Four boxes and two bins…part two

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Getting on a roll after a very successful purge of Box ONE (Here) so on to Box TWO!

Box2-before

sorry for the blur iPhone camera + night time + tiredness = blurry photos

Keeping:

Box2-smaller than 1 yd pieces

As it turns out, this is the box that has all my printed cottons/quilting cottons plus some “utility fabrics”.   There is a stack of cottons of 1 yd or less, some “fat quarters” some 10×10 pieces, will be good to merge these with the “fat quarter” collection that will eventually be housed in an Ikea dvd tower.

Box2-big cotton lengths

17 fabric lengths 1 yd or greater… all printed cotton, some 2+ yards or greater…can’t figure out how I ended up with quite so much maroon/dark red fabric.  Will have to think  on how I am going to use these up… could be summer pj’s / pj shorts, or maybe a top or two ??  Maybe a quilt/quilt back??  Glad I have photos to refer back to instead of digging through the box

Box2-utility fabrics

Utility Fabrics:  length of footie pajama “feet bottoms” that white nubby rubbery fabric that helps keep you from slipping… leftover blue jean pieces for patching… some small pieces of fabric from LR sofa pillows just in case??? … piece of orange fabric for Gwen’s lambie repairs.

Relocate

-The white sheet Charlie cut up for a “Charlie Brown” Halloween costume…need to move that upstairs to the costume box

Pitch

-a few small flannel scraps went in the trash, not enough to donate.

That was almost too easy …

 

 

On the job

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Just in case you were wondering…

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The studio assistant is on the job on this dreary rainy Sunday. If you need something slept on and covered with cat hair … Fred is your man

{this moment}

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{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.  If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see.

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layout – Grandpa Dease (WW2)

Posted in Digital Scrapbooking, Documenting Life, Family History, Layouts, Memory Keeping, Project Gal- Memorykeeping, Scrapbooking by

I will admit I have been procrastinating about starting work on a Family History Album.  Oh, who are we kidding, I’m sure it will end up being a series of albums.   Well, I was inspired this evening by one of my fellow Creative Team members who posted a lovely page with photos of her mom as a little girl.   I decided it was time to JUST START…so I did.

I kept my choices simple for this layout…

Templates:  Template Blends #1 by Little Feet Digital Designs,

Kit:  In the Headlines Today by Little Feet Digital Designs,

Font:  Remington Noiseless

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This is a digital layout of Charlie’s grandpa Dease who was in the Army during WWII.  The photos are from a DVD that Charlie’s uncle had made of photos that he’d scanned.  Now, I do not know any more details other than Grandpa didn’t go to Europe until after the war ended, I’ll have to get Charlie and his mom to fill in more information, and I’ll go back in and add the info as I get it.

I have no plans for a the structure of a Family History Album Series (other than this project is kicking up toward the top of my to-do pile) and quite frankly, that has kept me from making layouts because I didn’t have a plan.  I am trying to “begin with the end in mind” on big projects but now that I’m really starting to think about it… I may just start and see where it all leads!