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…

“Art allows us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

— Thomas Merton

Inspiration of the week: Rachel Ruysch

Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750) was a renowned Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in floral still lifes. Spanning a remarkable six decades, her career yielded over 250 highly sought-after paintings. Because her intricate, vibrant compositions fetched prices that often exceeded those of Rembrandt, she is recognized as the best-documented female artist of her era.Born in The Hague on June 3, 1664, Ruysch grew up in Amsterdam surrounded by the wonders of science and art. Her father, Frederik Ruysch, was a celebrated professor of botany and anatomy who curated an extensive collection of rare biological specimens. This scholarly environment gave her unparalleled access to exotic plants and insects, teaching her to observe nature with scientific accuracy. Her mother, Maria Post, was the daughter of the renowned Dutch architect Pieter Post. At age 15, Ruysch began her formal artistic apprenticeship under Willem van Aelst, Amsterdam’s premier still-life painter. Under his tutelage, she mastered lighting, luminous textures, and the delicate composition of silken flora and forest floor flora.

Hand lettering inspiration of the week: The Detroit School of Lettering

A new friend just shared these super cool booklets while I was teaching a retreat. Such great inspiration!!

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…

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one!”

— Dolly Parton

Inspiration of the week: Celia Birtwell

Celia Birtwell, CBE (born 1941), is a British textile designer and fashion designer, known for her distinctive bold, romantic and feminine designs, which are influenced by Picasso and Matisse, and the classical world. She was well known for her prints which epitomised the 1960s/70s. Until the arrival of Vivienne Westwood, Birtwell’s textile designs dominated the London fashion industry.

Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Stacy Milrany

Stacy Milrany is a Seattle-based visual artist, writer and creative director with a pop-art style inspired by observations of daily life and the human experience.

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…

“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.”

— Neil Gaiman

Inspiration of the week: Boddington’s Seed packs

Boddington’s Seed Packs refer to the beautifully designed, Art Nouveau-style vintage garden seed and bulb catalogs produced by Arthur T. Boddington in New York during the early 1900s. Rather than functional gardening supplies, these are now highly sought-after collectible art prints and framed wall decor.

History of the Boddington Brand

Arthur T. Boddington was a prominent 20th-century seed merchant based in New York, famed for his “Quality Seeds, Bulbs, and Requisites”. Between 1906 and 1913, his firm produced mail-order catalogs and packaging decorated with intricate, Art Nouveau botanical illustrations of sweet peas, poppies, and irises. Today, these catalogs are preserved as agricultural and historical treasures.

Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Asemic Writing

Asemic writing is an open, wordless form of mark-making that resembles handwriting but contains no literal, semantic meaning. Fusing elements of text and abstract art, it relies on the viewer’s intuition and the visual rhythm of the marks to evoke emotion, allowing interpretation to bypass traditional language barriers.

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.