TRINA HOLDEN

Looking Back Again

Only further this time. Twelve years ago this month, when I was 13, my family moved into a tipi on the top of a hill in Chenango County. I thought you would enjoy seeing some old scrapbook pages of that year. As the pictures show, we cooked over an open fire, got our milk straight…

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You make me feel like dancing…

One of our favorite parts of the reception was the group dancing. We wanted our guests to have fun, we wanted our wedding to feel like the celebration it was! Having fun and easy group dances that everyone could join in to helped us acheive that. First we did a traditional Lebanese line dance to…

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All that’s good…

And if God doesn’t give me youAll that’s good in meWill lose its footingYou’re the shape of all my dreams. Two years ago this week, I started falling in love with my dear husband, Jeremy. He asked to court me on April 7th, 2005, and we were married 6 months and one day later. 🙂…

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Jesse

I have a cold.This made me not sleep good.So, in my head as I lay there sleepless,I worked on my son’s first album.You see?I am addicted to scrapbooking. I can hardly wait to finish my wedding albumso I can begin preserving the sweet memoriesof watching our first born songrow up. He is such a joy…

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Bridal Portraits

Yesterday was productive, despite a cold coming on. I finished a full page spread that had been giving me grief for weeks. Finally got it the way I wanted it. It felt good to get it done and slide the page protector on! The left page uses a flip tab to fit a few more…

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A page sketch and the corresponding photos

this is what I do when inspiration comes to me (often when I am trying to sleep!) – I sketch it out, then I can turn out the lights and go to sleep. This will become a page in our someday travel album. All the things I love about Florida…

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“First Dance”

I’ll say right away that I LOVE this page. Not only for the memories it evokes, but for all the new techniques I learned and the fun I had creating it.This page was totally inspired by my favorite scrapper on this website. I copied one of her recent pages shamelessly. 🙂 Along the way I…

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"First Dance"

I’ll say right away that I LOVE this page. Not only for the memories it evokes, but for all the new techniques I learned and the fun I had creating it.This page was totally inspired by my favorite scrapper on this website. I copied one of her recent pages shamelessly. 🙂 Along the way I…

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The formals

I made a huge flip-out page to showcase most of the formals that were taken after the ceremony. The black and white pages open in the middle to reveal a four page spread of all the family and couple shots. I like the detail of the epoxy corner stickers…

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shhh – don’t tell!

Yesterday I put away my scrapbook and made cards all afternoon (and into the evening!). I am giving my mother a dozen handmade cards for her birthday tomorrow. It took me a while to get going, (the first few cards were embarrassing!) but I got on a roll, and finished the 20th one by bedtime….

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jumping outside my box

With this page I totally went out of my comfort zone – I doodled – and I love it! After my success I promptly went to Joann’s and bought myself three more pens that could do this (my white gel pen was my only opaque pen – now I have gold, silver, and bronze –…

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