Hi everybody, hope your week is going better than mine.
At Tag Tuesday our theme is 'Mother and child' .
At Tag Tuesday our theme is 'Mother and child' .
I
chose a photo of my mother and sister taken in 1940. It was wartime in
London, the Blitz, a hard time for all, and I have tried to capture the
feeling of austerity and bleakness in the tag. I fussy cut the sepia
print, and glued it directly onto the corrugated card, which has been
partly peeled and painted. The ribs of the cardboard remind me a bit of
the bombed and broken houses, with which I grew up. I just added a bit
of fairy dust and the contrasting turquoise band to soften it a bit. I still have the brooch my Mum is wearing on the photo.
Have a good week, take care, and thanks a lot for coming by!
Valerie
Have a good week, take care, and thanks a lot for coming by!
Valerie
this is really special, Valerie! How wonderful you still have the brooch.
ReplyDeleteMagical tag Valerie and great that you could use one your family photographs
ReplyDeleteLove Chrissie x
Gorgeous tag, love that you have used a personal photo again. Now I'm off to look at your other blog! Hugs, Sarah
ReplyDeleteADORE this! :D x
ReplyDeleteThrough all the tremendous hardship your mother and sister still have such lovely smiles.What a good choice for a background too.
ReplyDeleteI hope your week gets wonderful.
Wonderful! How nice you have the brooch!
ReplyDeleteValerie this is stunning! I love the texture you've created with the corrugated card but the way it affects the images is so special. It makes the Mother and Child look so vintage, ethereal and of the past. Can you tell I love it?!!
ReplyDeleteJuliaxx
Superbe
ReplyDeleteI really like the mood you evoked with color and texture. What a memory to have.
ReplyDeleteA super tag and how lovely that it is so personal. Carolyn xx
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful and also serves as a poignant reminder that even in the depths of such horror, love still blooms.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love the contrast between the austere background reflective of the period, and the love reflected in your family's expressions. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteClever background to this lovely photograph, it makes a poignant tag. x
ReplyDeleteA lovely tag withe family photo making it special.
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