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Grenada – Island of Spice

February 7, 2012 by Barb 18 Comments

 

We visited this beautiful island in January of 2010 and I took this photo from the cruise ship as we were leaving. Grenada is known for its spices: nutmeg, mace, cloves, bay leaves, cotton, cinnamon. We toured a spice farm and went to Annandale Falls. It was quite the experience riding a bus on narrow, winding, (I’d say treacherous) roads. Everyone, everywhere you went, was looking for a tip. It could have been overwhelming but we just accepted that this is Grenada. It is a very poor country and the last hurricane, Ivan, destroyed almost 90% of their spice farms. So many people were in dire straights – we didn’t begrudge them their tips.

I chose this photo as the subject of a tutorial I took at Digital Scrapper.

Credits:
Photo… Sketch… Painting.
February 2012 Digital Scrapper Premier—©2012 Digital Scrapper. Lesson by Jan Walker.
Photo Mask – February 2012 Digital Scrapper Premier kit ‘Count the Ways’ by Joanne Brisebois.
Font: All Over Again

Filed Under: Scrapbook Tagged With: digital scrapper

Comments

  1. grandmabish says

    February 7, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    Whoa! Beautiful! I didn’t get past the thumbnail before wanting to ask how you did this. LOVE it!

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  2. TexWisGirl says

    February 7, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    i really like how you did this. beautiful.

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  3. Susan says

    February 7, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    How beautiful! I hope this is on your wall somewhere!

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  4. Deanna says

    February 7, 2012 at 7:39 pm

    Oh my goodness, this is so unique…beautiful!!

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  5. A Pretty Life in the Suburbs says

    February 7, 2012 at 8:09 pm

    This is beautiful – I love the effect!!
    Jo

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  6. Nadege, says

    February 8, 2012 at 1:58 am

    This looks wonderful, amazing edit.

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  7. Ross says

    February 8, 2012 at 9:50 pm

    At first I looked at it and didn’t know if it was a picture, painting, or a print. Looks fantastic!

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  8. Its So Very Cheri says

    February 9, 2012 at 2:06 am

    I came over to follow you on the new Linky Follower and would love to have you come over and follow me too.

    Cheri

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  9. Tera Leigh says

    February 9, 2012 at 10:33 am

    Love your gorgeous blog! So glad I found you via the Linky Blog Hop. Following you now! Hope you can come visit me at http://www.eccentricleopard.com

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  10. Seraphina´s Phantasie says

    February 9, 2012 at 2:41 pm

    This is wonderful. Really like a painting with this gentle tones. I like it very very much. Kind regards, Synnöve

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  11. Tanya@takesix says

    February 9, 2012 at 5:27 pm

    What a beautiful picture. I would LOVE to visit a spice farm. Your blog header is beautiful. Thank you for following me via the LF blog hop. I am following you back. :)

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  12. Evelyn S. says

    February 9, 2012 at 7:19 pm

    First of all, this is one terrific image! Amazing digital treatment! I’m always impressed by cityscapes (and island scapes) captured by people on cruise ships. It’s such a fabulous view.

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  13. Maryann @ Domestically-Speaking says

    February 9, 2012 at 8:19 pm

    Beautiful! Found you through Linky Followers blog hop. Hope you’ll come for a visit and consider following.

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  14. Angela Acosta says

    February 10, 2012 at 12:47 am

    Beautiful effect on the photo. It’s not much different in the Dominican Republic on the tip thing — and the impromptu tour guides. What makes it work is that they are always very grateful and helpful.

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  15. Michelle says

    February 10, 2012 at 7:22 am

    beautiful! I am now following you on Linky.I would love it if you followed me back. I really enjoy meeting new Bloggers.

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  16. Jeanne says

    February 10, 2012 at 3:57 pm

    That is beautiful! I Found you on Linky and followed!! Hope you like me enough to follow back!!

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  17. Jennifer says

    February 10, 2012 at 5:03 pm

    Just stopping by from the Linky Party Hop. I hope you will visit http://www.laughterandgrace.com and follow back.

    Thanks!!

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  18. Angela Acosta says

    February 13, 2012 at 10:01 pm

    those cookies must be delicious — they’re chocolate!

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