Friday, June 25, 2010

A Jug of Wine, A loaf of Bread and Thou


Thank you all for the wonderful creations for
She's Got Style.
It was so much fun to see such a mixture of ideas
for the same image.

This will be our last challenge with our sponsor
I have some wonderful stamps by
Scrolls Work to give away this month.
Next week we'll introduce the winner.

We've all heard the old saying
'A jug of wine, a loaf of bread and thou.
But did you know that phrase came from
a love poem.

"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread-and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness-
O, Wilderness were Paradise enow!"

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám(1048–1131), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. A Persian ruba'i is a two line stanza with two parts (or hemistechs) per line, hence the word "Rubaiyat", (derived from the Arabic root word for 4), meaning "quatrains".
This is the image that I found to use for your inspiration.
Have fun with this theme. I can't wait to see what you design.

She's Got Style
Extra Specials

June
Gina
CornishMist

Everyone have a Soartful week.

Friday, June 18, 2010

She's Got Style

She's Got Style is our challenge for this week.
Use this image in your artwork or just use it
to inspire your personal style.
This month we are being sponsored by Scrolls Work Stamps.


Now for our Extra Specials
from I'll Dance at Your Wedding

Peggy


Paula

Gina

Have a Soartful week everyone.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

I'll Dance at Your Wedding


Welcome to another Soartful Challenge.
We've had I am Woman and One for the Guys
Now it's time to dance at their wedding.

I found this fun vintage photo at
That found it at
and they have a collection
of vintage wedding photos from
which is where the original photo
came from.

It is such a happy photo.
June is the typical month for weddings.
So let's use this photo to inspire us
in creating a piece following the theme
I'll Dance at Your Wedding.

Our monthly draw is sponsored by
They carry a beautiful selection of art stamps

Extra Specials from
One for the Guys

Jay/Artistic Footprints

Danit
Cornishmist

I'll be visiting your blogs to say hello.

Have a Soartful week.


Saturday, June 5, 2010

One for the Guys



Thank you all for your wonderful entries to the
I Am Woman Challenge. It has been a wonderful
week going from blog to blog seeing your interpretation of the
theme and the your use of the image.

Just a reminder that all entries are placed in the
hat and I have a drawing at the end of the month.
This month I have unmounted art stamps
donated by Scrolls Work.

This week I decided that we should have
One for the Guys

This is the image if you choose to use it in your artwork.

Click on image for larger view

This is my piece. It is still a work in progress. It needs
a few finishing touches.


This week's
Extra Specials

Linda

Janice

June


Enjoy your week!