Some different monograms

I don't usually do monograms because I find them limited and, to be honest, mostly rather boring. But recently I was asked by a friend and neighbour to design a monogram in memory of her late mother. I learned that her mother had loved birds and flowers, in particular sweet peas and lilies of the valley, and this gave me some ideas of how a simple monogram might be converted into something a little more interesting than just a simple letter

So here are the results:

 

Lilies of the Valley

Sweet peas

My neighbour liked both of them, but in the end she chose the sweet peas, and I can understand why. Those big paddle-shaped leaves on the lilies of the valley don't look very good, but the problem is that those are the kind of leaves that lilies of the valley have, and if I were to make them into something else it just wouldn't look right

But I'm not sure that the sweet peas are right either. They are very difficult flowers to draw - very "loose" and blowsy and unstructured. Oh well, this version will just have to do

Comments

[Gail Beam]

Hi Mia, Both of your M monogram designs are pretty, colorful, and just delightful. I think your friend's mother would have loved both of them.

[Ramona]

Mia, I like both of the monograms, but have to agree with your friend. The sweet pea one is the one I would have chosen.

[Chantal Grangeat]

Quelle belle idée tu as eue Mia, c'est très fin, et cela redonne une jeunesse aux monogrammes
Merci du partage
Chantal

[Mia]

Hello Chantal

I think I owe you a LOT of messages from a long time ago! I will try to get round to answering them soon. Anyway Im glad that youre well - and thank you for the kind words about the monograms!

Until later

Mia

[shirley]

Mia I like both monograms .But the way the sweet pea is surrounding the M is so nice