This
certainly isn't the best image of my mother, but I love this photo, taken
outside my grandmother's house in the Winter of 1945/6, for the stories that it
tells.
My
parents were married in January, 1946, so this must have been around the time
of their wedding. Winter lasts from early November through March in Western New
York, so it's hard to be more accurate.
My
father is wearing his Army Air Force hat and leather jacket, made for the
brutally frigid temperatures that were found in the unheated Flying Fortresses
where he flew as a waist gunner during the war. That jacket was a constant of
my childhood; Dad wore it for years to do yard work. I can remember my mother
mending the occasional worn spot, but it was a long time before it was finally
retired.
If
you look closely at the car's windshield, you'll see the "A" sticker,
a sign of war-time rationing when there were severe limits on consumption of
gasoline.
The
Vintage Winter kit from Swirlydoos is full of papers from Bo Bunny's Winter
Wishes collection, as well as the gorgeous Snowflake Frame 3 chipboard set from
Creative Embellishments, rusty jingle bells from Darice, a jar of Aleen's
Glitter Snow and so much more!
I
love the frosted elegance of this paper - Chill from the Winter Wishes
collection - and thought it would make a good base for my layout. I used a bit
of grey cardstock and then a piece of
the Core'dinations Glitter Silk in Silver Mist (also included in the
kit) to mat my photo, with some packaging cardboard between each layer to give
it some dimension.
The
chipboard pieces were given a light brushing of gesso and then a heavy coating
of the Glitter Snow.
When
dried, I applied the frame around my photo and scattered the snowflakes around
the page.
I've
chosen some flowers from Prima Marketing's Salvage District collection and a
bit of Magnolia Trim, also by Prima, and a few of the Darice Rusted Jingle
Bells for the flower cluster. The snowy branches are a supermarket find from
last November.
This
page was inspired by several challenges that I've listed here:
The layout
is based on a sketch by Swirlydoos DT Coordinator Kim Heard and will be entered
in the Vintage Winter Sketch Challenge at Swirlydoos. This challenge is open to
all; visit the Swirlydoos Forums for details.
http://www.swirlydoos.com/forums/topic/january-sketch-challenge-delicate/
I'm
also entering it in the January Creative Embellishments Challenge https://creativeembellishments.com/blog/?p=11221
The
swirls in the inspiration photo clicked in my head at my first sight of the
Snowflake Frame 3 and I just knew that I had to enter. The numbers gave me
another idea: I dug into my clock embellishments and found this wood icon that
I've treated with some Gilding Wax and placed beside my photo.
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