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I wanted to make our great-niece a little book for Christmas - I have found that kids *love* having their own albums, and according to her mom, she loved it! :)
I used a 6x6 album and the and "ABC" set by Katie Pertiet at Designer Digitals. All of the patterned papers used are by Digitreats from her "Skip" collection.
I did the entire alphabet, but will just post a few to give you an idea...
The album:
Cover page:
ABC page examples: (6x6 alpha page facing a 6x6 photo page)
Please see previous post for details on this album! Continuing on with my mom's side of the family...
My maternal grandparents:
My grandpa's parents: (Pedigree and pages)
My grandmother's parents:
Final page:
Please see previous post for the details on this album! Continuing on with my dad's side of the family...
My paternal grandparents:
My grandfather's parents: (Pedigree and pages)
My grandmother's parents:
It has been a long time since I posted - I was too busy *making* things! :)
My main project for the last few months has been a Family History Album. I signed up for the class at JessicaSprague.com - she provides a digital kit, templates, and guidance. I finally finished my album (several weeks after class ended), and it is lovely - but here are the best things about this project--
1. I "found" family members that I never knew before I started digging in. I am so thankful for Facebook, as we are now in touch with several cousins that we had lost contact with.
2. My "new" cousins sent me photos of my grandparents and great-grandparents - and great-great-grandparents. I was so moved by these photos - they are a treasure.
3. In order to find more information on a particular branch of the family, I signed up for Ancestry.com - really loving this website and all of the documentation I am finding!
4. Since it was digital, I was able to make copies for my parents, my brother, my aunt - and if I find more information, I can easily update and reprint any page that I want!
5. I know I said it once already, but the album is lovely - Jessica did a great job as always with the layout and the kit provided. I used the embellishments sparingly, as I wanted the focus to be on the photos.
My album is 36 pages - this is because I added "Pedigree" pages for each great-grandparent. I will try to share them all, but will do so in multiple posts - here goes! :)
I used chocolate brown fabric-covered albums with the following image in the window on the cover (about 3.5x3.5):
Title page: (All pages are 12x12, printed in 8x8.)
My Family Tree:
My Pedigree:
I did four pages for my parents and each set of grandparents and great-grandparents.
My parents:
Next post - grandparents! :)
