HAPPY THANKSGIVING plus a little distressing tutorial;)

 HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 

This year, one little word sums up what I am most grateful for: Family. Today much of my family is not with me so I am really missing my dad, my brother, my mom-in-law, my father-in-law {whew, this would be a very LONG list so I'll stop there}... I wish you were all here and I send you all my love and just a few photos from the last few weeks...

A little shout out to this guy...he made me an entire BOWL of pancake crispies with chocolate chips on top yesterday for breakfast...you know those crispy edges on pancakes {I LOVE THEM} and I love him for being so kind, so caring, so considerate, so thoughtful AND such a great chef!

As for scrapping...this is my slow time of year, too busy living in the moment to scrap much but I do have a special project to share with you today. It hangs right at the bottom of our stairs in the foyer so I see it all the time.

I started with an Adornit Family Frame kit and spritzed the edges and the parts that would show with a bit of brown Maya Mist. Then I began covering it with my favorite Sweet Summertime paper, Sunflowers!

 

I simply used some glue to adhere the paper.

 Then I got to work filing, sanding, general distressing...

 I was going for an antique look so I added LOTS of inks!

Once I had the backing completed I set to work on the family cutout.

 Again I was really going for that antique look so I used some distress ink on all the papers.

 I used my trusty no measure, just hold up in the air and see if it fits method for backing the individual letters. For some letters I used photos, for others I used some classic Cookbookin' papers.

Finally, I adhered three photos to the wooden cutouts that hang from the family plaque. I printed all my photos in sepia and even sanded them a bit to give even more "age."

To finish off my project I added a few Sassafras buttons, Prima flowers and checked ribbon. 

Happy Thanksgiving~~~