"Wrinkles are hereditary. People get them from their children." is today's quote from Wendy and so my journal page for Art Journal Journey is below and the story to explain it follows on. As you can see there are birds in the sky and she is wearing a fascinator of a butterfly so that it works with the challenge "It Must Have Wings" that I set for the month of May.
"It was a beautiful spring day, the swallows swooped high in the sky and the sun shone brightly. Bella had been to the beauty salon in the village where they had been trying different styles of make up for her impending wedding to Peter. She wanted a fairly simple look, no startling eye shadow and certainly not a red lipstick. She wanted it to be reminiscent of spring time as she and Peter enjoyed the countryside and the wedding was to be simple rather than lavish.
Peter was waiting outside for her and as she walked out the door of the salon he swelled with pride, she looked so beautiful.
"Hello darling" he greeted her, "have you decided on what you want now? It's only around the corner, two weeks to be precise."
"I have" she replied as she reached up to plant a kiss on his cheek, "but it is going to be a secret as you are not to know anything about my dress, my hair or even my make up."
"I see they have put a butterfly in your hair today. Is that something you are considering?"
"No" replied Bella, "it is for mum to consider, it's known as a fascinator and they wondered if she would like one for her hair on the day."
Just then a little girl walked past them and turned to look at the butterfly in Bella's hair. She gave a little smile and told her mummy she wanted a butterfly for her hair too.
Peter thought this was rather sweet and he turned to Bella and said "Just think in a year or two we could be parents, have a little girl like that, or even a boy."
"Err, excuse me, I am not sure I want children just yet. Let's wait until we are older and have done things with our lives. Besides which I overheard someone in the salon saying wrinkles are hereditary, people get them from their children and I certainly don't want any until I am about forty. Wrinkles that is."
"Oh right," said Peter, "we are having a family though, we did talk about it and if you look at your sister she has no wrinkles but she has two boys."
"Mmm" said Bella, "I'm only kidding, but not about the wrinkles so you had better play your part in bringing up any children we might have."
4 comments:
That's a sweet story Neet. It works well with your quote, and I like not only the swallows but the fascinator butterfly. Even Bella's skirt looks a bit like wings. I hope the little girl gets a butterfly for her hair too. Hope your week is going well. hugs-Erika
An interesting story when it comes to wrinkles! Some are really fake.But in the end she got a good deal and had children.
A great page with the figures and swallows,
Hugs Elke
Sorry to be late visiting. I became engrossed in your story and thought everyone had swallows in their art yesterday. I like how you managed to weave both challenges into one story. I fear my cats are giving ME wrinkles. Thanks for sharing this with us using your theme at AJJ.
Great story and page, we both did swallows as well. Like the butterfly fascinator with matching skirt and top. Hugs Wendy xx
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