Friends Forever
I was rummaging through a pile of photos the other day when I came across this blast from the past. This is a photo of me and my best friend from high school on the day she moved away. It’s so fun to look back at old photos like this from the 80’s when our hair was all big & crazy and our clothes… Man, our clothes in the 80’s were something else!
Even with the crazy hair and the dated clothes, I LOVE this photo! I don’t have many pictures of us. This was WAY before cell phones with cameras and even before digital cameras so unless it was a very special occasion we didn’t really have cameras at hand to document the beautiful memories like today.
But this photo is special to me. After my friend moved we wrote letters to each other for years. Like real, physical letters that you’d put a stamp on and mail! Man, I love those days. The excitement of checking the mailbox every day to see if the letter was there made it feel like Christmas when the letter finally arrived. Over the years the letters became emails then messages on MySpace than Facebook. We still share old photos and memories but it’s different. The days before cell phones, email and Facebook seemed so magical and I wanted to document this special day.
My layout was inspired by two sketches from Sketchabilities (#129 & #130). I liked the title and the cluster around it on sketch #130 but I liked the cluster on the upper right of sketch #129 so I just combined those elements to make the layout fit my needs. If you’re ever in need of a great scrapbook or card sketch head over to the Sketchabilities blog for more layout inspiration!
I’ve been wanting to use up some of this old kit Gossamer Blue kit I got back in May 2016. The background paper is a Dear Lizzy paper from a paper pack I got at Michaels and the paper for the flags I cut were from Simple Stories and My Minds Eye.
The pink acetate doily and this adorable silver heart puffy sticker are from a recent Freckled Fawn sale box. The feathers, floral corner and the woodchip paperclip are all from Simple Stories.
The “friends forever” title was a cut file from Miss Kates Cutables, the “you & me” flair is from my Etsy shop.
The button and the “heart” Love This embellishment are from Pink Paisley and tag behind the title is from My Minds Eye.
I loved this little envelope from the Carpe Diem bits & pieces set from Simple Stories. It was perfect with my journaling about the letters my bestie and I wrote after she moved. I paired it with a page flag cut from some My Minds Eye paper and this Simple Stories chipboard flower sticker.
I just finished a process video for my new YouTube channel if you wanted to check it out.