The blue flower

Hi Everybody!

It's been another cold and dismal day here, but it's not

stopping the spring flowers blooming, so 

that's good.

For Simon Monday challenge, based on a book, I have

a mixed media tag. The first layer was made with scraps of 

old book pages and letters, and a strip of corrugated

card. I gave it a coat of diluted gesso before going on to the next

layer,  for which I used pieces of paper napkins.

The butterfly was also cut from a napkin, 

pasted on card and fussy cut. I added stardust

Stickles to the wings, and antennas

made from gold wire and tiny, blue glass beads.

I added some glass leaves as embellishment.

The blue flowers always remind me of a poem

by  Josef von Eichendorff, a German writer

of the 19th Century, who wrote

'Die blaue Blume' - the blue flower:

Ich suche die blaue Blume,

Ich suche und finde sie nie,

Mir träumt, dass in der Blume

Mein gutes Glück mir blüh.

Ich wandre mit meiner Harfe

Durch Länder, Städt und Au'n,

Ob nirgends in der Runde

Die blaue Blume zu schaun.

Ich wandre schon seit lange,

Hab lang gehofft, vertraut,

Doch ach, noch nirgends hab ich

Die blaue Blum geschaut

 Roughly translated it means:

I search for the blue flower,

I search and cannot find it,

I dreamed that my luck

Will bloom with the flower.

I wander with my harp

Through countries, towns and meadows,

Always hoping to glimpse 

The blue flower.

I've been wandering  a long time,

And have hoped and believed,

But alas, I was not able

To see the flower anywhere.

My sister Cynthia brought me a card with this poem 

when I was a little girl, and it was the

first German I learned.

Today I am sharing some of the presents I received in the past

weeks, and would like to say 'thanks' again to all of

the senders.

The book came from Sandra, who is a talented and proficient 

author, and is really good, it's well worth a read!

(As are her other books, too)

The purse is also from Sandra:

These bottles are tiny, about 1" high, and were part of a huge

parcel of goodies sent by Gill, and all made with so

much loving care. I have shown some of the other pieces, and will

be showing more as I use them. She also sent a CD with digital images,

as she is a designer at Daisy Trail:

The gorgeous card is also from Gill.

These 2 cards were from Sandy, and accompanied a huge

pile of gorgeous paper napkins which I have been

using lately, and some water-colour cards:

Thanks Ladies!

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by.