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My wife is very into scrapbook, collage kind of art, where they use rubber stamps, photos, and all sorts of other "ephemera" to create pieces of art. Each anniversary, she's created me an interesting piece of art.
I have a Zazzle shop and found out that they offer poster printing on art-quality papers and canvas. So with our fifth anniversary approaching, I figured I'd create a piece of art for her and print it on canvas.
I created an arrangement of staggered frames, and in 8 of them, I'll create a frame that has some sort of significance regarding something in our relationship. Additionally, I'm using entirely public domain art and photography, using resources like the Library of Congress, Open Clip Art Library, FirstGov.gov, and Wikimedia Commons to help me find the pieces I need.
The first piece... My wife and I have long been fans of "Little Britain", a comedy show out of, well, Britain. As I was browsing some antique photos, I happened upon this photo of a "bearded lady", which immediately put me in mind of the characters of Emily and Florence, two entirely unconvincing transvestites who constantly say "we are ladies".
Pairing it with a theatrical poster, also from the Library of Congress collection, I came up with the following frame to symbolize our shared love of "Little Britain".
Frame 1 of 8 done and down. Seven more to go. Thanks to Matt Lucas and David Walliams of "Little Britain" for the laughs and the inspiration.
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[trilling unconvincingly] Oooh, this will be such a lovely addition to our art collection that is suitable for *ladies* who are very ladylike and not at all gentlemanly!