By Popular (?) Request About This Page:

[ripkensnana]

I've been asked to post some layouts from the Family Album I'm working on, so here are some links (since the pictures come out too small when I post them directly):

These pictures are of my grandfather with his bull terrier, Stub. Pluto is a bit of an anachronism, but I thought the page needed some color.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...archPix001.jpg

Another link in the next post.

[ripkensnana]

Here's a link to a page with pictures of my paternal grandfather when he was 19....quite a handsome gentleman!

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...archPix002.jpg

More links to come.

[ripkensnana]

Another link, this one is to a page of my grandparents in 1927. Check out Grandma's fur coat! I think it's mouton...but I'm not sure:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...archPix003.jpg

More links coming right up!

[ripkensnana]

Here's a double page spread of my great uncle and his wife, my grandfather, and his niece. That same chair (or one just like it) was in the house where I grew up:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...archPix005.jpg

Hang in there, more to come!

[ripkensnana]

Here's the left-hand page of the previous post:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...archPix006.jpg

Still more coming.

[ripkensnana]

And the right-hand page:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...archPix007.jpg

Stay tuned for more....

[ripkensnana]

Here are some pictures of my paternal grandmother, I think when she and grandpa were dating (or "keeping company" in those days), or shortly after their marriage:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...archPix008.jpg

Still more....

[ripkensnana]

And another spread of my grandfather...It's occured to me that some of the photos are quite small, but it's the way they were printed. These are the originals, not copies:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...archPix009.jpg

Not many more....only one I think....Hang in there....

[ripkensnana]

Now these pictures are kinda interesting. See, I'd always thought that the car in these pix was a Buick, because that was the make that my grandfather always favored. So, I looked online to make sure...but it's not a Buick at all! What could it be? I'd found a website that showed pictures of practically every antique car ever made, and I checked out various makes, with no luck. Then I clicked on Pierce Arrow (getting desperate)...still no luck. For some reason, I went to the page before, and there it was! This car is a 1919 Pan Touring Car Model A....Okay, I'm 99% certain that nobody here has ever heard of a Pan. They were made in Minneapolis, and the company was only in business for two years, so there weren't very many of them....But this was one:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...archPix010.jpg

Okay, that's it! Thanks for your patience, and hope that you've enjoyed the show!

[lauren-roxy]

Barb, those are really wonderful , beautiful layouts!!! What a wonderful way to display cherished photos. Absolutely goreous!!

[ripkensnana]

Barb, those are really wonderful , beautiful layouts!!!

Except that my name's Carol....

[Nala]

OMG! Carol, I am in awe of your pictures and what you have done with them in your layouts. Just beautiful.

I am so inspired by them that at ten o'clock at night, as I am working on the final touches of Kiara's 6th birthday pages, I am fighting the urge to chuck current layout aside and run around the house and grab the few old photos I have of my parents, grandparents and great grandparents and start a heritage album.

[LilMarcieMouse]

Can I call you Barb? CArol the are wonderful. I love the Mr. Taod stickers.

[mrsmac2001]

I love your pages. I so enjoy old photos. I have never neen a serious scrapper and now what I have seen you inspire me.

[debe]

Very nice Carol! I love the old photos