How to create a one of a kind, personal farewell gift

Here's the white platter, it's quite large. Our minister and his wife are leaving us, and we wanted to give them a personal gift to remember us by.

I sketched my lettering using just a lead pencil to get a rough idea of how it would all fit.

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I found the idea of these cute little funky flowers on Pinterest and changed them up a bit and designed some of my own.

Here are the thick and thin nib PEBEO black markets. I used the thin one. It Gives such a beautiful thin line perfect for writing.

Adding colour. The lady that this gift is for likes red and green on her dinner table.

I wrote each of our names on the stems of the flower in green. Gives a hint of life, and now they can't forget us.

Finding a font I liked I finished off the quote

Complete. And they loved their farewell gift, That will remind them of all the good times we had each time they use it.