I'm outta here

Okay, I'm outta here. It's time for a little blogging break for me, as I travel overseas to visit family in the UK. I do have one last thing to show you before I go though. These little cuties were recently delivered to a seemingly very happy customer who had commissioned them as baby presents for two new arrivals. She wanted a present for her brother’s new baby boy and a good friend's baby girl - something that could be framed for their bedrooms. She wanted the design to include an image of a baby and their siblings and parents. As is my usual way of working, I received photos of the respective families and soon set to work.The Hebrew name Keshet means 'rainbow' in English. My customer therefore requested that rainbows and butterflies be included in the picture, a very simple request to work with when the piece is for a little girl. I built my composition around the rainbow, with Keshet herself sitting at one end of the rainbow and her parents, sister and brother at the other end. The final touch was to personalise the picture that little bit further by cutting out the letters of her name in pretty rainbow colours as well.

Theo Cyril is the customer's newborn nephew. She already knew that the carpet in his bedroom is red, so I was able to make the picture to match his room! This picture shows the baby boy, this time waving to us from the centre of the piece, surrounded by his parents and sisters. For this piece I was asked to include "boyish baby stuff" in the background and I had fun cutting out the little sailboat and teddy bear, amongst other toys.
The framing was left to me and I was happy to choose colourful frames to match the pieces. My customer came to collect her order a few days ago. Within minutes of her leaving I received a lovely e-mail from her saying that she had "just got home and had a closer look – they’re really great!".
Have a great summer everyone! I have a lot of holiday stuff to be getting on with now. I'll be back in a few weeks, no doubt with many, many photos from some interesting adventures in England and Belgium. Here goes...