Friday 3 August 2012

Postcard Challenge

week 31 Denmark.

I spent ages this week looking for inspiration, I found Denmark really hard.  I kept finding things I liked the look of, but then changing my mind.

I looked at food, over here in the UK we have Danish bacon and Danish butter. I looked at Beer..obviously lol... I researched architecture and churches, then I went looking at archaeology, and ended up reading about various ancient but well preserved bodies, some still in their clothes.

While they were all very interesting I just couldn't make myself do a card, so I ended up going for an easy option, which  am not totally happy with, but i just wasn't feeling this weeks country at all.

I went for Thumbelina, a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published in 1835 in Denmark.


and for my page I went for the  Lego logo. I remember having lego as a child, 35 years ago, and i made sure my son had plenty of lego too when he was young.

The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958), a carpenter from Billund, Denmark, who began making wooden toys in 1932. In 1934, his company came to be called "Lego", from the  phrase leg godt, which means "play well".


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10 comments:

  1. Nice postcard, fairy tales and lego are a good choice. Valerie

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  2. I went for beer! But I did used to work for Carlsberg, so that gives me the perfect excuse. I got to visit the Copenhagen brewery several times :)

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  3. I also hit publish before I could comment on your darling Thumbelina. She is a darling!!

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  4. Yeah another Fairy tale fan, lovely postcard of Thumbelina.
    Jen x

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  5. Great choice of subjects. Can't beat a good fairy tale and your postcard is lovely.

    Janet xx

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  6. Beautiful card, love the Lego page too. A xx

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  7. I know what I'm doing..but going to be late this week...sorry. Apparently nothing happened in Denmark in 1895...but after a week of trawling, I found something :D XXX

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  8. great minds think alike (lego) lol. a lovely card..

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  9. Glad you did an image of a Hans Christian Andersen, she is delightful. Cheers

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  10. Wanted to let everyone know - I had a glinch for my posting of Denmark- Blog has been corrected - So go check out the colorful world of Denmark :)

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