Old Photo Plus Ephemera = I Sat in the Garden

We leave behind bits and pieces of our lives. Bubba left a poem, torn from a magazine. The poem by Loretta Garing is titled "I Sat in the Garden."

Those bits and pieces we leave behind. They say something about us. What will you leave? 

Happy Scrapbook Sunday!

Scrappy Gen

Let's Remember!

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

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:

 

Prima - Printery Collection - Cling Mounted Rubber Stamps

 

Bo Bunny Press - Timepiece Collection - Clear Acrylic Stamp

 

Kaisercraft - Timeless Collection - Clear Acrylic Stamps - Tic Toc

 

Bo Bunny Press - Welcome Home Collection - 12 x 12 Collection Pack

Graphic 45 - Staples Collection - Envelope Tags

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!