But we had a birthday this week -- Sue's 68th to be exact -- which got me busy fussing with photos, both old and new.
I wanted to put together a chronological collage starting as a baby and progressing until the present. It took much finagling to get it to work out as some photos that I liked just didn't seem to fit that well.
Ultimately, I try to stay away from rows and columns when I do these blended collages as they don't make for the most pleasing arrangements, but I just couldn't seem to help myself this time around in order to maximize the chronological theme.
Anyway, I printed it on a 13x19 sheet and gave it to her on her birthday morning. She knew what I was working on, so it wasn't much a surprise, but she hadn't seen the arrangement or the actual photos that I had chosen.
Start at the top left and go around clockwise to get to the present.
Here are some of the young photos presented on their own. Some of them didn't make it into the collage due to lack of space. I am not going to put them in order this time around.
As we were going through them, Sue kept noting that her mother made the various outfits. She was a talented lady.
Oh my goodness, how right you are about cute AND about Sue's mother being talented! Must be why both Sue and her sister are so artistically gifted. Please wish her Happy Birthday. When was it exactly? Mine was this week also.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are back...missed your posts! Lovely pictures of an obviously lovely lady. Happy birthday to Sue!
ReplyDeleteGood to have you back ! Happy Birthday Sue . Wonderful photos , hey my B-day was this week to . Thanks for sharing , Have a good weekend !
ReplyDeletea sweet little girl, but i think she's incredibly beautiful now. happy birthday to her.
ReplyDeleteHow nice of you to honor her this way. she is very photogenic.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back and belated Happy Birthday wishes to your lovely Susanne. This was a wonderful and very loving tribute and sure it was appreciated. Thanks for sharing your lovely other half with all of us, John.
ReplyDeleteWell, happy 68th to Sue! Hope their will be many more to follow with fantastic photos.
ReplyDeleteOf course I went left to right on both rows and thought 'that's odd, children before her wedding, I didn't think they did that'. And then I realised it should be the other way. So, I am very sorry to think that. I should have known better!
Sue started out very cute and has aged exceptionally well. Happy belated birthday, Sue!
ReplyDeleteHappy belated Birthday Sue, so very sweet. I think we shared the same pony! :-)
ReplyDeleteI had so much fun looking at those photos. I'm only a year older, and I have photos of myself in exactly the same poses, even though I lived the other side of the Atlantic. My mother made my dresses too!
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