Saturday 15 September 2012

Autumn Fruits and Berries

Autumn is the "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness"... and APPLE PIE!
My Granny and Grandpa had apple trees in their garden and this is the time of year that they would be ready to pick. The good ones would be carefully stored away and the "windfalls" would be made into apple pies. We children loved to eat the peelings dipped in sugar. The sweet scent of apples still brings those days back to me, and when the house is filled with the warm smell of apple pie in the oven ...well...I just have to close my eyes and it's 1965 again ... I think I'm going to have to go and bake one right now!
Anyway, here's my apple pie inspired tag

It's not quite what I had in mind as I am unable to print anything at the moment, but I had a great time with some old collage images which had being languishing at the back of a drawer in my workroom. The background is a recipe, which I embossed and inked, then I added scraps of gingham and doily and inked again and then more or less covered the whole thing with fruit so you can't see it anyway...but it was fun :)
Very impressed with everyone else's tags - just so inspiring - and love the owls toowoooooo! Thanks Carolyn!
Annie xxx

13 comments:

  1. Lovely tag, and you have inspired me to bake an apple pie this afternoon! Valerie

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  2. Oh yes, nothing to beat the smell of home baking! Save me a piece please! Lovely tag and memories. x

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  3. Very pretty! Very autumn looking!

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  4. Your tag is a treat in itself, with the warm and yummy colors. I also like the homespun feel the contrastibg blue gingham bow added. Blessings!

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  5. Annie your tag is so beautiful, great autum colors and background.
    Anni

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  6. It's gorgeous. You photographed it beautifully too.

    Fond regards

    Pat x

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  7. This looks very juicy and I love the 3D effect you've given it. Great tag! :0)

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  8. Your tag made me so hungry I had to go and cut a large slice of apple pie and eat it straight away!! hugs Mrs a.

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  9. Beautiful 3d tag...and wonderful memories too!!..love the way you have photographed it against the recipe pages.

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  10. Your tag is just what I had in mind to do but didn't have the lovely images to hand that you had its lovely ...I can almost smell that apple pie!

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  11. Beautiful autumnal colours. I can smell that pie already. Lovely decoupage work too Annie.

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  12. Luscious tag - yes mmm apple pie! And you tag just has that wonderful old fashioned comforting feel to it too!

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  13. A gorgeous tag - I love the Autumn colours and the way you displayed it - very effective.

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