Tuesday, August 3, 2010

A book a captured moments

Things have been a little stressful of late and sometimes you just have to stop and take a minute to reflect on what's really important in life. Many of us today I think almost for get to breathe. We get so caught up in the day to day chores and forget to appreciate what we have and what surrounds us. It's almost like we can live an unconscious life with a mind thats so jaded from thinking to much that we forget to look up and see the magic of nature and love that surrounds us. There will always be times when we lose our way and the light at the end of the tunnel seems to be so far away that you feel you are walking on a path of darkness. It's these times when you learn some of life's most powerful lessons. We never make mistakes if we learn from them. Life is all about risks and requires you to jump and whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. So these past few weeks I have really been making an effort to smile constantly each day and just be happy.. Lifes to short to be negative and if your positive you attract positive energy. Show the world your smile and maybe it will smile back at you!

Now I would like to share with you my book of love. Its my most precious gift and was given to me when my nana passed away. It holds so much beauty and history. I believe it is a photo album that my nana picked up 40 years ago from an antique shop. Its dated back to the late 19th century. I can only imagine the photos that filled it before and the love and romance those generations before me stored away in it.

It truly is the most amazing album I have ever seen and I feel so privileged to have this. It sits in my creative room where I keep my enitre vintage range and sewing machines and anything that make me smile. I call it my room of inspiration which I will blog about very soon. But for now let me share with you this amazing album and all its treasures. It even has a key stored in the back of the book which is used to wind the album up so that it can play music while viewing the captured moments.
 

The opening page I think was hand painted.


Now its filled with my family sating back over 100 years. 
This is my dear Nana and Grandad on their wedding day in the navy.
 
I love her Hair here. I would love to be able to do an upstyle like that.


My mother 


Later on in life.


 
The vintage music box that is stored at the back.