Well, this week we have the quote "You go girl - and don't come back!" Not very nice when someone says this to you is it? But nevertheless this is the quote from Dyan this week that I had to work with. Not easy with the images I had to play with but here is my best attempt at illustrating this quote. I am getting towards the end of this journal - only five more pages and it is completed and will be put away with the others, so it is getting increasingly difficult to scan the pages hence the dark line at the top.
"Cheryl and Shirley had been best friends since school, they told one another everything and always kept secrets for one another. Everyone said they were very close, almost like sisters, twins in fact. So that made it all the ore terrible when they had the big falling out.
Cheryl had found out that Shirley was getting married, she knew it was on the cards because Shirley and her boyfriend, Zac, were the 'real deal' - totally inseparable most of the time. It hadn't impaired the friendship of the two girls because Cheryl got along so well with Zac. In fact the three of them often went out together when Cheryl didn't have a boyfriend of her own. What hurt was that she had found out from another friend, Shirley had not had the decency to tell her best friend first of all.
She had always imagined that Shirley would ask her to be her main bridesmaid, to be honest Shirley's mother had always thought so too. When they were younger they had talked about their weddings and what colour the bridesmaids would be dressed in. They'd taken it in turns to wear the old net curtains they got from Cheryl's gran to wear as a veil, and they'd made daisy chains to wear on their heads and bouquets of buttercups to carry.
So, they had met at Cheryl's house to go shopping, as usual on a Saturday when neither were working and Zac was at football. Then who should come walking past just as they were about to leave, but Zoe, a friend from work who stopped and congratulated Shirley on her upcoming wedding. Shirley was a bit embarrassed and poor Cheryl did not know where to look and she found herself feeling quite sick for a moment or two. The three girls carried on chatting for a while, Cheryl hardly joining in as her head was full of questions for her friend. And so, when Zoe left them Shirley said "I'm sorry, I was going to tell you".
"When?" asked Cheryl, "When the invitations went out?" The two girls stood there and many a harsh word was spoken until Shirley decided that she had better go home. "You go girl - and don't come back" was Cheryl's reply. It would be quite some time before she forgave her, thought Cheryl."
No similarities to anything in my life here this week. In fact I don't know where my stories come from, I just make a start and they evolve. No previous thoughts involved and certainly no preparation. Now why don't you prepare to have an "extravaganza of beauty" and go and look at Art Journal Journey where the theme is "Butterflies" as set by the lovely Mia. There are lots of pretty pages for you to look at - and who knows you might be inspired to join in.
