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A Quote a Day: Week 2

Friends! Its Friday! And you know what that means? One day closer to the weekend? A day to get crazy and wear jeans to work? No, its time for "A Quote A Day" 

As promised, I took the quotes left by lovely readers last week and turned them into three illustrated works. I love this collaboration! It is so fun! 

The contributors from last week's comment section were as follows (from top to bottom):

Margot of Margot Madison Creative

Cinderella Patch - this quote came from a pitcher in her grandmother's kitchen from the UK!

Jutta of Kootut Murut (inspired by this illustrators version)

Thank you dear contributors for playing "A Quote a Day" with me. This is so much fun! So now its time for you to leave a comment with your favorite inspirational quote. Remember you have just as much wisdom as Abraham Lincoln or your grandmother's pitcher! 

Can't wait to see what you have to offer. All quotes left this week will be published next Friday! 

Happy Weekend!

images: heather s thompson for gathering spriggs

A Quote a Day : Week 1

Week 1 of the Quote a Day project has passed. Here are some quotes submitted this past week by two GS readers. The Emerson quote submitted by Brigitte of Covet Chicago and Nin quote submitted by Ginny of Cooking with Chopin, Living with Elmo. 

To submit your favorite quotes for next weeks post please leave a comment here. Remember you can quote a favorite author/artist etc. or leave a message of truth from your own heart. I look forward to hearing the wisdom from you! 

Also, you can keep up with the daily project here. 

Happy Weekend !!

images: heather s thompson - photograph and painting also heather s thompson

A Quote a Day

Happy Friday Friends! Do you have fun plans this weekend? Im going to be antiquing and resting and taking more time in the studio. But before I go, I wanted to share with you a little project challenge with you that I am giving myself this year. Inspired by Lisa Congdon and her "Collection a Day", I am challenging myself to paint, collage, draw, or design one quote a day for the next 365 days. Each day I will upload said quote to this file in my flickr account. And of course I will keep you updated here weekly. Im excited for this new direction in my work and for the challenge it will afford (with you as my witnesses). 

So thank you for your love, support and continued encouragement. I share with you because you have shared with me. Thank you for your glorious comments to my GS survey this week. Your words are invaluable. So.... here is the fun part of the challenge. It involves you! If you would like to collaborate with me in this project, then leave your favorite quote in the comments I will post it next week! And each consecutive week you will have an opportunity to leave your quote and become an artistic collaborator. You can leave any message of inspiration. From your grandma to Martin Luther King, Jr. or your own golden words (those are the best and I know you can do it 'cause I have seen some pretty powerful stuff from you in the past here in the comments).

So are you ready for this fun creative project?? Let's get started!

images: jesse gillespie for gathering spriggs