Wanted: nursery artwork!

[little_O]

Dh and I are looking for a unique-ish piece of artwork for dd's room.
So far we like some bird collage art pieces, only problem is we can seem to find them in Australia, or of they are they are too small (8x10 inch or 11x14inch). We want quite a large landscape piece or 3 pieces to make one.

Anyone know where I can look? Or do any of you likely people's do them???

[EiffelTower]

Try etsy.com
I purchased mine from the USA with no problems...

[Pholi]

If you have a clear vision of what you'd like, try making it yourself?

[little_O]

If you have a clear vision of what you'd like, try making it yourself?

Hmm I would LOVE to. Dh is sceptical about me actually getting it finished because he says I'm too busy.

I looked at etsy.com and they do have some pieces I love but they are all so small!

[Novella]

if you can find good quality images of what you like (perhaps purcahsed from a photo stock place) you can arrange to get them printed on canvas through places like fabness, often scoopon have specials for canves prints. I got a photo of our children printed on canvas 1m by 0.5m for $49.95. They also had three sqaure canvas's for the same price the other week.

What size were you wanting?

Good luck

ETA a lot of sellers on Etsy are happy to make custom sizes/designs if you ask, is that a possibility if the prices aren't too steep?

[Pholi]

Hmm I would LOVE to. Dh is sceptical about me actually getting it finished because he says I'm too busy.

I think you should do it, then. Does it matter if you do it in stages, and it takes a while? If you're planning on having on the wall for years to come, how proud will you be when DH holds up your beloved toddler and says 'Mummy made this especially for you.'

My DP recently came across a pile of artwork (watercolours) that I painted about a decade ago, and was very insistent that we frame a bunch of them and put them up on the walls. I was pretty resistant... 'oh, but they're not that good really...' until he told me that we should be proud of our own creations, and if we're not proud of our own, and prove it by framing and displaying our own work, then how will we teach baby to be proud of their own, when it gets old enough? Teach by example, and all that...