after the holidays i took a really looooong break from painting. i just wasn’t really feeling into it and wanted to concentrate on my notecards and subway art.
i suppose the Lord done had different plans for me because over the course of about 2 weeks i got orders for several signs from friends and family. i’m not going to lie – i took my sweet time getting to them and wanted to make sure i was fully back in the groove before i got started.
i was also a little discouraged because i had a perfect system before the holidays of how i painted my signs and the loss of my computer (and therefore microsoft publisher) kind of threw a hitch in my giddy-up. i had to figure some things out before i could fully commit to doing signs 100% again.
luckily i think i have it somewhat figured out. so anyways – here is a look at a couple of signs i’ve made lately for my friends!
my friend leanne‘s sister got married on march 10th. through a bit of a process of deciding what to have on there we finally decided on the words to a meaningful song, their names and the wedding date. you can read the entire story here.
as i finished up i thought it was looking a little bland so i just free-handed some doodly things in the corners for some extra color. turns out those are pretty much identical to the design on their invitation. pretty cool! 🙂
my friend sarah asked me to paint their last name for a specific spot in their kitchen. she is a fabulous cook so i know they spend a lot of time in the kitchen and i know they will think of me every time they look at their pretty sign.
sarah and i have been friends like forevers. every time i visit somewhere i try to remember and grab a magnet for her kitchen wall. she has a huge collection that finally over-ran her fridge and she painted her wall with magnetic paint to display the overflow.
i have a couple more in the works – one that is taking me forever to finish because it is huge and intricate. i can’t wait to show it to yall!
what have you been working on lately?
yay! do your groove thang!
shake yo groove thang shake yo groove thang!
i will officially have that song on repeat in my head all day!
xoxo
These are SO cool Skye!
thank you kelli! i have really enjoyed doing them!!
Beautiful signs 🙂 I didn't realize you did your lettering by hand! that takes some serious skill 😉
thanks kate!! it does take a little skill but mostly a good hand massage every now and then. sometimes i walk around with a creepy claw from all the fine details!! 😉
xoxo
so talented Skye! glad you're back at it! love them.
thank you thank you manda!! i'm glad to be back at it also!
I'm partial to the 2nd one, myself. 😉 We LOVE our sign. It's perfect! Aaron got it hung up in the right place, so I just need to snap some pics to show it off in it's new home! 🙂 Yay!!! Thank you! 🙂
BY the way – I have a magnet for you from Spain. It is currently living on my fridge and every day I look at it and try to remember to bring it to work so I can mail it to you. FAIL. I'm putting it on my phone calendar so I won't forget!!
I'm so glad you love your sign! I can't wait to see it in you pretty kitchen!
Oh, oh! I bet I know which one is taking so long!!! We can't wait to see the finished product!
I'm happy to say it is coming right along! I can't wait to bring it to you guys and meet Spare so soon! 🙂
They look great! Wonderful job! 🙂
Thank you Jessica! 🙂
Yay!!! So glad you are getting your groove back!
Thanks Kelsey! 🙂 I'm glad to be getting back in my groove too! 🙂
So beautiful! I am so glad you are painting again – you have an AMAZING talent for it!
Thank you soooo much Cassie!
They look great! You are super talented!
Thanks Kelly! 🙂 xoxo