Hello, Memory Bound friends! On a recent Facebook Live video, I shared some scrapbooks I’ve been working on lately, including a few pages from my heritage albums. From the comments and questi…
Choosing colors for a heritage scrapbook shouldn't be difficult. Determine your project's theme, and then choose a palette that gives you the freedom to cover multiple topics. If you need to, borrow this color palette for your heritage scrapbook for a female ancestor. Peach and Green Palette for a Feminine Vintage Scrapbook A heritage scrapbook is a visual window to the past of your family's legacy. While my grandmother is spunky, she has many old family photos with black and
I have to start by saying that this isn’t my favourite layout. But I can’t tell you why. Something about it just doesn’t feel right – I don’t know if it’s my fon…
Thursday Challenge (7/21/11) - Historic Marker uploaded in Thursday Challenge: Photos were taken by me, August 1994, when we went back to West Virgin...
This month the Genealogy Challenge I'm issuing is to create a tribute page to one ancestor. What I mean by that is - pick an ancestor and write your memories of that person. Maybe that would be your grandmother or grandfather. Or perhaps your grandmother told you stories of her mom so even though you didn't personally know her, you do know stories about her. The tribute is not dry facts such as where the person was during each census year. It's not about those facts we find when we are researching. It's about your memories, both the good and the bad! My suggestion is you keep your Ancestor Tribute to one page double-sided if you want to write a lot, or just one side. It doesn't take long - you just let the words flow and it doesn't have to be in chronological order. It's just your thoughts and memories coming out quickly. I wrote one and it went so fast that I wrote several others! I got a little fancy with a few and added photos but I kept my Ancestor Tributes to one page. I'm really happy with them and plan to do more and put them into a little coil-bound "book" to share with my siblings. Ancestor Tribute page for my great-grandmother. I never knew her but my grandmother and my aunts told me many stories so I was able to write a page about her. The Ancestor Tribute pages are memories. They might not be accurate. They might be lies, half-truths or misunderstood or half-remembered information. But they have value as they bring the ancestor to life. Did you hear that Grandpa Joe made dandelion wine? Write it down in his Tribute page! Did Grandma make silly faces at the table? Did you overhear her telling a story about her mother? Write it all down. My grandfather died before I was born but my Tribute page is based on things my father, Uncle Clare and my mom and aunt told me. And now I'm off to write a few more. I hope you'll take a half hour and write at least one Ancestor Tribute page this month. If you enjoy it, write more! Share them with family.
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Made this fabric book during the class of Nellie Wortman. I used a lot of fabric, lace, paper and paint.
En ny side i den flotte journal-boken jeg fikk til jul. Denne gangen har jeg griset masse med te, og laget splæsjer med te-poser. Bildet er av min bestemor og pappa. Det ble en skikkelig vintage side, med all den pyntet jeg elsker og forbinder med vintage. Har laget en lag på lag med papirpose,boksider,blonder og kakeservietter. Chipboard fra Scrapinec og DustyAttic. Brukt masse gamle billetter,knapper og frimerker. Stemplet rundt på siden med stempler fra Prima. Blir med på utfordringer hos Live and Love Crafts #10: Bingo -Horizontal; Lace,Doily,Metal Kreative Verden #1: Alt er lov Papirdokkene #46: Alt er lov
I talked about one way to get started on your Family History by focusing on a special couple or generations, using the Heritage Calendar to remind you every month to focus on a new one. If you lack of ideas on what to do to start writing about this people, and if they or somebody who knew them is still alive, you might find this 50 question list useful: What is your full name? Why did your parents select this name for you? Did you have a nickname? When and where were you born? How did your family come to live there? Were there other family members in the area? Who? What was the house (apartment, farm, etc.) like? How many rooms? Bathrooms? Did it have electricity? Indoor plumbing? Telephones? Were there any special items in the house that you remember? What is your earliest childhood memory? Describe the personalities of your family members. What kind of games did you play growing up? What was your favorite toy and why? What was your favorite thing to do for fun (movies, beach, etc.)