Scrappy Sweet Creations: Grandma

Seems like just yesterday I was writing up a post about my grandpa and how much I missed him. Now it's sad that just over a month later I'm doing the same thing for my grandma...

Losing family is hard. With Grandpa Veldink it hit me instantly. The emotions rolled over me for days and I felt a part of me gone. I'm not sure if it was just because I had mourned so much for both of them when grandpa died that my reaction was delayed or something, but it took a few days for the loss of Grandma Veldink to really sink in. My grandparents...both gone...

I've sat here reflecting over the memories of Grandma and Grandpa Veldink the last few days. They always made me feel like family. Being adopted, sometimes there is a separation that may not be known, but is always there. I never felt that way with them. When we were together, we were family and that was the most important thing.

Grandma was an incredibly strong person. She never complained about anything and always put other peoples needs before her own. She loved to crochet and put that talent to good use making hats, mittens, and scarves for orphanages that were sponsored through her church. That woman had talent! It never ceased to amaze me the things she could make, and I'm thankful that I have a few of her masterpieces in my own collection to proudly display.

My memories of her will live on forever. I know right now she is with grandpa again and they are both at piece together.

I found this sentiment in my folder and thought it was perfect to go with this card I made to honor grandma. It's from A Piece of Heart and reads "When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure." And that is so true.

I will forever treasure the memories I have of my grandma, and my grandpa. Live off of the life morals and deep devotion they taught me. Smile when I think of grandma's funny little sayings and how she always yelled at grandpa to fix his hearing aid.

Great memories of a wonderful person...a person that I am deeply going to miss...

I'd like to share this story at the following challenges:
    Crafty Catz #188-Anything Goes
    Creative Inspirations #220-Anything Goes with Option of Ribbon
    Deconstructed Sketch #106
    Sentimental Sunday #160-For the Girls
    Simon Says-Anything Goes
    Word Art Wednesday #86-Anything Goes

The heart border is from Tiddly Inks. I trimmed around it and then added a piece of lace that I pulled from my grandma's sewing cabinet to the top border. The hearts have been brushed with some MicroPearl Pearl Ex so they shimmer.

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I first want to say a HUGE thank you to Matthew for all his help with this project. Without him, I may not have been able to complete some of the necessary parts :) So thank you babe! I love you <3

Just a forewarning, this post is going to be very photo heavy. I am absolutely in love with the end result of this repurposed project and want to share as much of it as I can. And everyone loves looking at pictures more than reading about all the details right? Thought you'd be okay with that :)

A few details about this project before I get to the pics. This past Christmas while we were visiting family in MI, my mom gave me my Grandma Veldink's old recipe box. It was full of all her fabulous recipes, but slightly dirty and falling apart. So I decided to fix it up a bit.

Here are the results:

The image is Free Hugs colored in with pencils. I used copics on the frame to shade it out to the right colors and then added a few roses and a stick pin from Karen Christiansen

The inside still has all of my grandma's recipes. I also decorated a small notebook to use as our budget tracker. I'm hoping that by putting Fairy Wishes on the front, she will wave her sweet wand and make some money appear :)

Fairy Wishes is colored with copics for her dress and pencils for everything else, along with glitter on her wings/wand/hem.

I made up 2 5x5 1/2 inch white boxes to put inside to hold everything. I didn't taper them down to match the curve of the box, but they still work perfectly inside.

I love love LOVE this and am so happy with how it turned out, even if it did take me several days to complete :) I also added a strip of some lace that I got from Grandma's sewing closet to the top running through the middle of the border. It's an added touch of Grandma that I love.

Just for comparison...this is how it started: