Just a quick hello to say I have been enjoying organizing photos and memories for telling more family history stories.
What have you been working on?
Jennifer Shoer aka Scrappy Gen
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Showing posts with label Scrapbooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scrapbooking. Show all posts
03 September 2014
26 January 2014
Scrapbook Sunday - Sharing Memories - The Worst School Year Ever - Kindergarten
A Shy Little Girl
Imagine a shy little girl, eldest child, five years old. She lived in two countries and five homes before the age of three. Although shy she had successfully attended preschool for two years and had gradually gained some confidence in making friends and participating in groups. She was excited to start Kindergarten.
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Happy Sunday!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
The weekly genealogy writing challenge, Sharing Memories, is provided by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of The Olive Tree Genealogy. Thank you Lorine! My special twist on Sundays here at The Scrappy Genealogist will include a heritage scrapbook page for each post.
Imagine a shy little girl, eldest child, five years old. She lived in two countries and five homes before the age of three. Although shy she had successfully attended preschool for two years and had gradually gained some confidence in making friends and participating in groups. She was excited to start Kindergarten.
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First Day
Kindergarten visiting day arrived. The little girl wore her favorite dress. She entered to find a beautiful classroom with a large piano. The teacher instructed the students to find a seat. She saw a seat next to a girl she knew and went to sit down. That was the beginning of the end.
Doing Everything Wrong
Kindergarten visiting day arrived. The little girl wore her favorite dress. She entered to find a beautiful classroom with a large piano. The teacher instructed the students to find a seat. She saw a seat next to a girl she knew and went to sit down. That was the beginning of the end.
Doing Everything Wrong
Apparently the little girl did something wrong by trying to sit near her friend. She was loudly told by the teacher that she could not sit there and to move to another table. With this simple admonishment began a year of trying to please a teacher, who found fault everywhere. It was far too easy to do something wrong. Afraid to talk, the little girl received needs improvement grades and was referred for speech therapy. Who fails Kindergarten?
Finding the Good
Although the teacher was difficult, there were a lot of good memories from that year. The little girl loved to play with the blocks and the trucks and to color in the letter and number pictures. Snack and story time were always enjoyable as was recess, but music and piano time were not.
Blueberry Hill School
The little girl who was is me. I attended Kindergarten at Blueberry Hill School in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Subsequent years were better. My Kindergarten teacher was older and probably old schooled. She decided to retire at the end of that year. Writing this I feel sad for her, even though it was the worst school year ever for me.
Finding the Good
Although the teacher was difficult, there were a lot of good memories from that year. The little girl loved to play with the blocks and the trucks and to color in the letter and number pictures. Snack and story time were always enjoyable as was recess, but music and piano time were not.
Blueberry Hill School
The little girl who was is me. I attended Kindergarten at Blueberry Hill School in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Subsequent years were better. My Kindergarten teacher was older and probably old schooled. She decided to retire at the end of that year. Writing this I feel sad for her, even though it was the worst school year ever for me.
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My First Best Friend
According to Google Maps, it was less than a half mile walk to school from my home. I thought it was much farther! My mother and sister walked over to pick me up after my first day of Kindergarten. On the way home, we met a mother and two daughters, who lived across the street from us. That was the day my sister and I met our first best friends. I remember shyly asking the girl how old she was and without saying a word she put up her hand with five fingers displayed. I was so happy she was my age. We became inseparable until the day I moved away in 1976. Meeting her was the best thing to happen in my Kindergarten year!
According to Google Maps, it was less than a half mile walk to school from my home. I thought it was much farther! My mother and sister walked over to pick me up after my first day of Kindergarten. On the way home, we met a mother and two daughters, who lived across the street from us. That was the day my sister and I met our first best friends. I remember shyly asking the girl how old she was and without saying a word she put up her hand with five fingers displayed. I was so happy she was my age. We became inseparable until the day I moved away in 1976. Meeting her was the best thing to happen in my Kindergarten year!
Happy Sunday!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
The weekly genealogy writing challenge, Sharing Memories, is provided by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of The Olive Tree Genealogy. Thank you Lorine! My special twist on Sundays here at The Scrappy Genealogist will include a heritage scrapbook page for each post.
20 January 2014
Scrapbook Sunday - Sharing Memories - Was the car on two wheels?
The weekly genealogy writing challenge, Sharing Memories, is provided by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of The Olive Tree Genealogy. Thank you Lorine! My special twist on Sundays here at The Scrappy Genealogist will include a heritage scrapbook page for each post.
