Community Day: A Tribute Project for Sunmeadow & Latest Survey Report
A lot has happened this month already. This week I am going to keep it short and sweet as we have the holiday weekend ahead. This week I'll cover our last survey and a discussion about doing a tribute project for Sunmeadow's family. Thoughts and opinions needed on both subjects.
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Community Survey #3: Results Report
In looking at the last survey responses, it's fun to see how COLOURlovers use the site in different ways be that from your desktop or laptop or mobile device.
We had about a 107 entrants to the survey, double what we've had before - Thanks to everyone who got involved. I will be skipping a survey this week in leu of the Easter weekend and the Moo contest.
I will be accepting open suggestions for the next survey which will be based on Groups. Anything and everything Groups related. So suggest away!
The Sunmeadow Project: A Tribute & Family Gift
As a dark cloud shrouded the COLOURlovers community with the sad news that one of our dearest members had passed away, the mass of ways to show our love, life celebrations and tribute to dear Sunmeadow as a wonderful artist and person, have been happening all over the site. It's touching to see everyone surround her passing with such compassion and devotion.
Suggestions have been coming my way to put together a physical tribute for her family. The best suggestion came from, Penina of the COLOURlovers on Spoonflower Group - a book (possibly a Blurb-style book).
This book would include her works of art on COLOURlovers, but I also thought it might be nice to also include notes of tribute from her fellow community members and closest friends on COLOURlovers as her father had expressed an interest in being able to come back and read through all the wonderful things members had to say about her.
Tribute submitted by COLOURlover hana* located on page 2 in the APC Group Tribute to Sunmeadow
The COLOURlovers Team is in support of a project we could gift to her family as a colorful piece of Sunmeadows artistic expression on COLOURlovers.com.
Will any other members in addition to Penina, be willing to assist in organizing this project? With over 6,000 palettes, 10,000 colors and close to 800 templates it will be quite the undertaking to filter through what to include and in what order.
I am also up for alternate suggestions for a tribute piece. A quilt has crossed my mind, but I think a book would certainly be able to fully encompass all her beautiful works and messages of love and support by members. Thoughts?
Another wonderful tribute piece of Sun's palettes by COLOURlover, hana* in the APC group on page 3
Sunmeadow was such an intensely defined COLOURlover that the reality of her loss was so great to many who knew her well and even to those who did not. Let's give the gift that Sun gave us, to her family to cherish and treasure as well.
*Sunmeadows wonderful works of art and account will remain online.
Group Tributes List to Sunmeadow
Sunmeadow: Colors | Palettes | Patterns | Templates
A tribute in Artist Palette Challenge (APC) - One of Sun's groups, now administered by WordofMouse.
FFP - SUNMEADOW, a tribute in the Freeze Frame Project Group administered by Gasp365.
Sunmeadow was honored in the March 2012 Remembrances, in the Remembrance Group administered by ketisse.
Sunmeadow Memorial HPP in the Haiku Palettes & Poetic Patterns dedicated to the memory of Sunmeadow, also administered by ketisse.
Sunmeadow Fields, a tribute section in The Anythings Group administered by American Women.
And lastly, a look back at Sunmeadows moment as CLAD (COLOURlovers Artist of the Day Group), also administered by American Women.
*Please let me know if I missed any.
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Any Palacios
She supported CL in many ways, (with her templates, APC group, patterns, templates etc..)...I think this Book project is the best CL can do as a tribute for her.
mollybermea
I may need someone to help me collect all of those. Possibly start a forum topic for collection or a Group to have an organized layout. Not sure yet. :)
Thanks again for your valued input. :) I think it would be a wonderful gift to her family. If it was my daughter, I would appreciate such a beautiful book too.
symea
A book is a great idea. Glindathegoodwitch was using many of my cat patterns and I finally asked her "why"? well... she was making a book , calender book really, with a Cat theme and liked my patterns. She used shutterfly,
http://www.shutterfly.com/?cid=SEGOO.BRAND&mpch=ads
I had to go ont he site and buy the book, it had a lot of my artwork in it... I must say it came out amazing!
let me know how I can help !
starfishian
I'm not sure how helpful I can be because of other commitments, but I can certainly try to help if given specific instructions and deadlines!
American Women
All Inspiration from Sunmeadow!
Maybe the proceeds could go to a certain charity of the family's choosing?
Any Palacios
I think sunmedow's family will be very grateful for this.
OrigamiMei
zombiedisco
WinterLover
sundancer
I don't consider myself honored to be one of Sunmeadow's "closest friends" but we were definitely friends and I'd be willing to share some words. I also could help sort through her art and pick my favorites that I think should be included in the cannon.
Also, I think offering the book for sale on colourlovers is also a great idea. American Women had a great idea about giving the proceeds to the family's choice of charity. :-)
sundancer
This is also a super wonderful idea, Any!!!
OrigamiMei
xeenyth
I'd be willing and happy to help out, too. <3
larsslc
We would be most supportive of a book featuring the templates, palettes, and colors of Sunmeadow as a tribute to her. Be sure to include all of the wonderful sentiments expressed in the blogs and other threads. We certainly would be willing to help in any way that we could. If you wish, we could providew a short biography of her accomplishments (outside of Colourlovers) and some pictures of her so that site members could placd a face with the name Sunmeadow.
Thank you again for all of your expressions of kindness. You have no idea what this has meant to us, her parents.
Jim and Sandi Larsen
American Women
Our thoughts and prayers are with you!
Any contributions from you I'm sure will be very much appreciated.
God Bless!
larsslc wrote:
mollybermea
We dearly appreciate your letting is get in touch with who Sunmeadow was outside of COLOURlovers. She gave this community a lot and will continue to do so.
larsslc wrote:
Luna Rosa
mollybermea
I don't want anyone to feel limited to having known her best as even those who did not know her directly, have known and been inspired by her indirectly.
Although I do love the idea of overlaying sentiments or combining them within them as part of the design process.
I have opened this group for COLOURlovers projects. The first project will be Sun's tribute book - I will start putting more details in to the book idea in here by next week.
(p.s. don't worry about the project cost. Blurb is easily affordable. I will just need help in compiling creations and tributes and organizing how the book should lay out.)
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AmyHands
kalindy
It was very nice to hear from sunmeadow's dad. It means a lot that her family is in contact with us, and willing to share more of who she was outside of CL. It makes her feel not so far away.
hana*
p.s ))
dear Molly. thanks for picking me up. oh, this is so unexpected.
i really want to thank everyone. ( especially : Suzi, CL team, APC group )
hana*
caori
novrain62
We loved sunmeadow ♥
dianesteinberg
I will absolutely want to be involved in any projects that we, as this community can do as a tribute, to honor and respect your daughter.
With love and tears,
Diane Steinberg
Penina
Things are in a state of chaos for us at the moment, but my background is in design and publications (print!), so I hope I can be of *some* help in bringing a book together. I'll look at Blurb to get a better understanding of how they work.
cristinaana
God bless you all.
Any Palacios
symea
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