This page of the altered photo album I made for Mother’s Day 2007 features my great-great-grandmother Emily (Creager) Conover. She was married to William Henry Conover, son of James Conover, Civil War prisoner and possible victim of the Sultana explosion.
I thought of Emily Conover over the Memorial Day weekend. I think of her every Memorial [...]
Archive for May, 2008
My Needlework Journey posts
Posted in Uncategorized on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
UPDATE: Free cross-stitch patterns are no longer available on MyCraftivity.com, nor is there a community for Cross Stitch and Needle Arts at this time.
Because I’m employed by the parent company of MyCraftivity.com, I’m expected to post regularly there. I’ve started a series on my personal MyCraftivity blog called “My Needlework Journey,” starting with this post [...]
Altered photo album: Emily Jane (Reddick) Applegate
Posted in Attempts at Artwork, Holidays & Celebrations, Mother's Day, collage, tagged altered books, altered photo album, Applegate genealogy, Brown County Ohio, Creager genealogy, Emily Jane Applegate, Emily Jane Reddick, Reddick genealogy on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s another page in the altered photo album I made for Mother’s Day last year:
This page features Emily Jane (Reddick) Applegate. She’s my maternal great-great-grandmother, mother of John Black Applegate, my grandfather’s father. Her mother was a Creager; she married Joseph Martin Applegate.
I didn’t have a good photo of her when she was younger. All [...]
S.Hooligan, tiny dancer
Posted in The Hooligan Chronicles, tagged artificial flowers, ballet, ballet recital, little ballerinas, tiny dancer on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
S.Hooligan had her first ballet recital last Saturday. Actually, she’s in pre-ballet class, but she and all her fellow tiny dancers got to dress up as if they were doing “Swan Lake.”
We weren’t quite sure what to expect of S.Hooligan on the stage. She has a mind of her own. We were encouraged by her [...]
My mother’s idea of a good Mother’s Day
Posted in Holidays & Celebrations, Mother's Day, tagged home cooking, Mom's cooking, Mother's Day on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I always feel a little ashamed as Mother’s Day approaches. There’s lots of talk on TV and in commercials about where to take mothers to brunch or dinner for a special experience, the kind of pampering a mother deserves on “her” day. I feel ashamed because I know my mother won’t be going out anywhere [...]
Mother’s Day altered photo album
Posted in Attempts at Artwork, Holidays & Celebrations, Mother's Day, collage, tagged altered books, altered photo album, ancestors, collage, genealogy, Mother's Day, UTEE on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last year I wanted to make my mother a special gift for Mother’s Day. I had an old, dilapidated photo album with a broken lock that I’d gotten on eBay (I’d bought it for the photos, thinking maybe there would be long lost relatives in it because of it being from Brown County, Ohio — [...]
