Tag Tuesday-In the Style of

The theme for this week's Tag Tuesday is:-
In The Style of.

It took me ages to choose a style for this

week's tag, but in the end I went for

Vintage Victorian, as I wanted to use my new

stamps! I think they are a bit Steampunk too!

A simple tag from me this time, with

a stamped text for background and a lace trim.

Spring is Coming!

Snowdrops at the weekend, now here are some other Spring

flowers I spotted, bringing colour and cheer to a dreary

February.

Snowdrops at Swyncombe

A couple of years ago, we accidentally came across the Norman church of St Botolph

 at Swyncombe when the snowdrops were out. You can see my post about it here.

It is a beautiful sight, to see the churchyard covered in a carpet of snowdrops

and aconites. I was rather charmed by the idea of Snowdrop Sundays, when the

church is open for tea and cakes for visitors who come to view the snowdrops, and

now it has been extended to Snowdrop Weekends.

Here are the photos I took yesterday.

Tag Tuesday-Text

I liked this week's Text challenge on Tag Tuesday, because it gave me

the opportunity to use an old book, which

I found at a church garden party. It is called A book of Scripts,

by Alfred Fairbank, published by Penguin Books in 1952.

It has some wonderful examples of calligraphic styles,

and a lot of information.

The text I used is from Magnum in Parvo or the Pens Perfection (sic)

Invented, written and engraved in silver by Edward Cocker, London 1672,

V and  A museum.

I loved the style of the capital L, and the alphabets underneath.

I didn't do much to it, just copied it, mounted it, and gave it a corner

frame and some scroll decorations. The photo was taken on the book 

itself. 

By the way the church garden party is held every summer, right on the banks of the Thames, and includes English traditions such as Morris dancers and tea and cake.The book stall is always a good place to find treasures.

The wording on my tag is:-

Let every day produce some curious Lines

That may commend thy Genius,& thy Pen,

Let all the Undertakings and Designes

Tend to God's Glory, and the good of men.

Tag Tuesday-Valentine

The theme for our tag this week on Tag Tuesday is Valentine.

We are all having such fun with our tags!

I enjoy coming up with an idea for a theme, then

playing around with different techniques and producing

a piece of finished work, but I also enjoy seeing everyone

else's tags in the group, with their individual ideas and techniques.

For my Valentine tag I have used traditional hearts,

but have avoided too much pink! I seem to remember

making one last time we did Valentine's which was totally pink!

Here I have added hearts stamped with a wood block to a textured

background, made by printing through a stencil with gesso.

I added some lace, both real and stamped, and washi tape hearts.

Happy Valentine's Day to you all!

Caversham Bridge on a Sunny Winter's Day

Yesterday it was so sunny, that I went for a walk by the 

River Thames at Caversham Bridge. After the cold

weather we have been having, it was very pleasant,

and a lot of people were out enjoying the warmth.

Caversham Bridge

Feeding the birds

So much excitement!

All the birds are joining in!

Calm again

Caversham Court

From Caversham Bridge

Tag Tuesday-Blues and Feathers

This week the theme on Tag Tuesday is Blues.

Last week's was Feathers.

I am a bit behind with my tags, so am posting two in one

go. Whoever started that idea was quite brilliant!

I had a busy week, as it was my birthday, and had lots

of lovely celebrations  with friends and

family, so it was a bit like Christmas again!

I decided to look through my printed papers for my Blues

tag, and to see what looked good together.

I found some papers that I had stamped with a sunflower

theme, and liked the look of them . Also blue sunflowers seemed 

rather an unlikely subject, which appealed to me.

Blue Sunflowers

Close up of Blue Sunflowers

Here is last week's Feathers Tag.

I followed some ideas for Feathers

from Alisa Burke. I really like her blog, and

her vibrant style. I had been saving the ideas for

creating with feathers for the right time!

The background was created by rolling feathers

around in acrylic. I added a line drawing of a feather

from my feather duster, and gave it some corners.

I found the feather braid in  my ribbon stash, and thought

it would be a suitable addition.

Feathers