Hi Everybody!
Hope your week has started well. It's cloudy and windy here, so not an auspicious start for all of the carnival fans going to the big parades today, but perhaps it will soon get better. I helped a neighbour sew her dress, so have spent a lot of time surrounded by pink netting, beaded sheers and shiny satin, but we did get finished in the end, so that's the main thing.
On the 5th of each month we start a new challenge at More Mixed Media. I will not have time tomorrow, so am showing my DT piece today. Our themes are always anything mixed media goes, this time with optional green, so hope to see some of you joining in. I used an A3 page, painted with blue and green, collaged with some paper and napkin scraps, and stenciled in violet using stencils from Dina Wakley, CWS, unknown and me. The head was drawn using 'my' head. I added the quote and highlights on the flowers with white pen. I know I have used my head and the little Dina Wakley heads many times, but I like them:
And you still have a week to join in the 'my fave stamp' challenge at
Here I have used two of my self carved stamps on a digital background from Serif:
Tuesday is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday party, so here a warm welcome to all of the ladies who visit here. My photos are from my fave ice parlour, 'Boutique', which I visit very often for my coffees. I was lucky to get some pics early in the day when not many people were there:
On Saturday I visited a HUGE flea-market with my friend N. It's on the other side of Düsseldorf, so we traveled on 2 trams to get there, together with lots of people who were wearing carnival costumes as they were heading into town to have a good time. The market has a large outdoor area, selling everything, including food, fruit and veggies and flowers, as well as the usual flea-market items:
There is a huge permanent 'tent' in the middle, with a cafe, antiques, live music and lots of friendly people:
Flamenco music:
I asked this lovely old lady, dressed in pink if I could take a photo for my blog and she was happy to agree. Here she's saying 'Helau' - the 'war-cry' of the carnival in Düsseldorf:
And of course, we had cappuccino. Before that we ate fried fish from one of the booths outside, but I was so hungry I forgot all about taking a photo....
Hope you enjoyed your tour around the flea-market!
Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!
Wonderful mixed media page. You're working in the same color palette as my latest project. I can see why you enjoy Boutique. Looks like a lovely place to visit. The flea market is huge! So many pretty things to poke through and look at. The lady in pink reminds me of my elderly neighbor. I miss her so the lady in pink really made me smile. Happy T Day!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I love the page, as I always love seeing your heads. This one must have a few other voices in it...those Dina W faces are maybe saying things to them. :) And wow, what a flea market. That looks like a fantastic place to go. I would shop there. I bet you can find some super bargains if you needed anything. We only have flea markets here in the nicer weather (big snow storm today) and one thing you never see here is Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday events. Guess we have too much of an old Puritan background for those. It looks like fun to see all these festive people though. Happy T day and Happy Mardi Gras. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThanks Erika!
DeleteBeautiful mixed media piece and tag. I love flea markets, thanks for sharing these colourful photos and that vibrant old lady in pink!
ReplyDeleteI like this art piece, and that quote's worth remembering :) I love the way the plants are situated in that cafe. The perfect touch to a great coffee spot. There's something for everybody at that flea market. I'd have trouble leaving :) Happy T Day!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post Val, filled with lovely art and great photos, you have so much talent. Love the pic of the old girl in pink, what a sweetie! Great journal page and tag, your own stamps really are the best. Have a fun day, hugs, Sarah
ReplyDeleteThe flea market sounds and looks so awesome! I love events like that-when we were younger we went all the time-so much fun finding and looking at things.
ReplyDeleteI love your art-and loved all the photos.
Happy T hugs Kathy
I love the blues and greens in your art today. And this is just the most fun. I'm dying to go to a good flea market or antique fair. It looks like this was a good one and your photos really capture the mood!
ReplyDeleteI love your head stamp! I don't think I've seen it before. It's awesome! Beautiful artwork today. I really like the flea market photos too. I love a good walk around places like that.
ReplyDeleteSo Gorgeous Art page Valerie !! Amazing really, the stamps are wonderful, the heads one is great and the background and colours fabulous !! Your second artwork is just Stunning ! I adore your own carved stamps, they ´ re a laborious and so special work !
ReplyDeleteHappy coffee time ! There are so many and beautiful things at this market, just want to admire each piece ! :) Thanks a lot for these lovely photographs.
I wish you a v ery nice Tuesday,
Big hugs, Caty
I loved your fabulous page with the head stamp, the colours look so vibrant. The tag with your hand carved stamp looks awesome as well.
ReplyDeleteA huge wow after looking through all the wonderful photos you shared. The Flea market looks like somewhere I would love to visit as well, so much to see . The cafe for a welcome drink looked so popular and the Lady in pink look liked she was really enjoying herself.
Happy T day wishes Valerie.
Yvonne xx
Beautiful artwork and great photos. That flea market looks like it had great stuff to browse. Happy T-Day!
ReplyDeleteI love the blues and greens on your page Valerie! I will hopefully get around to entering this time! Your tag is also an excellent reminder of Tag Tuesday! The Flea Market looks like a lively place to visit and much more than just a Market! Thanks for showing us around! Happy T Day! Chrisx
ReplyDeleteStunning green and blue mixed media art, Valerie. Your tag with your handmade stamps is lovely, too. If only Africa could find peace.
ReplyDeleteYour flea market is huge, and there were so many unique stalls. I loved the furniture in the last photo, but none of it would go with what I have in my home.
