"Generations"  Wedding Album

 

Dear friends, I thank you for joining me today!

I'm afraid I've been away from my blog lately; more than I'd like to be.   But aside from 'no home internet' these days,  my parents are not at all well.   Dad was in the hospital this last week end, and mom totally depends on him.

My siblings and I have been caring for them as best we can.

It may not be long before we move them to a facility that can cook and clean for them;  we shall see.

 

Well,  - I am bringing back something I had posted in September 2015 I think. 

I made this mini album (it is about 6"X6") for myself several years ago.  It contains old wedding photo's! of members from my husbands family and my family as well.  Several generations are in here.

The album is made of:   White corrugated board, a mix of scrapbook papers- (mostly Prima paper) http://www.primamarketinginc.com/  from the  'Almanac' and 'Printery' paper collections.  Also  handmade flowers, some ribbon, chipboard, glitter glass, stickles, rubber stamping,  and beads... : ) you get the picture! LOL

 

Here is the cover: 

The tag pulls out to the left with some information on it.  Most of the pages have 'hidden' pull-out tags with info about the corresponding photo. The chipboard mannequin is from Blue Fern Studios http://bluefernstudios.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1 and has a sprinkle of glitter glass.  I added a silhouette of black cardstock behind it~

I will be sharing this with Wen at Apple Apricot blog:

 

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Bi-monthly link party!!

Please stop in to see some wonderful 'neutral' projects and photos~  There is a bit of everything shared there and so much inspiration!  Perhaps you would join in and share with us!?!

 

Here is a page of my fathers parents:

I made the flowers. The teeny letter 'tickets' are from the (Prima) Almanac paper collection. We called grandpa "Pops" & he was quite a 'salty ol' dog! LOL~

 

Here are my mothers parents.   It's hard to see the back drop behind them in this photo, but up close it is amazing! So vintage~

Both my mothers parents  are 100% French : ) [my dads mother was too.]   All of my French great grandparents hail from Canada; and their parents came over from France~  ( All of my grandparents were born in Michigan)

And here are my parents below.  Mom was so beautiful : ) They were so in love - and still are after 62 years of marriage! *sigh*

The flowers are all hand made and the butterfly is Blue Fern chipboard.   Papers are Prima.

Here are my great grandparents on my dads fathers side. (The German side:)

  I heard these two were quite the pair!  They look mischievous to me! LOL!  The buttons are vintage; from grandma's jar.  Did a bit of sewing machine stitching too~

Here comes Alan's grandparents! (him mom's parents)

The original "Poppy." He worked his own greenhouses (on their property) until he retired.
He could make A N Y T H I N G  grow~   Grandma was a kindergarten teacher for 26 years!

And here is Grandma's parents.  This, of course, is not their wedding photo (we don't have one)  but a 50th Anniversary photo.

Westy (great grandpa) was another "Salty Dog!" ; ) and though great-grandma "Oma" was already gone when I met Alan, I did get to meet Grandpa "Westy". There are 'tales' he joined (snuck in to) the Navy when he was only 16 yrs. old~


Alan's  parents' wedding:

His dad's parents on the left and Poppy and Grandma on the right.  For this page I used 'My Minds Eye' paper; some of my very favorite,  from their (retired) Lost & Found collection.
 Also used some wedding applique and hand made flowers.

My dad's mom, Alberta, was sooo dear to my heart.  We became very close when they moved out to be with us in Colorado.  She was a dear soul. 

There are a few more but I think I'll stop right here : )  Thank you so much for your visits and friendship!!  My heart feels a bit torn - wanting to spend more attention to my blog, but knowing the important things must come first!  I know God will help me sort everything out and help me set my priorities in order~
Bless you all! and thank you for your thoughts and prayers~

Karen