? Did you have family chores? What were they? Which was your least favorite? Did you receive an allowance? How much? Did you save your money or spend it? What was school like for you as a child? What were your best and worst subjects? Where did you attend grade school? High school? College? What school activities and sports did you participate in? Do you remember any fads from your youth? Popular hairstyles? Clothes? Who were your childhood heroes? What were your favorite songs and music? Did you have any pets? If so, what kind and what were their names? What was your religion growing up? What church, if any, did you attend? Were you ever mentioned in a newspaper? Who were your friends when you were growing up? What world events had the most impact on you while you were growing up? Did any of them personally affect your family? Describe a typical family dinner. Did you all eat together as a family? Who did the cooking? What were your favorite foods? How were holidays (birthdays, Christmas, etc.) celebrated in your family? Did your family have special traditions? How is the world today different from what it was like when you were a child? Who was the oldest relative you remember as a child? What do you remember about them? What do you know about your family surname? Is there a naming tradition in your family, such as always giving the firstborn son the name of his paternal grandfather? What stories have come down to you about your parents? Grandparents? More distant ancestors? Are there any stories about famous or infamous relatives in your family? Have any recipes been passed down to you from family members? Are there any physical characteristics that run in your family? Are there any special heirlooms, photos, bibles or other memorabilia that have been passed down in your family? What was the full name of your spouse? Siblings? Parents? When and how did you meet your spouse? What did you do on dates? What was it like when you proposed (or were proposed to)? Where and when did it happen? How did you feel? Where and when did you get married? What memory stands out the most from your wedding day? How would you describe your spouse? What do (did) you admire most about them? What do you believe is the key to a successful marriage? How did you find out your were going to be a parent for the first time? Why did you choose your children's names? What was your proudest moment as a parent? What did your family enjoy doing together? What was your profession and how did you choose it? If you could have had any other profession what would it have been? Why wasn't it your first choice? Of all the things you learned from your parents, which do you feel was the most valuable? What accomplishments were you the most proud of? 50. What is the one thing you most want people to remember about you? This list is from genealogy.about.com
“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you t...
Da har jeg vært på scrappetreff på Konnerud i helgen, koste meg masse. Fikk mye inspirasjon til nye prosjekter. Har laget et konfirmasjonskort til jente i vintage stil og craft kartong. Blir da med i to utfordringer med dette kortet, Kort O Mania og Scrapperiket. Frist 14.03.12 og 24.03.12
Are you researching Catholic ancestors? The Catholic Heritage Archive at FindMyPast is THE resource to include in your genealogy research.
Every month Maja Design has this really cool Mood Board Challenge going....it's a really fun and inspirational board that suggests colors, text, embellishments and moods. This months mood board was made to work with the Vintage Summer Basics collection but there are many other Maja Design papers that work really well with the mood board as well. I just love using the mood board to inspire a page. I loved the feminine pretty photos in the mood board and I chose a number of the words to use on my page like 'lace', 'pearls', 'shades of misty rose', 'pale peach', 'beauty', 'flowers' and 'shimmer'. And what a beautiful poem, just the thing to put you in the mood for scrapping! Here is the mood board for February if you want to play along (there is a beautiful Maja collection up for grabs for the winner!! See challenge rules at this link Maja February Mood Board Challenge) I wanted to get a nice soft feminine effect on the page so I started out with 2 layers of patterned papers from the Maja Design collection called 'Vintage Summer Basics' (1908-bs, 1921, 1925) and some torn strips from the 6x6 paper pad from the same collection. Although I had these pretty new papers to work with I wanted to be practical and use some of my older stash as well. I have all these lovely rub-on's that I've been hoarding from my days on the Daisy D's design team and I figured I will eventually have to stop hoarding and use them right? lol. The 'Life is Good' title is from one of the Daisy D's rub-on sheets and the white lace design is a rub-on from another Daisy D's rub-on sheet I had. I first did a little bit of inking with a make-up sponge and some Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet Distress Ink, I think it's the perfect color to match the pinks in the Maja collection. This also allowed the white lace rub-on to show up better on the patterned paper. Here are more close-ups of the page.... Now I have to let you know that I've had a number of people ask how I get the paper to pull down when I do those little peek-a-boo edges. Sometimes it's just easier to do a little video tutorial than to explain it. So I got my oldest