Friday 30 March 2012

A postcard from Turkey



Text reads:

Dear Y
Have you missed my postcards? I confess I have been out of sorts since Cuba, though your postcard from Heidi did cheer me a little. I have been trapped in my Turkish hotel for a few days and amused myself by sketching this card of the pattern on the bathroom tiles. I thought it would be easy but it isn't quite the likeness. Funny how much you may try to follow a line, the end result doesn't always turn out as you wished... Where have you been? I dreamt of you beside a Windmill!
X

My poor characters X and Y have been left floundering on their global travels with no mysterious postcards to break the monotony of airport and hotel. I have been so busy launching my new business (very exciting - click to read all about it) that I'm afraid I had to let them amuse themselves.

X does not sound herself. Clearly the incident with the Cuban heel has left a scar. Now, why is she trapped inside the hotel. Is she a prisoner? Is someone stalking her? Is she just too polite to mention an unfortunate digestive problem... (she has spent an awful lot of time in the bathroom after all!).

Reading between the lines, our heroine is not happy with her lot. Can Y save her?

Posting for The Postcard Challenge - the full back story is here (with a couple of cards that seemingly got lost in the post....).

While I've got you here - this week as I say, I launched my new business - an eCourse where we'll working through inspirational techniques to create words and pictures that sing from your soul.

I've also launched a free book group working through Keri Smith's Mess: The Manual of Accidents and Mistakes. We're going to let rip with our creativity and have a great deal of fun - I'd love it if you joined us!

I'm also having a giveaway - don't miss out!

23 comments:

  1. The idea of the tile is a great take. Nothing worse than having to remain inside a hotel room. Cheers

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  2. This is really beautiful...oh to have the time to sit in a room and sketch... pure dreams!

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  3. Love the tile. Saw a lot like that in Granada some years back! Auntie Cissie thinks it is a great idea to make a turkey next week, thanks for the tip! Valerie

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  4. Love the tile idea - very creative. Hope the reason she is captive in the hotel is exciting rather than a bad kebab!

    Janet xx

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  5. Love your tile postcard! Good luck with your new shop!

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  6. Nice drawing- and yes doing a tile is not easy- I tired to one on the back of my card but decided it did not look right so I covered it with an actual design

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  7. Gorgeous Turkish tile!! I looked at many examples I knew it was beyond my patience and skill level. :)

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  8. beautiful tile and best wishes with your new business!

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  9. love the colors & design Well done'age

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  10. Always love mixing story and art and you've done a great job making me wonder about the characters and their situation. Fab!

    Kat :-) Xx

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  11. beautiful tile. love your colours. good luck with your new venture.

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  12. Stunning card! I love the colors. Hopefully she'll emerge soon and be in a better frame of mind.

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  13. gorgeous tile, they are always harder than you think. I used to have to sketch arts n crafts tiles such as those of William Morris when i was studying, they always turned out bad lol

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  14. Beautiful colors and design! Bravo, xoxo

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  15. How beautiful!
    Love this postcards challenge!

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  16. Nice drawing! I also love the idea of the postcard challenge, I've never heard of it before but it sounds so much fun. Have a wonderful weekend! xxx

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  17. Wow! What drama! :) Love your postcard!

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  18. I love you card! It's very pretty! ♥
    Hope they get a chance to mail each other weekly again! Good luck on your new business! :)

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  19. Your tile is super, you have captured the blue and red so well and a lovely design. Good luck with your ventures.
    Jen x

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  20. Love your postcard! The blue tile is wonderful! Well done!

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  21. Fab card. Love the colours

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