Surprisingly my parents survived the six month period of teaching me to drive. There were a couple of events that we still laugh about today. The first was the story my Dad tells of being a passenger while I was driving down Elmgrove Avenue on the East Side of Providence. He told me to turn and I did. Immediately. Without slowing down. In my defense, he didn't tell me to slow down, he told me to turn. He says we were up on two wheels. I'm not so sure about that, but there was definitely a screeching of said tires.
What Embankment?
Then there was the time I was exiting the highway onto Admiral Street in Providence with the whole family at my mercy; Mom, Dad and sister. I came off the exit just fine, but instead of turning left onto Admiral, I kept going straight. At a slightly elevated speed. Over a large embankment, into the air and landing in the parking lot of Union Paper Company. At this point I would like to remind my family that we all survived, unhurt, and it has given us years of laughs.
Parallel Parking
One benefit of learning to drive in a city is that you become an expert at parallel parking. I learned in a Datsun 210 hatchback. The tiny spaces on Thayer Street, where we hung out, shopped and ate, did not present a challenge. There were even smaller spots into which to squeeze downtown at the Providence Public Library. Alas, when I went to take my driver test, they didn't ask me to parallel park.
Happy Sunday on Monday!
Scrappy Gen
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Getting My Driver's License: Was the car on two wheels?
Surprisingly my parents survived the six month period of teaching me to drive. There were a couple of events that we still laugh about today. The first was the story my Dad tells of being a passenger while I was driving down Elmgrove Avenue on the East Side of Providence. He told me to turn and I did. Immediately. Without slowing down. In my defense, he didn't tell me to slow down, he told me to turn. He says we were up on two wheels. I'm not so sure about that, but there was definitely a screeching of said tires. What Embankment?
Then there was the time I was exiting the highway onto Admiral Street in Providence with the whole family at my mercy; Mom, Dad and sister. I came off the exit just fine, but instead of turning left onto Admiral, I kept going straight. At a slightly elevated speed. Over a large embankment, into the air and landing in the parking lot of Union Paper Company. At this point I would like to remind my family that we all survived, unhurt, and it has given us years of laughs.
Parallel Parking
One benefit of learning to drive in a city is that you become an expert at parallel parking. I learned in a Datsun 210 hatchback. The tiny spaces on Thayer Street, where we hung out, shopped and ate, did not present a challenge. There were even smaller spots into which to squeeze downtown at the Providence Public Library. Alas, when I went to take my driver test, they didn't ask me to parallel park.
Happy Sunday on Monday!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
12 January 2014
Sharing Memories - First Grade - Scrapbook Sunday
The weekly genealogy writing challenge, Sharing Memories, is provided by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of The Olive Tree Genealogy. Thank you Lorine! My special twist on Sundays here at The Scrappy Genealogist will include a heritage scrapbook page for each post.
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First Grade would have to be a better year than the Kindergarten year. I was looking forward to a new and hopefully nicer teacher. We would get to learn to read and we would be staying for the full day.
My teacher was Mrs. (or Ms. or Miss, my memory does not specify) Connor and she was an angel. She was young and did teach us to read. I loved the little readers that we used.
Every day I walked to school with my best friend, Allyson. Yes, dear readers, we walked...in the snow and in the rain. We wore rubber boots that fastened and we had neat bubble umbrellas. For the first part of the year we walked home and back again at lunchtime. After the lunchroom addition was built, we ate lunch at school.
The one thing I remember not liking about first grade was a boy in my class. His name was H--- [name ommitted to avoid hurting anyone's feelings :)] and he was I am sure just a silly boy with a lot of energy, but he was the bane of my existence. He tortured me. He wrote W's on wheels all over my desk. He chased me home and threatened to kiss me. He talked to me a lot. I was shy and I remember getting into trouble for talking with him. Can you understand the torture my six year old Virgo self endured? Maybe torture is overstating the facts a bit, but as I write I am right there back at the metal desk trying to erase the W's.
I don't remember this boy in any of my other years at Blueberry Hill School in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Maybe he moved, or maybe he moved on to another girl. Despite this relationship, I do remember first grade fondly.
Happy Sunday!
