Alexandra’s Sunday Scrapbook – An Epiphany page
From Alexandra: “The celebration of the Epiphany is very important in France where i grew up. Come January, every bakery has an array of “galette des Rois” (=Kings’ Cakes) in which a little token called a “fève”, the size of a bean, is hidden inside the “frangipane”(=almond ganache). Whomever gets it is declared “King” or “Queen” for the day. I’ve kept the tradition going and put a page together to illustrate the little celebration we had last Monday night with my husband and our 9 year old daughter. The picture I took turned out to be very dark so i had to find a way to brighten things up so to speak…”
“I thought about using one of my favorite Penny Black stamps ☞ #40-076 nature’s best. It’s such a cheerful image! I fussy cut it and colored it with watercolor pencils. I added papers from the Madison Collection and a beautiful embossed white paper also from PB. I hope you’ll visit my blog for more info.“
and since I have preciously kept each fève since the age of 5, I thought it’d be fun to share a picture of my collection…
What a lovely tradition and wonderful representation!
Thank you so much for your comment Beckie!
So important to keep up with traditions. Out here is a big celebration on 5th January when the Three Kings either ride or walk through the town or village distributing sweets and gifts. It’s beautiful.
Val in Spain xxx
Dear Val,
Yes, The Epiphany is an even bigger deal in Spain than it is in France isn’t it?
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment and for sharing you perspective on the celebration
Wonderful and lovely to see the fèves – I lived in France for a year (and visit often). My kids adored the Galettes des Rois – a really special memory for them. A lovely scrapbook page and I love the stamps you used. Thank you for sharing x
Hi KK,
Did you now? Where about? The kids love this tradition doesn’t matter where they’re from
Thank You for your comment…
Wow, what a fantastic tradition.
Beautiful! Love the coloring and use of stamped images! Well done, Alexandra!