Thrift Store Art Transformation | Surreal Collage Cut and Paste #36

Hi there! I'm Rosie and this week's video is a little thrift store makeover! I found a framed print at the thrift store and I was inspired to collage over it to make a new piece of art. And since the final collage ended up being the same size I was able to reuse the mat and frame and to have a nice framed and finished piece in the end! I hope you enjoy this journey on creating a DIY surreal mushroom collage from a thrift store print :)
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Creating a handmade custom DIY surreal art collage is easy! I share my tips and techniques on how I create my analog collages as I cut out pictures and illustrations out by hand with a small pair of scissors and a craft knife. Finding inspiration from old books is one of the most fun steps to this process. These can come from used books, encyclopedias, magazines, vintage postcards, or anything else you can find lying around your house. I find most of my books and magazines from thrift stores, antique stores, flea markets, Craigslist, or even on the side of the road! Watch as I arrange my elements and try different ideas as I talk through my process to create my final design.
Collages made out of paper have a custom made feel that you can't get from a digital collage made in Photoshop. And, there is an added challenge of only being able to use materials that you have access to!
Want to try creating your own? Just grab a magazine, scissors, and a glue stick!
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[@rebeccajones9757]

Now I want to do this. There are so many gems at the thrift store

[@troikatuggle1343]

Brilliant. Can't believe how you transformed the image. I, trudge, trudge, would have kept the original image and hung it on the wall years later, after procrastinating. Congratulations

[@susanwhite1450]

Oh my goodness, you are so creative! I absolutely love watching your thought process as you collage and I'm learning so much. Thanks so much for these videos.

[@eastofhoney]

Thank you so so much! I'm so glad to hear you enjoy them :)

[@marymarysmarket7151]

🌲Merry Christmas, Rosie. Hope you are well. Still enjoying your creativity here. TFS

[@mcblakemore3423]

Ducks 'ducking' under a mushroom...well done!!!

[@karenillingworth4937]

I love the way your mind works.

[@sallyjohnson1566]

so fun! Makes me want to go thrifting!

[@lynallan2937]

I love how your print alteration turned out 👏👏👏

[@vetechgrl2000]

I love it when you say you aren't going to cut out all the windows and then you do and you create this!! Beautiful!

[@lindafraser]

Rosie you are so clever! what an awesome transformation.

[@scottworsley20]

how the project looks, makes it mare like a story than a home.

[@scottworsley20]

Okay, so you've given me the plan. I gave you the description. You floated an awesome idea. I can't maintain the illusion of anything. It is not something I want to drop - been talking about it forever. I could do it. How do I take the space out if it's so wildly designed b/c the imagination is really intense.

[@reginakeller3038]

Oh I love this so much! Everything works, layout, colors, movement. You continue to outdo yourself! And, still can't figure out how you manage to cut out tiny images so precisely...amazing 👏❤🤩.

[@joannelafrancejolaf]

Wooooow My new favorites channel! So fun to watch you work. Thanks for sharing.

[@karenkirby6002]

Always look forward to Thursday and your videos. Love your style.

[@eastofhoney]

Aww so sweet! Thank you so much :)

[@LorraineTapper]

Beautiful as usual.

[@katrinaturner3755]

So glad you went with the jelly fish, I loved how your page turned out.

[@knyjoy]

This is amazing!

[@sherriparojcic5929]

You are amazing! Such creativity and skill. Thank you for sharing!

[@lovelydaywithholly]

I really love this one Rosie!!!!!

[@JEHomestead]

Holy Cow! That is so awesome! Now I need to go thrifting and see what I can find. Thanks for sharing this. Amazing!

[@deborahneumann9162]

What a FABULOUS imagination you have! This is VERY cool! (:

[@louisebaxter1026]

This is so magical.I would put it on my wall for sure.

[@theresacarmen9847]

Very Nifty! A vast improvement.

[@ameliashelton6361]

I am BEYOND impressed!! Ahhh you are so creative :)

[@anamarques9446]

❤ it looks beautiful

[@FaryalKhan-ku9uf]

I loved this so so so much!

