Hi everybody,
with this post I enter the contest by @silviadiez, now a fixed appointment that I can not miss because making collages was a hobby that I had forgotten for too long and I rediscovered thanks to this contest. I'm glad there are new participants in the last weeks!
KEEP CALM AND VISIT LONDON
London has always been one of my favorite travel destinations, so much so that I once thought about going there to live! Although in general, the city is expensive, thanks to low-cost flights and the great offer of B&Bs, I was able to make several trips quite cheaply and I plan to go back...
It's strange because the very first time I didn't want to go there, in the cold North, it always rains... I think I was 20 years old, and had this idea of a grey and unwelcoming place, it was a friend of mine who convinced me to go, and guess what? With London was love at first sight! It was thanks to this episode that I understood that the idea we get of a place without knowing it is absolutely groundless!
STEPS
So I went looking for all the photos, calendars, and memories I have of London, although to tell the truth I didn't want to sacrifice much! So in the end I limited myself to some photographs, when I was still using the camera in 2001, more recent chocolate wrappers, and postcards that I sent myself!
This time I tried to cut out the paper with my hands.
While I cut out the photos with scissors: one of the famous Double-Deckers, from the same photo I cut out the lamppost with the flowers, and one of the Beatles that I took at Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum. The Beatles aren't Londoners, but let's say they represent Great Britain :)
This time I chose a simple background with a cut out of a neutral-colored magazine and another piece of light blue paper.
So I did some testing and kept gluing the pieces together.
In the end, I added some details, like the Queen's Guard, or I guess now I have to say the King's Guard? And then a little dog with a wool hat in front of him, and some snowflakes, a cup and a little train, because London reminds me of Christmas, and then I had to stop because as usual, I put a lot of stuff and everything gets confused :D
So this is my idea of Travel and I think that if I hadn't discovered London at that time I wouldn't have done all the other trips that came after and the ones I still plan.
Thanks for stopping by, have a nice day!