Love you, my friend! I hope you can tolerate the dying flowers yet another year because you do deserve the symbolism Mark is showing you. This post reminded me of evenings spent at the dining table cutting out pictures and words from discard magazines and newspapers that my dad would bring home from the library. (I especially loved the Quaker Oats ads because they used a lot of heart motifs). Our family didn’t have money for class-sized valentine packs, but long before school teachers started requiring it, my mom believed that everyone in class should receive a valentine. So we made them. At 30 kids in a class and 4 kids, that was approximately 120 valentines we had to make!
I love the repeating-hearts piece headlining this post. Are they applied in a raised manner, or did you paint shadows, or both? Thanks for the idea of spreading some joy in these tumultuous times. I may just do some of this today!
I love your story about making your valentines with your family. I think we may have done that but for the fact that there five rowdy brothers without a bit of romantic streak and only two of us girls. Seven kids! My mother just bought those giant bags of very cheap valentines!
I also send you my love this Valentines Day (and every day).
The Hearts in the art piece are painted on 300lb Arches paper, cut out (first) and mounted using a scrabble tile tolift them 1/8 inch up from the backboard - which is also 300lb Arches. The whole thing is framed in a shadow box frame - 12"x12". I took the photo on my worktable which is lit by Ott lights on both sides. I love the double shadow and it is true shadow.
Yes, this is my favorite holiday by far...and, it's not the chocolate or the cut flowers! This post is both lovely and loving! I love you, Jessica. Your passion is contagious. I'm getting ready to meet two gal-friends for lunch where we will exchange valentines for Galentine's Day! Wish you were here!
What a great idea not just today (in Australia) but throughout the year!! Thanks Jessica
Love you, my friend! I hope you can tolerate the dying flowers yet another year because you do deserve the symbolism Mark is showing you. This post reminded me of evenings spent at the dining table cutting out pictures and words from discard magazines and newspapers that my dad would bring home from the library. (I especially loved the Quaker Oats ads because they used a lot of heart motifs). Our family didn’t have money for class-sized valentine packs, but long before school teachers started requiring it, my mom believed that everyone in class should receive a valentine. So we made them. At 30 kids in a class and 4 kids, that was approximately 120 valentines we had to make!
I love the repeating-hearts piece headlining this post. Are they applied in a raised manner, or did you paint shadows, or both? Thanks for the idea of spreading some joy in these tumultuous times. I may just do some of this today!
I love your story about making your valentines with your family. I think we may have done that but for the fact that there five rowdy brothers without a bit of romantic streak and only two of us girls. Seven kids! My mother just bought those giant bags of very cheap valentines!
I also send you my love this Valentines Day (and every day).
The Hearts in the art piece are painted on 300lb Arches paper, cut out (first) and mounted using a scrabble tile tolift them 1/8 inch up from the backboard - which is also 300lb Arches. The whole thing is framed in a shadow box frame - 12"x12". I took the photo on my worktable which is lit by Ott lights on both sides. I love the double shadow and it is true shadow.
Yes, this is my favorite holiday by far...and, it's not the chocolate or the cut flowers! This post is both lovely and loving! I love you, Jessica. Your passion is contagious. I'm getting ready to meet two gal-friends for lunch where we will exchange valentines for Galentine's Day! Wish you were here!
I wish I was too!
What a great idea! I made little mixed media valentine tags & gave them out to friends today with little sayings I printed out. They all loved them.
Good for you, Cheryl. That's a real success!