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Make a Photo Book When Memories start to fade

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Recently my Mother-In-Law went to the nursing home. At 87 her

memory is fading and remembering is becoming difficult. I wanted to

help her remember her family, so I decided if I made her a

photo book it might help remember those she loves.

At Hobby Lobby I purchased this really pretty simple paper-back photo book.

Pages are plain paper and measures 8" by 8" with 24 pages ( front & back)

I chose this one, I love mint.....I hope Mom does.

I used old photos of her parents as the first page.

After devoting the first few pages to old photos of her and the children when they

were young I gave each child a page.

Using cute tabs, I made, I divided the book into pages of,

Children, Grandchildren, Great-Grandchildren and Great-Great-Grandchildren.

I've gone through all the old family photos and borrowed from Facebook pages

to find photos of her with family members. I chose to change all the photos to sepia tone as I wanted consistency.

I'm giving you all the elements I made for this photo book.

I hope you create your own and if you have any question, contact me.

Decoupage Eggs

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I apologize for the poor quality of the first few photos, but it was a dark rainy day....

Here we go...you'll need a piece of card stock, white,tissue paper, a razor knife and scotch tape.

Lay the card stock on the tissue paper.

Cut around the card stock leaving about 1/2" to an inch bigger than the card stock.

Fold the tissue over the card stock, keeping it tight, tape it down to the card stock.

Be sure all edges are tape, place the covered card stock in the,printer, print side down.

If you aren't sure which side of the paper your printer prints on, run a test print.

Here, I've printed my flowers.

With my finger tightly on the image I want to cut out, slowly, I cut out the image with the razor knife .

Before applying the image to my eggs, I trim it closer with small craft scissors.

Here's the sheet of lavender flowers for you.....

(Click the image to print / download )

To decoupage the images onto the eggs you'll need,

Wax paper, decoupage medium, a small paint brush, and if you are going to cover your egg with tissue paper or craft paint first, the craft paint. Eggs, I purchased these neat craft eggs at Walmart. I noticed yesterday at my Neighborhood Market they had a big bin left over and marked down. I stocked up for next year.

I choose a pink napkin, but don't recommend napkins. They are too hard to work with.

Since you printed on white tissues paper, the edges will not show on the white eggs.

Coat the egg with decoupage medium, let dry.

Since I covered this egg with pink napkin first, I tore the napkin in small pieces .

On the wax paper, coat the tissue paper ( remember I used napkin) one piece at a time and apply it to the egg. I used tweezers to pick up my decoupaged pieces and place on the egg.

With your fingers, gently press down the image. Make sure the,piece is completely covered and stuck to the egg.

Go on to the next piece, until the egg is completely covered.

After my egg was completely covered with the napkin, I place my first flower image on the wax paper and liberally coated it with the decoupage medium, then placed it on the egg, pressing it flat and smooth with my fingers.