Christmas Memories

Good Friday to you!!

I hope your holiday season

is going splendidly.

Today over at the CKCB

I am up with a challenge.

My challenge to you

 is to do a favorite

Christmas memory page.

We only have a very few pictures

of our childhood,

so that makes the ones that we do 

have very very special.

This particular one is very dear to my heart.

This is from left to right:

me, my baby sis Dena and my little sister Dana

(18 months younger than me).

This picture is made all the more dear,

because my sister Dana is in heaven.

She went to be with Jesus when she was 18,

so every picture we have of her is quite dear to us.

The story I tell here in my JYC2013 is of that

faux fireplace in the background.

Cardboard fireplaces (chimney's as I call them)

were all the rage in 1974 =)

There were complete with mantel and faux fire.

It was just part of our Christmas back then.

Wouldn't have felt like Christmas to us without it.

Where I was looking through the slim pickens of photos =)

I found this gem of my older sister and brother

sitting on santa's lap.

It is such a sweet photo,

and my sister Rhonda looks so much like my mom.

LOVE IT!!

The the other picture is of me and my dear Dak.

It is one of my fav pictures. 

He was about 10,

and just loved his mama to bits.

Still does.

Here is our faux chimney (fireplace)

complete page.

Isn't this Crate Paper Bundled Up line

perfect for Christmas past LO's?

Love it!

And my little photo bomber and his dirty little sock

is back.

Your welcome.

=)

How sweet is the smile on my brother's face.

Love him.

These pages make me want to cry;

in a good and nostalgic way.

Ahhh.....the memories.

Thank you so much for stopping by

and 

sharing in these very special memory pages.

And do please link up over at CKCB

your own special memory pages.

I'd love to share in yours as well.

Have a Blessed and Beautiful,

Krafty, Kind of Day ~~ 

JYC Party Planning

Today's prompt for JYC was all about

the parties we throw.

I had to think about this a little bit,

because I do not consider what we do

throwing a party,

but I guess it really is.

We always call it "getting together".  

Ha Ha!!

So today I really thought about how

we will "party" this year.

With the popularity of Pinterest,

and my own deep love for all things

Pinterest,

I thought how fun it would be if

 a lot of our decor, dishes

and desserts were from Pinterest.

And of course, I am documenting 

this process.

I am absolutely loving this process.

I am so glad that I did some pre-planning this year.

It works for me =)

It makes adding titling and journaling 

so much easier.

Then I can just add my bits and bobs

and BOOM!!

Page complete.

I have had these straws for some time,

but what in the world do you do with 

straws but drink through them I ask you?

Well I was intrigued,

and have seen the uber talented

Ashli Oliver use them,

and so I decided I'd give it a go.

I mean I did buy them,

on a whim,

I might add.

anyway.....

here they are dolling up my page.

I love.

Swoon.

Wish I wasn't such a crafty fraidy cat.

I'm cool like that =)

Since my Heidi Swapp mini file worked so well yesterday

I tried it again,

with splendid results.

That vintage black/gray damask folder

and then I added that smaller red

file bit on top.

Speaking of afore mentioned mini file,

I tore this red beaut 

right out of my Heidi Swapp Christmas Album thingy.

The file albums really are adorable,

but I knew with doing this album,

I wouldn't need to do two,

so I decided to use it in this one,

and I am LOVING the results~~

So open this bad boy up,

and I have another little file folder from

afore mentioned Christmas album =)

Now since I tore it out of the original album,

it had the perforated edge,

but was in two pieces.

So.....

I scored right on the line between the red striped

edge and the green hounds tooth.

Then I sewed between the scored line

and the perforated edge.

I zigged and zagged and

VOILA!!

Then you open this sweet little beaut up

and because of those score lines it opens up nicely,

and because of the sewing it stays together nicely.

That's a plus =)

So in this little folder within a folder I will be

putting what I actually end up making from Pinterest.

And on the inside front cover of the original,

larger folder, I am putting in pictures from Pinterest,

a sort of mood board if you will.

I'll keep ya posted.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I hope you are thoroughly enjoying your holiday season.

Have a Blessed and Beautiful,

Krafty, Kind of Day ~~