Tuesday 10 July 2012

Canatara Memories

I grew up on one of the Great Lakes (specifically Lake Huron) in Canada. Canatara (a First Nation word that means Blue Water) Park is located at the mouth of Lake Huron and flows into the St. Clair River.  
I have many happy memories of being on the beach and swimming in the lake (which was fresh water and very COLD) with my family. This beautiful lady is my Mum (probably late 1950's early 1960's) enjoying the sand and sun. I started with a copy of a black and white photo and "tinted" with chalk. Lavender is one of her favorite colours. I added some stickles for the bling. I found the text in one of my hundreds of boxes of paper scraps. 
Don't you just love the fact she has her purse with her! Enjoy, Jewels
Posted by at Tuesday, July 10, 2012
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19 comments:

  1. Barb Cady10 July, 2012

    A lady must never be far away from her purse! Love the image, great tag x

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  2. Valerie-Jael10 July, 2012

    Great tag! Don't be shy about your (few) boxes of scraps, I think we all have them!! Valerie

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  3. Diane10 July, 2012

    Very nice! Too funny about the purse, but then again, she probably always had what you kids needed, right?

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  4. bohemiannie! art10 July, 2012

    And oh what a purse! For that matter...oh what a bathing beauty. And for that matter...fabulous tag!

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  5. Lynn Holland10 July, 2012

    How lovely to include your mum
    Lynn

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  6. SusieJ10 July, 2012

    That's a beautiful photo of your Mom. Great tag.

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  7. creativelenna11 July, 2012

    beautiful, jewels!

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  8. Arnoldo L. Romero, MLA11 July, 2012

    What a marvelous tribute to your mother. Blessings!

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  9. Diana Taylor11 July, 2012

    What a beautiful tag and what a beautiful photograph - a lovely way to capture such happy memories (I love the purse!).

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  10. Jo Chorlton11 July, 2012

    What a beautiful lady! She obviously wasn't feeling the cold too much! Love the lavendar complimenting the green bathing suit.
    PS I have a photo of my grandma and great aunt on their way to the beach ine rain coats, carrying a beachball! That's an English summer for you!

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  11. Wilma Simmons (Empress Wu Designs)11 July, 2012

    What a very special tag - the image of your mother is such a beautiful one,enhanced by your tinting. Yes - most ladylike to keep one's purse close.

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  12. Carolyn Howarth11 July, 2012

    How lovely to use your Mum's photo. A very special tag for you to keep. Carolyn x

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  13. Sharne Gregory11 July, 2012

    A lovely tag, love the picture of your mother and her bag!

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  14. Barb King11 July, 2012

    What a great photo of your mom, love this tag!

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  15. JansArtyJunk12 July, 2012

    What a bathing beauty your mum is...a beautiful tag and a lovely way to display such happy memories :)

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  16. TwinkleToes2day12 July, 2012

    Lovely tag - beautiful woman :0)

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  17. Unknown15 July, 2012

    Your Mum looks gorgeous. The fabric you have displayed your pretty tag on matches your Mums bag perfectly Jewels!

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  18. Carol Rigby15 July, 2012

    Lovely tag. I love the way you have tinted the photo.

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  19. Unknown15 July, 2012

    Your Mom is lovely and I love her purse. Don't you wish you still had it?

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