Have you ever thought what Christmas was like before you remember it? Well, perhaps because it's my birthday soon and I have no photos from way back then, I got to wondering what it must have been like in 1947 - the year I was born - so I did an online search and turned up a few surprises. The result is this layout showing the Coca Cola and Avon Christmas adverts for that year together with a copy of a very old photo of the house where my parents and I, their firstborn, lived at the time.
Materials used:
- Papers: Bo-Bunny 'Noel Traditions' (2010); Echo Park 'Joy To The World' (2013); DCWV Holiday Speciality Diecut Stack (2009).
- Alpha: Echo Park 'tis the season' (2013)
- Title word - Christmas sticker - purchased some 15 years ago so make unknown
- Snowman journalling card - don't remember the maker of this either!
- Red paper string - The Works.
Happy Crafting,
7 comments:
Beautiful layout and what a cute name for a house xxx
I was nearly 7 then Elizabth (the following March)and I well remember that we hung our sock (not a great big sack) up and when we got up the next morning we were happy to empty them and find a brand new shiny penny (old money of course), a few nuts, an orange and maybe an apple, and if we were very lucky there might be a little sixpenny toy, Of course there was no TV, only the very rich had one of those, and that would have had a tiny 9" screen in a cabinet that looked like a piece of furniture! How the times do change, I believe we were much happier then.
Lovely nostalgic layout :o)
Jackie xx
Aww Elizabeth this is truly lovely and nice to go back in time x
Well done! Great idea for a LO!
What a great idea for a layout. I don't remember it either as I was a wee bit older than you at the grand age of 11months!
What a wonderful layout and such a fabulous idea! I think it may catch on xxx
What a lovely idea, love the adverts you chose , I bet you had a lovely trip down memory lane
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