Vintage Gluebook: Today's effort has to do with my dad. I am really fond of the picture of him holding up the gigantic potatoes they were harvesting. The picture is taken of the field next to the barn. It's houses now. In the background is my grandmother and probably my aunt Freda. The whole family is out working. No indication on the picture of who all of the children are. Interesting, my dad ended up being a potato farmer and housed the spuds in the basement of the house I live in. It use to be filled to the ceiling and to this day, I can smell potato smell down there.The next spread is also of my dad who went to the one room schoolhouse just down the road from his farm. He went through the 8th grade and took it over again because he said he hadn't learned enough. He is the one standing in the back. Also in the group were his sisters and the neighbor kids. I couldn't resist putting on the inscription in the Ecclectic Reader that I have been using. It is from Dad's Grandmother Saxton to all of the children in WU Bancroft's family. WU was my grandfather. Mary, has suggested using as much vintage paper as possible, but I had to add the Dairy coupon and some stamps that I had. No one will ever guess that they are from France.

It is hard to find the right colors and stuff. But, I am working on getting rid of stuff. The problem is that the book has already separated from its cover and I will need to do some repairs. I took out some of the pages toward the back. ( I'll never miss them.)

Vintage Glue Book: Here is the little book I am going to use for my Gluebook class taught by Mary Green. When I found it in the thrift store, Free. I couldn't resist. I looked at the little Moleskin notebooks and decided in queen bee fashion that this was the book for me. So I got right to work gluing two pages together as Lenna had suggested. The pages seemed a little thin. I think there are about twenty spreads. I wonder if the book will get too thick. Ah well, we will see.

Such a sweet little book printed in India in 1952.

I cracked up because I as I went I was reading the meditations... I guess it was a good choice. Got busy today collecting vintage papers. Then I wondered how old vintage was and decided that if I was to use up paper, as Mary suggested, that I would have to use the photos of my family and since I am over 60, I considered myself vintage. I also thought it would be a great way to save pictures for my son and daughter-in-law. In a little book sooo.....

B&W photo of myself and my mom, vintage alphabet, words from a old children's book, images from a Kate Greenway book about flowers, a poem my mom would have liked, end paper from an old children's book, and the ripped spine from that same book. Whew~! Page 2&3 theme was me and how I was very curious as a child. I happened to find the illustration of the girl wearing a tartan shawl... and my dress is a tartan plaid. I have always loved birds and butterflies and always wondered. I let the text fill in the story.

I agree with Mary, when something else is needed, add a stamp. I also had to include the 6 from a school house stamp kit that I have had since a child.

There you have today's efforts. Yes, that's me, full of it!

I may go over this spread because I feel like the colors are too bright and shiny. I just don't have things in vintage colors to tone it down. I looked at the images Mary supplied, but didn't find anything I thought would fit. Perhaps I will add some music or another layer on the edge of the birds and flowers to see if that is better.

Now if I could just figure out how to use Blogger so I don't have that big space inbetween the end and the comments.

Theme Thursday: Pink and Brown. This is the first time I have tried doing a challenge and it was great fun. I basicly found some pink and brown images in a magazine and "auditioned" each piece as Lenna would say to make an ATC card. I also thought about titling it, Barbie with Flowers and Chocolate"...too long.

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