Milan Monday (42): the Sforza crest, have buckets will travel

Like family crests? Here's a good one for you straight from the Sforza Castle for Milan Monday.

This diagram, for your personal non-commercial enjoyment, was created by uploading one of my own photos into StitchPainter, then transforming the diagram into a BMP to share with you, here. If the whole thing is too complex, think about working up one of the quarters of the crest, instead.

If you want to know more about the crest and the castle, go to my blog on Milan: My Milan (Italy): http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com.

Enjoy!

Milan Monday (41): the city's logo

Can't get the copy-paste function to work in my Paint program...necessary to get stuff into my StitchPainter program...just one of the many little SNAFUs lying in wait for me after a couple of days of much needed R&R...this way, they can get me all stressed back up to normal before I pelt into the rest of the work year, it's like a favor they're doing for me, get it? (I don't.)

So, today's "Milan Monday" will just have to go without a diagram. The image should be easy enough to print and trace, anyway. City logos often have a city-wall-crown over them; you can substitute Milan's theme on the shield with anything of your own.

My Milan (Italy): http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/09/just-back-to-workand-already-theres.html

Here's hoping that your fall starts out better than mine is!

Milan Monday (38): a Renaissance family crest

Like heraldic imagery?

Here's a family crest for you, from the right hand side of a mid 15th century portal in Milan.

I isolated the detail of my photo, and turned it into a StitchPainter diagram, then into a BMP to share with you for your personal, non-commercial enjoyment.

If you want to know more about the doorway, go to my previous (fairly recent) post:
http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/08/bookworms-epigraphy-and-luck-of-non.html.

Enjoy!