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Etsy Find: The Little Chickadee


While the silhouette hype has been going for quite a while, we couldn't help but swoon over these prints that we found on Etsy this morning. The intricacy and incorporation of many different elements make them fanciful and fun, and something we would love to have on our wall...

 
 

The Little Chickadee shop on Etsy is chock full of pretty little cards and intricate prints of silhouettes that we love. Here are some of our favorites:
1 The Captain silhouette print is the piece that first caught our eye. Love the surreal nautical theme with a victorian flair.
2 Le Chapeau is another beautiful fusion of imagery in the cutout style that we think would be great on our wall.
3 Le Lapin, The Masked Ball Silhouette Print, is another silhouette print that strikes our fancy.
4 La Chevre, The Masked Ball Silhouette Print accompanies Le Lapin for a great diptych.
5 These Red Bird Bookplates are whimsical little pieces that we'd love to have for our library.
6 This Squirrel with Umbrella card is one in a series of flocked cards that we think are too cute.
7 These Shadow Puppet notecards are adorned with gorgeous little illustrations. Love.
8 We adore these Remarkable Pig notecards--especially the colors!

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artwork, etsy, prints, notecards, silhouettes, Silhouette art, The Little Chickadee

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Love the Captain one! Reminds me of one of my favorite Etsy shops, Untamed Menagerie, who does beautiful silhouette jewelry and prints.

posted by cheekystar on September 10th 2009 at 5:09pm
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I'm still working on making the perfect snowflake--these are amazingly complex & beautiful.

posted by bcthree on September 10th 2009 at 6:59pm
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The guy with a ship in his hair is remarkably similar to this one of Marie Antoinette (who also has a ship in her hair)...

Is there some bizarre new trend we should know about?

http://www.opaline-sucasa.com/2009/07/tina-tarnoffs-paper-silhouettes.html

posted by suby on September 10th 2009 at 7:16pm
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Awesome!

posted by jessroo on September 10th 2009 at 8:29pm
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Those shadow puppet illustrations are from a book of shadow puppets, a reprint of an early 1900s book, IIRC. I was given a copy as a child, and still have it -- lots of wonderful shadows way beyond the usual "this is a rabbit!" or "this is a barking dog!" Good times when the electricity goes out.

posted by k02 on September 11th 2009 at 12:48am
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I like the dude with the goat. These are kinda creepy, which is good in my book!

posted by clampers on September 11th 2009 at 9:45am
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