The Creative Process

Sometimes you start on a project and go with what you know only to discover you've tripped down an unintended path. I had to share this funny moment with you all.

I have a client who saw my recent product of a Bible verse posted here on my Facebook samples page, and requested that I do one for her nephew and his soon-to-be-bride as a wedding gift. Based on the green kitchen towel on their registry and her knowledge of the living room having white walls with light brown carpet, she decided she'd like the plaque to be green, so it would be able to go in either the living room or kitchen. I put this together for her to review:

And this was her reply:

It's funny, but although I liked the plaque when I first looked at it, thinking only that I might want the background just a bit lighter & the words just a bit darker, plus maybe some watermarks like the crosses you put on [the other Bible verse] plaque, I looked at it again just now & had a strange impression. The plaque looks almost like a dinner plate, which is okay for displaying in the kitchen, but then the Bible verse makes it kind of funny. If it's a dinner plate, then "we will serve the Lord" takes on an unintended meaning! 

Ha ha! Back to the drawing board.

Hello, Again!

So sorry for being gone for so long. I have had some technical difficulties as of late. Still trying to get my RSS feed to work properly! Anyway, I've gotten a couple of new orders, and that has lead to some brainstorming about more options for the plaques aside from just individual letters. I'm going to add a Quotable section to the shop! It's so me, I don't know why I didn't think of it before! My roommate in college and I used to love to find quotes. I think she even gave me a copy of Shakespeare's sonnets for my birthday one year. Anyway, the first few available are Bible verses like this one, though this is a one-of-a-kind custom design:

What about you? Are you a quote person?