My Parents' 40th Anniversary

My parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary last year. That's such an incredible milestone. Here's a layout with their wedding photos and a photo from their 40th Anniversary Party.



Kit: Blushbutter's Unicorn and Fairy clipart kit

Fonts: Fiolex Girls (40th and dates) and Quill (Your Love...)

Software: PSP X2

Thomas D. Oviatt

This is my great-great-grandfather, Thomas D. Oviatt.



Journaling:

Thomas D. Oviatt

Thomas was born July 22, 1838 in the town of Jackson, New York. He was the second of two children born to Samuel and Lydia Loudon (McMillan) Oviatt. Thomas’ mother died when he was only three years old. His father remarried and had another child with his new wife.

Thomas married Isabelle R. (Arnott) on December 7, 1869. They had six children together—4 boys and 2 girls.

He was listed as a farmer in the census records. His daughter, Margaret, said that his chief occupation was going West very often and bringing back a carload of horses, farm horses, driving horses, etc.

Thomas did have his teaching certificate, but by the time he wrote his will (two days before his death) he could no longer even sign his name. He died October 6, 1887 and was laid to rest in Woodlands Cemetery at Cambridge, New York next to his beloved wife.

Credits:

Feather pen, plaque and vellum from Blushbutter's Good Men Kit

Book from Blushbutter's Craft Scrapbooking Kit

Rest from Blushbutter's Gentle kit.

Fonts: Edwardian Script ITC (name) and Pristina (journaling)

Software: PSP X2

My Lil' Fisherman

I was so excited to win a drawing at Digi Shop Talk. The kit is Missing the Tails by Sweet Digi Scraps. I think it's about the cutest kit I've seen, so I had to scrap about the cutest kid I've ever seen! :) My sincere thanks to Sweet Digi Scraps for the RAK.



Papers and elements from Missing the Tails by Sweet Digi Scraps

Font: Tall Paul

Software: PSP X2

Isabelle (Arnott) Oviatt

Well, here's my first page for my great-great-grandparents.



Journaling:

Isabelle was born October 19, 1846 in Cambridge, New York, to Francis Hamilton Arnott and his wife, Margaret Rea. She was the second of eight children born to the couple.

Isabelle married Thomas D. Oviatt on December 7, 1869. They had six children. The first were twin sons, Francis and Samuel (named after the grandfathers), born September 10, 1870. They both died in September of 1871 of Cholera Infantism. The other children were George (1872-1947), Alexander (1873-1893), Lydia Margaret (1877-1960) and Margaret Arnott (1883-1977).

Isabelle died November 22, 1886 and was laid to rest in Woodlands Cemetery, Cambridge, NY. Only one year later her husband, Thomas, died as well. This left their remaining children, all under age, to be split up and passed from home to home.

According to her daughter, Margaret, Isabelle was a beautiful sewer. She had made appliquéd quilts, plain quilts, etc. George received Isabelle’s piano, silver, bed and table linens and other household goods when he married. The daughters received nothing from the estate.

Credits: All papers and elements from Blushbutter's Gentle kit.

Fonts: Brush Script MT and Vladimir Script

Software: PSP X2

Michael and the Rainbow

This is my son Michael in front of a rainbow that was visible from his grandparents camp in Canada.

Everything from Blushbutter's Summer Dreams kit except the stitching which is from Blushbutter's Baby Boy Heart Strings kit.

Fonts: Broadway, Script MT Bold and Bodoni MT Black.

Software: PSP X2 and Alien Skin Splat: Edges Filter

Cats & Birds

This is a layout I did for the Blush-n-Dusty Yahoo! Group. They have a monthly challenge. This month was to scrap your pets (or why you don't like pets) and to use a stamp from Lara Payton's Pet Pretties.

Journaling:

Cats and birds don't normally mix well, but Tigger doesn't bother our birds. When he was a kitten, he would sit on the top of the bird cage. The birds would climb up and bite his toes until he got down. He learned at a young age to "respect the beak"!

All paper and elements from Summer Dreams by Blushbutter except the stamp from Pet Pretties by Lara Payton

Fonts:
Word Art-CarrieCattSH, Lucida Calligraphy and BirdArt
Journaling-Andy and Snap ITC

Software: PSPX2 and Alien Skin Split Edges plugin

I was published!

My layout of my great-grandmother Margaret Arnott (Oviatt) Small-Ashton was published in the 3 Scrapateers E-Magazine Scrap-Style, May/June 2008. It's on page 17.

Scrap-Style was completing a series of articles on going Heritage Scrapbooks and had an open call for layouts. I submitted this one a month or so ago. The call closed and I didn't hear back, so I figured they had passed on my layout. I was very excited to receive a complimentary issue on Saturday that contained my layout. It was a great surprise for International Scrapbooking Day.

I had never tried submitting to a publication before. Now that I broke the ice, maybe I'm going to have to try to get into a printed magazine, hee-hee! We'll see!