Suits Me Just Fine

Last year as we were sorting through Robbie's childhood photos, we came across one of his school photos and he commented that his Grandy had made the suit he was wearing. I remembered that a few years ago I had clipped a layout from an old magazine that featured a little boy in a suit. I flipped through my inspiration file and was thrilled to find it still there, so I chose some papers to match Robbie's suit and set to work. (It's been several years since I clipped this inspiration, so I have no idea which magazine it came from - sorry!)

I used a gold pen to draw stripes on my patterned paper so it would match Robbie's suit material better and pulled some old buttons from my stash. Robbie typed up a little bit of journaling to tell the story.

Journaling Reads: When I was little, Grandy used to make some of my clothes. From about the time I was 3 or 4 until I reached the age of maybe 9 or 10, she made me several suits, vests, shirts, and even a couple of ties. Usually, these were for special occasions such as school pictures, but at other times, there really was no special reason at all other than she loved to sew - especially for her first-born grandson! – Robbie 7-7-12

It took a little trial and error to get the collar and tie just right, but I'm thrilled with the result!

I'm so glad I saved that piece of inspiration from years ago! Do you keep an inspiration file? How often do you refer to it?