treasures at the pet store

Recently I was searching for new display ideas for my booth at The Market NYC (this Sunday, I'll be there). In my opinion, what better place to search out treasures than at the pet store. Have you seen how many colors those aquarium rocks come in? I use those for displaying these. These plants above might be good for something... I am not sure yet.

On my recent trip I found some great aquarium backdrops (hanging on rolls below). What would you use them for? I think they would be nice on the inside of your medicine cabinet (remove the glass shelves and apply a piece, cut to size, with small magnets). Or simply framed. One backdrop photo was monochromatic grey rocks (you can see part of this one on the bottom of the photo; dull for the fishies, but excellent for a table design). Another was a colorful assortment of coral. They had about eight different varieties. The photo quality is so flawless, it is like hyper-realism. And the paper stock is laminated, making them also perfect for placemats or table coverings perhaps...

These aquarium backdrops can be cut to size and cost about 18 cents per inch. I am keeping them in mind for some project or another. In the meantime, I thought I would share them with you.

hanging on rolls in the store

rotated 90 degrees so you can see the images