Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Mother & Daughter

Mother's Day is coming. I don't always send a gift to my mom on Mother's Day, but I do try to make something for her for her bday. Actually, its just about the time Mother's Day rolls around that I realize I haven't anything to send her, so I get started on something and have it ready to send her by her birthday in June. I know, I'm a bad daughter...

This year, however, a friend in my scrapbooking group started a wonderful challenge. I think I mentioned it before. To scrap a page using photos of both mother and child, at the same age. (Mom at age six, daughter at age six). We are lucky in that group because we all have daughters. So its the perfect challenge.

I have a few photos of myself as a child, and of course hundreds of my own daughter. Matching the ages was even quite easy. I made a page, but then wasn't quite 100% satisfied. So I made another. It was a bit better, but I still wanted more. So I made a 3rd page, this time using a photo of my own mom at about the same age as well. Three generations. It's my favorite of the three.

Even so, I do love the two pages with just my daughter and I. Its surprising how similar we look. Maybe that shouldn't surprise me, but my daughter is half Japanese and almost everyone agrees that she looks like her Daddy. But to put our photos side-by-side I can see some of me in her too.

I'm still thinking about making another page of just the two of us, but that will have to wait. I'm already thinking about a Father's Day page for my husband: a page of him and my son at the same age.

Anyway, have a look at my Mother and Daughter pages. I'd LOVE to see your pages too!

親子

母の日は後2週間ぐらいですね。毎年ちょうど母の日ごろ、母に何かプレゼントを作り始める。母の日に間に合わないけど、母の誕生日は6月だからそれまでに何とかなります。あんまりいい娘じゃないですね~。

しかし、今年、大好きなスクラップグルップに参加するのお友達は素晴らしいチャレンジを考えました。親子のページを作ることなんですが、二人とも同じ歳ごろの写真で作ります。(娘は6歳の写真なら、自分も6歳ごろの写真を使います。)そのグルップの全人は娘がいますから良かったです。

自分が子供頃の写真をいくつかもあります。最初のページを作ってみたら、また作りたいと思って、もう一枚作りました。なかなか完璧なページが出来なくてもう一枚を作ることにして、今度は自分の母の同じ歳ごろの写真も入れて、三世代ページを作りました。三枚の中で一番気に入りになった。

二人だけのページも好きですよ。こんなに似てるとびっくりした。驚き事じゃないかもしれないけど、娘はハーフ日本人だし、周りの友達、皆、娘はパパと似てるとよく言われます。でも、私と娘の写真サイド・バイ・サイドで見るとやっぱり親子は似てるね、と感じました。

もう一枚くらい作りたいと思うけど、後でします。次は息子と夫のページを作ろうかな~と思います。

良かったら作ったのページを見て下さい。このチャレンジを受けたいの方は是非ページを見せて下さい。

Me & My Girl




Mother & Child




Hearts Entwined Forever

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