Original Art Work by Grant Naylor!!!
For this past Christmas, I asked my 8 year old G-, for a drawing of him and his little brother. (He’s quite the budding artist, if I must say so myself.) Drawing is something he has just recently decided he likes and of course I LOVE!!! The picture above is what was presented to me on Christmas morning… I can hear ALL the Awwwwes out there!!! I promise I had intentions of having it matted and framed, but for those of you who know me, you know better. (For those of you who are new here, you can read about my Adult with A.D.D. post)
After reading about this great local artist on Seek the Triad, Suzi Cook, I knew what I had to do!!! Fortunately for me, it just so happened to be Mother’s Day was coming soon, so I thought I’d better get my little Picasso made into something I could carry everywhere with me!
My Screen Saver
Don’t you love the details G- added, the orange wheelchair, the matching clothes, the body brace to hold D- in his chair. I do wonder why no hands or feet though, ha ha ha! I’d love to have a physiologist take a look and tell me what they see here. But for me for now, it shows the LOVE a big brother has for his little brother!!! It shows me what unique and individual children I have and how LUCKY I am to be their Mommy!!!
Artist rendention/transformation
Suzi takes your child’s art and turns it into a TRUE work of art!!! ALL you have to do is e-mail Suzi and she will guide you through getting one for yourself too. Here is the black/white conversion. I’m sure she’d rather have a pen drawing, but I couldn’t bring myself to have G- re-draw this precious moment. You can choose from different color leathers too!
finished Product!!!
It wasn’t until the conversion and received my bracelet, that I saw what the whole picture was about… them touching each other!!! G- can’t pass D- without touching him, he loves to show him off to his friends as if he is a prize possession, he has compassion like NO other child I know, that touch is their connection as brothers since words are rarely exchanged. It turns out my gift for Mother’s Day is to see (once again) the love my boys have for each other and that is enough for me!!!
Well… what do you think? I know, I know… I teared up too!!!
SO what inspires me Melissa over at The Inspired Room asks… simply put, my boys!!!
Grant & Drake
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Thank you so much. I too am blessed with three wonderful daughters. As they were growing up at home they often had squabbles, but never fights. Now that they are grown women with families of their own their mother and I count each day as special watching them love each other and their families. Our grandchildren are growing up with a special sense of valuing all they have, and their realtionships with their cousins. It has been said that the greates gift a father can give his children is to love their mother ( and vice-versa ). Our daughters chose their spouses well, and we have been blessed with three wonder ful sons too.
Trish,
Thank you so much for your order. I’ve always admired you and everything that you do. I was honored when you wrote to request your custom cuff. I hope that you will enjoy the piece for many years to come! Yes, the tears flowed!! Sniff, Sniff!!
Trish! What a wonderful way to save such a beautiful expression of love! Sigh….
Beautiful piece, what an amazing reminder of love.
That is awesome. What a wonderful big brother and artist.
OMG, what a great piece. I love young artists in training
How sweet!
Wow! Impressive! And what a treasure!
Happy Mother’ Day indeed.
i love it… his artwork, his love for his brother, the bracelet.. and all the dots that grace your blog {beautiful!}!
belated happy mother’s day…
visiting from m3b & emily’s!
So precious and tender!! They will always be close. Thanks for sharing that and I just love that bracelet!
I know someone who lost thier child recently, this may be a great idea for the mom to do this with his drawings. Thanks for the link and idea!
Blessings to you♥
So wonderful! A definite treasure.
Love this bracelet and that you were able to capture this piece of art and love that bonds your sons. I absolutely love this…and the red leather is so nice with the silver too. I am glad I found your blog….
Congrats on your Triad Smarty Pants mention Trish!
Hello from TSP!
Oh.My.Word. That is the sweetest gift EVER! I think that I may have to pass that info along! Your boys are precious!
Must be fate – found you on Triad Smarty Pants today, followed the link, saw this post, and found the perfect gift for my mom for her birthday! THis is just adorable!