space is very personal.  Our gallery wall was completed with personal photos, scrapbook papers and other things we already had on hand. I didn't buy one thing for that wall (including the frames: I had a stash I had kept over the years; I just spraypainted them all white!) A few of the pieces are artwork that Carter made. He had an awesome art teacher in preschool.  I included a lot of it on our gallery wall in the living room.

preschool art

preschool art on tile

 You may recognize a "Monet" or a "Rembrandt" there.... all amazing work from a child that age, and I give ALL the credit to his art teacher.  She had such a way of pulling out the creativity, along with having incredible projects and ideas for them to work on.

I was going through other papers from his preschool years, and came across this.  I think I kept it all these years because it just did something for me. Yes, it's a simply stamp and paint project on a piece of paper....that' smy point.  This is priceless art!  And since it's red (like the gallery wall) and orange (like my new obsession), it is perfect to include. 

It's pretty bunched up, I think from the effect of water on paper, so I thought I should do something to flatten it out.  But I was afraid anything I tried would mess it up, so I just went straight to framing. 

And a very few minutes later, here is my "priceless" (and free!) work of art added to the gallery wall!  I just love it.  And it goes to show that you can decorate your walls with little (or no!) cost and having a warm, meaningful space. 

Priceless.

What do you have sitting around waiting to be framed into a priceless work of art for your home??