Dia De Los Muetros Blog Hop

 Hey Friends,

Welcome to the Dia De Los Muetros / Celebration of Life Blog Hop. If You  arrived here from Erika, then you are in the right spot. If not, don't worry, I will have the blog list at the bottom of this post so you can continue to hop along. You do not want to miss anyone on this hop it is FULL of some amazing talent out there.

If you do not know about Dia De Los Muetros, I will explain it to you before I go ahead and show you my project and video. Dia De Los Muetros is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and Latin American Countries on November 1st, where participants honor the dead, and celebrate and remember the lives they lived. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts.

As many of you know, I am from Puerto Rico, and unfortunately it is not a holiday that we celebrate there, but we do have All Saints Day which is similar-ish  :)

Today I will be honoring the Life of My Maternal Grandfather who passed away in 2006 

 Don Pablo Garcia

My Grandfather was a great man! When he was young he dropped out of school in the 5th grade and went to work in order to help provide for his family. All his life he was a hardworker, and even though he worked hard for everything that he had, he always gave to those that were in need. In his village in Puerto Rico he had earned the title "Don" which means a man of great respect. The father of 6 Children  (the youngest my mother) he always provided everything he could within his means and made time for each and everyone one of his children no matter how tired he was from working.

My greatest memory of my grandfather was as a child, we would walk around his farm land and he would show me how to take care of all the animals. Together we would feed the chickens and the geese. Then we would collect vegetables and he would sit me on his lap and together we would split the beans.  He literally had a honest heart of gold, and I will always miss his smile, his hugs and the quality time we spent together.

I created this scrapbook page layout in memory of his life. I don't have the picture put on the page just yet because i have to dig through my mother's albums to get the picture i am thinking of, and have it copied.

The title reads Te Recuerdo " I remember you" Please click to view the picture full size, there is alot of detail in this layout.

I cut the skull from Rock Princess at 3 inches, and the roses at 1.5 inches

The candles are from Christmas, and cut at 4 inches,

The marquee shape is from Gypsy wanderings and cut at 7.75 and 8 inches respectively

The Ribbon beneath the photo mat is cut from winter frolic at .80 inches

I pretty much went doodle crazy on the layout.

The pattern paper is Basic Grey- Marrakech- Orchid Oolong (Discontinued)

In celebration of this fun blog hop I will be giving away 2 prizes, one here on my blog and the other on my Facebook Fan Page.

In order to enter to win the prize, followers just leave a comment on this post

American Crafts "Craft Fair"  12 sheets Pattern Paper and  matching Journaling Stickers

for the facebook fan page prize, just go over to my facebook page, "like it" and leave a comment.

KI Memories Pet Shop Paper Paper- 14 sheets

 

I will draw both winners on wednesday via random.org

Also do not forget to make sure you comment on ALL of the posts on each blog in order to be entered to win the GRAND PRIZE PACK

here is the blog list. Have fun hopping!

Abby

Gaby

Celeste

Karla

Erika

Cristina You are here!!!

Carri She's Next

Momo

Agnes

Emma

Donna

Jessica