Scrappy Gen
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03 November 2012
A Year on a Scrapbook Page
Would you like a simple scrapbook page idea for documenting a year or a piece of your family history? Inspired by an older kit from Ali Edwards, I gathered four photos of my sister and me from 1980 and created this page about the family story of our nickname:
I used Adobe Photoshop Elements
to put my version together. Every Day Life, the Ali Edward's kit was paper and I used it for my dear son:
There were so many pictures of my cutie from 2009 that I decided to add an extra page to coordinate with the first.
If you like the simple layout with space for up to nine photos, you can download my blank Photoshop file. It's free!
The key to putting a year on a page is keep it simple and easy. Don't try to find and organize every single photo for the year, just choose a few portraying a person, a place, a relationship or....the possibilities are endless.
If you create a Year on a Scrapbook Page, please send me a link and I will add it for others to visit.
Happy Scrapping!
Let's Remember!
Scrappy Gen
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| Let's Remember! The Story of Our Nickname |
to put my version together. Every Day Life, the Ali Edward's kit was paper and I used it for my dear son: |
| Every Day Life, kit by Ali Edwards |
If you like the simple layout with space for up to nine photos, you can download my blank Photoshop file. It's free!
The key to putting a year on a page is keep it simple and easy. Don't try to find and organize every single photo for the year, just choose a few portraying a person, a place, a relationship or....the possibilities are endless.
If you create a Year on a Scrapbook Page, please send me a link and I will add it for others to visit.
Happy Scrapping!
Let's Remember!
Scrappy Gen
14 September 2012
Traveling Back in Time - Hancock, Michigan - Part I
Hello friends. How was your summer? Did you do any genealogy traveling? We spent most of our summer on the road, in the air and on the water. I have thousands of pictures, documents, memories and notes to process. How about you?
In August we traveled to my father-in-law's birthplace, Hancock, Michigan. We were a small group, but it included three generations of my husband's family. That's his Dad in the middle. He just turned 91 years young.
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In August we traveled to my father-in-law's birthplace, Hancock, Michigan. We were a small group, but it included three generations of my husband's family. That's his Dad in the middle. He just turned 91 years young.
We took this picture right before we had dinner at Gemignani's Italian Restaurant. The restaurant has been a landmark in Hancock for many years, but more importantly it is housed in the same building where my father-in-law was born and where his family ran a kosher butcher shop.
We traveled to Michigan, but it was more of a journey, a journey into our family's past and into my father-in-law's memories. It was a profound gift to have been part of it and I will forever be grateful.
Let's Remember!
Scrappy Gen
15 August 2012
Family History Month at Digital Scrapbook Place
Digital Scrapbook Place is hosting a Family History Month, this month, August 2012. There are opportunities to learn, explore and create. There are challenges and a gallery of inspiration. If you have ever thought about digitally scrapbooking the results of your genealogical research, DSP is the place to go. I am not affiliated with this website and will not benefit either way, but it is a cool place to visit. The kits for sale in their store are cutting edge. I love this new steampunk kit by Nicole Young Designs.
Happy Wednesday!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
Happy Wednesday!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
10 April 2012
A Little Bit of Self Indulgence
Are you wondering where the genealogy went? Please permit and forgive this period of self indulgence. My daughter is still recovering from pancreatitis. Scrapbooking about her, about her strength, has been therapy for me. It's been one of the things that has kept me going...well, that and coffee. Lots of coffee!
This is a flashback layout. I went through a year of digital pictures, picked my favorites and put them all together. 2000 was the first year I took digital photos. The quality isn't great, but the subject is precious to me.
Have you cared for someone who is ill? How did you get through it? Do you have any special strategies that helped?
Happy Tuesday!
Scrappy Gen
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25 March 2012
One Foot in the Present, One Foot in the Past
As I mentioned in Not Who We Thought We Were, my great, great grandfather may have changed his name from Shailer to Brainard. When I began to create this family history page, I hoped to capture the mystery that surrounds my maiden name, but as I worked the story became about the enduring draw I have, since childhood, felt from my ancestors. Although rooted in the present, part of me lives in the past and usually the quite distant past, not yesterday or last month.
The trio of men are my three grandfathers, who brought this surname forward to my Dad. I have been thinking about them quite a lot and wondering how the story of our surname was lost, or was it purposely forgotten? In the layout a much younger me is ready to climb over the wall into the past seeking understanding of my grandfathers' lives. She is already starting her climb as if she cannot resist the pull.
Have you experienced this feeling? When did it start?
