Well, ok, to be specific, I created some digital art. I had so much fun. I let myself just sit down with the laptop and make whatever I felt like making. It was pretty darn awesome.
I'd taken some photos of my grandparents' house a few years ago with which to do a "my favorite place" layout at some point. I've been missing my Grandma a lot the past two weeks, so I thought playing with those photos finally might be therapeutic. So here is the original photo:
And I wanted to amp it up... visually fill the house with all of the color and laughter and light I know it is filled with when I visit it. A bunch of tears later, here is what I came up with (digital art as therapy, but I felt so close to my Grandma while I was working on it):
Credits: "background papers" used to funk up the photo from my Artistry: Redux paper pack and from my Urban Grunge backpack. Font is AquilineTwo. Quote reads: Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. - Robert Montgomery
I'm printing it on great photo paper to frame and give to my Grandpa for Father's Day. I love that it looks like a painting.