I'd gotten to the stage where it was pretty much finished and just needed some words, but I just couldn't think of anything that suited her. Most of the sayings on my canvases just come out of my head - half the time they are messages to myself. :) Anyway, I couldn't think of anything so I put a post on my facebook page asking for suggestions (and I got some great ones).
Now that I had some choices for words, I pulled out my trusty old letter stickers and set to work... but do you think I could make them work?? No. They either didn't go with the canvas or I was missing letters that I needed (anyone got any spare e's floating around??). The only letters that I liked on there for the main word was my old Heidi Swapp letters. But with no a, e or r that ruled out most words that I could think of. So at about 11pm, I wrote down all the letters I DID have and went to sit in bed and try and figure out a word. On the way, I grabbed an old notebook I have with quotes in it for when I get stuck like this.
The first quote in that book - "A loving heart is the truest wisdom." Yippee... I had those letters! So here she is all finished... it seems she ended up picking her OWN words. :)
Thanks for stopping by! And cool technique coming tomorrow....
2 comments:
That's a wonderful story Angela. I love it when something like that happens for me, which it has done often. A beautiful serendipity.
A recent example was a dark depressing looking background that I had no idea what to do with. It was in my art journal for months, waiting. One day I had a most unpleasant phone conversation with a family member & felt an urgent need to journal my feelings. There it was! Perfect!
I love the quote you came up with for this canvas :)
Beautiful! Thanks for joining up with artsee bloggers!
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