Welcome to the Memories in Tyme blog hops - where you will find some seriously talented people who love to share their ideas with you! Our hop today is anything relating to Weddings or Anniversaries - doesn’t matter if it is a layout, card, mini album, or decorating item, if it’s about getting married…it’ll be here!!! June is one of the busiest times to get married - why not get started a bit earlier this year with all the ideas you will find from our blog hop!

Now, if you just happened upon my blog, then please go back to the beginning which is at Lynda’s blog (http://memoriesintyme.com/). Besides, the beginning is always the best anyway!!!

Let’s get started with the ideas:

Back in the Land Before Time, lived a 17 year old young lady and a 20 year old dashing young man who decided to wed only 5 short days after the young lady graduated high school.

 I was so in love.  We were supposed to get married on June12th but that was Bible School week and my mom was in charge of it.  She didn't have the heart to ask us to wait until the 19th so we chose June 5th.  When I think back to just how much I put my mother through those weeks with graduation, the wedding and then her having to still prepare for Bible School throughout all of it , I somewhat feel ashamed of myself.  But it is what it is or should I say it was what it was..lol

 I chose to have a chapel wedding because I knew the cost of graduation and a wedding were going to be hard on my family but it is a choice to this day that I am glad I made.  It was small and intimate although there were about 150 people who came.

 I chose the street length dress because I just didn't feel that we could afford a long formal one but I was in love with this dress too.  I think I paid $45 for it and it wasn't until a year later when my brother got married and his wife had a beautiful full length princess style dress she only paid $60 for , that I had second thoughts about my choice and thought maybe I should have shopped around more.

 The gal on the left is my SIL and on the right is Greta, my maid of honor.  I had many friends and had a hard time trying to decide who should stand with me. Since I could only have two and one had to be my SIL, I chose Greta, a friend from church.  Her mother made their dresses.  Jim is flanked by my cousin Frank and his brother, Gary.  Jim was petrified and if you look close in the pictures his hands are flared and stiff..identical in every picture! lol

 Ahh, the classic parents picture!!  :) Only his parents are standing by me and mine are standing by him..lol  My dad is on the right.  He just went to Heaven last month..

 This is one of only a couple pics that I have any embellies on because I just haven't had time to finish this album the way I want it to be.  As it is, it is a 5 x 7 and these are the only pictures!!  Back then you just didn't' go to the extremes they do today.

                                                                    Husband and wife!!!

 Let me draw attention to the bulletin board above our heads...See the guy scratching his head like he is thinking.."What were you thinking?"  LOL ( I think it will enlarge if you click on it)

 I love this picture and it is the only one I had blown up to an 8 x 10.  Coming down the steps we are surrounded by all of my cousins and closest friends.  Not to mention Jim is finally relaxed!

 I loved my cake , colors were mint green and pink.  No meal for my guests..Very few weddings back then had meals, they just had cake, mints and nuts along with punch.  I guess I should mention that this is the church family life center so there was no alcohol or dancing altho none of us were drinkers anyway.

 I love these pics..Fun!  Unfortunately Jimmy's family was not happy that there was no meal. They thought I just tried to get by cheap. His mother cooked for his sister's wedding, spent the entire day cooking and was shot by the time the wedding took place.  I wasn't going to put my mom through that.  I always have thought and still think that you should go to a wedding to share the moments not to see how great of a meal you can get.

And finally, here is something else you don't see at wedding receptions any longer..the Bride and Groom opening gifts so that the guests can watch your reaction when you open their gift and then tell them thank you in person...

Well, I didn't mean to post so much and to talk so much but it was fun looking at these again.  Like I said, it is a 5 x 7 album and I still have finishing embellishments to do but I liked the matching background papers and the colors of my mattes. I really didn't have enough photos to do a 12 x 12 album but I think the 5 x 7 turned out well.  Message here is, it doesn't always need to be grand but it does need to be preserved.

Hope you enjoyed seeing how we did it in the old days..


Blog candy from Memories in Tyme…One lucky winner for June will receive a goodie pack for scrapbooking - in order to get in on the drawing, make sure to:
1. Be a follower of Lynda's blog!
2. Please check out everyone's blogs and leave a comment on theirs...the more you do the more entries you will get!

Thank you for checking out my project, now follow the links below.  Each of these ladies have spent time and energy creating items to share with you.  Please take a moment to leave a comment for them. Next up on the hop is (name of the next person as you link up), make sure you check out her fun project!!!

Here is a list of participants in case you get lost along the way:

1.   Lynda J - http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com
2. Gill - http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com
3. Claire - http://www.scrapmyway.blogspot.com/
4. Lori - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
5. Anita - http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/
6. Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
7. Vicki - http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com

Mini Albums blog hop 5/14 ONLY

Welcome to the Memories in Tyme blog hops - where you will find some seriously talented people who love to share their ideas with you! Our hop today and tomorrow is anything relating to mini albums - doesn’t matter the size as long as it’s mini and it’s an album!!! This is Lynda’s favorite project - making mini albums - where you can take a set of pictures and scrapbook them and complete a project in a day or less! Great for gifts for special people. Just fun to showcase a trip, birthday or even a shower !

Now, if you just happened upon my blog, then please go back to the beginning which is at Lynda’s blog (http://memoriesintyme.com/). Besides, the beginning is always the best anyway!!!

