Todays theme over at Tag Tuesday is Poetry and Prose.This was not the poem I originally was going to use, but once I read it, the idea was there.
TO THE DANDELION
Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way,
RInging the dusty road with harmless gold,
First pledge of blithesome May,
Which children pluck, and, full of pride, uphold,
High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they
An Eldorado in the grass have found. James Russell Lowell
I used a lili of the valley stamp on watercolour paper which I created the tag from, coloured it with watercolour pencils and blended with water, glamour dust and stickles for sparkle, gold handcrafted paper punched with ek success border punch, gold ribbon, yellow beaded flowers, leaf ribbon(stash), and copied words from poem.
This is actually just the first few lines of a very long poem, but it was what illustrated the image I wanted to use. I used gold accents in the ribbon and paper to bring out the feel of gold in the poem. I love the joy on children's faces as they bring you the beautiful 'flowers' they have picked, and how excited they are when there is a field of them! Children see the beauty in the simple things and that is very profound!
Happy Tuesday!
Hugs,
Ivy
