Suzani Sofa, Wall Art and Shadow Box Trinkets

As I was lounging on the sofa over the weekend the glaring sunlight pouring into the apartment made everything look so vibrant and pretty that I decided to take a few pictures. Unfortunately, my iphone didn't interpret the bright light how I wanted, instead all of the photos are hazy and bleached out in color... bummer! Ever since I lost my digital camera about a year ago I have convinced myself that I only need my iphone camera, but I'm really starting to itch for a nice 14MP digital camera so my blog photos can blow your mind! Haha... Until then, the iphone camera is my only tool, so here are a few shabby pictures of the latest decor scenario over at my apartment.

I finally decided on a use for one of the suzani's that my good friend gave me, as seen in this blog post back in April.... I draped it over the back of my sofa and I LOVE the way it looks, I wish the pictures were better so you could see how vibrant it is! Also, I have included photos of my side table vignette's and some of my artwork, trinkets and shadow boxes on the walls.

This is the suzani I used on the sofa....

Here it is....

A detail shot....


The framed Bohemia print that my mom brought me from New Mexico.....

Here I framed some of my black and white photography from travels. The top picture I'm sure you've noticed is in my blog title image collage, I took this photo in Istanbul, Turkey in 2008 of a couple in the bohemian district who were all lovey, it was a classic moment (I have another another shot as well.) The photo below it is a pigeon perched atop the head of a statue, I took that photo in a park in Paris, France back in 2000. I have to scan those photos one day, I have a lot of pictures from my trips to the Mediterranean and Baltic countries but none are digital! :( Hopefulyl I can dig up the negatives and get them put on a CD/DVD? Hmmm...

These below are a few of my shadow box coin art pieces (see this post and this post for more on my art.) I made them all from heinous neon pink wooden dollar store shadow boxes, coins from my European travels, some (actually LOTS of) paint, wallpaper and leather samples from my design jobs...

These shadow boxes below are what I like to call my "Shadow Corks" boxes (see this blog post for more) which I made with used wine bottle corks collected over time and some semi-precious stones inside for color.....

Below is a picture of my shadow boxes now that I finally filled them with all of my little trinkets (not bare like in this post). A lot of this stuff is from my travels or belonged to my father, or I've otherwise collected over time.... Silver gondola's from Venice, part of my owl collection, pipes from Turkey, lighters my father engraved and more.... I love little things!