My Momma Told Me

Today I would like to share something with you about my Mom. First of all I want to talk about the photo  of her sitting with a valentine postcard. My mother who is 92 has been a collector all her life. She has saved things since she was a little girl, and has told us stories about them. Like the little basket she has which was made with porcupine quills and given to her when she was around 9 years old from a little native american friend she met in Cape Breton where her father worked for a while.  And the christening dress her mother and her made for her first baby  and then she used it for all of her children, including me, then many of her grandchildren also were baptized in that same dress.  She had a set of granite pie plates that she had when she was first married in 1932 that she has given to me, and I will treasure them for as long as I live. So now we get to the photo and her valentine. This postcard which I made for her with her original valentine is what you see in the photo above. The reason she had me make these postcards was because her valentine was given to her 86 years ago when she was six years old and it was given to her by her teacher. She treasured that valentine all these years and kept it in immaculate condition, and we are seven in my family and she could not give it to everyone so we came up with the idea of me creating a postcard with her valentine, which I did and in the back I put that it was a copy of her valentine she got in 1924 when she was six years old. I also added  from top to bottom where the line goes, "With Love from Mom.  She ordered 16 of them and they came in this week, she is so proud of those postcards, she wants to give us each one for Christmas with a note from her on the back, even it is a valentine it is very special for  my family.  And also a great souvenir.

Now something else she shared with me this week, was her wedding ring, I did not know this but she told me in 1932 ,my Dad sold his bicycle for three dollars and bought Mom a wedding ring, and he paid for the marriage license  too. Mom said she had the ring for a long time but one day someone spilled some mercury on it and it melted. But to me this story is so interesting because I can add this little tidbit in my family tree notes, and maybe one day one of my descendants might enjoy reading all about my Mom and my family.  I hope you enjoyed this little story. Now about the

T_Shirt Image above, well I was asked to have this one made, and to use my own judgement on what to add on it, he works at the Bingo and his wife is there too, so I created this shirt for him, and for others who want to buy one, I bet when he wears this at the Bingo I will have sales from it.

If you are interested you can find this tee shirt in my Hobby folder and then you click on my Bingo Folder at http://www.zazzle.com/allicor*   So that is my blog for today, please tell your friends about my blog and also about my store and  mention my genealogy website http://www.acadian-roots.com/   Thanks for the  visit ,do stop by again, and Have a Great Day. Aline

What has Aline been doing?

Hello everyone, well today it is raining, we are expection some thunder so I imagine there will be lots of little dogs and cats being afraid. We had a dog named Thunder and he was so afraid of Thunder he would shake and run and try and hide, he is now with another family due to health reasons and this family recently bought another dog ,the same breed as Thunder and they named him Lightning.So they have Thunder and Lightning.
I have been pretty busy lately, I have been doing some genealogy research for someone , which has taken me to the genealogy center, where I love to go. I feel so at home there and I can relax.
And today I added some marriages of Williams dit Bristol folks in my group of the same name on Facebook. You can find me all over the place on Facebook, I am there with the group Old Photos of New Brunswick, Williams dit Bristol group,Trails of our Ancestors group,ALLICOR'S BOUTIQUE page . As you can see I have lots to keep me busy, I also have my Chat n Brag room in myfamily.com which is private, I have two yahoo genealogy groups, one is private to get there you need to go to petiteacadienne group for an invite. And finally I am having a great time with my store, today I created a folder called Churches, and that is what I plan on adding there, in hopes that someone doing their family tree would love some products of their ancestors areas. I also have a genealogy folder there, which is new, plus my Acadian/Cajun folder and much more, I posted some of my latest shoes and my funny tee shirts hope you like them, if you are interested in them or feel like seeing what I create go to http://www.zazzle.com/allicor*   
I have a folder for children also with nursery rhymes and much more.

Now that I have blogged a little it is time for a nice cuppa coffee, it is too late to go to Tims, so I will stay at Alines. grin. Until next time have a great day, do stop by again

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Genealogy & Zazzle

First I will talk genealogy and
will talk zazzle next.

Well I went to see my Mom the other day and  she has been saving obituaries from the newspaper for a long time and when I went over she was putting them all in an album. So I borrowed the album and I scanned all the pages of the allbum and I have created   a page on my Acadian-Roots dot com website. If you go there you will see an animated pencil on the sidebar click on it and it will take you to the obituaries. The following are the names of the persons .They are not in alphabetical order so you will have to look to find them on my website at http://www.acadian-roots.com/ .