Happy Scrapbook Sunday!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
Credit: Elements in layout are from "Flying Dreams, A Storybook Collection" kit copyright 2009 by Lorie Davison of scrapbookgraphics.com
The trio of men are my three grandfathers, who brought this surname forward to my Dad. I have been thinking about them quite a lot and wondering how the story of our surname was lost, or was it purposely forgotten? In the layout a much younger me is ready to climb over the wall into the past seeking understanding of my grandfathers' lives. She is already starting her climb as if she cannot resist the pull.
Have you experienced this feeling? When did it start?
Happy Scrapbook Sunday!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
Credit: Elements in layout are from "Flying Dreams, A Storybook Collection" kit copyright 2009 by Lorie Davison of scrapbookgraphics.com
07 January 2012
Scrapbook Sunday: If You Can't Interview, Remember!
Four Generations
by Mary Ann Hoberman
Sometimes when we go out for walks,
I listen while my father talks.
The thing he talks of most of all
Is how it was when he was small
And he went walking with his dad
And conversations that they had
About his father and the talks
They had when they went out for walks. [1]
Listening
Like many of you, my family history research intensified after the death of my remaining living grandparent, my grandmother, Barbara. While I listened eagerly to her stories of our family's past, I never sat down and interviewed her. This post is not, however, about what could have been. It is about what you can do if you didn't interview your parents, grandparents or other lost loved ones. It is about how to bring the memories hiding in the recesses of your own cobwebbed brain out into the light of day. Let's remember the stories we have heard and write them down.
Remembering
The assignment for Week 4 [Day 7] of the Family History Album Class is to spend some time answering questions about our parents' or grandparents' lives. Jessica Sprague asks us to close our eyes, let ourselves travel back in time and be in the moment before we answer them. In effect we are interviewing ourselves about what we have learned about our ancestors.
Remembering was emotionally intense for me. It's one thing to tell the facts, it is quite another to think about what life was like and the emotions our ancestors may have experienced. Three of my grandparents had difficult childhoods. I have heard the stories, but the act of processing it and writing it down was a challenge. After I had written a page, I realized that these stories won't be shared on my blog. It's still too recent, still too fresh. Plus, these are my hazy memories of what I have heard and been told and it is likely that they are not entirely accurate.
Separating Fact from Fiction
The memories I put down today are based on stories I have heard. Are they the truth? Yes. Are they factual? No. In genealogical research family stories are akin to family legends. There may be elements of truth to the memories, but they must be treated as what they are, stories. This applies whether you are directly interviewing your grandmother or you are remembering and putting down on paper the stories she told you. She could get it right or wrong and so could you. Memories are like that.
Here is an example. My mother-in-law told us the story of her father going to visit family in Oklahoma. Through research and a fortuitous connection on JewishGen.org, I discovered that her father had indeed visited family in another state, but it was Iowa, not Oklahoma. There were elements of truth in her story. Her father had traveled across the country to visit family, but some of the details were incorrect. As family historians we need to be open to both the possibility of truth and falsehood in the stories we collect.
Oh, the stories they will tell!
If you would like more information about conducting family histories, visit Cyndi's List. She has an excellent collection of links for collecting oral history.
Happy Scrapbook Sunday!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
[1] Mary Ann Hoberman, Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers (New York: Penguin Books USA Inc., 1993), 5.
04 January 2012
Family History Scrapbooking Ideas for Scrapbook Sunday 8 January 2012
The last few weeks leading up to the holidays were free weeks. Let's see what the Virtual GeneaScrappers have been doing:
- Jackie Baker of Jackie's Genealogical Journey gave a shout out to our Virtual GeneaScrappers' group on her blog, Jackie's Genealogical Journey, Thanks, Jackie!
- Jennifer Alford of Jen-Gen's Family History interviewed her Dad about his memories. Her Dad surprised her with his own questions and answers later. His questions were thought provoking and you may want to add them to your own family history interview repertoire. According to Jennifer, sharing your stories can bring your family closer.
- Stephanie Fishman of Corn and Cotton did some blog scrapbooking when she participated in the GeneaBloggers Advent Calender of Christmas Memories series. She shared photos and memories in letters to her daughter.
- Valerie Elkins of Family Cherished gave us Tips to TellingYour Story So People Will Listen. Telling the story is just as important as the pictures that will accompany it.
- Jenna Mills of Desperately Seeking Surnames motivated me to redecorate my blog. Check out her new blog header and this beautiful digital Christmas collage.
