the theme this week at the three muses is "cards." at the last minute this afternoon, with no inspiration what so ever with playing cards, i thought of "recipe cards" (most of my ideas it seems come at the last minute). many of my mom's and grandma's recipes are written on little recipe cards which are either kept in a little box or tucked randomly in cook books, which is exactly where i found the cards to use for this collage, from a cook book i bought at a garage sale, so i used these old recipe cards as the background for this piece. i felt a little sad about using these old recipe cards, what if they were some old family favorite? i know a lot of my grandma's recipes were lost, either thrown away or never written down because she had them memorized. at family gatherings i've heard many times "remember when grandma used to make........", or "i wish i knew how she made....."
14 comments:
What a fascinating twist on 'cards,' Tammy, very yummy!! Lovely piece!
She is just darling and the cherries on her apron--perfect!!
I am not an organised person! People give me recipes over the phone which I write on scraps of paper and I lose them. People give me typed sheets with recipes. The recipe sheet fairy comes and takes them away. I wish I had kept cards!! Luckily I have a good memory (so far) and all my favourite recipes reside in my head but cards would be better.
Having said all that, your take on this week's theme is unique and GORGEOUS. Wonderful artwork, great design and fantastic use of "found" pages.
This is absolutely perfect. There's nothing more treasured than recipe cards handed down through generations. Brilliant interpretation of the challenge! Thanks so much.
This is wonderful art and what a great idea for this theme- I love recipe cards but none of them are this pretty!
Great take on the subject. I love your naive illustration style.
absolutely beautiful!!
Fantastic idea making a recipe card.
Well, don't feel bad my friend, you have given this little card a new lease of life. It's so lovely.
Very original take on the theme, gorgeous!
thank you everyone for all your kind comments. i myself am not very organized with my recipes. i try to file them into a binder, but there are many that have been lost or i can't remember which magazine i saw something in.
Hi Tammy,
GREAT art- I love what you did with the theme. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and for commenting. I appreciate it so much!
Super cute kid pics btw. :)
What a great idea! It's lovely.
Lovely, lovely.
juno
xx
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