Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 67
Posted on October 20, 2025
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 #wordsandwildflowers2024 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
Inspirational Artist of the week: Katherine Herrell
Katherine Herrell is an illustrator and designer whose love for art began long before she knew it had a name. Her work features handcrafted details and bold joy. Her signature approach combines traditional mediums such as gouache, watercolor, and colored pencils, finessed with a hint of technology. Inspired by the wonders of nature, vibrant florals, and playful typography, her art radiates warmth and whimsy. Katherine honed her artistic voice working over a decade as an in-house artist and product designer for several well-known manufacturers. Today, she works as a freelance artist from her cozy home studio in Alpharetta, GA. When she’s not creating, you can find Katherine reading on her back porch or drawing at the kitchen table with her two young daughters.
Hand lettering inspiration of the week…
I am teaching in Portugal with Kenz. Whenever I travel, I snap photos of typography. Here are a few from Lagos.
Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 66
Posted on October 14, 2025
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 #wordsandwildflowers2024 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“Don’t give up on yourself. So you make a mistake here and there; you do too much or you do too little. Just have fun. Smile. And keep putting on lipstick.” — Diane Keaton
Inspirational Artist of the week: Henry Patrick Clarke
Henry Patrick Clarke RHA (17 March 1889 – 6 January 1931) was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement.
His work was influenced by both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements. His stained glass was particularly informed by the French Symbolist movement.
Hand lettering artist of the week: Morgan Harper Nichols
Morgan Harper Nichols (born February 4, 1990, as Morgan Novelate Harper) is an American Christian musician, songwriter, mixed-media artist, and writer, whose work is centered around the question “how can we create connection?”. Her first album, Morgan Harper Nichols, was released by Gotee Records in 2015. She now works full time as a writer, artist, and musician, traveling to speak, teach, and perform. She shares her work daily across a variety of platforms, including her app Storyteller, online shop and blog titled Garden24, YouTube, Instagram, and podcast.
Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 65
Posted on October 6, 2025
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 #wordsandwildflowers2024 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion and love.”
— Jane Goodall
Inspiration of the week: Oilily
I was introduced to the GORGEOUS catalogs by this brand years ago by my friend, Amy Butler. I LOVE the use of pattern and color!!
Oilily was founded in the Netherlands in 1963 by Willem and Marieke Olsthoorn, who wanted to create cheerful, colorful clothes for children that stood out from the monotonous fashion of the time. Inspired by traditional folk costumes and vibrant international styles, Marieke developed the brand’s signature look of bold colors, unexpected details, and mixes of materials. The brand experienced bankruptcy in 2009 but was bought back by the founders and is now run by their family, maintaining its unique, creative, and increasingly sustainable approach to fashion for children and women.
Hand lettering inspiration of the week:
I just watched a movie called “Daliland” and was so intrigued with this… Les 687 Tres Riches Signatures de Salvador Dali (originally Les 678 Tres Riches Signatures de Salvador Dali)
- Author: Captain John Peter Moore
- Content: This book illustrates how Salvador Dalí’s signature changed frequently, with the goal of showing how almost any scribble of “D-A-L-I” could be genuine.
- Published: 1984 by the Collectors Club of Vienna.
Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 41
Posted on April 21, 2025
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 #wordsandwildflowers2024 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational Artist of the week…William Frend De Morgan
William Frend De Morgan (16 November 1839 – 15 January 1917) was an English potter, tile designer and novelist. A lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass and furniture for Morris & Co. from 1863 to 1872. His tiles often recall medieval or Islamic design patterns. He applied innovative glazes and firing techniques. Galleons and fish were common motifs, as were “fantastical” birds and animals. Many of De Morgan’s tiles were designed to create intricate patterns when several were laid together.
Lettering inspiration of the week… Louise Fili
Louise Fili (born April 12, 1951) is an American graphic designer and artist known for her use of typography. Her work incorporates elements of modernism and European Art Deco, combining historical typography with contemporary design approaches. Fili designed nearly 2,000 book jackets while working at Random House. Since establishing her design studio, she has shifted her focus towards restaurant identity, food-related logos, and packaging. Fili currently teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and has previously taught at The New School, New York University, and Cooper Union.
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