As you know, I've been doing a few heritage scrapbooking projects. (You can find details HERE and HERE and HERE). Today I wanted to share with you a two page spread I created with a wallet size photo of my great grandma. I may have gotten a little carried away with the Thickers on this layout but I think I got my point across. ;)
I wanted this layout to emphasize vast amount of quilts that my great grandma made. She made hundreds of quilts for dozens of family members and friends.
I added a lot of hand journaling on the right side of the two page spread as well as a few more Thickers to balance out the huge amount of Thickers that I added on the layout on the left side.
I love how this layout turned out and I think that when my family looks at this layout they will remember exactly how much my great grandma quilted.
Even though this photo my not qualify as a heritage photo because it's not that old (it was taken circa 2000). I think it is relevant to heritage scrapbooking because it tells a story that dates back several years.
Have you done any heritage scrapbooking lately? Where do you find inspiration for your heritage scrapbooking?
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Can I just pretend that February and March didn't happen? Okay, not really but I do feel bad that I haven't kept my blog updated. Although, today I'll be talking a little bit more about scrapbooking heritage photos.
It's been a few busy weeks. Although, I don't like the word busy. I feel like the word busy is an excuse and it's over glorified. The truth is that I traded updating my blog and keeping up on my scrapbooking work to spend some time with family. In the month of March I welcomed a new niece and a new nephew into my side of the family. My nephew was born a healthy 8lbs 6oz. He's the most perfect little man. I adore him and love every chance I get to snuggle him.
My niece was born at 29 weeks and weighed 3lbs 3oz. We're very grateful to have her and her momma in our family. We had a very scary time when this little lady was born. I'm happy to say that my niece and her momma are both doing very well. The baby will be spending a few weeks in the NICU but so far she's been a rock-star and has done amazingly well. She's captured our hearts and we can't wait for her to come home in a few weeks. I had to wait a very long time before I got to snuggle her. I was so SO excited to finally get to hold her.
While my blog has been quiet I have been working on a few projects behind the scenes and will be sharing all of them with you very soon. Today, I do have a new project to share with you. It's a project that I shared during my Heritage Scrapinar that I did with Lain Ehmann. I think you'll love it.
On this layout I created a large vellum pocket in which I put my great grandmother's life history. It's a life history that she wrote in 1975. I machine stitched a piece of vellum on my background paper leaving the top open so I could slide the life history into the pocket.
I added my title, embellishments, and photo on the top of the pocket.
I think this technique of stitching a vellum pocket onto a layout is a great way to add so many documents (report cards, certificates, essays, lengthy journaling).
I'll be repeating this technique over and over again.
Thank you for stopping by today. Looking forward things will be back to normal around here and I have many fun things in store for you.
on this layout but I think I got my point across. ;)