daughter to hold the camera while I recorded a little piece for you to see how I do it. I have to appologize in advance about the sound quality on this video piece, my daughter taped it with my phone camera and I'm thinking she may have had her hand over the speaker while taping some parts. But I think you'll still see how easy it is to do when you watch the clip.... Here is another close-up of one of the pulled back paper edges. The key for sure is that you want to use a nice heavy weight paper that can take the paper manipulation...and you can find that in the Maja Design papers, they are a great quality paper! And finally I wanted to mention the lovely chipboard pieces I used on the this page. The loopy sweet vine you see on my page edges is a new one from Dusty Attic called 'Swirly Vines #3' and the floral chippie that I used to frame my photo is one called 'Floral Corners' that I cut up so that it would wrap around the photo. Below are a couple of steps is did in making up the frame design. The actual first step is to paint your chipboard white and then tint the leafy areas with some green chalk ink. Then you want to glue your chipboard pieces to your layout. Continue with the steps below... I like to fill in the petal areas with a bit of Glossy Accents after the Stickles dry just because I find the Stickles dry fairly flat and I love the thick glossy look they have when they are wet. Adding the Glossy accents keeps that glossy thick look to the petals. I hope these tips and tutorials have helped! If you every have any questions and would like to see a demonstration of techniques I use on my pages just leave a comment and ask....I'll see what I can do about getting tutorials posted. And if you would like to play along this month in the Maja February Mood Board Challenge you can find the rules for the challenge there as well (the main rules being that you please resize your photos to 600x600 pi and that you not put on any watermarks for the challenge page entry....also that you must use some Maja Design papers to enter the challenge). We had loads of entries last month and look forward to seeing your creations this month as well!
“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you t...
Preserving old family letters is one of the best things you can do to be sure their precious content is available to future generations. Follow these easy steps from The Archive Lady, Melissa Barker…
Several tips or ideas to try to improve your finding of your ancestors.
I'm really excited to show you all my first project with Maja Designs! Every first Tuesday of the month Maja puts out this cool challenge called the Mood Board Challenge. This is a board created by Jenny Grotherus our super talented design team coordinator filled with inspiration to help you create a beautiful page full of gorgeous color, texture and perhaps journal inspiration as well. Below is the mood board for January...I chose to use the 'shades of blue', 'warming browns', 'torn', 'some stitches', 'hand journaling', 'plaid' and 'crisp air' as my inspiration points. And I just loved the inspiration poem as well! It put me in mind of this photo I recently got of my two great nieces, riding these stone elephants....it's so true how children find such joy in simple things and how the world around us can move us to feel like children again. I used the beautiful and perfectly distressed Maja Designs collections called 'Life in the Country' and 'Vintage Summer Basics' to make up this page. I chose papers from these two collections but they also have a wonderful Vintage Winter collection that is filled with these pretty blues and browns. Here are some close-up's of the page showing some of the detail work.... The intricate chipboard flourish in the corner of the photo is another NEW Dusty Attic piece called Vine Corner and the flourish at the bottom is called Scroll #10. I'm always amazed at how incredibly detailed Dusty Attic gets with their chipboard! Supplies: Patterned Paper: Maja Designs, (Life in the Country 6x6 paper pad)(Vintage Summer Basics) Chipboard: Dusty Attic Designs (Vine Corner, Scroll #10) Flowers: Prima, Dusty Attic Alphabet stickers: Websters Pages Martha Stewart Edge/corner punches (Swirling Lace) I've already been asked by many of you where you can find these beautiful papers. They do have a Store Finder at their website, all you have to do is click the flag for your country and you'll get a list of vendors carrying the Maja products. I do have to say for those of us in North America the pickens are thin right now so my best advice would be to let your local scrapbook store know of your interest in these collections. I find most local stores are very interested in knowing what products people would like for them to bring in. I do believe there are a number of online stores in the other countries as well that would probably ship to North America as well. For more information on the Mood Board challenges and to see more layouts made by the design team with this months mood board you can check out todays blog post at the Maja blog :)
Mixed media and fabric collage