[@loriann3896]

I love this piece. Watching you is so fun!

[@charliebyerly3931]

Really neat idea. Only thing I would have changed would be to add shadows for the birds. Thanks for the craft idea!

[@thejunkjourney2650]

Best one ever!

[@christyhere300]

Absolutely cool!

[@missyb.623]

This was wonderful

[@joank8370]

How absolutely clever! Love it! I think you should keep the embroidered ghosts in mind for Halloween 🎃. Maybe add 3D too?

[@eastofhoney]

Oh I love this idea. I can't wait for Halloween!

[@lauramarycann9590]

Fabulous work 👩‍🎨👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Wvnursey]

I love, love, love this and your creativity is so inspiring!

[@eastofhoney]

Aww thank you so so much! :)

[@scottworsley20]

Sounds like a PERFECT IDEA. Got to stay positive, I guess.

[@bettelovelace4456]

BRAVO👏👏👏👏LOVE IT!!!💜💜💜

[@papabear2515]

You are so creative and open to the process - however it presents or develops! Very inspiring! Thank you!

[@immersivestudyandliving4272]

Wow! Amazing translation!

[@juliabrown2479]

I love this idea with the thrift store find. You have been challenging your cutting skills. Lots of small cuts in the two windows, skeleton etc. I love how you think. I love how the duck had reddish orange too, really tied it together.how would the bird on the far right look if you had it overlap the mat instead of tucking it under the mat? Kind of like it is flying out of the picture.

[@litenlaura]

Same thoughts about the bird on the right. In the end i was a little "disappointed" that the bird lost his head under the mat. But all together I'm overwhelmed how this turns out. Couldn't imagine the final result in the beginning. Awesome!

[@eastofhoney]

Oh this is an interesting idea! I hadn't thought to leave the two edge birds on top of the mat. I didn't cut them off so I can see how it looks!

[@MariaLopez-fd4pj]

Que super creativa eres !!!!❤

[@megantorri1711]

High improvement!!

[@maramakesjournals2319]

Excellent!

[@lchristoffer]

Oooh, this one, Rosie, is super fantastic. Funny how your original ideas were completely abandoned and ended up something different. Anyway, love it!

[@eastofhoney]

I just have to go with the flow! Sometimes I don't find the right images for my original ideas so I try to stay flexible and flow with the creative process :)

[@michelebernsteinklausner4634]

Fabulous

[@scottworsley20]

I haven't had a chance to take a look at you from the ground. Your place and your space is quite amazing. I am no long trapped by the system that keeps you busy. I was. I mix up my feelings between the system and you. I am doing my best to seed that sort of nonsense out because I am noticing how hard it is for the natural words to connect. I have been dealing with stubbornness forever.

[@scottworsley20]

Very caught up.... maybe I should summon some goofy landscapes to test myself so that I can say, "You look beautiful."

[@kimberlybajorek1900]

Wow. Amazing!

[@pamalapeterson5352]

Wow!…..cleverly done!

[@allisonjames2923]

That’s actually really cool. I thought you were nuts when I first started watching lol (sorry), but once you started pulling toadstools in front & added the ducks flying... wow. That works on so many levels since groups of flying ducks are used as door & wall decorations, but it’s also about bringing the outdoors inside & how nature overtakes man made structures. You probably had none of that in mind when you made it, and I don’t normally go in for a whole lot of art description or meaning, but it all just seems to fit so easily & well. Just wondering - did you try the table as part of it at all? You’ve got a new sub from me 😁 Looking forward to seeing your other ideas.

[@alicecasey4052]

Fantastic!!!!!

[@PhoebesWorldProductions]

That's neat. I loved the image "before" and it's cool, now, too. =)

[@csk5654]

girl you are brilliant! love this! TYFS Cindy

[@eastofhoney]

Thank you!!

[@scottworsley20]

I love the beach! Tell me a a tail of a surfer🏄.

