keskiviikko 23. syyskuuta 2009

The Three Muses: Windows / Ikkunoita

Kolmen Muusan haasteen aiheena on "Ikkunat". Minä tykkään käydä näyteikkunaostoksilla - se on hauskaa ja halpaa! Kun olin lapsi, oli suurta huvia käydä sunnuntaisin kaupungilla kävelyllä koko perheen voimin ja katsella kauppojen näyteikkunoita - eivätkä kaupat silloin edes olleet auki sunnuntaisin. Hienoimmat somistukset oli lelukauppojen ja tavaratalojen ikkunoissa joulun aikaan: joulupukit vilkuttivat, porot lensivät ja valot välkkyivät. - Tässä altsukirjan aukeamassani olen nyt hieman eläytynyt entisiinkin aikoihin ja käyttänyt oikeanpuoleisessa sivussa kuvia aikakauslehdistä 1950-luvulta.

The Three Muses
challenged us to make art with "Windows". I love window shopping - it's fun and it's cheap. In my childhood our whole family used to go for a walk in the town centre on Sundays and take a look at the shop windows - the shops weren't even open on Sundays in those days. The most fantastic displays were in the windows of toy shops and department stores at Christmas season: there were Santas smiling, reindeers flying and lights flashing. - On this spread of my altered book I've revived some of my childhood memories by using (on the right-hand page) images from 1950s magazines.

12 kommenttia:

  1. What great pages for your journal, Eila. Thank you for sharing your personal thoughts regarding window shopping. The pages are beautifully done. Thank you so much for joining in our challenge!

    VastaaPoista
  2. Your shop windows are fabulous!

    VastaaPoista
  3. What a wonderful idea to express your memories about your youth in this journal Eila !!

    VastaaPoista
  4. Fabulous take on this theme- something we all love to do - window shopping(it's a whole artform in itself isn't it! Beautiful journal pages Eila!

    VastaaPoista
  5. ooo shopping, i love shopping and i love your window!

    VastaaPoista
  6. Eila, your Windows double page spread is a joy, and brings back so many happy memories of doing the same each Christmas with our own children when they were little. Thank you so much for making your altered book for the Three Muses challenges. Kudos to you.

    VastaaPoista
  7. What a great idea! Lovely journal pages.

    VastaaPoista
  8. What beautiful special pages for your journal, Eila, very creative, I'm a window shopper too, gets to expensive to go through the door!

    VastaaPoista
  9. Eila, I am in awe at the amount of work you have put into your two journal pages which are stunningly beautiful and completely unique. I especially love the couple looking into the window at your design. (Have you ever worked as a window-dresser?) It is always a joy to see your pages each week and we are so lucky that you are sharing them with us.

    VastaaPoista
  10. You're the first to show us shop windows. It's an original and beautiful entry!

    VastaaPoista