Tag Archive | You Make Me Smile
You Make Me Smile
You Make Me Smile traveled with me Saturday to the East Point City Council retreat. I used it to illustrate the importance of civility in the workplace. A smile is always helpful in difficult circumstances. Keep people in your life who make you smile.
Choosing a Color For My Studio
We all know color affects our mood. I knew that when I walked into my studio each morning, I wanted it to make me smile. So after much research and indecision, I finally chose a soft yellow called “Early Morning Sunshine.” The painters are here today turning my studio into a magical place. Today s [...]
Quilts on Loan For the Summer
Several of my quilts are on loan for the summer to the H.J.C. Bowden Senior Multipurpose Facility, 2885 Church Street, East Point, GA. You Make Me Smile (shown above) is one of those quilts. Sharing my quilts makes me smile. What makes you smile?
Sometimes Life Sucks!
You Make Me Smile, 58 x 75 inches, by O.V. Brantley, 2009 Sometimes life sucks! The car breaks down. The roof leaks. You miss your flight. You run out of fabric before the quilt is finished. People are unreasonable. Yes, sometimes life sucks. But, just when you think you can’t take it anymore, something magically wonderful happens. [...]
You Can Trick Yourself Into Being Happy
Death, sickness and sadness are a normal part of the human condition, but it is important to keep those things in balance with the rest of your life. When I feel like the bad things are overwhelming, I do something to trick myself into being happy. One of my tricks is to make a happy quilt. So this [...]
You Make Me Smile
I wrote the following essay in the September 12, 2010 edition of the Start Your Week with a Quilt newsletter which is published by the Clara Ford Foundation. I thought it was worth re-printing here. Any time is a good time to talk about love, but I picked this day because today is my Dad’s [...]
You Make Me Smile
January is one of those months during which it is easy to get down in the dumps. The weather is cold and gray. The glitter and happiness of Christmas is over. The drudgery of work seems amplified with the next vacation a long way off. We owe it to ourselves to remain optimistic. Not feeling [...]
You Make Me Smile is Ready for Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Show August 1 – 7
The bi-annual quilt show of the Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Guild will be held August 1, 2009, and You Make Me Smile will be part of the beautiful collection of quilts on display. The theme of the show is The Many Facets of African American Quilting, and in addition to the quilts, the guild will [...]
You Make Me Smile
When I showed my newest quilt called You Make Me Smile at the Brown Sugar Stitchers guild meeting last month, everyone was suprised to see I had made a quilt with such bright colors. I tend to like taupes and earth tones, so I guess this quilt is a little different for me. But I think creative [...]
