The Documented Life Project Week 29: "Photographs & Memories" Art Journal

The Documented Life Project
Week 29

July Theme

Ephemera
July 18
Art Challenge: Photographs & Memories
Journal Prompt:  "All that I have to remember you"-Jim Croce

"Photographs and memories
All the love you gave to me
Somehow it just can't be true
It's all I've left of you"

Those were the lyrics that I heard after I was curious who Jim Croce was after reading this weeks Journal Prompt, when my curiosity took me to YouTube, where I heard this song called Photographs and Memories by Jim Croce.  Instantly while listening to the song memories of summers spent at grandpas house flooded my head.  Many of the lyrics to this song took me back to what I do have left of him, which are photos, old cards, and cherished memories of time spent together while he was still here on this earth with us.  I have posted the video here so you may hear this classic song, that may very well bring back some memories for you as well. 

Each month there is a theme and for July it is to use ephemera.  So for the background I collaged many pieces of ephemera for the Tim Holtz "thrift shop"  ephemera pack.  A few other pieces were from the Ruby Rock It pack of die cuts, and some from a piece of scrapbook paper that had tags and tickets were cut out from them. Many of the pieces were picked out intentionally because I found some meaning in them.  For instance there is a U.S. map, my grandpa was a rambling man back in his earlier years traveling all around the country, and never settling any where very long.  Two other pieces used were referenced to a type writer.  Some memories being at grandpas house were of him letting me use his old antique type writer and learn how to use it in an error where computers were coming out into popularity.

Lace was added to the to left hand page to give it a little more of a shabby vibe to go with the flowers put by the framed pictures, of my Grandpa, and the doily cut from a piece of scrapbook paper.

"Photographs and memories

All the love you gave to me

Somehow it just can't be true

It's all I've left of you"

Thank you for visiting and taking a trip down memory lane with me, as I went back to them summer days.  Be sure to comment below, I would love to hear from you all.

Happy Craftin'

Krystal