My own little piece of the trend...

I found some great fabric a few weeks ago and had put it aside for a quilt I was going to make. However... when inspiration hits you you sometimes have to run with it. So, this afternoon I made these (try to look past the hideous wallpaper that has yet to be removed from my walls):

They adorn my kitchen wall above my breakfast nook/table and they were made by simply finding a picture of a pitcher (hee hee!) online and printing it as an 8x10 photo. I then cut out the image and traced it onto black cardstock, placed the cardstock onto a piece of fabric (could also have used pretty paper) and matted and framed it in an 11x14 frame.

Now I have my own little silhouette art that I can admire every morning while eating my cereal and sipping o.j.!

Lately I have been drooling over silhouettes as part of a room's decor. Although the trend seems to be fading a bit in popularity since the earlier half of 2007, it continues to make its way into several trade/home decor magazines, like Domino

Cutarts.com is a fabulous resource for silhoutte art. Artist Karl Johnson is INCREDIBLE and I urge you to check out his site if you haven't already. I can't wait to get my hands on his "crowns" collection for my new home!

I have also seen the silhouette take its place on canvas too. I know allpopart.com will paint your loved ones silhouette on canvas in an array of colors, as will Simply Silhouettes. This is a more modern take, if you will, on the paper cut version. See here:

So whether you choose paper, canvas, or create your own, check out silhouette art and make it part of your home decor too.