POSTCARD CHALLENGE -WEEK 28~GERMANY

Well this week I was home more ; but still  limited time to devote to my card. My ancestors are from Germany- but I know very little of my Father's homeland- I remember as a girl scout I was fascinated by their  postage stamps so  I broke down this week and used a real stamp on my card. One thing I do know about Germany is they have many types of beers (they are the 2nd largest beer consumers in the world) & of coarse Oktoberfest is the most famous beer party all  over the world- Favorite foods are  sausages & pretzels . Famous people from Germany are many musicians such as Beethoven , Handel, Bach - Pope Benedict XVI. Levi Strauss, Rudolf Diesel Thomas Man, and many more. Famous items from Germany are  Zeppelins, BMW, gummy bears and the first printed book was in German.
The one symbol of Germany I can recall is the Kaiser Eagle - this is found all over Germany and it is the symbol of the Holy Roman Empire- My version is the old 2 headed version.


FRONT of Card

Kaiser Eagle done in ink and markers then  cut out

and placed on postcard -the background was

achieved using Distress ink -Old Paper

Shield is the Flag of Germany

 BACK of Card





I used the old "Real " stamp on the back to add some coloring.

Script on top of card is based from an old post card from Germany

Correspondence as follows:

"Alexander,

I'm heading home from England ,

but stopped in Germany to do some more painting-

The countryside here is so tranquil.

Went to Cologne Cathedral  very  awesome -

 well worth the 600 years it took to build it.

My memory is improving-Still haven't

figured out 'Reuben' ; but I do remember

being in a dark room with vaulted ceilings...

I do remember your amazing tux in Austria-

But my dress is a blank?

Waiting for next card,

Melite"

Book Page

Back to watercolor and pen work

This was based on 2 tourist posters from the 1930's

 One was an ad for traveling by Zeppelin and the other was

an ad for touring the countryside in a BMV.

I choose the items I loved best to complete the page

The Scripted Header is an example of German Fraktur

writing  ( believe that is correct )

Completed Page

Oh Yea another piece of trivia- the largest German

 word is 79 letters long-

Let's see how may of you can read this (especially after all the beer):

Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitatenhauotbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft

Happy Creating

Fotojoy / Joyce