Meg's Garden DT - Ellen Kean

It's a joy to work with the luscious papers from Meg's Garden and I chose to use the 

Dreaming in the Meadows collection “Dreaming in Mulberry”

The strip I fussy cut and used to trim the top of the page.

The beautiful “Emperor pin”  is tucked into the cluster on the right 

along with “Organza lace flower with diamante”

The “Small rectangular Parisian frame”, I painted with Croco crackle and burnished with some gold acrylic glaze

THE STORY

Ellen Mary Kean (Nell) was my husband's Grandmother, she was born in 1869 at Seven Hill in South Australia.  This is a little of her story and demonstrates her strength of character.

Unlike a lot a women of her era, Ellen was an anti-monarchist and a pacifist.

Once, when she was walking from the train station to the Roayl Adelaide Hospital to visit her dying  husband, she berated the soldiers standing guard at Government house. She let them know her opinions on the futility of war and her absolute contempt for the Monarchy. 

Ellen’s husband died after fifteen years of marriage, leaving her to raise five children alone. There was no widow’s pension in 1917, so she was reliant on the kindness of relatives and her skills as a seamstress to help feed and clothe her young family.

MATERIALS

Meg’s Garden - Dreaming in Meadows, “Dreaming in Mulberry”

Meg’s Garden - Emperor pin

Meg’s Garden - Organza lace flower with diamante

Meg’s Garden - Small regtangular Parisian frame

Prima flowers

Prima “Say it with crystals”

Kaiser flowers

Martha Stewart punch - Embossed zig-zig

Life’s Journey - Stamp

Wild Asparagus - Pale pink cardstock

Bazzil - Purple cardstock

Imaginarium  - alphas

Tattered Angels Glimmermist - Pashmina

Tattered Angels Chalboard - Astrid

Cheery Lyn die - Large Sunflower Doily

Melissa Frances - Vintage Embellishment (key)

Silks acrylic glaze - Solar Gold

Croco Crackling Colour - White

Ribbon - Spotlight