- Yvonne Garrett of The Adventures of Garrett Squared and the newest member of the Virtual GeneaScrappers, has been working hard on her Family History Album and has added her creative flair to the project.
For 2012, I will be offering you several choices each week. Participate as often or as infrequently as desired using one of the supplied prompts or one of your own design.
Scrapbook Sunday 8 January 2012 Prompts:
1. Scrapbooking Family History Album - Week 4: Spend some time on the Day 7 assignment for Interviewing and Remembering. Create a post about how thinking a little more deeply about your ancestors' lives can assist you with telling their stories.
2. New Year Scrapbook Page: Create a page or pages about how you spent New Year's Eve in 2011 or how your family has spent New Year's Eves in the past.
3. New Year Genealogy Goal: Do you have particular family or individual you plan to research in 2012? Create a page with what you know and what you would like to discover.
Hope this blog post has given you enough family history scrapbooking ideas to get you motivated. Let me know how it goes for you!
Happy Wednesday!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
18 December 2011
Scrapbook Sunday - Scrapbooking Time
Good morning readers. It's a beautiful, quiet morning in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I don't have to rush off to the barn first thing today. Usually my daughter and I leave just after first light and return around Noon on Sundays.
Today is different (better) because my oldest daughter returned from college on Friday. She is an equestrian too and will happily head to the barn with her sister.
Before they go, the three of us are baking Hanukkah sugar cookies. Then MJ and I will head to Temple Israel for a community Hanukkah party while the girls go riding. I think I will even have some time for scrapbooking this afternoon.
How about you? What are you doing today? Shopping, baking, wrapping, partying....? Or, are you creating a project for Scrapbook Sunday?
The newest member of the Virtual GeneaScrappers posted her title page for the Family History Album Class from JessicaSprague.com. And wow! Yvonne from The Adventures of Garrett Squared has just upped the ante at our scrapping table. You have got to see it! I am trying very hard to not feel inadequate. (I will not compare. I will not compare.) If you have time, head over and welcome Yvonne.
For today and the next two Sundays, we will have a free for all theme for Scrapbook Sunday. If you have time to create a scrapbooking project or page related to family history, post it. Beginning in 2012 we will get back to a regular schedule.
Later today, I will post the ornaments I have been busy creating over the last few days. Plus, I've got a Hanukkah layout to share. Here are a few things that caught my fancy for scrapbooking time in the paper world:
Today is different (better) because my oldest daughter returned from college on Friday. She is an equestrian too and will happily head to the barn with her sister. Before they go, the three of us are baking Hanukkah sugar cookies. Then MJ and I will head to Temple Israel for a community Hanukkah party while the girls go riding. I think I will even have some time for scrapbooking this afternoon.
How about you? What are you doing today? Shopping, baking, wrapping, partying....? Or, are you creating a project for Scrapbook Sunday?
The newest member of the Virtual GeneaScrappers posted her title page for the Family History Album Class from JessicaSprague.com. And wow! Yvonne from The Adventures of Garrett Squared has just upped the ante at our scrapping table. You have got to see it! I am trying very hard to not feel inadequate. (I will not compare. I will not compare.) If you have time, head over and welcome Yvonne.
For today and the next two Sundays, we will have a free for all theme for Scrapbook Sunday. If you have time to create a scrapbooking project or page related to family history, post it. Beginning in 2012 we will get back to a regular schedule.
Later today, I will post the ornaments I have been busy creating over the last few days. Plus, I've got a Hanukkah layout to share. Here are a few things that caught my fancy for scrapbooking time in the paper world:
Graphic 45 - A Proper Gentleman Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Timely Point of View
Happy Scrapbook Sunday friends!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
Happy Scrapbook Sunday friends!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
11 December 2011
Scrapbook Sunday - Blog Page to Scrapbook Page
On December 2, I was interviewed by Thomas MacEntee on GeneaBloggers radio. It was a lot of fun and I am grateful that I got the chance to do something exciting and new (at least for me). On the show, I mentioned that it is easy to create a scrapbook page from your blog posts, even if you don't think you have digital or technical talent. Yesterday I gave you an example of a simple scrapbook page created with Microsoft Publisher. Another even easier and more available option is Microsoft Word.
This Microsoft Word scrapbook layout uses the images and text from my blog post about Texas Road in October 2010. The large block on the right is a standard text box shape in Microsoft Word. I recolored, resized and added a shadow to it. The pictures were cut and pasted. The titles were simple text editing. If you can copy, paste and tweak a bit, you can do this too.
