I love your thoughts about 'memory', and I agree with you. And your first grade memories are sweet dispite the turbulance in your life at that time. I am also amazed at what you remember about first grade. I need to do some reminising of years past, so I don't forget. I love the ocean view and the soft colors here. And the title is perfect. Beautifuly done!
Wow- this is just awesome Cheryl!! Your journaling is wonderful- love it!!! Love the colors, the title lettering, and the fabulous design! Straight to my faves!
I just love this Cheryl! Love how the curvy title and torn papers extend the waves of the photo! Love the random memories! You've definityle inspired me to try something like this!
I love what you are doing Cheryl, this album will be such a precious gift of heritage to your girls......I too love the title and the beautiful design!!
wow....I love the fact that you're doing this!!! this page is so cool...love the way you have stitched around the journaling and the distressed edges of that and the photo....awesome!!!
Beautiful!! I love the wavy cut papers & mixed alphas!! Your journaling really touched my heart!! I have a lot of the same childhood memories & feelings....I was a Bluebird too! :-)
This is beautiful! I love the idea! your journaling is so peaceful and calming to me! Also I am sorry for all that you had to endure but I am sure it made you into a good woman!
The next in my series of childhood memories. I decided to do these layouts by school year to help job my memory. I don't often do monochromatic los, but it seemed to be what this lo needed. Journaling: Not a lot of memories here and even less pictures. In fact, no pictures. I chose to use a picture of the beach because it was such a part of my growing up. It also symbolizes the turbulence of my life at this period, but also symbolizes that just as the tide ebbs and flows so does life. Ultimately calm and steadiness prevail over turbulence. Memory is a funny thing…the things we can remember…the things we can’t. Sometimes it is a kindness that we can’t remember. This year was a little crazy. My mom was gone more than she was home and that is not necessarily a bad thing. The times she was there were not pleasant. The unsteadiness resulted in the divorce of my parents. My dad chose to date a lot of women that were just as unsteady and it was scary for me. School and other activities gave me stability and support. So there are a few memories I am grateful for. I remember the dress I wore in my school picture. The school picture is missing, but the memory of the dress isn’t. It was navy blue and had polka dots of bright colors all over it. Red…blue…yellow…green… orange polka dots. Big polka dots. I loooooved it. I remember being a Bluebird. This was part of the Camp Fire Girl organization. I remember thinking our little blue uniforms were a lot cuter than the Brownie uniforms. I remember having to sell the Camp Fire Girl candy. I loved the candy but HATED the selling. I remember going on an overnighter. I was scared. I liked being around the campfire, but it felt intimidating to be around all the older Camp Fire Girls. I thought they were laughing at me. I remember being embarrassed that I sucked my thumb when I slept. I tried to hide the secret, but knew that someone would see. I remember I liked a boy named Drew. All the girls liked him. We all thought he was a nice boy. We all thought most of the other boys weren’t. These are my first grade memories.
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