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

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Quote of the week…

“And yes, this world

is shattered, everywhere

but there is glue

and it is me

and it is you

picking up pieces

of each other

to get through.”

— Donna Ashworth

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Inspiration of the week: Victoria MacKenzie Childs

Victoria MacKenzie-Childs (August 26, 1948 – March 4, 2026) was an American ceramic artist who, along with her husband Richard, founded the luxury home goods firm MacKenzie-Childs in 1983. A beacon of Madison Avenue in New York City in the 1990s, their “chic boutique” showcased their distinctly whimsical style that the New York Post once described as “Mary Poppins meets Alice in Wonderland.” They lost control of the company in 2001 following bankruptcy proceedings.

MacKenzie-Childs was born August 26, 1948, in San Francisco. She moved to Madison, Indiana, in 1960 when her father got a job as a sales manager for Grote Manufacturing. She was active in 4-H and an artist, winning a blue ribbon at the Indiana State Fair for one of her ceramics. In 1966, she graduated from Madison Consolidated High School. That year, the family moved to Indianapolis, Indiana.

MacKenzie-Childs earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University in 1970. She married Stephen Nelson Conrad on April 11, 1970, in Indianapolis. She went on to take graduate courses at Harvard and Radcliffe. She graduated in 1977 from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Before considering enrolling at Alfred, she learned pottery pioneer Wayne was headed to Alfred to teach. Determined to work with him, the school became her prime prospect. Higby eventually became her teacher and mentor, and both she and Richard received their Master of Fine Arts with him. In 2017, Victoria and Richard delivered Alfred University’s 181st commencement address.

Following graduate school, Victoria and Richard moved to Stoke Gabriel in Devon, England, where they worked for a small pottery store and Richard taught art at South Devon College. They also designed and made clothing for stage and evening wear.

In 1994, the couple received a joint regional Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York. She was the mother of organic textile designer Heather Chaplet.

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Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Jean Charles Blais

Jean Charles Blais, born in 1956, in Nantes, France, is an artist who studied at the Beaux-Arts de Rennes from 1974 to 1979. He gained recognition in the art world in 1981 after participating in the exhibition “Finir en beauté” curated by Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, which marked the emergence of a new generation of artists who freely expressed themselves across various art forms, cultures, and values.

Blais gained notable success in the early 1980s for his paintings created from discarded materials such as torn posters, newspapers, and other unconventional items found on the streets. In his paintings, he highlights the slightest imperfections and unevenness of the materials, and his works are characterized by a focus on the representation of the figure. It was also at this time that he sparked the curiosity of Catherine Issert, whose gallery, based in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, has accompanied him for the last 40 years.

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

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Quote of the week…

“Use me, God.

Show me how to take who I am,

who I want to be, and what I can do,

and use it for a purpose greater than myself.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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Inspiration of the week: Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet (French: ; 10 July 1928 – 4 October 1999) was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor. An extremely prolific artist, he produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was exclusively figurative and is often classified as Expressionist or “miserabilist”. Buffet enjoyed worldwide popularity in the 1950s and was often compared to Pablo Picasso for his fame and talent. By the end of the 1950s, however, the public and art community turned strongly against him due to changing artistic tastes, Buffet’s lavish lifestyle, and his extremely prolific output. The 21st century saw a renewed interest in his oeuvre.

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Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Joan Miró

Joan Miró (1893–1983) was a renowned Catalan Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist who pioneered a playful, surrealist style characterized by vivid colors, simplified organic forms, and childlike, poetic imagery. Known for his “dream paintings,” he aimed to “assassinate” conventional painting, blending, drawing, and abstract shapes to evoke the subconscious.Key Aspects of Joan Miró:

Legacy: A major 20th-century artist, he established the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona in 1975, a museum dedicated to his work.

Early Life & Education: Born in Barcelona, he initially worked as a clerk before a mental breakdown led his parents to allow him to pursue art, studying at the Academy Gali.

Surrealist Influence: In 1920, he moved to Paris, where he was heavily influenced by Surrealist poets and painters, joining their movement in 1924.

