This month marks my mother's 100th birthday. She lived a very long life, but didn't reach this milestone. It's only fitting that my layout photo is of ma enjoying herself at my aunt's summer home on Lake Tishigan. Based on a guess as to the age of my cousin in this photo, I'm assuming the photo was taken around 1940.
Due to time constraints earlier in the year, I didn't get in on any inchie and twinchie swaps. So I decided to take the plunge and make my first twinchies. These images actually are mounted on twinchie matboard squares. In the photo, my mom is on the far left and her sister Phyllis is next to her. The shells and macrame (around the circle) are from Phyllis' loose bits and pieces in her jewelry stash. The macrame was made either by her or by my Aunt Alfreda whose husband and daughter are in the photo. I repurposed a black net vegetable bag for the twinchie on the right. I used a watercolor pencil to accent the backgrounds on the left and right twinchies and color the dock in the center twinchie.
Materials used: Graphic45 patterned papers, K&Company Tommy's Toys Red Linen Printed Flat Paper, Doodelbug black felt alphas, Maya Road mini chipboard alphas with Tim Holtz for Ranger Aged Mahogany Distress Ink, Jesse James & Co Buttons Dress It Up: In the Depths, Stampin' Up tab punch
16 comments:
This is a gorgeous piece! Quite inspirational, too. Twinchies, you say?
You sure made this layout a family keepsake! Beautiful! Love that you used stash from your Aunt's jewelry box. Love this!
Wowwwwwwwwwww!! This is GORGEOUS!! I love love love the photo and loving the shells!!! Thanks for the visit and comment on my Blue Moon blog post!! I really appreciate it! :):):):):):):):):):):) I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee your COKE background...very cool! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
Wow, another gorgeous layout, Helene! Love the paper, and the photo really tells a story. Your twinchies are GREAT! :)
Simply Wonderful!!!!! I LOVE it all. Your Mom would be proud.
Linda
Wow I just love this layout. I am a huge Graphic 45 fan and heritage pages are always my favorites. You did a fantastic job on this weeks PIT sketch.
Such a fabulous LO!
just beautiful and so special!
Have a wonderful Sunday!
Hugs,
Marie
Bet mom's having a blast pointing out all your lovely work to her angelic friends! Great job and you inspire me to work on my own family photos. But when can I throw away the clock and calendar so I can work on them and not have other things to do????? vbg
I'm sure shes looking down and smiling at your tribute to her, great photo and layout and a wonderful rememberance of your mom!
What a lovely tribute to your mom!
Ramona
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Girl I'm loving all these old pics!!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!
Wow I love all these pics!!!! great use of the Graphic 45 papers!! Love this so much!!
How special this is, I luv it!
Gorgeous lo!! I love it!!
brilliant LO. X
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