Scraps Of Time

off for a couple of days

hello my blogging friends! yes, the wayward blogger is still around, geesh! this end-of-the-school-year stuff is almost over. and then perhaps, i will be able to chat around more often, but then again, summer will be here and a-camping-we-will-go.

tomorrow i will be leaving for a couple of days to go to the special olympics- yea! our yearly jaunt to cheer our meagen on in her events. any orders that are place from friday 'til sunday, will be responded to on sunday evening. i will pop all orders in the mail on monday and tuesday. i appreciate your patience! thank you!

i will, hopefully, have some pictures to share, upon my return. have a wonderful weekend! -rebecca

New StoryBook Travel Journal JOURNEY

hi all! it's me, the neglectful blogger, geesh! i've been very, very busy with end of the school year stuff and birthdays and working ... just like all of you, life.  here is my newest storybook journal, have i said how much fun these are to make? lol! this is called "Journey" i have been trying to list it on etsy but, something must be going on there, they are rejecting my photo's, yikes, i don't like it when that happens, i'm siked to list it and it won't go in! anyway, i'll share it here, as always, and list it when it lets me. finally! yay! it's here in my etsy, lol:

             

             the cover was created with pages from a 1940's

             school reader.

vintage lace is attached to the pocket on this divider. each section

has a light tea colored vellum start page.

the flower paper on this divider, is actually the color of the next

picture.

this is actual 1929 ledger paper, how fun is that?

leather pocket with vintage lace and my favorite airplane charm!

another pocket- on- a- pocket, created with vintage images.

more vintage lace, i didn't realize until just now that i used this lace

twice in this journal, shucks, i like to use different laces for texture!

3 little pockets for little goodies

            

thanks for looking, everyone, and thank you for your continuing support through your emails, convos, comments and purchases!

we are finally getting some weather here- 80 degrees today! yay! feels so good! , hotter tomorrow, then back down to the 60's on sunday, which is still okay, considering we've been hanging in the 40's! geesh!

we celebrated our baby grandsons first birthday this month, my gosh time does fly! he is turning into the sweetest little person!

here, we are at the special olympics (aunt meagen is an athlete)

 

this is meg and one of her medals from the regional playoffs, she now goes to state competition the first weekend of june. it is such a great event! if you ever have a chance to go to a special olympics event, GO! you will be amazed at the positive attitudes that these athletes have, it is wonderful! everyone who participates, that is; the athletes, guests, volunteers, parents and relatives- smile! it is the way sports and life should be without rancor, greed, jealousy, pretense.

well, i will try and list this on etsy again, hope it works! good night, sleep well! -rebecca

                HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all of you moms and grandmoms!

New StoryBook Journal SPRING SONG

i'm back, it's been a loooong time, geesh! i'll begin by posting the new journal since i've listed it on etsy and i would like to show more pictures:

         

"spring song" cover created with  1873 story book

pages

vintage lace is attached to the inside cover and a piece

of metal moulding strip embellishes the name page.

on the back side of the name page, i've used daisy d's

vintage papers to create a side pocket.

this divider page is made from 1920's sheet music,

the tab is a piece of black velvet with an attached treble

cleft charm. there are 2 pockets, one upper, one lower on

this page and the little calling card creates a pocket

that could hold stamps, or tickets, perhaps.

the backside of this divider has 2 side pockets.

you can actually slip items behind this charming lady and

the 1930's bingo card is a library-type pocket.

the paper i used to cover the back of the bingo card is an

actual page from a 1929 small ledger book. i have stamped

each page in this journal with stamps that jess bought for

me, what a great gift! lol.

i have included a page from a little song book from the '20's,

about spring, and the facing divider has a side pocket that

was created with 2 layers of vintage lace.

the backside of the divider has three coin envelopes with

the flaps lined with 1800's sheet music, holding 3 double-

sided tags

snow!

yes, a spring snow, unbelievable! 3" so far!

