A little while ago there was a challenge on UKS to scrap siblings.
I don't have any of those. Just me - an only child - now an orphan!
So I searched what I could make. I debated Nigel and his brothers but it didn't float my boat so much and then I thought of a picture of my Mom and her sister. It was all the more poignant because Aunty Betty passed earlier this year.
So I dug out a photo of them that was from my wedding - just such a happy picture of them together. And I prepared to scrap it. And then I stopped and thought what I was going to do with it and - well inspiration struck.
Nigel and I have been married almost 33 years and apart from the odd photo for a specific purpose I have never scrapped my wedding.
There were reasons for this - and they were pretty stupid reasons really. Firstly I feel my photos are very old-fashioned. Well, they would be wouldn't they. It was the 80's. That's practically vintage! What I mean is they are very formal. I think wedding photography is gorgeous now with artistic shots, informality etc. Ours was of its time - formal and staid and, quite frankly, boring.
The other thing is I was very nervous on my wedding day. I don't like my photo taken now and I am so much more relaxed these days. I look scared and stern in most of them.
But I have come to accept that they are what they are and they ARE my wedding day - one of the happiest days of my life. And I haven't recorded the day in any meaningful way. I just have the professional pictures in albums and no stories are told. So I set about addressing that.
I didn't want a huge album - so I went for 8" x 8" as I figured I would want very little embellishment and really just wanted to tell the story of some of the day.
It's not going to be finished quickly as I dip in and out of it but here is the work in progress so far. Dated and simple but mine!





These two form a sort of double



and this is the companion page to the one of the three of us. Nigel worked on a local radio station - just once a week for sports reports - but knew all the staff so it was no surprise that I ended up Bride of the week - the bride they called on her wedding day! He just didn't give me any advance warning so no surprise but I was very surprised!!

and this was the page of my Mom and her sister that started it all off and I am so pleased I am working on this album

Thursdays - I know today is Friday but I missed yesterday - are art class and so I will share my latest picture. It is not my style was not my choice and is not the medium I like! It had to be acrylic and was from a very poorly copied picture off t'internet. But never let it be said I wouldn't do a challenge.
We had to paint it from scratch in 2 hours. The idea was to be free with paint and just flow. Not detail.
Um, I don't do free and flow and not detail. I did get it done in under two hours though - even with the details

Today I am thankful for
- deciding to record our wedding - better late than never
- scrapping time
- 32 years of being married to my best friend
and finally - just to show we are as happy today as we were 32 years ago. Well actually I think we are way way happier to be honest

yes - still happy and still in love and still very very stupid