Well, today is my Grandma's 97th birthday. I am so lucky to have her in my life. She has taught me so much over the years. This has caused me to reflect on all the memories I have of her both as a child and as an adult. We have done lots of family mementos over the years in celebration of the Tallman's.
We had a Tallman Family Cookbook that took my dad 10 years to produce. Sorry Dad had to say it! We love it and use it ALL the time:)
For my grandma's 95th birthday, I ordered a HUGE family tree poster and cut out leaves for each of the 75 aunts, uncles, cousins and their children. Emily, my sister-in-law, helped arrange and write the names on the leaves. All the birds are grandma's children (my aunts and uncles), the dark green leaves are her grandchildren (my cousins) and the light green leaves are her great-grandchildren. I used my bigshot to cut out all the birds and leaves.
Then, Emily took the handmade version and digitally recreated it for our entire family so they could have their own copies. I love it and have a copy hanging in my hallway.
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My son passed out on the couch
as I am writing this post....awww! |
Also for her 95th, I compiled family memories and pics of each family. This was quite a task but well worth the effort. By far this is one of my favorite scrapbooks ever!
This is what I sent her for her birthday. I am working on a Reunion photobook so that will be a belated birthday present ;) Gotta love birthdays that never end. Lisa Bearnson has her own photobook collection and till September 30th they are on sale. Go check them out >
click here.
This is what I sent her for the time being. I took all our professional photos and put them in a 4x6 album.
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I used the tags from the post here & stapled
ribbon to the top and wrote sentiments
on the back to my grandma. |
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I love how the ribbons peak out at the top! |
Since I didn't have exactly enough pictures, I printed quotes that I have downloaded from different blogs. I feel like the quotes bring added interest to the album and reflect feelings that are unsaid in the photos.
Happy Birthday Grandma! I soo wish I was there with you to celebrate. We love you so much!