Sunday, September 4, 2011



For my do-over birthday, I requested Husband make me a piece of art. He cut out a guitar shape from wood and we filled the empty space with meaningful things. We thought through each piece carefully, building it in layers. At the last minute, when it was ready to assemble, I culled some things and added others. And when we finally thought it was done, we added the birds. Can you see them? Anyway, the process reminded me of writing a book, with all the editing. You keep working until you can stand back and go, "Yeah. I'm happy."

15 comments:

Charlie said...

Anita, what a great idea. I love stuff like that.

Marisa Hopkins said...

Anita, that is FANTASTIC!! <3!!

Anita said...

CHARLIE: Thank you! We saw something similar to it at a gallery here. I wanted something that meant more to me...this hits the spot.

MARISA: Thanks! It was a fun project for us and it's packed with memories.

Tina Laurel Lee said...

I can't see the birds, but I want to. I love it too. :)

Jonathon Arntson said...

I love the birds and I can hear the music. I am infatuated with this gift, so thank Joel for a great gift idea!

MG Higgins said...

You guys are massively creative. Love the birds.

Faith E. Hough said...

That's really neat! Great idea.

Darby Karchut said...

How so very clever! Is there anything you two cannot do? Beautiful!

Matthew MacNish said...

I can see the birds, just barely. Looks cool!

Anita said...

TINA: They're painted on, faintly.

JONATHON: I'll let him know you think he does good work. :)

Anita said...

MG: Thank you...we try!

FAITH: We saw an artist do something similar and wanted our own unique spin. It's meaningful to us.

DARBY: We can't seem to get a long night's sleep no matter what...does that count?:)

MATTHEW: Thank you!

LynNerd said...

I love it! What a wonderful birthday gift. So original and special.

Anita said...

LYNNERD: I know! I love this gift!

Ron Smith said...

That is very cool! What a great gift!

Anita said...

RON: Why, thank you!