I found a sketch by Shimelle that I just love for using up some of our patterned paper scraps. It’s for one photo, and I like its versatility for embellishing.
Find this sketch at http://www.shimelle.com/paper/949/scrapbooking-sketch-of-the-week/
Here is the layout I completed with it, all from scraps 6×6 or smaller.
My mom is an excellent seamstress and made many an outfit for me, including this tulip dress for Easter 1990
It’s a photo of my family (sans Dad, the photographer) right after Easter Mass in 1990.
It’s one of those photos that was taken from too far away and includes distracting background details. But I love it because it reminds me of important things. Like that my Mom, who is an excellent seamstress and has made me many, many special outfits over the years, made the dress I’m wearing in this photo. The fabric featured bright-colored tulips scattered across a black background. I wore that thing to death because I really felt good in it and loved that it was homemade.
I also like that Phil, having fun being a bit uncooperative, insisted on eating his after-church snack even though I’m sure my mom moaned at him to get rid of it. And don’t you love to be reminded of the cars your family drove at certain periods?
Yeah, this photo isn’t good; it’s great. Because technically good photos just cannot trump great memories.
I loved the wonderful photos of some very special memories of our family. Seeing them in the clever layouts you used make them all the more special! Thanks much, Hon! Mom