Monday, 30 September 2013

Egypt

The Egypt tags by all of you this week are so interesting and beautiful!  Here is my offering:
Bible stories came to mind, tales of Joseph and Jacob, Pharoahs, and my favorite: Moses being found in a basket by an Egyptian princess.  I have a wonderful old Bible story book, published in 1923, that has beautiful illustrations, so I scanned and made a print of this depiction of the baby Moses.
I also had saved a greeting card from years ago that had both the lotus and the border illustrations, and the colors couldn't have been a better match to the Moses picture.  I put a gold foil border around the lotus and raised it up a bit for dimension.  The bead also seemed like a perfect match, and I added metallic gold threads for the tie.  (Hope you can get a fair idea of the finished result; my point-and-shoot camera leaves a little to be desired...)

See you all again with beads and buttons and bows, oh my!
Posted by at Monday, September 30, 2013
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10 comments:

  1. Anonymous30 September, 2013

    I so liked that story when I was a small child. Going to Sunday school.

    Your work is very nice.

    My blue entry is over at my blog.

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  2. Diane30 September, 2013

    Very nice! Great choice!

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  3. Arnoldo L. Romero, MLA30 September, 2013

    I love your Biblical take on the Egypt tag challenge. I just wrote a post on Joseph in my blog earlier, so great minds think alike. Blessings!

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  4. Michele30 September, 2013

    this is just beautiful and definitely brings about memories of sunday school! xo

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  5. Barb Cady30 September, 2013

    This is such a lovely tag, a great subject for this weeks theme! X

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  6. Valerie-Jael30 September, 2013

    Lovely tag with a wonderful image. Valerie

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  7. Carolyn Howarth30 September, 2013

    Lovely image and I like the way you have embellished the top of your tag. Carolyn xx

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  8. Julie S30 September, 2013

    Gorgeous tag! I love the border and bead at the top. The story of Moses was one of my favorites. I always felt sorry for the little baby floating all alone down the river in his little basket!

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  9. TwinkleToes2day30 September, 2013

    Such a lovely tag Maggie :o)

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  10. Laura Turner01 October, 2013

    This tag is perfect! I always loved Bible illustrations as a child, and the geometry of your tag is stunning!

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