Scrappy N Sassy

I created a Visual Journal historically recording my grandfather's life for his 90th birthday.
I'm posting several of my favorite photos here.

I chose a vintage feel as he is from the WWII generation and fought proudly during that war.
I also used more of a collage feel so that I could incorporate memorabilia from that era.

Rather than using a traditional photo album I chose a leather bound scrapbook with tissue paper separating each page to protect the photographs from being damaged by the three dimensional elements I used on each page.

My embellishments were either entirely handmade or altered. I used mostly found objects, I also scanned original documents and used them as they would have appeared in their original forms. I hope you'll ask lots of questions on techniques. I really enjoyed just digging in and trying whatever weird ideas came to mind.
I truly hope you enjoy it as much as I did.