When you open the November issue of Creating Keepsakes, you’ll notice a theme running throughout the pages: home. When we gathered as a team to brainstorm the issue, it was the topic that popped up over and over again. Plus, you’ve told us that you want more ways to scrapbook home—from the everyday moments that fill your living room to the memories of your childhood homes. Planning for and reading through our November issue brought back many memories of home. There’s nothing like a trip down memory lane!
Speaking of home, here’s a few fun home facts about our November issue:
* The number of homes of people who contributed to the issue: 119
* The number of states or countries outside the U.S. where those homes reside: 21 states and 4 countries
* The number of layouts with “home” or “house” in the title: 10
* The cover layout came from the home (and talented ideas) of Ali Edwards.
If you want help taking your own trip down memory lane about your childhood home, check out “Going Home Again” by Lori Anderson on page 52. You’ll even get a peek at a photo of Lori when she was 8 years old—just turn to page 54 to see how adorable she was.
Quotes on Home
When you’re ready to share a favorite memory of your childhood home in your scrapbook, let one of these quotes be your springboard:
* “Home is not where you live, but where they understand you.” —Christian Morganstern
* “He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
* “There’s nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.” —Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
* “Home is the most popular, and will be the most enduring, of all earthly establishments.” —Channing Pollock
* “A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” —Benjamin Franklin
* “The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.” —Confucius
* “There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” —Jane Austen
* “Where we love is home—home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes
* “You see much more of your children once they leave home.” —Lucille Ball
Take Home Great Products: It’s a Giveaway!
We have a stash of fun, home-themed products to give away in honor of the issue. Simply share a favorite memory of your childhood home in the comments section by Monday, October 19 at midnight MST to be entered to win.
Enjoy!
Brittany Beattie, Managing Editor, Creating Keepsakes
My favorite childhood memory would have to be without fail we always sat down to a noon time meal on Sundays. That was the one day every family member was there for sure.
We lived in several different houses during my childhood. The houses weren’t important. Being safe and secure with family made it our home.
my favorite childhood home was my grandma’s (I didn’t live with her, but I loved visiting her). She lived in an big, old white farmhouse with a barn loaded in the summer with square bails of hay to climb on. The room with the Christmas tree was turned into a runway where my cousin and I would always put on a runway show of our new outfits after presents were opened. It was the coolest house!
I remember playing on our swing set with my sisters.
We had HUGE gardenia bushes all around the front porch that my mom really nurtured and fertilized a ton and there would be flowers year round! We would sit out on the porch and be surrounded by that delicious fragrance – what a great memory!
I have lots of happy childhood memories of home, but I always loved our real fireplace, mmm, I remember sitting in front of the fire on a cold winters evening making hot buttered toast and roasting chestnuts!! Those were the days!
The woods across from my house had great stuff to explore, hills to sled down and places to hide and daydream. I wish my kids had some place similar.
My favorite memory of home will always be the Sundays evenings spent making crepes. The whole family will then sit down together to savor them. It always lifted my spirits just before the dreaded Monday mornings and going back to school.
One of my favorite memories from “home” is playing scrabble at the kitchen table by candlelight whenever the power went out during a summer storm. We had so much fun those evenings just hanging out together as a family.
Susan.
I think my favorite memories are of all our holiday and family gatherings at our home. Also, as a child I loved exploring in our backyard which felt like a small forest back then.
The two memories I have of my first home were the giant fish tank my mom had and the smell of the basement. I remember that the sucker fish used to jump out of the tank and we’d find them on the floor when we got home. I’ve always loved the smell of musty basements and books – I think because I associate it with that smell from my childhood.
Many of my memories of home are from the kitchen, which my parents recently remodeled. There are lots of photos of the kitchen as I knew it, and we even inherited the old cabinets to use in our new house.
I have fond memories of home. We would do things together like play board games, go ice skating and sledding. We would gather in the kitchen and mom would make popcorn the old fashioned way and a big pot of hot chocolate.
I remember carving the name of the boy I liked into my wooden windowsill when I was nine years old with a straight pin. I was so scared that my my Mom would see it! But when she did… she just smiled and said she understood that sometimes you just can’t stop yourself when you’re in love… but please don’t do it again! What a great Mom!
My favorite memories were just playing with my brothers and sister. With eight children we never were in need of a playmate. Times were simple then.
My favorite memory is when my dad use to help me wash my hair as a little girl in the sink. He would sing “zippidi do da” to me to help pass the time.(I hated washing my hair back then) It still brings a smile to my face when I hear that song.
My favorite memories are roller skating with my family all over parks in Los Angeles, and climbing our huge maple tree in the backyard. (I had a blast with my 4 younger siblings too!)
A favorite memory is when my father (since passed) surprised us with a real Christmas tree (instead of a fake one). When we were little my mom didn’t drive and was a stay at home mom with three little ones. She would put up the fake tree and we would make paper decorations. Except one year, dad brought home a real tree for us. I can still smell the fresh pine scent from that tree! What a treat!
I love so many things about my childhood home-especially that when I picture it-I see my mom in all the different rooms with all those memories as she has passed away now. I also remember the neighborhood being full of kids and playing outside until the street lights came on-that was our signal to go insdie.
There are so many great things about my childhood home: baking with Mom, playing with my sister, eating watermelon with my Dad…the list could go on and on!
One of my favorite childhood memories is chasing lighting bugs with my cousins!
When I think of home, I think of summers and the patch of rasberry plants in the backyard and my parents making jam.
My favorite childhood memory is of one XMAS when my brother was naughty and got coal in his stocking – I will always remember his shock and terrified expression.
One of my favorite memories of my childhood home is when we brought home a new dalmatian puppy! Upon placing her on the floor in the kitchen she slid into all the walls because her tiny puppy paws couldn’t hold any traction on the linoleum tile! She was a great animal who added lots of adventures in that house!
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