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January 7 - Heirloom

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With the templates from "Hear My Voice: Carol Singing" plus "Finding Balance" collection

I no longer have much that could count as a ‘family heirloom. What I did have was thrown out in the great purge of 2019. I have no time for sentimentality anymore Other than when it comes to photos and M & E’s artwork, plus a few of their favourite books But this necklace from B, the first real piece of jewellery he gave me and the big present for our first Christmas back together I hope may be an heirloom of sorts.I love it and wear it at least once a week. Obviously I know there are no guarantees. I hope there will be no second ‘purge’ but all I can do is hope. And be grateful for what I have now. It’s photographed on the grey blanket we couldn’t resist buying in Berlin. Although the gorgeous yellow throw that was my birthday present on that same trip went in the purge, this one for some reason I decided to keep!
 
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Every Last Minute by Rachel Jefferies
Unable to find in store.

Bible: scanned and extracted by me.

Fonts: 1942 Report, Tall Dark And Handsome and Artisan Signature.

Journaling:
This is Grandma Minnie’s Bible. When I was a little girl I remember walking in her house and she would be in her orange rocker with the Bible on her lap. Anytime I walked in, she would close the book and placed it on the end table.

It wasn’t until much later that I was told that she couldn’t share the gospel with us kids because my dad wouldn’t let her. However, he did allow her to take us to church for the Holidays as well as VBS in the summer. I know I am who I am today because of the endless prayers that was prayed on my behalf, from her!!
 
Here's my LO and I'll add the journaling here too:
"This bracelet was made from coins dating from World War II. The image of
our Queen was banned, so this bracelet had to be hidden. In the 1990s I did
a paper on the war and my Great Aunt helped me & told me the story of this
heirloom. Since we were named after the same ancestor, she gave it to me..."

 
My father taught me to read. He loved books and could read anything. He had not a favourite style nor author except perhaps a leaning towards the classics. He refurbished the glassed door cabinet himself and the majority of the books in it were once his. He left me every book he owned in his wil,l knowing that I shared his passion for not only reading but education and would treasure the history behind the books as much as the books themselves. This included his well worn bible. I did not keep every book. The modern James Pattersons and the like I donated but I kept the classics and the personal ones. I use his cabinet to store his ever aging collection. Dickens, Shakespeare, Tennyson, Dostoevsky the Bronte sisters, His Biggles Collection, gifts from his brother and mother dated as Christmas gifts from years past. I cannot list them all. There are a few owned by my Grandmother herself. The shelf also holds my childhood books that are special to me. Enid Blyton, Marco Polo, The Golden book Collection and more. Some of these are signed and dated as my Father's were from my Grandmother to myself as Christmas gifts. These are not just books. They are part of my family history. Every time I look at them or pick won out to take a journey with it yet again I am reminded of the great gift I was given when I was taught to love books and read.

 
I confess I groaned when I saw this one... but then realized I actually had a few heirlooms that needed a page done... I am slowly working on a Genealogy album filled with pages of things I know about my family history, it is rather a mish mash but I think far more interesting than pages of written info.. they are real scrapbook pages, with journaling and photos...

 
Here is my take on this. I actually alredy scrapped these photos many years ago but this challenge allowed me to journal more about it. Since then many things happened but I'm glad I still have the photos for it.

 
Funny - I have ALL these photos of object with stories to them - but a LOT of them were photos I took before we either threw away, or gave, or sold them. LOL! Not quite heirlooms. However, I did find these photos and they were definitely worthy of a page.

 
Thanks for this challenge. I don't think it would have occurred to me to scrap this. I may have to do more heirloom pages!
 
Here's my layout about our special family baby blessing gowns, very special heirlooms that have been used on very special family milestone days.

01_07 Heirloom

01_07 Heirloom

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Finally got time to scrap again! Thanks for this wonderful idea for a challenge!
 
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