Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 101

We LOVE research and learning as a way to get inspired and boost ideas and creativity!! So, Kenzie and I are going to be sharing the inspiration that we collect here in our second newsletter…. once a week!!!

Here’s how it works:

We provide the inspiration. You interpret it however you wish… any medium, any size. It is meant to inspire lettering and floral art combined together. But, you can:

Just do the florals, just do the lettering, or combine them together.
Use the provided quote for your piece or select your own.
Use colors from one of the inspiration images or select your own favorites
Create the floral art… as a still life in a vase, a single flower, a border, a pattern, a bouquet

Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy

Quote of the week…

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”

— Mother Teresa

Inspiration of the week: Liberty of London

Liberty of London is an iconic, luxury British department store and textile brand known for its artsy, avant-garde aesthetic and signature floral prints. Founded in 1875 by Arthur Lasenby Liberty, the brand originally championed exotic Eastern goods and ultimately revolutionized 19th-century interior design and fashion. History and Origins

The Founder: Arthur Lasenby Liberty (1843–1917) opened the first store on Regent Street in 1875 with a £2,000 loan.
The “Eastern Bazaar”: The shop found early success by importing vibrant Japanese and Oriental fabrics, ornaments, and objets d’art. Arthur Liberty’s appreciation for exotic designs directly fueled the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements.
The Flagship Building: The iconic mock-Tudor department store on Great Marlborough Street was opened in 1924. The structure is historically built from the timbers of two decommissioned Royal Navy warships: the HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan.

Iconic Fabrics and Design

In-House Studio: Liberty has its own dedicated design studio in London that has been creating, hand-drawing, and reworking hundreds of textile designs since the 19th century.

Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Wendy Solganik

Wendy Solganik, aka Willa Wanders, is a lifelong artist and crafter, currently working in handmade books, mixed media art, collage, hand lettering and watercolor. From production wheel pottery to scrapbooking to knitting and so many more passions, Wendy always dives deep to master a craft. After a fifteen year stint as the co-owner of Luscious Verde Cards, a successful, award-winning, custom invitation manufacturing company, you can find Wendy at home in her art studio. Crafting and creating online art class experiences for students all over the world is her current passion.