Here is my mini album and why it was created:

 I work with Developmentally Disabled adults, high functioning and it is hard at Christmas to help them come up with Christmas gifts for their immediate family due to the fact of limited income.  We try to make nice things that we think the ladies, at least, will like.  This past Christmas we made toilet paper roll albums and my guys thoroughly enjoyed it.

 One gentleman is 49 and the other is 34.  They both enjoy scrapbooking and we do alot of it!  In fact I scrap more for them than I do myself!  lol  However, they pick their papers and embellishments and do most of the adhering.  I do alot of the cutting.  It is really fun to see their faces light up when they finish a page or one of these projects.

 I think you can see we alternated the color of inking to give more contrast.  We added a tag with ribbon to the opening of each roll and I purchased the rings at the local craft store.  We could have used ribbon to put them together but the rings make it much easier to turn the pages.

 Needless to say all the ladies loved their albums and they were excited to find out that they were pretty much made by my guys!  I really only worked in an instructor sort of way and stapled the ribbons to the tags.  The guys handled pretty much everything else.

 I put off making these albums because I was intimidated and lacked confidence that I could do well but I have found that they are a wonderful idea, gift and opportunity to help build confidence and excitement for those who are challenged.  They were so proud of their finished products!

 Blog candy from Memories in Tyme…One lucky winner for May is going to win a goodie pack full of fun supplies!!! In order to get in on the drawing, make sure to:
1. Be a follower of Lynda's blog!
2. For extra entries...follow her on Twitter and Facebook Fanpage - information is on her blog!
3. Please check out everyone's blogs and leave a comment on theirs...the more you do the more entries you will get!  But the best reasons for checking out the other blogs and leaving comments is that they are fun to visit and the owners of the blog really enjoy your comments. Constructive comments are as welcome as praise comments.  We all learn from these hops and there is nothing more discouraging than to put time and effort into sharing and coming back and find little response..Thanks in advance because I know your time is important too.

Here is the list of those in this hop:
1. Lynda - http://www.memoriesintyme.com/
2. Rhonda - http://scraphappenswithrhonda.blogspot.com/
3. Suzanne - http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/
4. Shannon - http://shannonleffew.blogspot.com/
5. Anita - http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/
6. Lori - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
7. Blue - http://www.craftingwithblue.blogspot.com/
8. Vicki - http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com/
9. Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

 Next up on the hop is, Lisa  http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/ make sure you check out her fun project!!!

Welcome to the Memories in Tyme blog hops - where you will find some seriously talented people who love to share their ideas with you! Our hop today and is anything relating to Mothers Day- doesn’t matter if it is a layout, card, mini album, or decorating item, if it’s about mom…it’ll be here!!! We all have one, and some of us even have 2 - or mom’s we wish were ours, and even our friends’ mom’s who turn into ours as well… I have been lucky to have the amount of amazing women in my life, all who have taught me one thing or another about being a mom! Let’s celebrate MOM’s here!!!

Now, if you just happened upon my blog, then please go back to the beginning which is at Lynda’s blog (http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/). Besides, the beginning is always the best anyway!!!

Let’s get started with the ideas:

 This is my Momma at age 35.  I loved this paper because it reminded me so much of the wallpaper in our home all those years ago. It is a perfect layout for the large flower.

 Now my momma is 79 years old and this is the way I think of her..with that great smile on her face.  She had been a wonderful mom, always loving, but always guiding too.  Never afraid to say what she thought about what we were doing even if it would hurt our feelings. She just wanted to train us right. She says that parents today are to afraid of hurting their kids feelings so the kids grow up wrong.   She had been a stalwart Christian and just lost her husband, my dad, April 13th after 63 years of marriage!  It is tough but being Christian she knows that she will see him again one day.

I have spent the last three months at her home helping to take care of Dad on Hospice and we have really had the opportunities to share our thoughts , ideas and feelings.  I am truly blessed!

This layout already had the swirl designs and the border on the paper when I purchased it so I glammed it up a bit with stickles to make my Momma sparkle! :)  The border on the journal box was made with a Martha Stewart punch.  I don't mind the handwritten journaling so much, I just wish I could write in a straight line instead of uphill!  lol


Goodies for you From Memories in Tyme:
 Blog candy from Memories in Tyme…One lucky winner for May will receive a goodie pack for scrapbooking - in order to get in on the drawing, make sure to:
1. Be a follower of Lynda's blog!
2. For extra entries...follow Lynda on Twitter and Facebook Fanpage - information is on her blog! 3. Please check out everyone's blogs and leave a comment on theirs...the more you do the more entries you will get!

Goodies from me:
I will be giving a scrapbooking goodie bag to one lucky commenter on my blog.  It is not required to be a follower on my blog, I have a hard time keeping it up to date with all the life issues going on , but I would love to have your comments on my layouts in this hop.

Thank you for checking out my project, now follow the links below and remember to visit all the stops for MAXIMUM ideas and LOTS OF FUN!!! Next up on the hop is  Janet N  http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/), make sure you check out her fun project!!!

Here is the list of participants and their blog addys:

1. Lynda - http://www.memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/
2. Suzanne - http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/

3. Claire - http://scrapmyway.blogspot.com/
4. Rachel - http://www.happyscrappinsquad.com/
5. Janet - http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
6. Lori - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
7. Rhonda E - http://scraphappenswithrhonda.blogspot.com/
8. Anita - http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/
9. Vicki - http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com/