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[2boysma]

Do you have any good sources of scrap booking grieving stories or people you are grieving their loss?  
If so, I'd love to see pages, links, examples.  Thank you. 
 

[average_kim]

I personally haven't scrapped any layouts like that.  Just can't touch the memories like that.  I have made memorial pages, but they tend to show my loved ones before they passed away.  I hope you can find some examples that will help you.

[MacSarah]

I have a "scrapbook" of my angel baby.  There were so few things that it really ended up more of an art journal.  There is a lot of jounralling, because thoughts and feelings were most of what I had.  It was therapy for me.  I saw a counsellor, but my way ended up being more beneficial to me.  It is not something I show, in fact it is packed nicely in a box in my vanity, that does not come out except for the day he was born.  Some of it is sweet, most of it is dark and ugly as I was not in a good place then.

[1scrappymom]

There used to be a blog called "good grief".  I'm not sure if you can still see the old entries or not.  Lots of good examples there.  I am a social worker/therapist and I have worked a lot with this with kids in foster care.  Many of them have a hard way of connecting with their past and this gives a constructive outlet to deal with trauma and their feelings.  Sometimes we even cut out pictures (since many don't have baby pictures) just so they have pictures on the pages.  I have loaned out my camera at times to let them go around and take pictures to add.  Sometimes we don't think to have pictures of things "in the moment", but find it comforting to take pictures after...like a favorite place, old house that you lived in, etc.  My rule of thumb is there is no wrong way to do it.  Allowing your creativity and grief to flow onto the pages as it comes...  I agree, lots of journaling is helpful because you can really express what you are feeling.  But if you aren't ready for that, a picture is sometimes worth a 1000 words, right?  It's your grief, your scrapbook and you can do it however feels right.  HTH

[Art_Teacher]

I have not done many (still haven't been able to scrap about my mother-in-law's death from breast cancer and she died 11 years ago), and most of the ones I have done have not been put online. However, I did this one after a very hard year, and I found it really helped me to put that year into perspective.

[1scrappymom]

I have not done many (still haven't been able to scrap about my mother-in-law's death from breast cancer and she died 11 years ago), and most of the ones I have done have not been put online. However, I did this one after a very hard year, and I found it really helped me to put that year into perspective.

What a beautiful layout!  How awesome that you could find strength in not only your faith, but your hobby as well!

[blbabe1234]

Like many other cherries, I've done memorial pages. Most of them are pets, but I finally did one featuring my grandmother who passed away almost 8 years ago.

[gonecamping]

I did a photo book of my Dad for both my brothers, my mom and myself. It was pictures and journaling from when he was born until he died. It was incredibly difficult to do but it turned out so beautiful. The book was about 20 pages. I scanned all the pictures and cried every time I worked on the book. It really helps when I am missing him to look at the book. 

[karensay]

My Mom left the physical world in January this year.  I took pictures each day I was at the hospital with her.  I am going to scrap those pages in a mini book for ME only.  I am going to have another 12x12 scrapbook of her with notes she wrote me and newspaper articles she sent me.  Happier things, silly things.

[PezKat]

Beautifully done page, Laura. 

I have edited pics from my Dad's funeral (3 yrs ago) & will order them w/my next photo order.  I'm doing a scrap retreat in Oct. so if I don't get to them before then, that'll be the time - going w/a friend whose dad died 6 wks after mine!

[blfonty]

This is more of a happy ending story - as I scrapped about my open heart surgery that saved my life. But it was definitely therapeutic scrapping.



Feel free to use my layout. The journaling tells the story of how and why I had surgery and the photos on page 2 highlight my visitors/flowers received at the hospital and the road to recovery with walking everyday.

[citygirl22]

Tracy Banks (aka Mercy Tiara on YouTube) is working on an series of online courses right now called Scrapping Through It. The first one is going to be about scrapping through a loss. She said other courses will be things like scrapping through a break up and scrapping through an illness. She is a very talented scrapbooker and a clinic psychologist so it should be good. Here is the link to her blog where she talks about - http://mercytiara.com/2014/06/an-announ ... ess-video/

[2boysma]

Oh my, what marvelous responses…everyone.  Thank you.  My scrapbooking girls and I have been asked to teach a scrapbook class at a church (not our own church) with the focus of the day being on working through grief.  There is a group at this church that meets regularly and apparently some are having a difficult time working through losses.  You all have given wonderful words of encouragement, personal examples and ideas and great inspiration to me.  My husband will lead some music, then we have some page layouts with some choices for the participants right now…working on putting all the details together.  I'd like to copy your pages, Laura and blfonty if that is okay.  I hope to have lots of examples for these people to look at to inspire them to journal and be artistic in working through their grief.  I'd love to copy some of your stories, Tanya, Sarah, Kim and pezcat.  Shannon, thanks for the wonderful suggestions.  I agree, there is no one right way to do it.  Everyone has to find their way to tell the story within them.  We are praying these participants will truly be able to find scrapbooking as a therapeutic way to retell what is in their hearts and minds.  Anything else you think of that might help, please continue to add.  Thank you again, so much.  Each comment helps tremendously.  I will check out the YouTube class on grieving, too.  Thank you, Stephanie.  The class is October 18.  We are having meetings together to plan.  Many of these people may have NEVER scrapbooked at all, so we are providing most everything except the photos they want to bring.  :)  

[Shutterbug]

Do you have any good sources of scrap booking grieving stories or people you are grieving their loss?  
If so, I'd love to see pages, links, examples.  Thank you. 
 

