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OT: Michelle made Elzady beautiful!

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Dear Michelle tookit upon herself to work with the photo of Elzady, my great-granny --and she did such an incredible job! She no longer looks "scary" but alovely woman in front of a lovely quilt. Thank you, Michelle!

Sunny

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Sunny
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Michelle, you did a beautiful job in restoring the photo! That us a WOW! Barbara in SC

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Bobbie Sews More

She surely did! Atta girl, Michelle. That's an art that I had hoped to consider when I retired. Somehow, the 40 hour day I expected to have just hasn't come yet. It could happen. Polly

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Polly Esther

That is really cool! Michelle, you did a great job.

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Louise in Iowa

Thank you all for your nice comments. I've been working on my own family genealogy and restoring our old pictures for years. I usually do them in a sepia tone, but, I've started coloring some of them and it is amazing how suddenly they look like flesh and blood people, not just ghosts from the past. I guess because I do genealogy and learn about these people's lives, I just hate to see them go through eternity looking awful because the cameras of the day made them look that way. Anyway, after years of working on my family's pictures, my kids talked me into starting a small business, in my home, of restoring photos. Gosh, I don't want to seem like I'm advertising, and I'm not; but, I have a website, that still needs a lot of work, where you can see more of what I do. It's

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'm retired from working for the Army, and all this was a hobby, but, I actually completed a job for a lady and received my first paycheck!It's a hoot for me! Again thank you all for the encouragement and nice comments, Michelle

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Wow! Fantastic skill, Michelle. . In message , Sunny writes

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Patti

What a difference the photo makes with the color added! Nice work Michelle. Nancy

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Nancy

indeed it does. well done Michelle. j.

"Nancy" wrote... What a difference the photo makes with the color added! Nice work Michelle. Nancy

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What a beautiful lady and quilt. Thanks for sharing. Kelly in Texas

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ktjoy

I looked her name up. It seems to be very rare. I was sure I'd come across a variant before, as a character in an opera (Alzaida or something like that) but drew a blank. The nearest I got was this

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which is a different kind of scary outfit.

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