Style: His work combined Catalan folk traditions with abstract, dreamlike elements—often featuring stars, birds, and women.

Mediums: He experimented widely, creating sculptures, ceramics, tapestries, and over 1,000 fine art prints.

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

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Quote of the week…

“Art should be something that liberates your soul.”

— Keith Haring

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Inspiration of the week:

Thought I would share a few favorite floral pieces from the Musée d’Art Naïf Anatole Jakovsky in Nice, France. I just visited there and this museum was wonderful.

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Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Ivan Chermayeff

Ivan Chermayeff (June 6, 1932 – December 2, 2017) was a British-born American graphic designer and artist. He is best known as co-founder of graphic design firm Chermayeff & Geismar. Chermayeff created logotypes for the Smithsonian Institution, New York Museum of Modern Art, and Harper Collins publishing house, as well as numerous poster designs, book covers, architectural sculptures, exhibitions, illustrations, and fine art. Chermayeff is credited with introducing the concept of design as problem-solving and inventing the modern graphic design profession.

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

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Quote of the week…

“Dear Artists, 

Remember that the opposite of depression is not joy – it’s expression.

So create, create.

For it is the Soul’s medicine.”

— Andy Warhol

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Inspiration of the week: Mary E. Waring

After studying at the South Kensington School of Design, she took over the embroidery section of her father’s company, Morris & Co., in 1885, aged just 23. Throughout her career, she continued to draw inspiration directly from nature, producing numerous botanical sketches and patterns.

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Hand lettering inspiration of the week:

Everywhere I go… I’m drawn to typography!!! I was in Nice, France and noticed a few of these gems!!! Type is everywhere waiting to be noticed!!

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

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Quote of the week…

“Art should be something that liberates your soul.”

— Keith Haring

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Inspiration of the week: Holly Eva

Holly Eva is a contemporary artist celebrated for her minimalist abstract still life’s and abstract figurative paintings, characterized by an intuitive, vibrant approach. Born in Camden and immersed in the surfing culture of Avoca Beach from age nine, Eva, now 48, creates daily from her studio at the Bulli Timbermill. Her work, both calming and exhilarating, reflects a profound connection to colour and an instinctive creative process.

Eva’s work has attracted a devoted international following and has been featured in exhibitions across Sydney and the south coast. Her art has appeared on Channel 9’s The Block Shop, My Kitchen Rules, Selling Houses Australia, and in Belle Magazine. She has exhibited in prestigious venues, participated in five Sydney art fairs, and counts NRL coach Trent Robinson and 2023 Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt among her collectors.

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Hand lettering inspiration of the week:

I was in an adorable shop in Charleston last week and noticed all of cute lettered signs on corrugated cardboard. Love!!

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

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Quote of the week…

“What I want in my life is to be dazzled. To cast aside the weight of facts, and maybe even float a little above this difficult world.”

— Mary Oliver

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Inspiration of the week: Sue Maton

Sue Maton, who recently passed away, was a Norwich-based textile designer and teacher on a mission to reinvent crochet for crafters.

Sue Maton owned and ran The Mercerie, a company offering crochet patterns and masterclasses. Sue had a long and storied background in crafting and creating. She said: “I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t drawing, designing and making stuff.

“Crochet just happened to be the craft that required the least amount of prep, equipment and space when my children were very young and I was teaching full-time; it fits into a busy lifestyle.

“I did a degree in knitwear design in the 1980s, and then got a Masters at Norwich University of the Arts (NUA, or Norwich School of Design, as it was then) and a teaching qualification.

I worked in the art and design department at City College Norwich for more than 20 years, and I also taught part-time on the MA Textiles programme at NUA from 2004 to 2010. I eventually took voluntary redundancy to start my own business.”

Sue started The Mercerie in 2012. Initially the company mostly sold wool online, but Sue used to write knitting and crochet patterns as a way of helping to sell more yarn.

She said: “I realised quite soon that I was better at designing and making things than I was at selling wool, so I spent more time developing my products. I also began teaching crochet classes at yarn specialist Norfolk Yarn, which is based on Pottergate in Norwich, in around 2014.”

