Generations

Here are some LOs i scrapped this week for my family history book. I have been very slack lately but maybe i have my mojo back again, as i have done 3 LOs today and completed 1 that i had sitting around since last year. Here's hoping!

BABY ME is me (duh!) when i was about 9 months old. I started this last year, and finally completed it today.

SALLY AND HER SISTER - this is my great-grandmother (thats her on the left) and her sister Ellen. Isnt this the most gorgeous photo! I love how the photographer has set this up.

HANNAH - this is my great-great grandmother (mother of the Sally and her sister). She looks pretty cranky, eh? But i think its just cause she is not smiling. The photo was taken in 1915 and i found on the back of the original my grandmother had written her name and the date. Wasnt that lucky - and how special it was to see a sample of my grandmothers handwriting when she was about 13. There is a good case for you doing hand journalling on your pages!!

I read somewhere recently that the reason noone smiled in photos back then was because it took so long for the photo exposure time that they would have had aching face muscles - and they wouldnt have been able to stay in the same pose for the required length of time.

I consider myself very lucky indeed to have these old photos.
cheers
Debra

Whole day of scrapping!

Yesterday i had a whole day scrapping at Bumblebee Crafts, the Making Memories ladies from US took us through making a whole album in day! That's right, 30 pages in the day. I got about 75% of each page done, didnt put photos on, only the first page as a placeholder, i had one photocopied photo and used that (didnt scan very well!)

It was a fantastic day. I won a book, the new Making Memories Show & Tell book, which is fantastic!

I have to now complete my album - no excuses! Better get my skates on.

Photos

I have been sorting through my photos that i took while i was away, and grouping them by city. Its funny how a photo can evoke a feeling or memory in an instant. Arent we lucky that we have such technology? I remember my mum taking little black & white photos of us when we were young (i have oodles of them). I even have some box brownies that i got off ebay. How far technology has come in my lifetime. Now, there is a good subject for a scrap page! Must do that one!

The shop continues to go well, i am very lucky to have secured the services of 2 great scrapbooking teachers. Donna and Cheree both have fantastic, and very different, styles. Classes start tomorrow!

White Tubas

Thought i would share these pics with you that i took in New York, there were all these young kids walking through Grand Central station (which is always packed) and they were walking along in single file with white tubas. They were promoting something that was happening that afternoon, so occasionally they would stop and announce the event. When i spotted them i chased them all over the station to get some pics, it was just such a funny site!

I have decided i had better get moving and look at all the photos i took o/seas so i can get scrapping on them. A big task!

til next time,
cheers
Debra