I'll include a close up picture of the words below so you do not need to strain your eyes trying to read it. The whole thing is a piece of mountboard which has been coloured using Chalks. I tried to depict the two verses in my colouring - the lilac for the ballroom scene (plus two images of Tim Holtz chandeliers) and the grey for the graveyard scene which also has a picture of the sky stamped, again with London Fog.
These were computer generated onto a Labels Four die and then I stamped Tim Holtz birds across the top with London Fog. The two verses go like this:
The ballroom was filled with fashion's throng,
It shone with a thousand lights;
And there was a woman who passed along,
The fairest of all the sights.
A girl to her lover then softly sighed,
"There's riches at her command."
"But she married for wealth, not for love," he cried!
"Though she lives in a mansion grand."
It shone with a thousand lights;
And there was a woman who passed along,
The fairest of all the sights.
A girl to her lover then softly sighed,
"There's riches at her command."
"But she married for wealth, not for love," he cried!
"Though she lives in a mansion grand."
Refrain
"I stood in a churchyard just at eve,
When sunset adorned the west;
And looked at the people who'd come to grieve
For loved ones now laid at rcst.
A tall marble monument marked the grave
Of one who'd been fashion's queen;
And I thought, "She is happier here at rest,
Than to have people say when seen: "
When sunset adorned the west;
And looked at the people who'd come to grieve
For loved ones now laid at rcst.
A tall marble monument marked the grave
Of one who'd been fashion's queen;
And I thought, "She is happier here at rest,
Than to have people say when seen: "
Refrain again.
A bit sad - or just plain morbid?
The bird and birdcage were cut out using a Tim Holtz die - the bird painted black with a Dabber and the cage coloured gold with utee. The ladies head was chosen for its size and for the melancholy look in her eyes.
