Finished Sepia Album

                               Pfffffff, ....... finally ....I sure hope you're not
                                      bored already with this album.........

                                  You saw some pictures of it in the past : ) ,
                              but I really wanted to show you the photo's of
                                            the book now it's done .
                         
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                                This book holds some of the sepia photo's
                                     of my grandparents of  father's side .
                            My dear granddad and -mom Sietze and Jantje .
                                             
                         They had five children (my father was their firstborn)
                                          and got 23 grandchildren.

                                      Although it took me some time ,
                  (I had to put it aside many times to do more important things : )
                   it was a lot of fun making this . I printed the photo's on fabric
                             and used a lot of tea and coffee dyed lace .
                          There's some very old lace and bridal lace too .

                    You know I often use glass and pearls from broken jewelry....
                   the beautiful clasp came from a necklace that was given to me
                       by Maria's mother- in- law, and so were a lot of pearls.
                                       Thank you so much oma !!!! 
         
                              There also are some gorgeous old laces
                              that were sent to me by my friend Doni !!!!
                       You know her from..... and can find her "HERE" at
                                       'Faith Grace and Crafts' 
                      Thank you so much Doni, you are such a dear friend
                                  you know how I appreciate it !!
                       
                     
                          I will tell more about this gift in an other post..... !!
                                
                                            I hope you enjoy...........

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                                   The photo's of my two aunts are not sharp,
                       maybe I replace them if I find some better way to enlarge,
                                       or maybe this is as good as it gets.
                            I didn't want to leave them out ,....... they're so cute.
                                            Love the hairribbons..... !!

 

                           I love this photo, with the moms that took a walk
                                           and picked some flowers.....

                           People in those days were taking it very serieus
                                 when their picture was made , I think .
                       
                              There's hardly a smile, even in this setting...........
                              while my grandma had a very joyful heart.........
                              she's the one with the flowers on the pram......

                (ofcourse I don't underestimate the time my grandparents were living in........
                         very very troubled...and a lot of hard and heavy work.....)
                                 It was this heart that pulled her through........!!!
                             

 

  

                          The last photo is of the first son on his way to his bride.....
                                               My parent's weddingday .
                               Their weddingpicture is in the top of my sidebar
                                                   'Jaap and Jannie'.....

                                Next item to finish is 'My Personal Bridesbook' :  ).....

                                             See you next week,


                                                                     With Love,
                                                                                Wilma.

Books and Inspiration 1/2

     Today I was thinking about how many sorts of books I have been working on lately
     and maybe I should make a choise and specialize. But the "problem" is.........I like it all.
     I like to work with paper and cardstock, but also enjoy fabric and lace......
     All materials are so fun to create with.

     The thing is........... I think I have to learn how to "loosen up" a little : ).
     I don't know if I can explain this in English,
     but I'm a bit afraid of working free. In Dutch we say..........
     "afraid to color outside the lines"....... : )
     Writing this down I'm not sure if this is said right, but
     I hope you know what I mean.
     It's not that I'm unhappy with my first results, but I really, really want to dare..........
     to create, make what I feel instead of what I think is expected.
     Do hope that in the time to come I will make more progress in this.......


     For example....my first "Fabric Book"  and below the last one.......
     my "Sepia-album" dedicated to my grandmother........there is some difference......
     The Bridesbooks lay inbetween I think.......
     I'd love to learn more........but maybe this is me.........just wait and see........

     Vandaag dacht ik aan hoeveel verschillende soorten boeken ik zo
     langzamerhand heb gewerkt.
     Het zou, dacht ik, goed zijn om een keus te maken,
     waarin ik me meer zou kunnen  bekwamen........zoals dat zo mooi heet.
     Maar....... gek genoeg vind ik alles leuk en vind ik het prettig om af en toe
     van materiaal te wisselen. Papier en karton of stof en kant.

     Er is voor mij alleen één "probleem"........ik denk dat ik moet leren om
     wat losser te werken, om buiten de lijntjes te durven kleuren..........
     Het is niet dat ik niet blij ben met de eerste resultaten, maar ik wil écht, heel graag
     gaan dúrven !.......meer gaan creëren....!!......wat ik vóel............
     en niet wat ik denk dat er misschien verwacht wordt.
     Ik hoop zó dat ik daar in de komende tijd meer en meer in zal groeien!  

     Om een voorbeeld te geven......de boeken die hier zijn afgebeeld,
     hierboven, mijn eerste "Fabric Book" en hieronder het laatste,
     het "Sepia-album" dat aan mijn oma is gewijd.........er is al wat verschil te zien,
     de Bruidboeken liggen er een beetje tussen in, denk ik.
     deze kant wil ik dus graag nog verder op.........maar misschien is dit wie ik ben.........
     ......................just wait and see.......

 Some other pictures of the Sepia.

 inside...............

 

To see pictures of the finished Sepia Album click Here

With Love,

             Wilma.