Hi everyone! I am privileged to be the guest blogger on the CK Editors’ Blog today, especially with March being the official month to honor us women.
Did you know in 1978 the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women initiated a “Women’s History Week” celebration, to coincide with International Women’s Day on the 8th of March?
So in light of that, I thought I’d base my post on honoring the women folk from my family history.
Our shared history as women, and our desire to share our history as scrapbookers, unites families, communities, and even nations across the oceans. The amazing stories of the women spoken about in our families, are integral to the fabric of our cultures, family life, and heritage. Looking back at their stories of tenacity, courage, and creativity throughout the generations can be a tremendous source of strength for us and our children.
I created a page honoring the four generations of women growing up in Colonial Africa. Having left the comfort of Europe to settle in a wild untamed continent, wrought with intrigue and excitement, must have taken unbelievable bravery and courage. Researching their lives I have a new found respect for these amazing women, whom I call family.
A mere one generation ago, many of our grandmothers remember the invention of things integral to our everyday lives today. The vacuum cleaner 1901, cellophane in 1908, instant coffee in 1909, the bra in 1913, Pyrex in 1915, the first pop up toaster in 1919, Band aids 1921, frozen food 1923, zoom lens and light meter in 1932, microwave oven 1946, Velcro 1948, the pill 1954, etc., etc. They have a wealth of stories and experiences waiting to be shared.
Supplies: Patterned paper: Fancy Pants; Red pocket: KI Memories; Pinwheels: American Crafts; Alphas, sticker border, paper lace, vintage tag: Basic Grey; Die cuts, buttons, journal tag, filters: Fancy Pants; Tiny alpha stickers: Jenni Bowlin; Glimmer mist: Tattered Angels; Striped ribbon: Stampin’ Up!; Adhesives: Fabri-tac, Tombo, 3L; Pen: Sakura; Trimmer and scissors: Fiskars; Printer and paper: HP; Scanner: Canon; Other: Sewing machine.
Challenge:
Create a page honoring the women in your family, either past or present, who have inspired you, taught you, or mirrored to you the building blocks of life. Share your page by posting it on the Club CK gallery!
Leave a comment on this post sharing with us what you’d love to preserve about the women in your history for your chance to win a gorgeous pack of “It’s The Little Things” collection from Fancy Pants Designs.
Happy Women’s History Month!
Kim Watson, Dream Team member
So many fabulous women in history. My grandmothers were/are two of them! I wish they would have journaled their lives, but am thankful that I have some old photographs from their past.
I already have a page about my Granny on the CK site. I am currently working on several of my Great-Great Grandparents…it will be awhile,
Thanks for the chance!
What a fabulous layout! I seriously need to get started scrapping my family history, including the amazing women!
I so need to start on my generations layout – Thanks for the inspiration!!
There are so many wonderful women in our lives and my mom was lucky enough to get pictures of them!from back in the 1800 and early 1900 and you can see all the changes historically is just awesome in it self!!I will look forward to copying them and scraping them thanks for a wonderful idea.
I would like to know the stories from my grandmother about her collecting herbs for medicinal use-she used to carry a pouch around her neck and used it as a collection container-but she is gone and I don’t think I’ll ever find out much more about it…
I would love to preserve all the recipes and all the stories behind them. Some of my Grandma’s recipes are over a hundred years old that have been passed down to her. Such treasure and such history.
This post stirs my soul! I just lost my grandmother and two of her sisters this past year and I am trying to preserve their stories. They too grew up in the time frame of such great invention. Thank you for sharing this! I am going to go home and create and think about those great ladies.
i didn’t get to met my mom’s grandmother. but i do have a picture of my mom, my grandmother, me and my daughter. 4 generations, would love to scrap that one!!
As of right now, I am constantly preserving the memories of my two daughters as they grow up. I also “try” to keep up with a smaller book of lo’s that are more personal to me. One of my favorite heritage lo’s to date is of my oldest daughter, me, and my mom all around the age of 2 years old.
As simple as it sounds, I would like to make a layout about the love of reading my mom, my sister, my daughter, and I all share.
