In the year 1913 my Maternal grandparents got married... things were a little bit different back in the day... than they certainly are today. The records of such things were done entirely different then too... They got married where my Grandmother grew up... which was Orrs Island in Maine. Very quaint and quiet little place.
My mother who is now 92 was cleaning out some things and she knew that I would love this little wedding book of my Grandmothers... and it is really a very precious and pretty little book... about 5 x 7 inches and papers starting to crumble. but I did take pictures of each and every page... and was able to preserve them. I also come across a letter my sweet Nana had written to her brother and sister in law when on her honeymoon in NYC!!! So I decided to make this card for my Mom, so she could have that again...On the front, I used a section of the book (violets) and enlarged it and popped up the violets for the front... I made a little pocket for the letter to fit into...
This is the next two sections of this 4 page accordion book... I used My Minds Eye lost and found paper on this section... and added a little bird with wings onto another pocket... now this pocket holds a copy of the wedding certificate...
I made the little flags and flowers to decorate the paper... and of course make it a little more like something I would LOVE... The letters are from my Mothers old scrabble game... I colored them with Picket Fence stain and then used a black marker to color in the letters... worked great...
This is a copy of the wedding certificate... Down at the lower left corner were the signatures of my great grandmother and grandfather, whom I knew both of them very well... as we spent a lot of summers in Maine as I was growing up. Also the minister signed it on the right... This is THE certificate...
A close up of the little flowers ... with Pearls in the center... These are flowers from Pretties by Bonnie as I wanted to really put a little something more from me onto this...
A closeup of the letters and cute little bird... which was made from K&co paper... I love this punch of Marthas too... so sweet and delicate.
The top bird and banner area... I tore paper for the wings...
Now the last section of this book I really had a lot of fun with... layers and layers of paper that was punched with Martha's punches... and then this sweet picture which also came from the wedding book... which again I did enlarge and also popped a few of the flowers and the tiny little birds... LOL.. they are tiny too... about 1/4 of an inch... but I wanted that delicate look...
And I think I got it...
Well I hope to be back here soon.. but you never know... we are having all our family here for a week... so we will be very busy... also we are celebrating Heather Amy's birthday... wow... she is getting younger and younger... right sweetie???
Hope you have a fun time... and thanks again for visiting... see you all soon... at least with some new things...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
My mother who is 92 years old... is living in an assisted living set up... not something that I really wanted for her... but something that she wanted!!! Anyway... at times when I call her, she will say that she is living at the circus... !!! That everyone is very funny acting etc... typical of an assisted living place...
She is very active in many ways... is re-writing her memories in a journal that has a circus cover on it... so for one of her Christmas presents I made her this little booklet... a la Graphic 45... I made the box myself... as it was a last minute thing I made and put into her box...
The Front of the book/box.
I used a Tim Holtz Curio knob for the opening of the box... And used My Minds Eye paper for the backgrounds of most of the pages... I also used Stickie back canvas to put the box together... love using that stuff... have you tried it yet???
You can color it ... and put things together very easily.
When you start to open the box, you will see the circus jumping out at you...
I used hemp cording to adhere my little flags from...
And the clip art is stuff that my neighbor and I have been saving for years and years... waiting for the opportunity to create a circus book, box or something... I am ready to do another now....
When both outside flaps are open... you will see this box in the center... that is where the accordion book is stored.
One side of the book
The other side of the book
The following pictures are of the individual pages...
I hope you enjoy it... and I certainly hope my Mom enjoys it too...
Thanks for taking the time this week to visit my blog... and I do hope that you will also visit Simon Says Stamp and Show... as this is where this piece of work is also going to be shown... the Theme this next two weeks is a Tim Holtz influenced piece... or tag... Now you know that I will also be making some tags... but wanted to share this with you too...
Merry Christmas to one and all...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
