Finally, after three odd years, I sifted through all my wedding photos. Despite a constant conversation with myself about why I chose to wear that particular hairstyle, I love my wedding pictures. Reminding me of joy and insanity, friends and family, the photos serve to highlight that blur of a day. I do not know if I would have remembered Uncle Stu wearing a tuxedo with a clown nose or "Redbeef" (my husband's roommate from college) donning a kelly green suit and matching top hat.
However, while photos jog the memory of a place and time, the Ketubah, or Jewish marriage contract, serves to remind the couple of the emotion felt, the feelings had.
The Art Nouveau inspired Ketubah pictured is just that. An original design painted in gouache, the stylized waves are reminiscent of the bride and groom's time in Santa Cruz, where they met many years ago. Contacting me personally to execute both the text and design, it was a joy to create. The text, Art Nouveau inspired English and Hebrew calligraphy, is their vows: promises to each other to be met over a lifetime.
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Happy Hannukah! xoh
It's really lovely--and what a sweet thing to sift through the wedding photos--aren't they precious, even the "outtakes"?
I think I gather from your blog post that you're Jewish, so I guess "Merry Christmas" wouldn't be correct? I'll try Happy Holidays =) I hope you'll have a lovely time either way - I think most people of Jewish origin in Norway actually celebrate Christmas. The holidays are just as much about celebrating the light that's returning up here in the North!
Trudi
Happy Hannukah!
These are my favorite component of all your art. Where did you learn the calligraphy skills?
Thanks also for all the compliments on my little hat. They came at such a good time!
Happy 2009 (I have written a post on how to survive it)
Hugs
Di
I've missed wishing you a happy Hanukkah so will move right into wishing you a joyous new year.
I hope that 2009 brings even more creativity and magic to you, more than you even expect. Happy new year!
ps. My friends love their magnets.
xoxo
Sounds wonderful - always nice to go through old photos and wonder why? or get a big smile!
Hope you enjoyed your holidays..Have a wonderful New Year..
Simply beautiful :) I recently sorted through all my photos too, wedding & otherwise. It was a lot of fun to look back over so many fun times and get a chuckle again. If someone had worn a green suit to my wedding I'm not sure it would be a memory I could easily forget lol!
Its a really lovely blog, very nice arts depicted on your blog
I absolutely adore your work!
I really wish that I was Jewish so that I could have you make one for me. This one is stunning.
Your blog is beautiful.
Cher :)
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