Jody In Tennessee And Creating Water Lily Drawings From Photos

Dear Blog Friends and Family!

We are ON THE ROAD AGAIN…Hello from Tennessee.

Kelly and I spent a chilly day, Thursday, (Kelly is wearing a Bergsma Fleece Blanket!) setting up the booth at the IGES show in Sevierville…home of Dolly Parton and the beautiful Smokey Mountain National Park.

JODY BERGSMA AND KELLY (Showroom Fairy) wearing "Fire Over The Islands" fleece.

The IGES Show is sponsored by a wonderful woman…Susan Mills and an equally lovely man…Jerry Mayer.

To find out more about their famous show and their 10th anniversary, please click the photo below.

Click Here to learn more about IGES

Jody Bergsma and Susan Mills, originator of The IGES show in Sevierville

THIS WEEK’S LESSON…Creating the right scene to illustrate a saying.

My Friend Sylvia H. has a great quote…
” Be like the lotus and rise in beauty from muddy waters.”

I have been looking for the right image to illustrate these inspiring words…it has become my personal reminder to focus on the positive.

I knew I wanted a water bird…and began my search.

There are birds in this small thumbnail sketch. Can you see them?

The Great Blue Heron…I felt would say it best…

I looked through books for Herons…

I relied on personal photos of waterlilies…

I mixed and matched all my references…

I even tried a loon instead of a heron…just to be sure…

After several tries …I created this view with a frog…

( You know this is my personal symbol…Jod the toad!

The Frog is admiring the majestic Heron…just out of sight of course!

We had a fantastic first day of sales here in the Smokey Mountains!

If any of you are close to Tennessee, please let me know, and we will have a visit! ( I am here for two weeks.)

There are one thousand reasons to be happy each day…(at least!)

Turn and face the sun… it is shining for you….even when you cant see it.

1000 Blessings,
Jody

~ by jodybergsma on November 6, 2009.