Laura Vegas

exactly a year ago, i shared this post on my blog. it was the day before thanksgiving, and it was a last minute share. i even talked about how last minute i am. and guess what? nothing much has changed since then. lol! here it is, the day before thanksgiving again. and here i am, sharing the same project. and it's still looking about the same as it did last year. i'm sort of recycling this project idea, to share again today. because i love the idea of it. and maybe you will too, and want to make one of your own.

you can read more details about what i was doing and planning, over on THIS POST. but the main idea was to make an album, that featured every family member and what they were thankful for. i mentioned last year that i was going to take a photo of everyone on thanksgiving day. and i did. i pulled each person aside, and took a great shot of them. i also mentioned that i was going to have everyone fill out a journaling page, listing what they were thankful for. and i did that too. some famil members were a little hesitant on the idea, and didn't know what to write. i gave free reign. they could be serious, funny, sentimental. whatever they were thankful for, i wanted them to write. and they all did.

and this was my plan for what i would do with the photo and journaling page for each family member, when i got back home. 9×9 page. white cardstock page base. a pattern paper strip, and some coordinating colored cardstock. some ribbon, or maybe a few simple embellishments. and their name, which would be die cut with my slice. easy peasy.   

i had the photos all printed, right after thanksgiving. i had planned on doing them all in black and white, to keep the album cohesive. but i had some photos that were perfect in color. some family members just had the right color clothes on. lol! so i have a mix of black and white, and color photos. so, one would think that this album would be done. and complete. and ready to set out tomorrow, on the thanksgiving table.

well, it's not. lol! story of my life. for every one thing i DO accomplished, i have 5 things that did NOT get accomplished. i did remember to pull these out yesterday though. so i have all the photos matched up with the journaling page for each family member. i have papers cut. it's all ready to assemble. so hopefully, i can get this done tonight.

just wanted to give you a peek at a few of the family's pages. this is alyssa's. i like all the little drawings she added to her journaling page.

this is sarah's. i love that she wrote "thankful" down the side of her paper, and then listed things that started with that same letter.

and my grandma. we can't read a lot of what she wrote. but it's her handwriting, and her words. and it's special, because she passed away about 6 months after this. i am so happy that i made everyone take a photo. because this photo of my grandma captured her, right before she got sick. i'm thankful we have this smiling photo to remember her by.

i want to tell you that i'll come back on friday, and post some of the other pages of the album. the finished project. but if i promise that, i most likely will NOT come back and share. lol! it's the twisted way my creative mind works. so no promises from me today. maybe you'll see the finished project, maybe you won't. just have to wait and see 🙂

update at 2:30pm. just had to come back and show you that i AM making progress. in between life, work, and all that other stuff 😉