Eloi Arsenault, Melina Arsenault, Marie Anne Belliveau, Maxime Breau, Arthur Gallant, Emile Gallant, Freeman Gould, Normand Hunt,Philippe LeBlanc, Patrick LeBlanc, Guy LeBlanc, Aline LeBlanc, Claude LeBlanc, Armand LeBlanc, Diane LeBlanc, Hazel Mae Leblanc, Therese Thibodeau, Theresa Bourgeois, Zephir Girouard, Irene Briggs, Marie L Caissie, Sara Caron, Paul Allain, Edmee Cassidy, Clayton Rideout, marjorie Allison Parley, Milledge Williams, Elizabeth J Williams, Emery Boudreau, Lucilda Bourque, Henry Bourque, Barbara Ann Babineau, Alcide Bourque, Kenneth Coster, Sylvia A Henderson, Romeo Leger, Freddy Gautreau, Mabel Arsenault, Sanford Maillet, Odila Brine, Sophie McLean, Eva Saulnier, Dora Pellerin, Justin R Williams, Raymond Leger, Gerard (Patat)Melanson, Rejean Martin, John Kerwin, Laurie LeBlanc, Kathryn Pyne Welner, Clara Beaton, Norman tower, John Williams, Tyler Williams, Laurie Leger, Bernice Cassidy, Romain Doucet, Yvon Cormier, Raymond Donelle, Edna Cormier, Philip Aubie, Lawrence Bernard, Clarence Melanson, Walter Baxter, Nelida Leblanc, Doris A Richard, Emile Desroches, Jack Bell, Louis Arsenault, Clarence (Buck)Arsenault, Samuel Gorber, Laurie J Leblanc, David Meahan, Edgar Bourque, Jean Baptiste Cormier, Ulysse Maillet, Alfred Caissie, Raymond Leblanc, Ronald King, Leo LeBlanc, Kristina Elliot, Andrea Vautour, Clifford Williams,Marie Collette, Thomas Chase, Yvonne Leblanc, Camille C Thebeau, Irene Ambrose, Irene McGinnity, Hilda Williams, Edward J Gallant, Emerise Girouard, Albert Girouard, Dora Girouard, Marie Girouard, Desire Girouard, Irene Saulnier, Lionel Maillet, Leo Donahue, Adelard Melanson, Jacques Bourque, William Hebert, Donald Richard, Bernice Myers, Dora Williams Melanson, Pauline Hebert, Dora Pellerin, Sister Genevieve Petitpas, Lucianne Roy, Edward LeBlanc, Lindsay MacCurdy, Lena Arsenault, Evangeline Chiasson, M.E.Girouard, Bernard Doucet, Kenneth Daigle, Mary Lilian Rossiter, Clarence Wedge, Yvonne Hache, Pierre Bourque, Germaine Trembley, Yvon Maillet,  Connie McCallum, James Vautour, Gisele Minhas, Garnet Mutch, David Briggs, Robert Murdock, Lionel Jos Williams, Edward Williams, Edmee Bourgeois, Alice Boucher, Roy Steeves, Doris Leblanc, Edward Lirette, S .Hansen, Lillian M Little, Edward (Eddie)Saulnier,Lloyd Lirette, Geneva Cormier, Gladys Belliveau, Yvon J Hache, Jeanne Munrow, Paul G Gallant, John Ramsay, Melas Hebert, Alfred Niles, Stella King, Dorilla (Maillet)Drisdelle, Arthur Martin, Richard Murray, Leo Hebert, Odile Hachey, Mrs Perley  Wesley Vye, Donnie Terrio, Leonard (Ted) Boucher, Laura Gosselin, Richard Russell, Rita Boucher, Jeanne Finck, Kenneth Gallagher and Edna Girouard.

Now we will talk Zazzle. Zazzle is where I created my gallery or my store. There are tons and tons of zazzle stores and lots of great artists among them. I would like to mention a new friend of mine from Melbourne Australia, her name is Rose and she has been promoting my store at http://www.zazzle.com/allicor    so in return I would like to promote her store, now she is very talented, and she has a blog and a newsletter which you can subscribe to, in her newsletter she talks about her store but she also helps advertise stores like mine and yours. Each time I make a sale I sent her the list of what I sold and she in turn posts it in her newsletter along with other zazzlers. Here is what she wrote for me to share with you:

Sketchart26 Fine Arts & Photos Newsletter Started on Monday 1st of March 2010. The news letter was influence through my personal belief that we should never just take and should always try to give back. So out of this belief I developed what I now call “Sketchart26 Fine Arts and Photos Zazzle Bog”. The blog was designed to not only display my work but also to display the work of all Zazzle store owners. Over the path of the development stage of the blog I began to realise the importance for all Zazzle store owners to have a place to share their experiences, sales, store, designs and any websites they may have set up to help advertise their store. I believe through sharing these experiences we give hope to all those just starting out and also at the same time we can learning from one another so that we may be able to grow as individuals as well. So the newsletter is sent out once a fortnight each Monday and incorporates anything blogged within the fortnight. It also allows those who subscribes access to a programme I have started called “Tools of The Trade” which is my own tutorials I am writing to help other’s learn what I have learned during my time at Zazzle in the hope to make other’s paths an easier path to take. So I would like to invite you all to sign up and start sending through all your wonderful news about your sales, stores, new designs and anything else that might be of importance to your stores. Customers are also welcome to sign up for the newsletter.

You can sign up through my website or my blog. See links below.
Cheers Sketchart26
http://sketchart26online.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Itemid=84
http://sketchart26fineartsandphotoszazzleblo.blogspot.com/


I hope she will get a lot of new subscriptions. 
Now I hope you like my two products I added today, there is a story behind them. Today we went to the country and stopped in this Acadian Restaurant where they sold Poutine Rapees, they are the photos on the shirt, they may not look very tasty but they sure are, with a little bit of sugar is the way I like them, some use salt, some even use ketchup, So I bought a couple and brought them home and I said to myself, hmm this would make a great product for my gallery so I set them on a plate on my table , took out a few Acadian things and voila I have a product. I made tee shirts, french and english, I made invitations french and in english, I created a hat, even a necktie and  a bag, a mousepad and a postcard . You can find all of these in my Acadian Cajun Folder  and in my mouse and greeting card folders too. I do hope you will stop by.
So as Porky Pig used to say "da, dats  all  foolks."  grin.
Thanks for the visit ,do stop by again.
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