For this week's Hans Christian Andersen wtui challenge, using this week's colors and sketch.
This card is placed on one of my personal treasures. I don't remember when I received this collection of Andersen's fairy tales. I know it has some very immature crayon scribbles in it, and I figure I must have been the budding artist who was responsible for them. I wonder if my sisters read them to me?
I know I read them as a young adult, and was surprised at the brutality included in some of them. Oddly, my favorite was "The Red Shoes," which is very unlike the movie, and definitely a morality tale about coveting...
Anyway, I chose the "Elder-Tree Mother" tale for this card. Tender. Andersen's retelling of an old Danish folk tale about the elderflower woman is a bit sanitized and turned into a lesson about treasuring memories. Here's a link to the story:
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Fri, Dec 02, 2016 @ 7:19 AM
Marvelous! Love the teapot stamp and how you adorned it. The vine is so pretty and fitting for your story. Lovely verse. Nicely photographed on the fairy tale book. Excellent take on the sketch. Well done! TFS
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