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Hand lettering inspiration of the week:

I love hunting for lettering examples when I’m traveling! These are a few from a recent trip to Ireland.

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

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Quote of the week…

“A smile or a tear has not nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.”

— Frederick Douglass

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Inspiration of the week: Rosie Harbottle

Rosie Harbottle is an artist and designer based on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon. Using a palette of rich colours, brush strokes and mark making, she takes note from the changing seasons, landscapes, flowers and the simple joy of everyday objects to create colourful and poetic pieces that celebrate the natural world and living alongside it.

Rosie’s paintings are often emotional representations of how a flower or plant expresses itself and colour is central to her work as she strives to capture nature’s personality. Mythology and symbolism are intertwined in her practice, as well as music. Often favouring folk music to help ground and slow down her approach to each new piece. She also draws upon memories of a childhood spent in nature and song.

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Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Randall Slaughter

Randall Slaughter has a Bachelors degree in Graphic Design from The University of Akron. and also 11 years of learning and lettering alongside Le Buu, Martha Ericson, Terri Long and Mike Gold while working for American Greetings.
“My work is predominantly inspired by the energy found in the artwork of the abstract expressionist painters such as Rauschenberg, Pollock, and DeKooning,” he said. “The colors, the layering of images and the spontaneous line work/mark making are the source of this energy. I am naturally drawn to color, texture and letters/type and am passionate about combining all of these in an effort to uniquely express how I see the world around me.”

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

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Quote of the week…

“The secret, Alice, is to surround yourself with people who make your heart smile. It’s then, only then, that you’ll find Wonderland.”

— Madhatter
Lewis Carroll

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Inspiration of the week: Katie Moore

Katie Moore is a London-based artist working with clay and paint. She discovered her preferred way of making while working remotely in a makeshift studio, where the freedom of coiling by hand allowed space for reflection and experimentation.

Drawing on a background in illustration and an ongoing interest in stage sets and landscapes, Katie conceives each piece as both vessel and prop. Sketches – made by hand and digitally – form the basis for her painted works, which she develops through layers of underglaze and slip in a process she describes as ‘an ongoing experiment’.

Her practice now extends beyond clay to include painting, continuing her exploration of colour and composition. Katie’s sculptures and paintings are exhibited and sold through small galleries in the South West UK and Los Angeles.

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Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Mike Gold

Mike Gold has worked as a commercial lettering designer for over 30 years, mostly at American Greetings. But his real passion is exploring the corridors of calligraphy that have been less traveled, the path where words and letters are design elements with which to play with line, shape and form, where creating a visual statement is more important than writing a readable text. In both his professional and personal art, Mike breaks traditional rules to create contemporary, non-traditional work.

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

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Quote of the week…

“Your head is a living forest full of song birds.”

— E.E. Cummings

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Inspiration of the week: Café Dior

Café Dior by Mauro Colagreco is a luxury coffee shop located inside the Dior Gold House in Bangkok, offering couture-inspired pastries, coffee, and cocktails in a stunning, art-filled setting. It’s known for its unique design, blending Parisian luxury with Thai craftsmanship. The menu features visually stunning, nature-inspired desserts and drinks, making it a popular spot for an exclusive, high-end experience.

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Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Enid Marx

Enid Crystal Dorothy Marx, (20 October 1902 – 18 May 1998), was an English painter and designer, best known for her industrial textile designs for the London Transport Board and the Utility furniture Scheme. Marx was the first female engraver to be designated as a Royal Designer for Industry. Marx was a versatile artist whose work spanned industrial design and the visual arts. She valued craft and folk art, and derived inspiration for her work from her collections of vernacular artwork and everyday objects. Although she is best known for her textile and book design, she also designed wrapping paper, stamps, and Christmas cards.

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

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Quote of the week…

“Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light.”

— Frida Kahlo

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Inspiration of the week: Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City

I took SO MANY photos at this museum!!! Just had to share a few with you for inspiration.

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Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Mexico City

I was enamored with the lettered signs and other typography on my recent trip. This is just a SMALL sampling!!