         

                                        

spring tags: birds, eggs and nests, dragonflies and butterflies

geesh, it's been a while, time flies doesn't it? i am now caught up with my special orders! yeah! and i'm looking forward to starting new spring projects. our weather here has been a trip, we had sun and 80 degrees on saturday and last night it snowed- go figure! yikes, were we surprised! it's now rainy and cold, good weather to scrap! i was able to partake of our local swap meet on saturday and found 2 really great ledger books from the 1800's! the larger one has lots of blank pages- too many for me alone to use and the smaller one was completely filled with business entries, it looks like the owners had a mill. i am offering these pages in large and small bundles in my etsy shop. they are so fun! the person who wrote in the smaller ledger book, which is filled from may to july 1888, actually used it as a scrapbook later, and glued clippings from the newspaper over the first 12 pages of entries,and tucked loose clippings from , it looks like the 1930's, between pages- wonderful history! the larger ledger has sporadic entries, not of business transactions, but alcoholic beverage "syrup" recipes, very funny.

i love this old stuff! they are like treasures to me. i ask myself why? my answer is- i don't know! lol. anyway, i will keep many pages for my journals and such, the rest i must release, i think i have mentioned, our home is a bungalow, very small, that is. i consider myself and especially my family fortunate, i have learned to keep it free of excess stuff, as hard as it has been, i mean now, i think "gee if only we had kept that toy or playhouse or blanket, our grandson would really enjoy it now" but, i transgress... lets face it, if i hadn't learned how to let go, we would be packed with my old treasures! lol.

here you will find a small bundle of these ledger papers, others may be found under "paper curiosites" at   

my store front.

here are some natural history and bird tags too, i love these images and they always remind me of spring!

 

         

i want to start a journal tonight, just to relax! lol! have a creative day! -rebecca

my cousins new etsy shop is open for business!

i am so happy for her, she creates magic! her soaps are wonderful! my dh has offered to write a testimonial on her them, he loves the way they lather and the way they make his skin feel, so funny! but it's true, they are yummy!

                  

her book marks and cards are beautiful too. please visit thyme square and take a peek!  now, if i could only get my daughter to work on her etsy, geesh!

i'm working on some special orders here, hopefully i'll me sending them off soon, and then will be free to create a few new things for my shop and maybe do a blog makeover. enjoy your week! -rebecca

the april kits are out at AMR

the new april kits "true north" are out at "all moments remembered" , wtg! pretty, pretty, pretty!

another special order done!

i'm posting this for you- know- who, i hope it's what you were thinking of. it measures 4.5" X 6":

                                 

                                 

pregnancy journal "cradle hymn" a new storybook journal

   okay, i hope everyone is ready to, or should i say, i hope everyone has time and patience to view this new journal. lol, it is a pregnancy journal and has to hold 9 months of information and memories so it is rather thick and somewhat heavy. the covers for this journal have been created from a 1878 children's book. there are over 60 pages of blank papers including sketch, water color, vellum, handmade, lined, and linen, with tons of pockets and envelopes, to hold all the information that one collects during their pregnancy. it has been divided into 3 sections for the 3 trimesters, with tags for writing down dr. visit and baby info. yikes, i hope you like it! :

               

the right side page is the divider for the first trimester

this is the front of one of the several pockets that i have created like

this, with an extra little pocket on the front bottom. you can also see

a bookmark lying in front of the journal here, so that you will always

know where you last wrote.

the back of the pocket wth another pocket with an appointment card

tucked inside.

a "girl names" tag is tucked into this vintage lace pocket that folds

around to the back of the page ...

to create another pocket for the "Boy Names" tag.

pocket front and back with tag.

this is the front of the divider for the second trimester

and the back. the exact colors are hard to capture, it is sorta in

between these two photos- i love these wonderful daisy d's papers!

another pocket with tags, front and back.

these charming ladies create a pocket as does the bingo card.

more pockets front and back.

here is one of a few pockets i have created from a vintage image on

random pages. 

the right handed page is the divider for the 3 trimester.

the back of the divider.

there are 2 tags in this section instead of pockets, here is the front

and back of the first tag.

here is another random pocket from a vintage image.

the second tag, front and back.

               

phew, there it is, thanks for taking the time to visit and look! this storybook album is listed here in my etsy shop. ohmygosh! it weighs over a pound! i will pay the shipping cost for domestic postage or 1/2 the cost for over-the-pond shipping. lol

-rebecca