It's always great to see where you have gone for your cappuccino. This is such an upbeat place and I was thrilled you took us there for T this Tuesday, dear. Wonderful photos, all!
great mixed media art. I can see why you chose this image as your favorite stamp- love it!! What fun at the flea market- a true feast for the eyes- especially during carnivale:) Happy T day!
ReplyDeleteFabulous journal page and tag. I love you African images!
ReplyDeleteYour flea market visit looks like a great way to spend a day. I saw quite a few pretties that caught my eye. Carnival sounds like a fun time. Loving that pink hair that that lady is sporting.
Happy Tea Day,
Kate
Happy happy post, absolutely love this today...the beautiful mixed media is a real wow factor, those colours are incredible. Your tags and your stamps, well amazing...love them. The photos are sheer delight, love the happy lady and most interesting, to me, pics...thanks..big hugs.x
ReplyDeleteHi Valerie, what a super start to the day with your mixed media piece, I love how you used your head silhouette within it, what a peaceful pose. Those hand carved stamp images always amaze me. The flea market is thriving, reminds me of how ours in Birmingham used to be before they regenerated it all a few years ago. It's really not the same anymore and has lost the buzz it used to give.
ReplyDeleteHow happy is the Pink Lady, what a super character she is. I'd have been wanting to examine the backdrop behind the Flamenco act, love those images.
Wishing you a Happy T Day & what ever your plans take good care.
Hugs TRacey xx
Hi Valerie, I love your art pieces, the colour with the heads on is beautiful, I love the white writing, I always seem to make a mistake if I try to write straight on to a piece!
ReplyDeleteThat is an interesting market, my husband would hate it, ha,ha, he would like the food hall though, so much to look at, I spotted the poster of Flamenco in Seville, I love those colourful posters. We used to have a small indoor market and every Saturday the market stalls would be all around it, the place was buzzing, lots of Tapas stalls etc and then they closed it down and built a new one down the road, that's now closed as no one went there, it's totally ruined the feeling of the market now, such a shame, especially as they have never built the plaza that they promised.
Have a great week
Jan no16
Thanks J. How sad that they destroyed the old market. They evidently took away all the atmosphere and feeling, too. I hope this one keeps going for many, many more years!
DeleteTerrific blue and green page, Valerie. I like your little head stamps too ;-) The tribal stamps are fabulous. I know I've told you that before, but I love them!
ReplyDeleteThe flea market looks like it was a lot of fun - so much to see and do. I love the lady in pink - what a good sport and how "pretty in pink" she looks.
Yes, I enjoyed the walk around the flea market. I saw several lovely things I might want to purchase.
Helau and Happy T-day! Eileen xx
I didn't buy anything but I would have liked to!
DeleteI'm loving your colourful post today! Your artwork is amazing, the blue and green really pop with the fabulous stamping that you added 😁. I enjoyed visiting the flea market too, there is so much to see, I think I would spend hours looking at all those stalls ...lol 😉. Wishing you a very happy T Day! J 😊 x
ReplyDeleteLove the blues in your first piece and am always amazed at your carvings.
ReplyDeleteYour boutique is a purrfect spot to enjoy your coffee.
Hugs
What fabulous flea market photos! Makes me want to go to one; however, I am at the stage of life that I should get rid of things not buy more! LOL The challenges look fun. I always want to join, but then don't find the time. So on the anything goes mixed media, I could do a scrapbook page is I used mixed media on it? Not just journal pages?
ReplyDeleteAll your projects are great. Thanks for sharing. Happy T Day!
At MMM anything mixed media, big or small is welcome!
DeleteBeautiful mixed media pieces!...and I adore Flea Markets! would have liked to see a photo of the pink dress ;) you are a good friend to help with such an ambitious project. It sounds gorgeous. happy T day and Mardi Gras!
ReplyDeleteI will show the pink dress next week.
DeleteFabulous journal page Valerie, love the words you used around the head.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos from the market, look like a fabulous day out.
Avril xx
Hi Valerie, your mixed media piece is lovely and, oh, the quote just resonates with me xx
ReplyDeleteYour African stamp piece I really admire too - you're so clever.
A charming place for a cuppa - it looks warm and cosy inside.
Wow, what a flea market... great fun, love pink lady- even pink nails - sweet!
Cheers and enjoy your week :D)
Wow, Valerie! Your tag with your stamps is absolutely STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!! I still have not made my curved stamps because it is too difficult to find the basic material in Greece.
ReplyDeleteLovely page too!!!!!!!!!!
Happy T day, sweetie.
Beautiful artwork Valerie, and the market looks really good too! xx
ReplyDeleteHope whatever you're doing today is all kinds of fun.
ReplyDeleteHugs
Thanks for providing me with a good chuckle. Your artwork is lovely, as always, but the quote on the first one really cracked me up. Without a doubt, I often have to tell my head to shut up. :)
ReplyDeleteThat coffee shop looks like the perfect place to spend time with a friend. I can almost imagine myself sitting there with you while sipping a good cuppa coffee and solving the world's problems...
Judging by the heavy coats people are wearing at that flea market, it looks like winter has made a return engagement. Same here. I was wearing shorts on Sunday, and then we had a frost that night. Hopefully, this will be winter's last gasp.
Liked your artwork, and really enjoyed the tour around the flea-market. Thought the lady in pink was brilliant :)
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
What an amazing post!! I love your first art piece! It totally speaks to me! I LOVE the quote you used!
ReplyDeleteAmazing flea market! So much fun! I love the lady in pink! Big Hugs!