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Happy Wednesday everyone....hope you are all having a wonderful day.
Welcome Lisa...look forward to seeing your creations.
Joyce Ann, sorry to hear of the "accident" with your little poppet GGS...nothing worse than a chipped tooth but it can be fixed once he is older. Oops re the biting...poor Tiny Tot but little ones unfortunately don't know what's always wrong.
I'm trying to find my creativity. We've nearly got on top of all the jobs now and just have the outside to clean once the weather improves. It's our monthly craft group in a couple of weeks and I will be doing an xmas card kit with all of the others ladies. Until then, I need to rekindle my relationship with my craft room and stuff LOL.
Happy day everyone
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Need some feedback from you gals. I am picking up scrapbooking my photos from 2014, which is when our foster kids were placed with us. We were not supposed to post pictures of them online while they were still foster kids, so I haven't scrapbooked any photos of them. When we adopted them, we changed my son's name from Angel to Oliver, but for the whole time from 2014 - 2017, we called him Angel. So does it make sense to use that name in scrapbooks until his adoption day? It seems funny to call him that now since I've gotten so used to his new name, but it was what we used during the time period I'll be scrapbooking. Help!
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Need some feedback from you gals. I am picking up scrapbooking my photos from 2014, which is when our foster kids were placed with us. We were not supposed to post pictures of them online while they were still foster kids, so I haven't scrapbooked any photos of them. When we adopted them, we changed my son's name from Angel to Oliver, but for the whole time from 2014 - 2017, we called him Angel. So does it make sense to use that name in scrapbooks until his adoption day? It seems funny to call him that now since I've gotten so used to his new name, but it was what we used during the time period I'll be scrapbooking. Help!
Speaking from experience, I would call him Oliver on the pages. When you scrap the page of his adoption (may have already), I would share the story of the name change.
These pages will be around for years (we hope) and his name is now Oliver - he was only Angel to you for three years. He's going to be Oliver to you for many more!
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How funny, I was leaning the other way on the name thing! Hmm, have to think about this some more. Anyway, I completed another layout for VSBN. Only three more to go.
Cheryl, if the photo/story relates to the fact he was called differently then, perhaps you could refer to that in your journaling. I think it would get confusing in the future when the loved ones look back through the albums. You could add on the page that he was then going by the different name but that seems counter productive to telling the marvelous story of how he came to be part of THIS family. How important is it to you and dad to point out the different name of each of the early layouts? You changed his name for a reason. Do you hesitate because you feel you would be doing him an injustice by not making a note of the first name on every page? Telling the story of the name change is important, but you wouldn't want it to be an issue or confusion in the future. IMHO
Personally, I'm for you and what ever you decide - I'll always be rooting for you!
__________________ Joyce Ann - Layouts completed: 2022/ 218; 2023/ 71. Layouts for 2024: Jan 3=72, Feb 3=75
Sorry I should explain. My son's father walked out on us. My son had no choice in the matter. When I started scrapbooking his life I asked him what he wanted in his book. The book was balanced until he told me he no longer wanted pictures of his dad in his book.
Sorry I should explain. My son's father walked out on us. My son had no choice in the matter. When I started scrapbooking his life I asked him what he wanted in his book. The book was balanced until he told me he no longer wanted pictures of his dad in his book.
Am I making any sense?
I get where you're coming from but I have to be honest, I've given up the pretense that I'm scrapbooking so my kids will have the story of their life preserved. I fully expect that when I die, the kids will fight over who has to take all the scrapbooks - LOL! So this isn't really Oliver or Brianna or Elliot or Adrian's book, this is our family album(s). I guess that is why I'm trying to figure out the name thing because him being Angel for three years was such a part of our story as a family. My oldest son still calls him Angel, and told me he will probably always think of him that way. Plus we have all his memorabila (cards, report cards, etc.) from that time period that says Angel. So it's complicated. . . Appreciate all the feedback, BTW.
Cheryl, all I can say is that I understand the conflict. I've been scanning in my grandparents photos and adding captions to the digital copies with names, dates, any other info I have (location, background story, etc) and I started off by going with the person's last name at the time of the photo, which is perfect for little girls whose names are often changed when they marry. But then it gets tricky with my aunt who has been divorced more than once, and I am not positive what her last name was that year. And cousins who are divorced and want the ex forgotten. And my uncle who has a different father than my dad, but he took my grandfather's last name when he turned 18, even tho my grandfather had passed away by that point. It's just plain tricky. Good luck to you.
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Cheryl and Tanya, all is good when we go at it with the intention of scrapping the times from our heart. There is always more to our past stories than first seen on the initial surface. Just follow your heart, scrap for yourself.
