One early spring day, a gardener gazed up, admiring the small pink blooms and lacy leaves on a climbing rose. A thought zoomed through her mind to make an 'R' for the word Rose. "Oh yes," she said to herself, “I’ll photograph the R.” The rose letter turned out so beautiful, that she decided to create an entire alphabet in roses.
That gardener was me, and to my surprise, my garden contained twenty-two of the roses that eventually made up my rose alphabet, which then became the cornerstone for my book, R is for Rose.
From the beginning, I thought people might love to have their own names or intitals, or those of loved ones, embellished with roses. Now, twelve years after the first letter was created, I'm offering the entire alphabet, in 8x10 individual prints, for sale on etsy.
From my shop home page, if
you click on one of the alphabet letters, you’ll see the letter enlarged and a series of
thumbnails, like the ones above. Some show framing possibilities. (If you click on the thumbnails, they too will enlarge.)
The thumbnails also show the rose in action, and there's a little text as well. Wouldn’t you like to know, if your initial is J, that the rose ‘Just Joey’ has one of the most beautiful faces around, or that “the sweetheart rose” (C) may be purchased as both a shrub and a climber?
SPECIAL ORDERS
Special orders and requests are welcome in my etsy shop. There are endless possibilities for RoseLetters.
Many of the thumbnail photos might be familiar to those of you who have my book. I'm happy to announce that the photos are also for sale, by special request. In the right hand column, on etsy, you'll find a contact button. Don't be shy; I'd love to hear from you. ;-)