Would you like further instructions and ideas for using your blog content to create scrapbook layouts? Give me a shout and I will put together the details, although, really it is super easy! You do not have to have major digital talent to do this.
Off to work on my Family History Album pages. I am adding the stories of how each of the couples met, including my own story. Have I ever told you how I dreamt about my husband the night before I met him? And I wasn't even sleeping on a piece of wedding cake.
Happy Scrapbook Sunday!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
This Microsoft Word scrapbook layout uses the images and text from my blog post about Texas Road in October 2010. The large block on the right is a standard text box shape in Microsoft Word. I recolored, resized and added a shadow to it. The pictures were cut and pasted. The titles were simple text editing. If you can copy, paste and tweak a bit, you can do this too.
Would you like further instructions and ideas for using your blog content to create scrapbook layouts? Give me a shout and I will put together the details, although, really it is super easy! You do not have to have major digital talent to do this.
Off to work on my Family History Album pages. I am adding the stories of how each of the couples met, including my own story. Have I ever told you how I dreamt about my husband the night before I met him? And I wasn't even sleeping on a piece of wedding cake.
Happy Scrapbook Sunday!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
10 December 2011
Saturday Stars: Family History Scapbooking for 10 Dec 2011
Have you been busy creating a family history masterpiece? Consider sharing it tomorrow for Scrapbook Sunday. Need inspiration? Head over to the Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 2011, where you will find daily blogging prompts.
You can easily turn your blog posts into scrapbook pages. I recently experimented with Microsoft Publisher:
What programs have you used to create your digital scrapbook pages? Please list in the comments below to help your fellow readers, who are looking for recommendations.
Without further delay here are my picks this week for Saturday Stars in Family History Scrapbooking:- Easy-to-make ornaments showcase family: These are really easy and pretty, too!
- A Freebie from My Memories! and 5 Steps to a Quick & Easy Genealogy Christmas Gift from Liz at My Tapley Tree...and its Branches
- A Further Look at Keywords within Lightroom from Scot Baston at TipSquirrel.com: Lightroom is the first and last program I use for editing, organzing and printing my photos. Keywords help manage your images so that you can find them to share.
- New Heritage Picture Challenge on scrapbook.com. Pictures used must be from the 1960s or earlier. Deadline is 31 Dec 2011.
- Advent Calendar of Christmas Memoies 2011 Santa: Was the Hero really Santa?
- Family History Scrapbook Sunday - Marriages: Jenna from Desperately Seeking Surnames did a little catch up this week. Take a peek!
- Christmas Gift Ideas: Creative Photo Sharing: Lots of ideas for using those ancestry photos in gifts.
- Heritage Gift Coasters: If you found the ornaments a little tricky, try this technique from Caroline at For Your Family Story.
New to Me Family History Scrapbooking Supplies
Memory Lane by TPC Studio available at A Cherry on Top
Hambly Studios - Screen Prints - Hand Silk Screened Rub Ons - Family Portraits - Black at Scrapbook.com
Hambly Studios - Screen Prints - 12 x 12 Overlay Transparency - Portrait Gallery - Antique Teal at Scrapbook.com
Unity Stamp - Unity Artista Collection - Unmounted Rubber Stamp Set - Roots and Wings at Scrapbook.com
Unity Stamp - Unity Artista Collection - Unmounted Rubber Stamp Set - Throughout All Generations Scrapbook.com
That's all for today! See you tomorrow~!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
06 December 2011
Get Up and Dance or Boogie with the Band - Your Invitation
Take the Microphone
Be a guest blogger for Scrapbook Sunday, here at The Scrappy Genealogist. Share your unique vision and techniques for sharing your family's ancestry and stories through scrapbooking. You might just inspire your fellow readers to get started.
Boogie with the Band
Join the Virtual GeneaScrappers group! We are currently working our way through the Family History Album Class 1 from JessicaSprague.com. There is nothing like group support and these women are quickly becoming good friends.
Get Up and Dance
Everyone dances to a different beat. Show us your rhythm. Write a blog post showcasing a project you have created that fits the theme scrapbooking family history. Then post it with 'Scrapbook Sunday' included in the title and send me a link. For Sunday, 11 December 2011, a nice holiday themed layout would be fun. Or maybe your Uncle Miles didn't like the holidays, you could always do a page about your uncle, the Grinch.
