Welcome to the August release blog hop! If you arrived here from the ODBD Blog, you are in the right place! If not, you might want to start at the ODBD Blog where you will see the entire list with links just in case any are broken along the way!
For my project, I made a 6×6 card, which could also be put in a scrapbook or a frame.  These are my grandparents, Margaret and Elmo, circa 1935 when they were married. While I sat looking at all the wonderful new releases, I looked up and saw these pics of my grandparents and remembered how much my grandmother loved to sew and knit and crochet. She taught my mom to sew, who then taught me. Grandmother also taught me to knit. I remember Grandmother’s old black Singer w/ the knee pedal, and she never would trade it for a newer model. My grandmother had an identical twin sister and I don’t think they lived more that a few miles apart all of their lives. They looked identical their entire lives and while it may have confused others, the family never had trouble telling them apart. My grandfather survived a devastating hurricane when he was a little boy. Almost the entire city flooded and he was separated from his parents for 3 days. Thankfully, they were all reunited and they even found my Granddaddy’s pony! We used to love going to his Kiwanis club pancake suppers when we were little. Pancakes for supper! What could be better?
I copied and reduced the pictures to fit. There were so many things I wanted to include, like a copy of the patterns of two of my grandmother’s dresses (w/ material swatches) she made for her trousseau. But there just wasn’t room and in the end, I kept to the same sepia tones of the photographs. Since she loved crochet, the addition of the crochet border seemed the perfect choice. The date w/ the hand stitched border, was from the copy of her dress patterns and is their wedding date in her handwriting. I included four buttons to represent their four children. Looking at these pictures, it’s funny how much my aunt & uncle (they are also twins) look like these pictures of their parents!
I wasn’t sure whether or not to add the ending. But I’m one who always likes to know how a story ends. For my grandparents, it ended too soon. My grandfather lived until he was in his mid sixties and was coming home from a funeral when he was killed in a car accident. About five years later, my uncle Bud, their oldest son, was killed in a plane crash. My grandmother was a strong, deeply religious woman, but she was never the same after that. Really, none of us were. She lost her battle with cancer about five years after that and her twin sister followed a few years later. We have a lot of happy memories of all of them and I believe as long as the memory lives, the loved one never really leaves us. So the next time I see pancakes, I’ll think of my grandfather and smile. And when I knit or sew, I’ll think of my grandmother.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Supplies:
| Stamps: ODBD Spool & Tape, Blessings Collection (Sewn w/ Love), Serve the Lord |
| Paper: ivory, dp (Prima – Moulin Rouge collection), small amount of lace pattern dp (HOTP), vanilla vellum |
| Ink: Archival sepia, Colorbox frost white pigment |
| Accessories: ODBD spool & tape die, crochet border and circle dies, Spellbinders petite oval & circle dies, Pixie sewing machine, piercing tool, white embossing powder, buttons, ribbons, Scor Buddy, copy machine, mini scallop scissors |
What a beautiful layout! I am currently working on a heritage album and I can see that this stamp set would work wonderfully!
This is really beautiful.
I love vintage anything and you did a beautiful job! There is so much here yet it doesn’t look cluttered and the pictures don’t get lost. I love the lace look around the pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Julie, thanks so much for sharing your bittersweet memories with us! What a beautiful project you have created out of that love for your grandparents! God Bless!!
this creation is awesome and very personal!
i love it’s style!
hugs and kisses from germany,
silvi xoxo
What a gorgeous card Julie!! It almost looks like a scrapbook page!! So vintage and absolutely stunning. Your layout with the photos and details is amazing!
hugs,
Chris
Wow! Great memories & beautiful page. I love what you did with the pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful vintage card -what a great way to showcase your grandparents photos!
Thanks for the great idea! Love the vintage look!
oh Julie… this is such a special card/page!! with tears I’m typing, such beautiful memories. beautiful, from the heart and truly a treasure!!
Julie this is just over the top! I love what you did with the photos of your precious grandparents and that you shared their story with us! Bittersweet memories, but many happy ones to cling to! Love your use of this month’s stamps and the crocheted border! Beautiful work as always!!!
hugs,
Grace
What a beautiful card card, Julie, and thank you for sharing your family history.
What a beautiful heritage album page! I love the mixtuer of fabrics and paper.
Very pretty. Love the vintage look, but my fav. part is the wedding date in g’mother’s handwriting.
Thank you for your wonderful story, Julie. Death is tragic…this is truly not our home.
Your project is gorgeous and so are your precious memories.
Gorgeous LO!
What a lovely way to capture your sewing memories of the skill being past down through the generations. It’s nice to see the original handwriting of your gm.
great layout
Julie, what a lovely, lovely, piece…..so much love in that 6 x 6 card with soooo many memories. Love the layout, stitching, simple color statement and that lace – how lucky you were to have them as a part of your life.
Absolutely stunning!!!!!! 🙂 TFS 🙂
Fabulous vintage layout Jlie and a great sentiment too. Love the colour palette.
