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SonjaC
June 28, 2011

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For a few challenges - and just in time!
- June Chippie Challenge: Utilizing the watch chippie from 3tailscraft - Thank you!!
- June Monocrome, week 1: Creams/Neutrals with the 'vintage' twist.
- Old Page Maps #29, Week 2

These photos are of one of my paternal great grandparents' wedding day on May 24th, 1899. This is my grandmother's parents, Carl & Esther Steele, both of whom immigrated to the U.S. from Sweden; Carl 'Charlie' in 1887 at the age of 17 and Esther in approx 1884 at the age of 3. We don't have much on either side of my family, but my dad's side is significantly more than my mom's. My aunt even found their wedding invitation, but I couldn't figure out how to get a copy of it on the LO w/o taking away from the page. I'll add it later perhaps, along with a journal! The upper photo is a group wedding shot, but we don't know much about it other than that Charlie and Esther are the top right couple. Perhaps other relatives are here, but we just don't know.

I painted the watch with acrylic paints then topped the outside with Glimmer Glaze and rubbed a little Tea Dye into the face. Then I drew the numbers back in with an art pen and used a crackle medium on the face. I left the hands to where they can be moved and had them set to the time of their wedding, but now I see they moved, so will have to re-do it!

I water distressed the main paper and tea dyed the doilies.

I found this LO design from Robin Shakoor's LO 'Ruby', located here: http://www.scrapbook.com/galleries/362007/view/2195193/-1/240/1.html Her page was just so gorgeous, I had to try it on my great grandparents' photos!
TFL!


layouts scrapbooking wedding vintage heritage chippie doilies tea dye Bling Vintage Romantic Heritage Ephemera Distressed 12 x 12 Medium Black & White Brown Wedding Heirloom Family Titles Stitching Ribbon & Fiber Paper Tearing Paper Rolling Painting Matt
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