__________________ Joyce Ann - Layouts completed: 2022/ 218; 2023/ 71. Layouts for 2024: Jan 3=72, Feb 3=75
Cheryl, all I can say is that I understand the conflict. I've been scanning in my grandparents photos and adding captions to the digital copies with names, dates, any other info I have (location, background story, etc) and I started off by going with the person's last name at the time of the photo, which is perfect for little girls whose names are often changed when they marry. But then it gets tricky with my aunt who has been divorced more than once, and I am not positive what her last name was that year. And cousins who are divorced and want the ex forgotten. And my uncle who has a different father than my dad, but he took my grandfather's last name when he turned 18, even tho my grandfather had passed away by that point. It's just plain tricky. Good luck to you.
Yes, that is very tricky! I have two weddings I attended and took photos of that didn't last more than three years, so I'm puzzled how to scrapbook them. Just skip them, knowing they didn't end well? I guess change is the one constant in life, so we just have to do our best. I have a friend who, if she didn't remember the details of an event and couldn't find anyone else who could remind her, just made something up! I couldn't believe it, but she told me that if no one else remembered, what difference did it make? Her version of "history is written by the victors!"
Cheryl, my nephew that just got married is Mike (now) however when he was born, my Sis was married to another man and he had a different name. He was young when she got remarried 6-ish. Her new husband adopted him and they changed his name to Mike. He's been Mike since then and because it was so long ago, he doesn't really remember ever being the "other" name. My family and younger niece, nephews all thinks it's weird now when they look back at my scrapbooks and see the stories with his Original name because "the younger generation" all thinks of him as Mike ... I don't think it's strange and neither does my Mom but I've noticed it seems to be an "age" thing ...
Since your oldest son still calls him Angel, perhaps it won't be strange to them. To be "closer to actual" maybe calling him Angel in the 2014 scrapbook would be normal to all of them ... just not sure if they would think the same someday after years of calling him Oliver?
That's a tough one ...
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I had a few chuckles when reading your posts Cheryl!! I'm with you in the sense that my family will be fighting over who HAS to take all the scrap books!!! I have said I scrap for my grands kids but in recent years decided that is not the case any longer. I scrap for myself!!!
Loved the "history is written by the victors"!
The beauty is there is no wrong way of doing a scrapbook!
All I have are full....or for events that I have not finished scrapping yet.
Guess that should be my goal for next month, finish up events that have albums started!!!
All I have are full....or for events that I have not finished scrapping yet.
Guess that should be my goal for next month, finish up events that have albums started!!!
I had to start working on the same "issue" Sharon! I had so many partial albums and very few done, I've been trying to focus on that ... so hard though as I like to scrap current. I've been mixing it up to at least make progress
I was planning to spend the day Scrapping but my DS needs help at his new Restaurant with a Wedding Catering Event so I'm off to be "cheap labor" ... but spend the day with him! Yay!
Still have 2 VSBN Challenges to finish tomorrow ... hope you all have scrappy weekend plans
__________________ Lela -- Scrap Blog -- Come Scrap With Us ---- YTD 87 / 300 Pages 2023 -- 64 / 252 Cards 2023
Yes, that is very tricky! I have two weddings I attended and took photos of that didn't last more than three years, so I'm puzzled how to scrapbook them. Just skip them, knowing they didn't end well? I guess change is the one constant in life, so we just have to do our best. I have a friend who, if she didn't remember the details of an event and couldn't find anyone else who could remind her, just made something up! I couldn't believe it, but she told me that if no one else remembered, what difference did it make? Her version of "history is written by the victors!"
That. Is both hilarious and completely crazy to me!
I don't know what to do with those wedding pics either................
__________________ Tanya - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - My Blog
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Just popping in to say Happy Monday. No scrapping or creating done...yet. Unfortunately too many other things to do this end. The good news is that the sun finally has its hat on...yay.
Enjoy.
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I can’t seem to get my mojo going to do anything, let alone scrapbook. Removing my ovaries sure has wrecked havoc on me ... hot flashes like never before and emotional ... I even cry watching a Hallmark movie.
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Michele, go grab a photo - any photo - then grab some paper! Fight through this slump! It doesn't have to be your best work. You don't even have to actually put this layout in an album. Once you get the feel for the process, the mojo might return.
__________________ Joyce Ann - Layouts completed: 2022/ 218; 2023/ 71. Layouts for 2024: Jan 3=72, Feb 3=75
Good advice Joyce Ann, just shuffling around with paper and pictures will sometimes do the trick with getting the mojo to return.
My best bet is to start thoroughly cleaning/reorganizing my room, that will get me scrapping in a heartbeat...which is why my room is only ever half cleaned!!!
Then who doesn't cry during a Hallmark movie??
I've been doing that reading some of the posts on FB!!!
Jayne, I would imagine it will take a bit of time to get organized and scrapping again after being gone so long. That was you I was reading about on an extended trip??
My biggest accomplishment this month other than getting 21 pages done... is getting most of the years worth of layouts into their respective albums!!
That is one of the major reasons to scrap or switch to chronological scrapping, which I do not do!!
I completed a few layouts over the past week but felt too lazy to post them. Since the month is ending tonight, I figured I should finally post them in the gallery, so I got that done tonight. Two are for my daughter's school album, and two are from our London trip. Almost done with day 4 of our 14 day trip!
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yes, yes!
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