it started a few months ago when i offered
a very dear friend mine services for her upcoming baby shower
“anything you’d like me to create, cook, or help with?”
“…no, not now, but i’ll let you know”
we’ve all said it…we’ve all been there for the ones we love
i think the artists/creatives out there know this all too well
when you’re the creative one, the handy one…
you find yourself to sometimes be the only light out of a dark tunnel
to the left-brained, not very handy types

today, as i worked on this particular project
my mind recollected many past “creative favors”
some have been cute, or humorous, or just downright disturbing
…like the time my dad asked me to paint a picture of him with
a deer that he’d just shot, hanging in the tree next to him
i think the deer’s tongue was even hanging out
(…just couldn’t bring myself to do that one)

my husband gets annoyed at my laughs
he rolls his eyes at the “life of the serious artist”
compares it to one of our favorite saturday night live skits
where a group of goth kids are having a dark ritual in the park
as one of them gets hit in the head with a frisby
the contrast of the frisby football game and the goth ritual
….very funny

ok, so i got hit in the head with a frisby
it turns out my services are needed for the baby shower
in existence is a rubber ducky with the Union Jack painted on it
…how cute!…if we only had a rubber ducky with Old Glory!
(the parents to be are mixed nationalities- british/american)
what a perfect centerpiece this would be!

so, today i’ve been painting old glory on the rubber ducky
it has taken hours actually…too many hours
but when sincere love is involved, the time doesn’t really matter
i guess i just wanted to share this little work of art
with all of my bloggsters
now you all know that not all of my creativity
is used to create serious works of “fine art”

if you are a creative type
please share your favorite “creative favor”
don’t be shy, we’ve all done them

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