[@scottworsley20]

I have my whole life wanted to do a superhero teamup. Superman, back from the dead, batman, catwoman, robin, supergirl.... thejoker

[@AlicjaJaros-fm2vy]

Wooooow really inspiriert 😍🍄🍄🍄🍄🍀☘☘❤❤❤👍👍👍👍

[@saramorais840]

💖💖💖

[@dianesachkowsky2442]

I love your work! So fun! Do you sell prints of your collages?

[@scottworsley20]

I have thought about what you were saying in your presentation. I'll do it, verbatim as you say it. Maybe I'll fudge a little here and there, but it's our dialogue, so we'll connect up the pieces with as much fudge as possible because we both need some sweets in this meet.

[@janmurphy9347]

That’s a painting by Andrew Wyeth, one of the best American painters of the 20th century. Look into his body of work…it’s beautiful. It’s titled “Her Room” from 1963.

[@eastofhoney]

It is such a beautiful painting! I was instantly drawn to it.

[@scottworsley20]

knock knock

[@scottworsley20]

the birds' wings... you could stock all the wings of the flock in a stock. could I buy into it?

[@scottworsley20]

Because I have the power here. How am I supposed to take advantage of myself? You know, because if it takes advantage of you.... it seems that I can't take the house out into the garden. Just going to have to let those windows shine into life.

[@serasmiles2]

you could have had the birds punching through the picture onto the mat

[@scottworsley20]

I am praying that I know that you love me. I can't understand. I can't directly address it. I have not been able to focus on the growth elements of psychology, only the conflict parts of psychology. It shook the crap out of me my whole life. You have been so kind and instructional. I can't stand the way life sounds without your voice. i have respect for too many nonsenses; all I am asked to do is listen to you... Go figure!

[@scottworsley20]

I'll flip through the newspapers, and see what the opinions are; I would lo be right abou this. Still in the middle of making up for missing... don't want to lose track of your house. my house might shake if i get too much ghost.

[@scottworsley20]

Let me get this straight. You are suggesting that we take my employment, pull it out of context, work on it for both of our (emotional) needs, for us and for good; that I share with you what I'm doing.

[@scottworsley20]

Am I still working construction accounting? Did I ever? You see, i know the answer to these things, but I'm hyper-critical about talking about them because I have learned to make sense of my language as.... well, I don't know if I'm working with those guys. I'm doing their taxes. I'm helping them with their work when I get a chance. I have a contract with my company, but it doesn't say anything. It's a dirty contract, and I'm a dirty girl..

[@scottworsley20]

As far as your idea, it's a great idea. I just don't want to tell you I'm smart about something if I'm not. I would love to take your idea and run with it. It's just that the context is either over or under my work.

[@scottworsley20]

Obvious question, what do I do for work? Marketing (I told you.) Who do I work for? Myself (you know that.) How much do you make? A fair amount. Enough that I can care for my family, that I can maintain my relationship to you, that I can be happy with myself, that I afford my expenses, that I can pay my bills. #How much? It doesn't have a discernible answer. #What? I can't answer questions about numbers. Thos questions are based on false assumptions. I am happy with how much I make.

[@scottworsley20]

measurements, pretty fast fluttering

[@scottworsley20]

You know how confused you were when you were on your path to meet me. I am equally confused. I am confused about life, and you are a little to interesting for me not to be confused about you.

[@scottworsley20]

My communication skills are no good anymore. You stole my heart. My heart doesn't belong to me. It belongs to some system. i have my heart back, and I can't get out of the system. Thus, I listen to myself, and all I hear myself say is nonsense. I love your work on this collage, very much agree with your interpretation and suggestion. So confused about myself, can't even accept help given such by you to myself. Wanted to make sure to be polite and respectful. Don't know how to explain.

[@scottworsley20]

I just want you to know that I don't have the contention inside myself to stand for all the things I say. You do. I would love to match up to you, but I get stuck trying to listen to your interpretation in the way that it reminds me of the empty hearts and vacuous looks of the world.

[@TheKPLong]

Thank you for making such helpful and inspiring videos! I love the whimsy of your work :)