Tokeloshe: March 2010

29.3.10

School Years

"School Years"
12" x 12" Two pages
Scrapbooked: December 2008Font: Century Schoolbook 10
Paper: Slab V by Prova Craft
More journaling in Envelope
Coin envelope template from House of Stirfry
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“The difference between school and life?
In school, you're taught a lesson
and then given a test.
In life, you're given a test
that teaches you a lesson.”
- Tom Bodett

My Inspiration:

"Proud"
From the book Scrapbooking family memories By Memory Makers

Did you know that there are Facebook groups for schools?

I found these photos on Facebook

Did you attend any of these schools, I would love to hear from you?

22.3.10

Groovy 70's

Paper: Hand decorated with Spirograph and Bubble letters.

Tab template from Mel Stampz

Fonts: Curlz MT

Journaling inside card
Scrapbooked March 2009

Detail of background made with a Spirograph

Journaling:

I was a teenager in the seventies. My mother sewed fashionable clothes for us like midis, maxis, minis and hot pants. I even had a pair of wet look boots. I had a peace ring, but I unfortunately lost it. Our minis were so short, we had to know how to sit down and bend down in them.

What do you remember of the 70's?

Related:

70's Wordle
made from these words and sentences

Groovy	Tie Die	Grease
John Travolta	Saturday Night Fever	Yo-yos
Disco	Olivia Newton John	Bell Bottoms
Halter necks	Star Wars	Clogs
Mood Rings	Disco Balls	Mini Skirts
Bridge over troubled waters	Bee Gees	Rocky
Joan Baez	Love Story	Lava Lamps
Maxis	Shaggy Carpets	Platform Shoes
Safari Suits	The Godfather	Ponchos
Tie Die	Peace	Hippie
Psychedelic	Flower Power

18.3.10

March Issue - Shades The Magazine

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Preserving their stories

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15.3.10

Quick and easy sketches

Quick and Easy Sketches For Scrapbookers
(Memory Makers) (Paperback) by Nicole Cummings (Author)

There is a good review of the book at Dreamscape

Using Sketches as a Launching Point For Your Layouts

Related: Sketches

More sketches
About.com
Blue Fish Memories
My scrapblog.scrapbookworm
Pagemaps
Pencil Lines
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Madeover Mini Meatloaves

8.3.10

Handmade Clothes

Journaling: Mom always made our clothes, when we were children.

At the time I didn't appreciate it, but now I know how special it was.

Because I did ballet, she also made most of my costumes.

A few weeks before our annual vacation, we would go to the material store,

look through the pattern books, choose the material and get buttons, zips, cotton, etc.

Mom also made us a new set of matching beach wear.

Then for weeks she would cut, sew and try on the clothes, until we had new clothes.

When I left home, I took my clothes on hangers, some of them were covered with scraps of material, such as Crimplene, which I have kept to this day and used in this layout.