I was going to use my recently designed pattern to print some cards, but I accidentally set the paper orientation in the wrong direction, ending up with the design cropped.

Oh well, I thought, at least I could make it into a smaller, square card. But it just doesn’t look that nice anymore…

And then, I remember seeing some collages of patterns and photographs somewhere. Maybe I could try that too! So I found a photograph I took in Paris 2 years ago, did some photoshopping and printed it on top of the pattern, intentionally in the same way that I printed the pattern.

And…voilà! Just like when I first saw the photos developed from my toy cameras, I was quite surprised that the result turned out to be great! I absolutely love this kind of “accidental beauty!”

Next time I gotta make this bigger and hang it on my wall :D