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[dchenes]

OK, all y'all, I need a short quotation.

I'm designing a piece of embroidery for a wedding present. The people involved aren't terribly religious, so anything mentioning God is out. Anything so saccharine it makes my teeth hurt is out, too, because the people involved won't like it either.

What I want to say is something like "Joy, health, love and peace be all here in this place", but I've already used that on another wedding-present embroidery, and I don't want to reuse it.

Suggestions?

Comments

[yttrai.livejournal.com]

I know _nothing_ about your style, or your friends' style, or anything.

But i would personally love anything that had a tree or leaves or ivy or other natural theme. You familiar with the celtic tree of life? That may be a bit overused, but it is also classic.

YMMV, IMHO, etc.

Good luck!

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming this is for our mutual friends, soon to be married?
If you like, I can do some poking around. Is there a length restriction? (are you looking for a single sentence? A short phrase? character limite?)

[dchenes.livejournal.com]

It is indeed for the people you think it's for.

If I can help it, no longer than "Joy, health etc." because mapping out fonts when designing embroidery is a pain. Basically, a single sentence, but not a single sentence of Faulkner.