Today I would like to share a layout for Bec's Challenge over at Home and Scrapped. The challenge is to create a project with inspiration from this image....
My inspiration came from the hot air balloons
Life documented
Originally I was looking for a photo of my Dad to scrap and I came across this photo of my Uncle Sam. My Mum had a couple of photo's of him. Scrapping for me has to have a emotion attached to it. I didn't really know or remember Uncle Sam, only what Mum told me about him , which wasn't much. He was the brother of my two Aunts , Alice and Mary. They were spinsters and lived next door to each other. I remember them quite well. Alice was quite well built, cuddly I would say, was well traveled and had a softness and kindness about her, she was engaged once , but was jilted and never married. Auntie Mary was a little lady, focused and a no nonsense kind of person. I remember her as being quite grumpy. She was always busy . In her younger days she was a nursing sister who ran her own hospital, so explains her no nonsense , get stuff done personality. Uncle Sam looks more like Alice going by the photo. Now to explain why I eventually decided to scrap this photo. It occurred to me that if I did not document that Sam existed , then eventually who would know , and how sad would that be, that your existence was never remembered, that you were forgotten. Only probably a couple of old cousins would know of Sam. So then it became important for me to keep his memory alive, to know that he was here. As far as I know Sam never married either. Sorry long winded I know, but important for me to get down. Now for some close ups if you are still with me.
The gorgeous die cut hot air balloon is from Jo , thank you Jo.
The two vintage images are free printable from Pinterest
Amongst old thread that was my Mum's I have entwined thin gold wire, it is a little hard to see. The Key I inked and used crackle paint on it.
Now I am going to be on a mission to find out more of the life of Sam.
Thank you for calling by
Love , Peace and Happiness
Mary x
2 comments:
I enjoy reading the history of your family, it is always interesting to read about people's lives... Well for me it is! Your layout looks wonderful, the hot air balloons suit the masculine layout. And I hope you find out more about your uncle.. Enjoy the weekend!
Hope you find out more about U Sam.....YOUR one, I mean....you are right. He would be forgotten in time. So sad.....LOOOOVE those hot air balloons and the fussied up key & the bits of trim tucked in there, too. You are so good at Vintage:):)
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