Heart Art Reveal - Art Every Day Month (Days 7, 8, & 9)

I have finally finished the heart I'm decorating for the Feed the Hungry, Heal the Heart fundraiser benefiting the Food Pantry at Calvary Episcopal.

Day 7:  Decoupage.  More waiting.....

 

Day 8
1st embellishment applied.  What next?

And now, on Day 9 of AEDM, I present to you the final* version of my Heart:  <Drum roll, please!>

And a couple of close-up detail shots:

 
*  I say "final" cautiously because I have not quite yet developed my intuition to know when a piece is really "done".  Knowing when to stop is a virtue I don't seen to have - at least not yet!  But I'm pretty sure this is the final product as far as the decorating goes....

This morning I thought it might be fun to add a short poem or haiku to the back to tell a little story about the heart.  I'm running a little low on creative juice today and haven't quite gotten what I really want, but here are a couple of my brainstorming creations:

1.

Broken heart
Scarred by loves lost -
Stitched with caution
and
Carefully mended
Reveals its beauty again . . .
Heart in Bloom

2.

Mended heart
Scarred by loves lost
Blooms again

3.

Heart
scarred by loves lost . . .
learns to bloom again

I'm not completely sold on any of these poems/haiku, but the 2nd one does summarize the story I had in mind for this piece.  And of course, I need a title.  Maybe "Heart in Bloom"?

Comments

[Molly Isaacs-McLeod]

I had no idea you were doing this! Thank you! It is such a great cause. Both your time and your talent are much appreciated.

[Christie]

It looks great, Melony!

[linda]

Beautiful! Such detail...very great work! Love seeing the original plain heart and now it's all embellished!

[Gail]

WOW Your heart turned out wonderfully! I love the details and the contrast between the embellishments and the decoupage. I also like all three of the poems you wrote. The second one is my favorite!

[Melony]

Thanks Gail! I think I'll go with the 2nd poem....

[Monica Parker]

Exquisite, Melony! Someone is going to be very lucky to own this piece.