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Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Eaton Sisters

This is my last layout using the February Papermaze Kit. This showing two generations of the same family. The photo here shows three sisters (the mother and aunts of the girls in yesterday's layout). I will add details of these ladies below. Please see the Scrap, Paper, Scissors Blog for full details of making the layout. 


To make the layout I used the following items from the kit: 
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Junk Drawer collection - Notes And Things
49 and Market - Vicki Boutin - Curiosities in Willow Grove collection - Starters Paper #5
Graphic 45 - Journalling Through Time collection - Wild Flowers & Golden Rod Pattern & Solid Sheet
49 and Market Nostalgic Memories chipboard words

From my own stash, I have used:
3D foam pads
Sizzix Thinlits Tag Collection die set
Brown seam binding ribbon
Gold enamel dots
Basic Grey Alphabet Stickers
W
ood effect Thicker Alphabet Stickers 







The Eaton Sisters-

Parents
– Charles Eaton (1841 - 1931)and Sarah Heron (1844 – 1925)

Sarah Frances
Born – 14th May 1875 Islington, London
Census 1891 – Age 15, Hove, Sussex
Death – 27th Jan 1943, Age 67, Ilford, Essex

Irene Leonora
Born –
9th Jan 1869, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Census 1881 – Age 12,
93 Hornsey Road, Islington London
Census 1891 – Age 22, Hove Sussex
Marriage – 11th November 1896 to Thomas George Kiff (1859 – 1936) Hove, Sussex
Children – 1. Frank Kiff (1889 – ), 2. May Kiff (1890 - ), 3. Alice Kiff (1891 - ),
4. Charles Kiff (1897 – 1995), 5. Leonard Kiff (1899 – 1974), 6. Thomas George Kiff (1903 – 1946), 7. Irene Leonora Kiff (1903 – 1998), 8. Dorothy May Kiff (1905 – 1959)
Census 1901 – Age 32, Dulwich, London
Census 1911 – Age 42,
Crestalta Stables, Champion Hill, Camberwell, London
Census 1921 – Age 52,
4 Clarence Avenue, Bickley, Kent
Electoral Register 1924 – Age 55,  73 Pevensey Road, St Leonards, Sussex

Electoral Register 1939 – Age 70, Widow, living with daughter , 25 Tower Road, Orpington, Kent
Death – October 1956 Age 87, Tonbridge, Kent

Maryon Emma
Born – 21st September 1885, Hove, Sussex
Census 1891 – Age 5, Hove Sussex
Death - March 1974 Age 88, Cuckfield, Sussex

Other Siblings – 1. Charles Heron Eaton (1870 – 1943), 2. Clement Stewart Eaton (1871 – 1957), 3. John Bayford Eaton (1877 – 1906), 4. George Boff Eaton (1878 – 1963)


That's all from the February Kit, I'll be back with the March kit soon.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Monday, 2 March 2026

Irene and Dorothy

Take a look on the Scrap, Paper, Scissors Blog today, where you will see two new layouts I have made using the February Papermaze Kit. With this beautiful collection I have made a total of four heritage layouts. This shows sisters Irene and Dorothy, I came across these lovely photos of our family ancestors through Ancestry. I will add details of these twenties ladies at the end of this post. 


From the February kit, I used:
Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Junk Drawer collection - Notes And Things
49 and Market - Dennis Burton - Nostalgic Memories collection - Forever
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Mocha DivineApricot & Beeswax 

From my own stash, I used:
Cricut 
Scrap cardstock
Copper embossing powder
Thick black embossing powder
Kraft Bazzill
Large brad
3D foam pads
Paper flowers and leaves 
Typewriter key alphabet stickers




 





Irene (1903 – 1998) and Dorothy (1905 – 1958)Kiff are they the youngest sisters of Charles Kiff (who married my great aunt Florence Dorothy Holder)

Parents – Thomas George Kiff (1859 - 1936)and Irene Leonora Eaton (1869 – 1956)

Irene Leonora
Born - 9th August 1903 Lambeth, London (Twin to Thomas George)
Census – 1911 & 1921 – see below same as Dorothy
Marriage – July 1928 to Horace William Hale (1901 – 1968)
Death – 14th May 1998 (94) Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Dorothy Amy
Born – 1st July 1905 Lambeth
Marriage 19th January 1930 to Douglas D Castell (1896 - 1977) Wandsworth, London
Death - 22nd December 1959 Bromley, Kent

Siblings – 1. Frank Kiff (1889 – ), 2. May Kiff (1890 - ), 3. Alice Kiff (1891 - ),
4. Charles (1898 – 1995) 97, 5. Leonard Kiff (1899 – 1974) (75)
6. Thomas George Kiff (1903-1946)(43) Twin to Irene

That's all for today, I'll be back with the last layout from this kit tomorrow.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Thursday, 26 February 2026

Colour By Numbers

While at the Papermaze Crop on Saturday, I made this layout for my daughter, Catherine's scrapbook.
In July 2023, the girls took part in the Sylvera School of Dance Summer show at The Orchard Theatre, Dartford. This is the group photo showing both girls and all the class. 




to make this layout, I used:
Black Bazzill
Bo Bunny - Double Dot collection - Passion Fruit
49 and Market - Spectrum Gardenia collection - Painted Foundations - Fragments
Silver Metallic Card
Gems
Cricut and the Art Deco font
Doodlebug Designs Alphabet Soup - Bubble Gum and Silver
Tracing Paper
Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry 






Thanks for looking
Lynn x