Featured Page - 400 Whitehall

     My maternal Granfather's mom and step-father owned and operated The Frederick Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1940s and 1950s. I heard family stories about the hotel, which many family members stayed in at one time or another. Unfortunately, the location where the hotel once stood is now a park-and-ride for MARTA customers. I was very disappointed to discover this, as I wanted to see what the hotel looked like.  Recently, my mom and I visited my Great-Aunt Ree, who gave me a number of old photos. Included in those photos were three of the hotel.  I've put them into the layout below. I did a lot of heat embossing in this layout. Both the '400' and the keys were given their gold color using heat embossing.




Supplies:

• Paper
• 7 gypsies: For Autumn Leaves #1958 
• Stamp:
• Hero Arts: Antique Keys CG178
• Embellishments
• 7 gypsises: Antique Keys
• Tim Holtz: Grungeboard - Digits & Punctuation: Swirl
• Ranger: Embossing Powder - Super Fine Gold
• VeraMark: Watermark Stamp Pad

Featured Page - Albea Kids

I made this page using the "Vintage Findings" kit I previously mentioned. Aside from the acetate page, the main pattern paper I used for a background, and the rub-on alphabets, everything on this page is from the "vintage findings" kit. Thanks to that kit, this page took about 10 minutes!

Looking at this page from a genealogy perspective, I really should label the children... I'll probably add a tag with the names of the children and "hide" it behind the photo.

Roy, June, Charlie

Ruby, Lloyd & Larry Albea

Featured Page - The Family Tree

This page was done on acetate for my mom's biography scrapbook. I took a piece of 8x8 acetate and painted it with Making Memories taupe colored paint. I thin stamped it was a light green paint and Hero Arts' K5165 French Country stamp. So, in a way, I made my own patter paper.

I lined my tree up how I wanted it (and how it would fit on the page), using the same green paint on the edges of the name blocks to give it a more finished look. To designate the couples, I used a small leaf punch to connect the name blocks.

Finally, I hand painted "the family tree" in the middle.

Featured Page - Albea Census

This genealogy scrapbook layout showcases the 1930 census record of Charles Vernon and Auline Albea and their family. The letters are chipboard that I painted, and I used a red felt arrow to highlight the family on the census page.

Featured Page - 3 Albea Generations

The small caption at the bottom reads, "one couple, six children, lots of grandchildren." I used chipboard, paint, button and ribbon on this layout. The letters were cut with a Cricut machine.