Farah Diba-haar

Paramaribo, 1964, mijn moeder was ongeveer 17 jaar oud...
Schoolfoto's had je toen nog niet, dus eens in de zoveel tijd ging mijn moeder met haar vriendinnen naar de fotograaf. Opgedirkt in mooie jurken en met wat zij noemt 'Farah Diba'-haar: zo hoog mogelijk opgestoken, naar voorbeeld van de vrouw van de Sjah van Perzië.

Deze layout heb ik alweer een tijd geleden gemaakt, maar ik blijf hem leuk vinden... ik heb nog een hoop oude foto's liggen, maar dit was eigenlijk mijn eerste 'heritage' project, waarbij het 'oude' papier ook echt bij de foto's paste...

Ik post deze layout omdat ik erg blij en dankbaar ben dat mijn moeder - zonder enige aarzeling - eigenlijk alle foto's in huis aan mij heeft overgedragen. Ik geloof dat ze zelf ook nog meer van de foto's geniet als ik ze gescrapt heb....

Gisteren heb ik nog wat oude foto's gered bij Opa en Oma thuis uit het oude album van Opa's onlangs overleden broer Henk. Opa was een album aan het leeghalen, omdat hij de personen op de foto's niet kende en niets met de afbeeldingen had... hoewel ik er natuurlijk ook niet bij was en de personen ook niet ken, zou ik ze niet weg kunnen doen en ik ben ook blij dat Oma wat foto's en memorabilia voor me 'gered' heeft... Er zitten prachtige plaatjes tussen van Curaçao in de jaren '50 en kiekjes van Henks 'road trip' van Montreal naar Niagara Falls.... het is jammer dat ik hem niet beter gekend heb, maar deze foto's zal ik trouw bewaren... {wordt vast wel vervolgd met een layout of miniboekje...hihi...}

Layout: papier - Sandylion, meeste stickers - Sandylion, letterstickers - Sandylion, Chatterbox, Rebecca Sower, scharnieren - Making Memories en meer... maar dat weet ik niet meer precies...

Diamonds

I stated earlier that this blog would be about my creations... and I haven't posted anything in a few days. I have been scrapping though, but I need to scan the layouts and my scanner isn't installed at the moment. Will work on that soon.

So I looked on the harddrive of my laptop to see if there's an older scan on there somewhere... It was so typical: this one is the first one I bumped into and these people have been on my mind constantly for the last week or so... Coincidence? I don't know...

I made this layout over a year ago, it was actually published in a Dutch book on scrapbooking...

These are my grandparents on their 40th wedding anniversary. The titel says 'Diamonds', not because of their anniversary (I have been notified of the fact that I got it wrong... ha!), but because that's what they are to me: precious, invaluable, strong, shining...

Although we don't see each other as we would all love to, they are always in my heart.

Last week we got some news that totally shocked me and my family. I won't get into the details... I just wanted to share this layout with you and let you know what's on my mind... If anyone is reading this: please say a prayer for my grandad and wish him well? Thanks.

In case anyone wonders: the papers are Pebbles Inc. (green background), Design Originals (text) and ClubScrap (brown cardstock). Acrylic tags from Heidi Grace. I put stickers from Magenta on the back of the tags with Diamond Glaze. Letter stickers and 'negative' are from Creative Imaginations, the definition from Making Memories. Not sure where that clock sticker is from... I also used some chicken wire (really!), raffia and a camera charm.

One more for today

I started this one 'just because'... just because I liked the blue... just because I had the beads... just because I took apart another necklace and had the charms...

But while I was working on it, the more I had to think about my friend and collegue Chantal... and I was done, I knew it would be the present for her! It matches her eyes and that fab suit she has! I'm very proud that she loves to wear it...

Show off :)

Ok, I have been debating with myself about this Blog thing for quite awhile now... Do I really have anything to say that people want to read on the net? I'm still not sure...

But it seems like everyone in the world has a Blog nowadays and I don't want to stay behind... Yep, I'm the following kind a girl...

So I decided this morning: perhaps I don't have very interesting things to say (but who knows, it might happen), I do like to share my crafty works! Not just to show off (in case you got that idea from the title, ha!), but to share inspiration and techniques and ideas... the reasons I read other people's blogs in the first place!

For the people who don't know me: sorry, you won't find my life story in this post :) I just want to make a start with this Blog and we'll see where it goes! I do want to share however that I'm first and foremost a scrapper. An addict, you'd might say... but still my first picture is of a new passion of mine: jewelry making. I did a course a few weeks ago and a whole new world opened up to me! I love how quickly ideas come together for a necklace or bracelet and I love how friends and family react when you've made something especially with them in mind...

This particular necklace I made for my mom's friend Lieke's birthday. Every time I see her she wears something green, so that was an obvious choice :) Since I learned using eye pins, that has been my favorite technique to use in jewelry making, it is almost as addictive as scrapping! :) To this point I have done quite a few necklaces and bracelets with this technique and everytime I try to add one or two extra beads. I like to hang them on the back of my neck, but you can also use them more like a pendant, at the front. I think this one turned out quite nice... but let me know what you think!

Ok, so much for this post! More later! And thanks for reading!