Friday, April 8, 2011

Be witty, be pretty, be cheerful.

My Grandma had a quote hanging in her house my whole life until she passed away. It said, "Be witty if you can, be pretty if you are, but be cheerful if it kills you." My mom also had it up in our house while I was growing up. My sister Lindsay called yesterday wondering if I would make a print with that quote on it. (I did a series of prints for my sister Kim for Christmas and they turned out pertty cute!) Seeing as how those words are near and dear to me heart and I frequently need a reminder to be cheerful, I agreed.



So today, I sat down to make it. I used Crystal Wilkerson's Sweet Summertime elements for the colors and flowers - she is my all-time favorite digital designer. (My blog banner elements are from her as well.) Anyway.


I made several different versions of it, and I can't decide which one I like the best. So I'm putting it up here for some input. Also, because I love all of you who continue to read my blog, I'm giving you a few free downloads. Leave a comment which one you like the best, or even if you like none of them, and take one or all of them! They are 8 x 10, fyi. (Warning: they look weird because they are on a white background and it's not showing the outer border! Sorry, don't know how to fix that!)


13 comments:

Samye said...

I think I like the last one the best...personal opinion.

Cam said...

These are cute Steph! Make me miss Grandma. I'll have to print one off for our living room.

Amy said...

I like the last one as well.

Sharon said...

I actually like the first one. I was just at your moms today and love the star that you made for her. You are so creative!

Elise said...

I like the first one!

I actually started a blog a long time ago called becheerfulifitkillsyou.blogspot.com where I keep little quotes about happiness. Would you mind if I used one of your designs on there?

The Millers said...

I love seeing that qoute steph! My mom wrote it on a piece of paper and I have carried it around for years in my planner! I can't wait to print this off and put it in my office. They are all so cute!

Chanel said...

Don't know how you display them, but I put on a charity golf tournament a few months ago and for the silent auction a lady made a couple prints like this. She had them printed huge at Costco on photo paper and did one framed, and then one with a black background she took and painted a canvas black and then decoupaged it to the front and made it look like a canvas print. They turned out really cool and were really big prints. Love those, they look really cool. What program do you use?

Kevin and Stephanie said...

what a great saying! I would love one! I, like you cant decide- you did such a wonderful job!!!

Stacey said...

Love it, love it! I like the first one.

Laura said...

Steph, these are adorable. I was at Kim's this weekend and saw her springtime quote from you and I remembered how much I loved these. If you could, I'd love a copy of the first one :) Love you!

Kimberly said...

Steph! SO cute! Like Laura said I have the April saying proudly displayed in my living room. Glad Lindsay requested this. I really love them all but I think the last one is the one I want to print.

Colleen Andersen said...

Love them all, but the one with flowers is my favorite. Could use one in each room in our house!!!

AmyLyn said...

Who is your grandma? I was told that was one of my great grandma Mynoa Andersen's favorite quotes, and it seems to be a spin-off of Else De Wolfe's "Be Pretty if you can, be Witty if you must, but be Gracious if it kills you." I am doing a family history project with my daughter and your blog popped up when I googled this quote!