253 “Nesting”
252 “Blown Glass”
251 “Pretty Vases”
Hope everyone is having a great Summer. Happy Belated Father’s Day to all the wonderful Dad’s! We had a great barbecue with our son and his girlfriend… ate indoors due to the heat and later joined our daughter and family at Olive Garden; heard from our son who lives five hours from us; then ended the day going to the theater to see the movie, Incredibles 2, a treat from our son. What a great day, making wonderful memories. We also spent the day before Father’s day with our other daughter and twins at a library (their first library visit) and ate at Panera.
Well, Summer is here with – most of the time good weather, some of time too hot of weather, and some of the time unpredictable weather, along with Bridal showers and Weddings!
My favorite gift to give the Bride-to-Be is 2 bath towels – the color the couple needs – and one of our pictures to coordinate the colors. So for this shower I purchased beautiful and soft grey towels and painted two pictures for the couple.
I asked my friend what colors were in the couple’s bathroom. Tiffany blue and grey, wow, I love those two colors together. I wanted to paint glass for awhile now, and Tiffany blue vases against a grey background seemed like the perfect picture, so I plunged right in, put three of my vases in front of me and began painting. I painted one of the vases a viridian hue. My second attempt of painting the picture turned out a little better. I will also post my first attempt. I generally only have to paint one picture for me to like it, however, I wanted to change the colors of the flowers a bit for a more harmonious look. I really love the vases though but thought the flower colors looked better my second painting.
I also asked the mom what scripture verse they were having read at their wedding, or their favorite verse. It was a verse I felt would perhaps go better with another picture I was also thinking of painting them – Philippians 4:13. So I painted a bird’s nest with three robin eggs in it. Having asked my friend what frame they would probably like, Tom cut his silver metal pieces of frame and framed the pictures, he made a “cut out” on the bottom of the mat to insert the scripture. I thought they turned out beautifully. The Bride to be and her finance loved them and were so appreciative and said, “Oh, those are our colors too!”
We wanted to give her a print of the original since it was going to be for a bathroom, so Tom printed a giclee print, (the very highest quality printing), then we sprayed a fixative on the painting. This was a custom project, so that’s what custom orders or projects are, something different than we ordinarily do. So the originals of “Nesting” and “Blown Glass” are still available – see our Watercolor Gallery. I thought my first attempt of the vases, “Pretty Vases”, would be great for a 5 x 7 Greeting card. We are also offering “Nesting”, and “Blown Glass” as 5 x 7 cards.
This is the first time my Watercolor Paintings (as prints) will be in a bathroom if the couple chooses to hang them in the bathroom. We have had our Pressed Florals (as prints) in the bathroom, in fact I have one in our bathroom and it works fine in the bathroom. I’m sure the prints of watercolor will do well in bathrooms also, but of course I would put neither the originals of my Press Florals or the originals of my Watercolor paintings in a bathroom.
We also enjoy framing wedding invitations for a unique and ever lasting remembrance of a special memory – this makes a wonderful wedding gift. We have gotten over seventy orders to frame wedding invitations since I started Nature’s Best – see our Custom Services page. They turn out absolutely amazing. Each one is so different, so beautiful.
If you’d like Tom to frame a wedding invitation, just send us an email and we’d be happy to contact you.
Enjoy your Summer & Happy Creating,
Vicki