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I can't make a decision ...so I'm posting a poll :)
I asked my wonderful mother-in-law to embroider a new shirt for me to wear to the World Orchid Conference in January.
There are SO many astounding designs to choose from...of course, I want them ALL!
The background will be any color shirt of our choosing, don't pay attention to the blah background shown in the pics. If you choose to vote in the poll, it would be great if you could leave a reply suggesting a background color for it but you don't have to if you don't want to
I've narrowed it down to my two favorites and now the decision is up to my friends here at Orchidboard
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Susanne B
"It is difficult to give away kindness.
It keeps coming back to you"
~~ Cort Flint
Leave your egos at the door...
I like the basket of orchids .. although the container should be a color to contrast off the other orchids .. like black ..
or perhaps no container at all ..
Either would look nice on a hat
__________________ Dorothy
"Nothing beats the orchid -- as an offering of love" - paraphrasing Marlowe Hood from 'Orchid Fossil Quells Evolutionary Quarrel'
My favorite would be the first picture. Not sure what color of background to use, but of course it would need to be light to offset the lettering and orchids.
Both are really really pretty!! I love them both, but I think I'd like the one that says Orchids better if the word itself was in a different colour....I'm leaning towards the one in the basket because the colours and shapes are so beautiful....as far as a background goes...something neutral shows off the colours nicely....JMO Either way, both are awesome, look forward to seeing a pic of the final product....
Orrr....u could ask her really nicely to make one of each!!!
__________________ ~~~Twilight Orchid~~~
"Around the pillars of the palm-tree bower
The orchids cling, in rose and purple spheres;
Shield-broad the lily floats; the aloe flower
Foredates its hundred years."
- Bayard Taylor, Canopus
I can have the lettering done in any color we want
She's really a great lady and would make me 6 if I wanted them. There are many other individual orchids to choose from too..maybe I should post some of them and see what happens
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Susanne B
"It is difficult to give away kindness.
It keeps coming back to you"
~~ Cort Flint
Leave your egos at the door...
I voted for #1. I like the wording but would change the color of the letters to dark blue, and put it on a yellow or terracotta background. Yellow and blue are classic color combinations (I've made a couple of quilts in those colors and they're stunning together), and blue and orange are complementary colors so that would work also. Or, reverse the above suggestion and use a blue shirt with yellow or orange lettering.
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Terri
Those are my principles and if you don't like them......I have others.
I voted for Wording because it is more obvious to me. I wouldn't wear either one (to girly) but I think the wording on a light blue background would be quite attractive. I like the suggested colors just fine, but then it'll be your shirt...
I don't do most Dendros or large, "floofy orchids". For me it's minis (like Angraecoides), Masdies, Paphs, and others that crept in somewhere along the line. See my orchid list for complete collection (usually not current.)
I like the second with the basket of orchids but not with the purple background maybe black like some of our members have sugjested and maybe you could write orchids underneath the basket .
I can't make a decision ...so I'm posting a poll :)
but you don't have to if you don't want to 
There are many other individual orchids to choose from too..maybe I should post some of them and see what happens 
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