Those that are wondering about the mid-month Diva Blog hop--have no fear--it'll be back again next month--there were some technical upgrades happening on the sites a few of the Divas use at the time we usually post, so rather than risk broken links we opted to skip this month!!
I have been busy researching family history lately, and scored BIG time this past week--I was able to find my grandmother and her siblings Marriage Certificates/records from Massachusetts!! I had known the years my great-aunts & great-uncles were married, but hadn't had the actual date(s) until now, and it's so fun to uncover more information bit-by-bit!!
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| My grandparent's Marriage Certificate |
Doing the family history research got me thinking about what sort of information I should be thinking about sharing with future generations. If you're anything like me, it's easy to document/share things about OTHER people, but when it's about yourself, it's like pulling teeth to be able to tell your own story!!
Over on the My Memories Blog, Diane with ADB Designs started a blog series a couple weeks ago--the challenge, to Document YOUR Life, and each post has a SUPER simple question/prompt to help jumpstart the journaling creativity!! At the time it first posted, I read thru it and thought it was cool, and filed it away in the back of my mind as a 'future project'. Two weeks later she posted the second question/prompt, and I decided that I just needed to 'start' the project, rather than to keep thinking about doing it.
It's going to be a work-in-progress, and that's O.K. with me. I also like that if you're not a scrapbooker (doesn't matter if your're a traditional or digital memory-keeper), these questions/prompts are still great catalyst to use to record your answers in a simple journal. AND, it's information that future generations will love to have--especially in your own handwriting!!
So, Question/Prompt #1 is: What is your full name? Why were you given that name? Do you like your name?
I think I had initially filed this project away as a 'future project' because I didn't have a really good answer for the second question of the three. BUT, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that even that answer was acceptable, and did not mean I couldn't document 'my' story.
I haven't quite migrated over to using the My Memories 6 scrapbooking software full-time, but I have been playing around with some of the available downloads, and I created my page for Question/Prompt #1 using downloads that are (currently) ALL FREE!!
Here's the list of kits that I used product from:
Summer Fairy Mini Kit (background--opacity reduced to 75%)
English Tea Garden Alpha (alphabet--upper & lower--re-colored)
June 2015 Blog Train Gift (beads--opacity reduced to 51%)
Summer Fun Sampler (frame)
June Sampler (green flower)
June Mini 2015 (pink rose)
Candy Things (flourish--recolored)
I had a flash of inspiration earlier today for what to make my page for the second question look like, so am already looking forward to working on that one. I'll post that one in the future and will continue to share my 'life' with you!! I hope you'll join me in documenting YOUR life!!
Happy Crafting!!
Pam
