Antique Quilts

Isn't this wonderful online community wonderful? 

A week or so ago I was linked to a blog post where a woman, Fee, had inherited an heirloom ring and then scrapped the story. I love stories about hand-me-downs! 

My Digisister friends and I had a nice conversation about antique rings, which quickly led to other heirlooms and finally to quilts. I have a ring that my Great Great Aunt Nita had made years ago.  I also have photographs of some antique quilts that my Nana has possession of- that she intends to hand down to her great grandchildren (my children and nieces.) So I decided to scrap about those quilts. 

I called my grandmother and asked about those quilts. I am so glad I did!  Here is the layout with the story, and the journaling is below.

Supplies:
Digital kit (3 masks, paper, notebook paper, and alphas which I recolored): Beautiful Mess 07 by Cilenia Curtis
Border stitches: Stitches 06 - Framed by Cilenia Curtis
font: Arial Narrow

Journaling:
It all started with a blog post about a hand-me-down ring that someone inherited. My friends and I had a nice conversation about that, and it eventually evolved to include antique quilts and other heirlooms. Well, I have pictures of four antique quilts that Nana has. She plans on giving them to her four great-grandchildren- Brett, Austin, Natalie and Juliana. The Sunbonnet doll quilt means so much to me because for many summers during my childhood I'd sleep with it every night when visiting Nana and Papa on the ranch in Idaho.  Natalie is getting that quilt but I’m not bitter. Really.  (Okay, just a little bit.)

Anyway, after having this conversation, I decided to scrap these pictures, so I called Nana to find out what she knew about them. I’m glad I did. I thought Grace McIntyre (my great grandmother: Papa’s mother) made them, but I was wrong—it was HER mother!  These quilts are a generation older than I thought! 

So I asked Nana what she knew about “Grandma McIntyre.”  She doesn’t remember her name, but I might call Uncle Bud and find out what he remembers.  Nana said that she lived in Kansas in the same town as Leavenworth prison (Nana also inherited a cute little wood table that the prisoners built years ago), in a “big, old, old, old two-story house with really old furniture like five poster beds with headboards that went almost to the ceiling and feather mattresses.” Nana also said that Grandma McIntyre’s husband had already passed away when she and Papa got married in 1949. My Great Aunt, Nita, whom I knew and have scrapped about, lived with grandma until she passed away, and then she moved, bringing the quilts with her, to Suisun, California, to live with her sister, my Great Grandmother, Grace.

I am so glad that I was inspired to make this scrapbook page. Thank you for writing up this blog post, Fee!

Don't wait until it's too late to learn the stories of your heirlooms and scrap them!

another template quickie

My friend Michelle just issued a challenge to the Digisisters: use one of the Layer Works Templates (from Designer Digitals) that we all hoard and share them.  I say "just" because I read her email like an hour ago.  I had this template in my stash from one of the previous DD quarterly sales and never used it. I knew right away I had to do it!

I bought it because it is called "dude" and I am teased occasionally because I say "Dude" A LOT. When I opened up the template I saw it was very "boy" oriented, so I had to change a thing or two- namely, I clipped a different paper on the title, and I deleted a little green alligator.  This is why I LOVE layered templates!

Supplies:

template:StudioDD_LayerWorksNo39
title paper: a freebie by Katie Pertiet
"just say": my handwriting using the brush tool & Wacom tablet

Journaling:
I say it a lot. Dude. Yep, it’s a great word. It means so many things! I hadn’t thought about it in a while, but lately I have some Digisis friends that tease me a lot about writing it in my emails. I thought it was because I grew up in California, but not all of us that grew up there say it. Maybe it was a generational thing. Maybe it was the next thing to “Valley Girl” talk, which I was a little too young for. Anyway, I’ve embraced it. 

There are so many meanings, and it all depends on how you say it. The most common way to use it is when you’re saying something about a man or a boy, “That dude is wearing a cool shirt.” You can exclaim “DUDE!” when you’re excited about something and want to express it. You can use it as a warning, “duuuude!” You can say it instead of someone’s name “Dude, do you remember that?” It makes a great expression when you’re having a bad day or when someone cuts you off in traffic and the kids are in the car- you just have to make it two syllables: “Duuu-ude.” 

Dude, there are so many ways to use it. I suggest everyone start saying it RIGHT NOW.

Thanks, Michelle, for the quick challenge!

Weekend trip in 8 pages?

I really think this trip will take lots of pages to document! I want all the photos and all the details! I'm only on page 3...

Here are the first two pages of this layout.

Left:

Right:

 

Supplies:
Template: Multiphoto Templates 1-6 Bundle by Cilenia Curtis
Papers: Vintage Beach Kit by Cilenia Curtis
Fonts: Palatino, Tw Ten MI, and Pea How Sweet Eats

More to come!