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Tea and Sympathy

15 January 2007 by kristarella

Nope, not about Bernard Fanning; I didn’t even know his album was called that, I didn’t even know he and the lead singer of Powderfinger were the same guy until I saw a video clip and said “Hey, you know he looks like…”

Do you know that song Tea and Sympathy by Jars of Clay? It’s on their album Much Afraid. Not my favourite of theirs but now that I’ve ripped it and I’m going to put it on my iPod, I have a feeling that it’s going to grow on me. Anyway, I was thinking of that line “Don’t trade our love for tea and sympathy” when I made this.

tea and sympathy

I also made a version without text.

If you’ve ever got a drawing idea or a little project you want to do but you don’t want to draw the image from scratch, Open Clipart is a brilliant resource. I got the tea cup from there (I can’t for the life of me find it listed now, the image is still on their server though – weird!), although I changed the colour of the cup and of the tea, I left the tea bag though because it was just too cute. I’ve found the best way to find what I want is to browse the tags via the menu on the left. There wasn’t a biscuit or cookie there so I’ve added the one I drew for this image. The rendering of the text looks a bit weird in the browser, but it’s fine when you download it. Yay for people sharing their things for free!

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  1. Jeff says

    18 January 2007 at 00:57

    I love JoC! I am also captivated by a good song title like “Tea and Sympathy”.

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I did a bunch of judging and officiating, which was really good.
I didn’t place in my individual events, but had a very fun final round of kumite (sparring).

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More stamping tonight. Even better than last night More stamping tonight. Even better than last night’s!
Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’d done some pages in other ink colours before I dismantled the stamps 😂
Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit the @legocertifiedstores_anz Wicked display!
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A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample ca A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample cards. It’s going to be for mini paintings and collages. Sometimes it’s nice to start with a colour rather than a blank white page!
A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel Smith and Schminke Horodam watercolours. So soothing! I love some of the granulating colours!
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