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a family found
Adryane

a family found

i often wondered how come i never saw old family photos. at one point, my grandmother showed me a box of old photos that she had tucked away.
we sat down to look at them and i started to take notes on who the various people were.
after about five photos she had to stop.
most of the photos were the last or close to the last photos of the people in them as they died in the Holocaust.
my grandmother found it too painful to continue to go through the photos and i lost track of the box.
when my grandmother died, she left me a cedar chest. my mother has had it because of transportation issues.
when i went to visit my mother over the holidays, i decided to go through the cedar chest. to my surprise, i found the old box of photos and many, many more with a note from my grandmother to take care of our family.
so now i have many wonderful old photos to cherish. i don't know who most of the people are and there is no one alive in my family who can help with the identifications. i have started to scan the photos and will scrap them. hopefully i will someday have a "family" album that others will enjoy looking at.

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Anna Aspnes
**new**
Artsy Layered Template No.83 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=32722&cat=383&page=1
ArtPlay Palette Simplicity http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=32724&cat=383&page=1
ArtPlay Simplicity Solids http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=32723&cat=383&page=1
Tissue Paper Textures No.2 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=32721&cat=383&page=1

also
Family WordTransfers No.2 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=30332&page=1

a bit about my process...

i started by shrinking the template. i clipped transfers from ArtPlay Simplicty to some of the layers and colored some of the layers using the colors in the transfers as a guide. once i had all the background layers colored and blended, i clicked some of the layers "off" so that i could see what if there was some combination that i really liked. in the end, i used all but two of the original background layers. next, i added the photo and frame. i "painted" some color onto the photo, then added some brushwork to finish the page.

Thanks for looking :)
Such a soft and sweet layout - the story is absolutely heartbreaking. I so hope you can find these lost loved ones. There must be some photo database of the victims - but such a daunting task because there were so many. Even all these many years later, it is truly unthinkable.
 
this story is so moving and your album project is filled with meaning! This is a great project and you're so creative and talented hethat it will be a great gift for your family !!!
 
Gorgeous page. What a beautiful thing to do - to give these special people an album of their own. It doesn't matter that the names may be missing. The pictures tell a story of a once happy life, a real life. They deserve to be heard and I can't think of a more beautiful way then the way you are doing it. We should always remember this so that it may never be repeated ever again. Please publish more of these special pages.
 
Tragic, treasured, trueAdryane, thank you for sharing the backstory with uslooking forward to seeing more family photos brought to life with your creative beauty!
 
I don't know what to write about all what happened to your family. It's such a horrible history. I like it that you link up yourself to them.
 
Thank your for sharing your story and I think by using the photos you are honouring their lives and that they are remembered. As always a beautiful layout.
 
An exquisite page Adryane! This will be a beautiful album and a wonderful way to honour your family.
 

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