oh, let’s just all say “yippee!” right now, because photographer sharon montrose has a brand new animal print shop, and it’s awesome. sharon’s one of my favorite photographers, not only for her elegant, beautiful photos of all sorts of critters, but for her love for them, too. if you’ve never seen her etsy storque video with a behind the... 
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i’m back with another addition of wednesday’s wall – sharing ideas about hanging your art, and gathering a collection. this wednesday, i’m curating some artwork from the beholder, one of my favorite online art galleries. the beholder is great because their artwork is affordable, and they have a web feature where you can curate your own set, and save... 
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i receive so many submissions from talented artists looking to share their work on sfgirlbybay, that i thought it might be nice to do a gallery round up once a week, featuring a collection of artwork that i think might work well together as a grouping. it’s always fun to curate a collection of paintings and photography, and just maybe if this is something y’all... 
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Hi everyone, it’s Annie from Poetic & Chic – so happy and honored to be guest-posting on SFGirlbyBay! For this momentous occasion, I’m going to talk about something I’ve never posted on before: my gallery wall. After I expounded so forcefully in my Pin-It-Forward post about having art in the home, I knew that in all fairness I really needed to share more of my... 
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via atlitw. there is a definite fine art to display. if done properly, it shouldn’t look cluttered or overdone, with tsotchkes strewn about everywhere, or artwork floating mid-air on your walls, without a care in the world. it should look stylishly cohesive, and make people want to look closer. you know, draw them in, not flee your house as if you were on hoarders. here’s... 
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