Mar 7, 2015
Art decos have developed from fb's (friendship booklets with only basic information in them) & deco fb's aka decos (friendship booklets decorated with stickers & pictures) in the early 2000's. They were highly influenced by mixed media & paper arts and scrap booking. Art decos are a more artistic and refined version of decos.
Sometimes the categories are quite fluid but the biggest difference between decos & art decos is that in art decos you never cover your page with contact plastic. Also, art deco makers & swappers prefer more creative ways of binding the booklets than just stapling them like most of the basic decos are made.
If you get inspired and feel like trying making & swapping art decos there are lots of groups to join.
My favourites are: My own group Discover_decos of course: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Discover_Decos/info
Addicted_to_Vintage which is dedicated to vintage themes: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Addicted_to_Vintage/info
EuropeArtDecos for European swappers: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EuropeArtDecos/info
Euro Deco List (another European group): https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EuroDecoList/info