Colorized Heritage Photo

This is another photo of my great-grandparents on my maternal side. It was hand-colored at some point, probably not professionally done. Still, it is a neat candid picture of them. My grandmother, who is now 92, still remember the day they took this photo while visiting family in Washington state many years ago.

I used a fancy gold, embossed sheet of paper that I had been saving for some time on this layout. My Cricut was used to make the dual pink flower design at the bottom right, using the Home Accents Solutions cartridge. I also added a couple fabric brads at the top.

Thommes' 50th Anniversary

This was the photo taken for my great-grandparents 50th Anniversary. I am proud to say both sets of great-grandparents on my maternal side made this milestone celebration. It certainly doesn't seem to be the norm anymore, although there are rare occasions that it happens.

I used my Cricut for the lettering and stamped the word "celebrate". I really like the fancy metal embellishments in the corners. I saved these for a long time until I had that special photo that was just right to use them.

More Family Heritage Layouts - The Sisters

Here are a couple more layouts I did for my family heritage album. They are photos of my grandmother with her sisters. I love these old pictures. It is so neat to see the hairstyles and clothing, and in my particular case the extreme age differences between the siblings. My grandmother was the 17th of 18 children, so she is the youngest in both layouts.

Family History Title Page

This is a title page I made for a family history book. I used my Cricut machine to cut the letters and tags. I used Opposites Attract cartridge for "Thommes" and "Family". I also used some satin ribbon and brads inbetween the two layers of paper. I think it turned out very pretty.

This is a project I wanted to start a long time ago but never got to until the middle of 2008. I still have some pages to do, but have a large chunk of it done now.

I hope to show you more of my family history pages in the future. Hope you enjoy looking at them!

Vintage Photo Layout

This is a layout I did showing my Grandfather leaving with two brothers to catch a freight train from Minnesota to Washington to look for work in about 1940. It is one of my favorites. I really like the way it turned out. I had some ribbon that looked like burlap I used across the top along with some jute to tie/hang the photo from. It really mimics the photo as the men had bags wrapped in rope with their bedding, etc. for traveling.

Simple Photo Gift

This is a project I actually made in May 2008, but I found the photo so thought I would post it today. It is quite simple. 3 pieces of cardboard covered with paper that was cut larger than the cardboard and "wrapped" around to the back of each. I put a small strip of paper at top and bottom to connect each of the 3 sections and then covered the back with a slightly smaller sheet to cover the connections. Then I just added the photos and the little punched flowers from a Creative Memories Friendship Micromaker. This would make a nice homemade gift that is quick & easy: maybe for Mother's Day, a birthday, housewarming gift or some other occasion (or even a non-occasion just to show you are thinking of someone) when you don't want to give anything large or expensive. I keep mine on my kitchen counter...they are photos of my mother who passed away in March 2000.