Hey to everyone...been lurking do to busy life...
I was reading CK magazine and something struck me as odd. I would say that "embellishments" and "accents" are the same thing. While I saw both referenced in CK articles, it struck me that "accents" seems to be used more often. I wonder if this is the new buzz word....hum?
What do you think?
-- Amy L.
I think accents is a shorter word so it's quicker to say and easier to print. Otherwise I can't think of why one would mean anything else than the other.
Katrina in KS
Well, I think that embellishments are more complete, more creative or work intensive whether it's you that makes it or a company that makes it. I would not call a sticker an embellishment I would consider it an accent, however I would consider a fancy paper clip an embellishment and not an accent. Yes, we "accent" the page by adding accents. Yes, we embellish the page by adding embellishments. In fact, we even embellish our pages by using accents as well as accent our pages using embellishments so, final verdict: it's all semantics.
And that's how I see it from where I sit,
Melissa in Seattle
Ooh, I just thought of something else...
When we're participating in swaps and they say we must use embellishments, does including a handful of stickers fit the criteria? I would not think so. Therefore embellishments are more significant than accents but only when it matters.
Anyone else want to weigh in on all this?
Melissa in Seattle
I see them as two different things.
Embellishment: Something you add to a page overall, photo with matte, ribbon, die-cuts, etc.
Accents: These are small tiny things that you add to embellishments like brads to hold a photo and matte on to the page, fiber or ribbon through the hole in a tag, chalks, sand paper sanding, torn edges, rubber stamping, etc.
Of course there is some overlap. For example using a large frame rubber stamp to create a matte that is an embellishment. Using letter rubber stamps to make a title or journaling that is an accent.
In the end it just comes down to how you break things up and what your definition for various things are.
Robert
I really have never distiguished between the two but you ladies and gentleman seem to be making sense!
-Tammy
Amy > Hey to everyone...been lurking do to busy life...
Hello everyone,
I thought an embellishments was defined as "non-paper decorations" - therefore anything made of metal, fabric, plastic, resin etc. (Brads, eyelets, metal charms, epoxy stickers, metal frames, ribbons, fibres...) But I guess you could also have paper embellishments...
I have also noticed recently magazines referring to "page accents" - they are, for example, flowers cut out of patterned papers or stickers. Also, the magazines never mention "page embellishment" so I assume there must be a difference between "accent" and "embellishment".
Either way, I probably use both of them on my pages and as long as my pages look good, I don't mind what all the elements are called!
Klara
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