It was my sister Carol's 70th birthday on Monday and I have spent many years researching my/her family history. This past year, I was blessed to have Tricia help me. She found more information in 3 weeks than I did in 30 years!! Carol and I have the same mother but different fathers. She is the eldest child from my mum's first marriage. It was a very emotional day both for her and myself as I had also managed to contact a cousin of hers (that Tricia found for me), and it just so happened that she was holidaying this past week in Hampshire where my sister lives! She called in to surprise Carol and they had sooo much in common and so much to talk about.
I bought a blank 'FAMILY' word album to begin and then I used several collections of papers - Bo Bunny - Timeless, DCWV - Tattered Time and Simple Stories - Generations - again I had help locating some of these papers from sb buddies in USA. I made the front and back covers and all of the pockets to hold certificates and generation sheets from black cardstock.
Some Tim Holtz sprocket gears, game spinners and clock face. The charms are significant to Carol. The little birdcage is when her dad bred budgerigars and German Roller canaries.
A word strip that I cut from one of the 12x12 sheets unfolds...
An old photo of Carol's father I got from one of my cousins...the flap lifts to reveal his details...
The same for our mum...
I made a pocket to hold 3 journalling blocks for Carol to write on...
Thank you to Susan who came to my rescue with 2 keys that I had trouble finding. I made a folded pocket from a sheet of 12x12 black cardstock. The band has a magnet to hold it together and I used my new punch that I won in a recent blog hop at Cal's. *Ü*
It unfolds with areas to write her own thoughts. This is a photo of her paternal grandparents that Tricia found on the internet! Amazing.
Another pocket...with a pull out photo card of our brother Ken (who died 17 years ago). I forgot to take a pic!
More areas to write her thoughts.
The second key from Susan. 42 is the number of the house where Carol lived in Fulham, London as a child and it is also the year that she was born.
The flap opens to reveal photos of Carol as a baby.
She was a secretary for The Football Association many years ago and then secretary to Fulham Football Club after that - hence the typewriter.
The flap lifts to reveal photos of her dad.
Inside back cover.
I added gusseted pockets that I made from black cardstock to house a 4 generation chart.
...and birth, marriage and death certificate.
...and family information that Tricia had managed to find on Carol's paternal side.
...and maternal side.
Phew! It has been my biggest project to date and has taken me soo long to put together. I wish I had been able to video the album, it would have saved a LOT of posting of photos. LOL. It was fun to make and I learned about each family member and I now feel that I know them a little better than them just being a name in a book!
Happy crafting,
6 comments:
Glen it is fabulous. What a super gift which I'm sure will be treasured - it is just beautiful.
Toni xx
Its Gorgeous Glen. It will be loved.
Now that is really special.
Sue x
wow stunning family tree album :)
It's absolutely stunning and so much thought's gone into it.I'm sure Carol loved it to bits.
That certainly is a work of love. Well done on getting it finished you put so much thought into it with all the significant details. Finding the photos on the Internet - that is amazing.
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