Awesome layout and great journaling to go with it! Your family will really appreciate that you took this time to preserve some of your family stories like this!! Great page! xo
LOVE those photos....you have scrapped your memories to perfection. With that corrugated board???? Get out!!! perfection I say. I also love how you progress from BW images to the color at the bottom. It makes the page travel in time.
No idea how I missed this! Love that the house was in your family for so long and that you've captured it over the years here...The brickwork and cardboard look great, and soso all the metal embellies. I so enjoyed reading your description of the house and what it has meant to your family-TFS
Your layout caught my eye, then when I read the description i was even more fascinated by your story. Not only do I have inspiration for multiply pictures in a L/O but inspiration on scraping the stories behind old photos before the memories fade and are lost.
very special and impressive masterpiece the collage of fotos of your childhood home are aesome and such an unforgettable story, luv your lil metal trinkets, fave and more.....xo
very special and impressive masterpiece the collage of fotos of your childhood home are aesome and such an unforgettable story, luv your lil metal trinkets, fave and more.....xo
Oh my goodness, Alice! This is page is so wonderful!!!!! I love how you photographed this home - the pictures look amazing! And I loved reading your story, too. Thank you so much for sharing the history of your family home!!!!!!!
What a wonderful piece of your memories. they recently tore the house down that I lived in when I was 3. I'm so sad that I never got any pictures of it. You did any amazing page with so many great photos.
Oh Alice this is so fabulous. To have a family home go through so many generations is most unique. I loved your journalling, photos and the creative way you've scrapped them.If only those walls could talk.
What a wonderful lo. I love the history that goes with the photos. Memories are inspiration for many lo's. I hope to get working on my alblum called Generations. I have all kinds of photos I can remember who and what they are. Linda
What a story Alice!! How cool is this?! This is gorgeous and a treasure - so happy you have it~ Love your textures and you are brave to try the paste :) It looks great and your G45 ppr choices are so perfect for this l/o! Nice design. TFS~
Just love this Alice!! How wonderful to have those photographs! I love photos of old houses and even more so if they have a personal story behind them! Loved reading your story, and your beautiful page brings it all to life! Super!!!
How absolutely wonderful...I bet there are many wonderful memories within those walls!! Love how you have scrapped these photo's and the TH key and keyhole with the hanging sign are the perfect embellies!!
Wow, how amazing to have the pics and the story of that beautiful home...not sure if I could ever sell it with such a rich family history!! Just wonderful!!
Love the LO and the photos are wonderful. You are fortunate to have them. What a great house! Some of my family homesteads are gone and I wish there were photos.
This is the home that my family lived in for many years. It has now stood for over 100 years and undergone many changes, but it holds many memories. As an aside, the photos are not crooked, it's my photography ~
The house was built on what was originally called Lincoln Street in Astoria, New York. My maternal grandmother lived here in the late 1880's. Her family moved away, but when she and my grandfather got married in about 1916, they purchased it. I think that the top picture dates from this era. My mother and uncle were born here in 1917 and my mom lived here until she got married in 1941. The middle two pictures were taken in 1935. At some time during this period, the street was renamed 31st Road and Astoria became part of Long Island City.
At first my parents lived in an apartment, but in 1943, when I was about six months old, my parents moved back to this house. We lived upstairs and my grandparents and my uncle lived downstairs. After my grandmother died in 1947, we moved to the lower half and my grandfather and uncle moving upstairs. I lived here until 1949 when I was almost 7, and my parents bought their first house.
My grandfather sold the house sometime in the early 50's. I took the last picture in 2001 when I was visiting New York and took my uncle and my godmother on a nostalgia tour.
I put my journaling in the pocket envelope behind the star. I used some old G 45 Domestic Goddess for my pp. I wanted to try using molding paste, so I selected the black Kaisercraft Pickled Pear for my background and the Crafter's Workshop mini brick template. Although you can see that I did use the molding paste and the brick template, I got carried away, as usual, and most of it got covered up. I added some painted corrugated cardboard and some burlap to give it more of a rough aged look, and then added some stitching to the edge with my Sew Easy tool.
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