Creative Friday: Discover Your Roots with ele.ment.ary!

After recently discovering a family scrapbook filled with photos from the 1800’s, I embarked on a journey to document our family’s heritage. As I started talking and questioning my living relatives I found myself scrambling to takes notes and a place to write tidbits of family history as they trickled through conversations. Using a simple composition book, I have a compact and transportable home for all those nuggets of info. Of course, I couldn’t leave it like this:



So using the NEW Simple Stories ele.ment.ary line I altered the front and back covers. The title reads “Discover Your Roots.”



Since this book needs to functional and withstand being tossed in my purse, in the car and from little sticky fingers, I used Glossy Accents to protect the elements on the page.



Here's the back on the book and the bookmark:






With the ele.ment.ary line I also created a bookmark to hold my place. Using glossy accents and fine glitter I added a little bling to the swirl.





I hope you get a chance this weekend to document to tibits of your family heritage too!

Happy Scrappin'!