Family Time

I am one who always cherishes time with my family. I grew up playing with extended family - second and third cousins that were once or twice removed - it didn't matter how close the blood relation was they were family and that was what mattered. Now that I'm older and have moved away from family, it's even more important to me to make the long trip to see everyone when we have a large gathering. Last monthttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifh was one of those occasions. My network of cousins has all grown up and we all have our own children now who will hopefully also learn the meaning of family.

These are my cousins in this page that I've made for today. It's not a complicated page. In fact, I used a sketch by Gretchen McElveen to create it and I followed the sketch almost exactly. I wanted the pictures to be center stage on the page because they are telling a story about me and my cousins - how we laugh together. They reflect the good times that we've had and the good times that we will continue to have long into the future. I kept the design simple to let the pictures do the talking and to allow the papers to shine. I mixed lines of papers to get a color scheme that I liked and that worked for the pictures. And, even though it is a simple page, I'm incredibly happy with how it turned out.

Papers used: Background from Jellybean Collection, Red border from 1974 collection, and Yellow semicircles from Wrangler.

I hope you have the opportunity to document time spent with family this summer!
Rachel