Love Sheila xx
this is a wonderful display. i really like lace and you have used many kinds and in many places. i also enjoyed the history, what great memories. i like how you encircled the pics with lace.
This is a great tribute to your GP. Very pretty layout. Thanks
Oh my word, Julie, this is over the TOP!!! It is not just an amazing tribute to your grandparents, but also a wonderful card which most definitely should be displayes in a frame!! The Vintage feel of this beauty is awesome! Hugs and blessings, Sabrina
Oh my word, Julie, this is over the TOP!!! It is not just an amazing tribute to your grandparents, but also a wonderful card which most definitely should be displayed in a frame!! The Vintage feel of this beauty is awesome! Hugs and blessings, Sabrina
Wow! Love this one!
OH.MY.GOSH!!! what a stunningly GORGEOUS card!!
What a beautiful card – and a wonderful story. I can hardly wait to see all of the stamps – the sewing ones would fit so many things I am doing.
This is so lovely!!Great way to honor you family and I love the vintage look. Great job!
Love this card, my son is getting married soon and having a vintage them would love to do some old photos like this to display at the wedding.
This is the perfect use of the stamp. Beautiful!
What a wonderful card, Julie. And the story makes it even more meaningful. It is obvious a great deal of love went into it! Thank you so much for sharing the story behind it. What a beautiful legacy they left! Blessings…
what a nice layout. thank you for sharing.
I love your layout of your grandparents. Beautiful job.
Gorgeous LO and thanks for sharing the story.
What a beautiful card – and, tribute to your grandparents! The vintage look/feel is so appropriate with your layout and the stamps you used. LOVE it!
What a beautiful project. . .love the way you’ve incorporated the elements. What a lovely tribute to your grandparents! Blessings!
Julie! This is just so stunning! I so love the vintage feel to this srapbook card! 🙂 Such a wonderful keep sake!!
What a beautiful card its gorgeous, thank you for sharing it and the chance to win.
What a beautiful message and composition! The stamp so fits the look of the whole page! Love it.
I love using old photgraphs on cards. Yours is awesome, and I would frame it in a minute! Perfect!
Beautiful layout! Thanks for the chance to win.
What a beautiful way to use the new stamps.
Talk about nostalgia. These are great memories!
I’m thrilled to have stumbled upon your blog. Your scrapbook page layout is so touching. What a wonderful tribute to your precious grandparents!
Wow, Julie! What a BEAUTIFUL story and what a beautiful job you did putting all that together! Very inspiring to me!
Kathy M
Oh, my first blog hop and what a wonderful place to start! Love the layout and the colors!
What a beautiful way to honor the special people in your life.TFS
This is stunning..
how stunning
I was so moved by your Vintage design, and the story you told of your memories was just perfect!
Maureen
what a great idea…I will be scrap lifting this one for the family album
Simply beautiful. Currently working on a project of my parents and thinking this stamp will complete the layout.
wonderful page just beautiful and so vintage looking
Hello Julie
This is just so lovely and it shows how much your heart is in your work my friend. I love heritage work and keeping those memories alive. I get all warm and mooshy when I think of all the women who used to work in circles sewing and quilting and who now circle together to work in paper crafts keeping memories alive. thanks Julie for helping me realize this warm and fuzzy fact about myself.
How simply stunning. It definitely should go in a frame or scrapbook and be kept forever. I love reading your story also.
I love how you’ve immortalized your grandparent’s photos. The ‘vintage’ framing and accessorizing gives it all a classy look. Beautiful!
these stamps would suit my family pics beautifuly
What a beautiful set! I love the way you incorporated your grandparent’s photos and the other elements of the stamp set.
What a gorgeous card, love the way you incorporated a vintage feel with Grandparents picture.
Oh sooooooo pretty!
Jan
Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing a little of their story too!
What a beautiful layout and what an awesome tribute to your grandparents!! that new stamp really sets it off!
Julie this is BREATHTAKING!!~
This is so neat, a definate treasure, not even close to your memories of them i bet. You did a marvelous job with thier pictures here, the colors and all the neat accesories you used match your picture so well…it reminds me of my fun granparents too and having pancakes for supper…:0)…I agree…yum-yum
I love this beautiful page! Love the lace and the wonderful new stamp at the bottom.
Such a beautiful tribute to your grandparents. The layout and all of the special touches are lovely but the thing that I enjoyed most was reading the memories of your grandparents….brought back special memories for me!
Julie, love your scrapbook page….I mean card LOL. It’s simply beautiful and a love that the elements you used have a special menaing to you. Wonderful tribute to your grandparents.
Very nice and nostalgic card!
I found myself looking at all your elements. I had flashes of my family. This layout is beautiful.
Sharon L
Julie, this is absolutely stunning. This is such a beautful tribute to your grandparents….
Wow Your layout is so beautiful. I just brought me some vintage paper and thought of doing a layout of my husband and I. Thanks for the inspiration
this theme set s perfect for a heritage scrapbook page, lovin it
Beautiful layout and even more beautiful story! Thanks for sharing both with us!
I love love love this vintage look – it’s beautiful!