Fantastic LO! Love the story and all the notes, etc. you could send him during his deployment. The best part is that HE got to cut the ribbon from the tree! Love your hand cut tree design.
WOW U DID AWESOME LO SAME THING WITH MY LIL BROTHER BUT NOT THINK OF TO TAKE A PIC OF YELLOW RIBBON BUMMER BUT NEXT TIME I WILL DO THAT...FABULOUS LO!!!!
A truely amazing and heartwarming story. The LO is just beautiful as well...It must be such an answer to ur prayers to have him home again! I just love that tree u made!U are very talented! keep on Creating!
Your journaling was powerful and I'm so happy for you & your brother! This is a LO you will long appreciate as well as future generations!! I remember that song! Your tree is great and so is the news clipping & layering! jen
Just the most fabulous page, and I love everything you did, from putting on that ribbon in the first place, to sending him the notes, to keeping the memory fresh in everyone's minds, to bringing him back safely to cut the ribbon down - how wonderful and heartfelt. A beautiful lo. Both my brother and nephew have done terms in Iraq, and both are safely home, thank God, so I really identify with this page.
What a fabulous tribute to your brother and idea for a lo! I enjoyed your story very much. You did an awesome job on the tree too! I'm very glad he'e home safe and thank him and you for the sacrafice made!
my little brother is in Iraq as well! he got a 2 week leave in early June and met my son for the first time. beautiful lo-love the yellow ribbon. My Mom has a flag w-a blue star and his name out in front of her house. I am getting ready to get one myself. thank your brother for his much appreciated service
What a great story. When my husband left for Iraq my mom and friends put a yellow ribbon on the tree in their front yards. I had to call my mom right when my husband came back so they could take their ribbons down.
What a great memory to have in scrap! I am glad he is home, safe and sound and that you were able to touch other people's lives as much as they did yours!
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What a wonderful tribute to your brother! And a fantastic LO! Bet you're glad to have him home! Love the title- perfect choice! And I love that tree you made, too! Fantastic work! TFS
What a great page and tribute to your baby bro!! I have a red, white and blue ribbon on the dashboard of my SUV and it will stay there until they all come home. (I have had 3 vehicles since 9-11 and the ribbon has been in everyone of them) And please, thank your brother.
Great memory to scrap! I'm glad your brother is okay and please thank him for his sacrifice to me and my country! The yellow ribbon around the old oak tree will remain the thing to do when one leaves to do their duty for their country. Love your layout, title, the tree! fav!
The Fourth of July weekend put me in a patriotic mood and I decided to scrap this story of the yellow ribbon during my baby brother's deployment to Iraq on a reconnaissance mission with the Marines. The pic is of him and me on the day that he left for his 7-month deployment. It was so hard to say goodbye to him. The first thing I did after he left was go to the craft store, buy a big roll of yellow ribbon, make a bow, and tie it to the oak tree in our front yard. I put a sign underneath the ribbon with his picture and a message that said , "Pray for Michael, deployed to Iraq."
That ribbon was a magnet for notes from well-wishers. I was astonished at how many times we came home to find little notes scribbled to my brother and tucked into the ribbon. Often they were from fellow soldiers. One note said simply, Semper Fi," the Marine Corps motto, always faithful. I sent all these notes to my brother and wrote him stories of strangers ringing our doorbell or stopping us in the driveway to ask about him.
Near the end of his deployment, a news crew stopped by and asked me the story of the yellow ribbon. I recounted it to them. The story and a photo of the weathered ribbon on our tree were published as the featured "Back Page" story of the magazine. I scanned in photos of the magazine cover and article here and tucked them into the photo pocket on the layout.
When my brother came home, one of the first things he did was to cut down the tattered old yellow ribbon. What a great day that was - 221 days later.
I hand-drew and cut the tree trunk and branches, then added circles and buttons. Tieing the yellow ribbon on here really took me back to that day.
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