Hold Up Your Lighter
Hop around to the blogs participating in Scrapbook Sunday and leave a comment, or two or three. You know how we bloggers like to look out and see the lighters. Comments keep us motivated, let us know who is spending time with us and give us a chance to get to know you better.
Have I convinced you yet to join the party? I hope you do. Personally I like to get up and dance whenever I can, which isn't very often anymore. Mostly at weddings. I love weddings, just for this very opportunity. Oops, off topic. Anyway, let us know if you are up for dancing, or watching or something else entirely. See you on Sunday!
Scrappy Gen
Let's Remember!
03 December 2011
Saturday's Family History Scrapbooking Stars - 3 Dec 2011
Do you need some creative inspiration for your family history scrapbooking projects? Visit these creative blogs and websites I found this week.
Family Photo Canvas Project using heritage photos from Caroline at For Your Family Stories
Family Photo Canvas Project using heritage photos from Caroline at For Your Family Stories
Keeping Track of Those Heirlooms: This little folder/scrapbook helps you keep track of your family heirlooms.
Scrapbook Saturday - Photo Pedigree: Karen at Ancestor Soup is sharing pages from her mother-in-law's scrapbook.
A Simple Gift for Non-Crafty Family Historians from Marian at Marian's Roots & Rambles. Create a deck of cards for an easy gift.
First Nifty Gift: Family Heritage Scrapbook by Sandy Wallace on Examiner.com. Suggestions and resources.
Memory Box from PaperCoterie.com: Personalize a memory box with your ancestors. Perfect to hold papers and photos.
New to Me Heritage Scrapbook Paper and Embellishments:
World Traveler by Teresa Collins
Printery Collection by Prima Marketing, Inc.
Beautiful Dreamer by Glitz Design
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Scrappy Gen
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02 December 2011
Capturing Family Memories - GeneaBloggers Radio
Thomas MacEntee of GeneaBloggers invited me to talk with him on Blog Talk Radio. We discussed capturing family memories and sharing family history through scrapbooking. Click the internet radio link below to listen.
26 November 2011
Saturday's Family History Scrapbooking Stars - 26 November 2011
Lost cousins unite thanks to Holocaust database and a family photo. Yad Vashem has a truly amazing collection of stories, testimonies, papers, resources and photos. One photo led to a reunion of the children of brothers, both Holocaust survivors, in Jerusalem. If you have ever questioned the time it takes to make your photos and scrapbooks available to subsequent generations, you will never wonder again.
I Am Thankful for: absolutely gorgeous scrapbook page without pictures by Jenna at Desperately Seeking Surnames.
My Memories Suite Giveaway: Liz from My Tapley Tree...and its Branches shows us heritage scrapbooking made easy with My Memories Suite Software. Giveaway deadline: 27 Nov 2011at Midnight.
My Memories Suite Giveaway: Liz from My Tapley Tree...and its Branches shows us heritage scrapbooking made easy with My Memories Suite Software. Giveaway deadline: 27 Nov 2011at Midnight.
Three Generation Photo Transfer from Caroline at For Your Family Story. This scrapbook on wood project is part of the Simple Gifts Blog Hop.
Plan to Be Remembered, Revisited from Jasia at Creative Gene offers excellent ideas for capturing our family history as it happens.
'Running amok' with scrapbooking by Judy Haggard in The Winfield Daily Courier: These Sassy Scrapblings meet once a month for three days to work on preserving their personal and family history!
Flip-Pal™ Simple Gifts Blog Hop – Family Tree Photo Collage: We've all seen these trees at the local Hallmark store and thought about getting one, well Julie did. The result is precious.
Gather Memories from Katie theDailyDIGI. asks you to 'make a game plan for how you are going to gather up the memories you want to document' and then gives you suggestions on how to do it.
Scrapbook a Funeral Card: Leslie Ann at Ancestors Live Here didn't call it that, but that is what she did beautifully in her Funeral Card Friday post.
Memory Books Keep Families' Stories Alive article in RapidCityJournal.com: Mary Copco, director of the Adams Museum & House, Inc., tells us "I think people get intimidated because they think, "I'm not organized enough" or "I'm not going to do it right." That's why I tell them to just do it."
And of course, please visit the Family History Scrapbooking page to view the bloggers participating in Scrapbook Sunday. Tomorrow's theme is Thanksgiving. Give me a shout if you post.
Happy Saturday!
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