I have a few I can upload. I will try to do it this weekend.   This is one that was done for my BF when she lost her little sister and nephew. I created a book for her.  I have others too.

[Art_Teacher]

Oh my, what marvelous responses…everyone.  Thank you.  My scrapbooking girls and I have been asked to teach a scrapbook class at a church (not our own church) with the focus of the day being on working through grief.  There is a group at this church that meets regularly and apparently some are having a difficult time working through losses.  You all have given wonderful words of encouragement, personal examples and ideas and great inspiration to me.  My husband will lead some music, then we have some page layouts with some choices for the participants right now…working on putting all the details together.  I'd like to copy your pages, Laura and blfonty if that is okay.  I hope to have lots of examples for these people to look at to inspire them to journal and be artistic in working through their grief.  I'd love to copy some of your stories, Tanya, Sarah, Kim and pezcat.  Shannon, thanks for the wonderful suggestions.  I agree, there is no one right way to do it.  Everyone has to find their way to tell the story within them.  We are praying these participants will truly be able to find scrapbooking as a therapeutic way to retell what is in their hearts and minds.  Anything else you think of that might help, please continue to add.  Thank you again, so much.  Each comment helps tremendously.  I will check out the YouTube class on grieving, too.  Thank you, Stephanie.  The class is October 18.  We are having meetings together to plan.  Many of these people may have NEVER scrapbooked at all, so we are providing most everything except the photos they want to bring.  :)  
 

I would be fine if you copied my page...if you could, would you please white out the names?  Thanks!  Good luck with your class...it sounds like it is much needed.  

[ratgirl]

A few months after my father died, I found myself ready to do a little scrapbook about some of the things we'd done together, some of the stories he used to tell, things like that. It was helpful to get past that feeling of disbelief and shock. It also helped me realize how lucky I was to have been able to spend so much time travelling with dad in my college years. I got to spend more time with my dad in his (relatively) short life than a lot of people spend one-on-one with their parents in a full lifetime. I felt so cheated when he died, that everyone else I knew had their dad's still, even people a lot older than me. Looking at all we'd done together made me realize I was pretty lucky to have the time we did have, and to have a dad as great as mine to begin with. 

[Shutterbug]

I cannot find the one I  wanted to post but will keep looking.  But I did run across this one of my Friends Daughter. It is in the gallery if you want to read the poem.

[average_kim]

Oh my, what marvelous responses…everyone.  Thank you.  My scrapbooking girls and I have been asked to teach a scrapbook class at a church (not our own church) with the focus of the day being on working through grief.  There is a group at this church that meets regularly and apparently some are having a difficult time working through losses.  You all have given wonderful words of encouragement, personal examples and ideas and great inspiration to me.  My husband will lead some music, then we have some page layouts with some choices for the participants right now…working on putting all the details together.  I'd like to copy your pages, Laura and blfonty if that is okay.  I hope to have lots of examples for these people to look at to inspire them to journal and be artistic in working through their grief.  I'd love to copy some of your stories, Tanya, Sarah, Kim and pezcat.  Shannon, thanks for the wonderful suggestions.  I agree, there is no one right way to do it.  Everyone has to find their way to tell the story within them.  We are praying these participants will truly be able to find scrapbooking as a therapeutic way to retell what is in their hearts and minds.  Anything else you think of that might help, please continue to add.  Thank you again, so much.  Each comment helps tremendously.  I will check out the YouTube class on grieving, too.  Thank you, Stephanie.  The class is October 18.  We are having meetings together to plan.  Many of these people may have NEVER scrapbooked at all, so we are providing most everything except the photos they want to bring.  :)  

That sounds like a great plan.  Good luck with the planning and the work leading up to the scrappy day.  Will say a prayer that the participants can use this as a way to heal.

[2boysma]

This is more of a happy ending story - as I scrapped about my open heart surgery that saved my life. But it was definitely therapeutic scrapping.



Feel free to use my layout. The journaling tells the story of how and why I had surgery and the photos on page 2 highlight my visitors/flowers received at the hospital and the road to recovery with walking everyday.

[2boysma]

I cannot find the one I  wanted to post but will keep looking.  But I did run across this one of my Friends Daughter. It is in the gallery if you want to read the poem.




Oh my.  This is really poignant, Kimber.  Thank you so much for finding this for me.  It is a perfect and BEAUTIFUL example.  I will continue to watch this thread to see if you find the other one you know about.  This is awesome.