This post is so relevant to my scrapbooking right now. I just lost both of my grandmothers in January and wish I would have asked them more about their every day lives as mothers and young women. I do have a daily journal from one of them of their teen years – what a treasure! I’m hoping to make a project incorporating it.
I want to tell my great-grandmother’s story, her courage in coming alone to the US from the Ukraine when she was just 16, how she worked and sent money home to her family, but never returned to her homeland even though that was her plan.
What an awesome layout! I would love to capture the strength of the women in my family and how they have raised up generations successfully.
I would like to preserve my mother’s recipes and, of course, all the wonderful photographs!
I have pictures of 7 generations of women back on my mother’s line including me, my daughter and her daughters. I’d love to scrap a layout with all seven generations.
I would like to preserve all the old receipts from my grandma
My grandmother was a fantastic cook, and someday, I’d love to preserve her recipes!
I’d like to preserve all of the hard work and love their lives embodied! thanks for a chance to win also!
What a wonderful idea! I would love to preserve some of my heritage, just never thought of it. thanks for the inspiration.
I love to layout two photos, one of each individual from the past to a relative in the future so we can really see the resemblance. It’s so fun.
Wow, that’s a great ? and one I need to find an answer to. I know I have a photo of my grandmother that I plan to scrap at some point and lots of things I really loved about her that I’d like to include. Thanks for the inspiration!
Stories from when the were little girls!
I’d love to perserve the slower, simpler lifestyle…the family get togethers {more frequently}…just the slower, calmer pace of life.
I love the striped paper with the striped ribbon.
My Grandmother was a served as a nurse during WWII and she met my Grandpa while stationed in California. I would love to document their courtship.
I’d love to preserve the style of the women in my family. It would be great to do a then and now layout about fashion showing what they wore then and what my kids are wearing now since a lot of the styles are coming back.
I am working on my heritage photos as we speak! It’s fun to go back and see clothes and things even in the background that are vintage now.
The women in my family didn’t do anything really extraordinary, but that doesn’t matter to me. I would just record the little stories I got!
I am hoping to put together a mini album about my grandmothers and great-grandmothers who came from Russia or were of Russian Mennonite ancestry. I have the foundation done — now I need to get the stories and pictures. Maybe I’ll work on that project this month!
What a wonderful history you have! Thanks for sharing it with us. My maternal Great Grandmother came direct from Holland in 1845. I don’t have a lot of info on her except for pictures. But I can imagine the hardships of the travel by sea and having to learn a new language in a new country!
I would like to preserve stories about my mother – a woman I greatly admire. More so after having children of my own. Thanks for the chance to win some fun products!
My husband’s family can be traced back pretty far & it would be interesting & a great gift for my motherinlaw:)
I would love to preserve all the beautiful art that all the women in my family have created1
Stories of my mom when she was my age.
Ohmigoodness, Kim! I love that page. And this post. XO!
I love your LO, Kim! I love how you can make such connection of design and old pictures and make them look vibrant and dynamic. I wish I had pictures of my grandmother’s hands. For some reason, I always loved how they felt to me, soft, and loving. I’d also like to tell her story. It is such an interesting one!
I am working on a family heritage album for my grandmother. I asked my grandmother to write a letter about how she met my grandpa to include in the album. This adds a personal touch that will last for generations to come.
I’ve been reminded lately that it’s important to get the people not just the events into my scrapbooks, so I want to use this month to scrapbook more about the women in our family.
I am fortunate that my Mom’s mom made a small book about some of her life’s facts. I hope to use some of the info in my scrapbooking.
My grandmother was always in the kitchen…our family uses her recipes during the holidays. I would like to make a book with all of her recipes…I recently found a recipe in her own handwriting.
I love this idea!!! My grandmother was one of the most important women in my life. I think this will definitely inspire me to scrap abou the women in my life past and present who have meant the world to me.
I love scrapping these photos. After researching my family tree I have learned how inspirational the women in my family were. Wish I had more photos of them, but I will definitely be making some great pages about them.