Okay, so I'm not a scrapbooker... not in the cutsie die-cut adding scrapbooking way. But, I really wanted to make a book for my Mom about her family so I sat down with everything I knew that was interesting and pulled out all the documents I had, photos, stories and such and I got to work.I was not planning on making a book of everything I knew about her whole family, but rather her Father and his immediate family, so I started with his parents.
The first page was an introduction and their marriage certificate, that's where the story began. I then gave information about their travel to the US, how the family was seperated for a few years and how one of her uncles was left in England.
After a page for each of her grandparents, I then created as many pages as needed for each of their sons, obviously her father I had a lot of information for and he ended up with 6 pages.I created the book for my Mom back in 2008 and have just completed one for her brother (shhh, don't tell - it's a surprise) and will send it to him soon. I just wanted to share a few of the pages here.
I think you did a GREAT job on this Cindy - it shouldn't look 'cutesy' as you say.
ReplyDeleteVery Nice. I agree I'm not a big one for all the scrapbook stuff either. I like the more contemporary look of a coffee table book.
ReplyDeleteGreat Scrapbook! I'm sure she enjoyed getting this and so will your uncle.
ReplyDeletewow, those are great. When I get to it, I would like to do something like that. Nice blog. thanks for adding as a follower over at arootdigger.
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Cindy, I am a scrapbooker but nothing "cutesy" on my pages! :) I lean toward the vintage look which you nailed! Great job!
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