Nasturtiums
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Nasturtiums
acrylic and ink on linen canvas panel
8x10"
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What a strange and unfortunate name for this lovely edible flower. The leaves are zippy like a radish and I just got an email from a reader suggesting putting a dollop of Boursin cheese in the blossom. Well that would make anything taste yummy.
I am happy to just have them growing in abundance.
I am happy to just have them growing in abundance.
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Again with the suggestions for making my paintings into note cards. My friend Wanda says nobody really uses note cards anymore, and I agreed with her...until yesterday. I was packaging up a couple of paintings to send to their new owners and thought that a card enclosure would be nice. Hmm.
So I looked through the inventory of my paintings photos, cropped one to fit and turned it into a note card by printing it upside down in the upper left corner of a full page in MS Word, using the landscape layout. I printed it on bright white HP paper and folded it twice and had a real looking note card. In the clear light of day I think I could have added text in the lower left corner too.
I am really not interested in making note cards of my work to sell as sets. Too fiddly. But today I am giving you the idea to do it yourself. ONLY FOR YOUR OWN USE. No selling my images, OK?
Here's a couple to try now. I placed them upside down to make it easy.
I love notecards. I have small boxes of them everywhere. Do I use them? Not as much as I should. I love getting real mail, but I am afraid it is becoming a lost art. Email has overtaken us... quicker, faster, but less personal.
ReplyDeleteI do this all the time with my quilts and so does my girlfriend. They make it nice when you need a notecard or to give as a little gift!
ReplyDeletewhat a great idea and I can't think of anything sweeter than a nasturtium card. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteMel, If you would like to do some notecards strictly for your own use, go to www.vistaprint.com. They do a great job and are very cheap. You can upload your own photos and personalize them any way you want. This saves using your own printer's ink.
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ReplyDeleteI love your new work! It's delightful.
I may try making notecards with the 2 images you provided, and I promise I will not sell them! Thank you for generously sharing these images with us. (Like the author of the first comment, I don't use notecards that much anymore, but I love them and have a bunch. I should use them more!)
Kristin in SC
I love seeing your art every day! Thanks for the freebie -
ReplyDeleteLook so beautiful...
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