Ideas for a page

I am so sorry you have to go through this! I have two dogs and two cats and I don't even want to think of the day when I lose them. Our animals are our four legged furry children! They have their own little personalities. I think it is a great idea to honor her memory like this. A life of some one or something you have loved should always be comemorated in some way. Take care and be good to yourself. Michelle P.

I am so sorry for your loss. Loosing a pet is like loosing a child. Thankfully it doesn't happen often... either of them.

I like to go to the fabric store and try to find little pieces of fake fur to include. I think it adds a dimensional look to the page and it smushes down pretty flat too. It is especially nice if I can find something that matched the animals fur colors. It gives you something to touch while you reminisce.

Robert

That's a really neat idea Robert. Thanks for sharing.

Rach - so sorry to hear about the loss of your furbaby!

Pets are family, and the loss of one is truly difficult.

I think commemerating her life is a great plan!

Maybe a mosaic or montage layout, of different pics? Or maybe If you have enough pics, have you thought of maybe doing a small book?

That's my 2 cents. I hope whatever you do it reminds you of all the great memories you had with your sweet kitty.

Jessica

So sorry to hear of your kitty. I'm not good with giving layout ideas, but I'm sure you're page will turn out great.

Rach,

I'm so sorry about your loss. I lost Ollie (a westie) to cancer and it still breaks our family's heart when we think of him. With Sarah in our lives we know Ollie would be so excited to have a ground level playmate.

Here is the layout I did for him:

Kate

Rach,

I am very sorry to hear about your cat, pets can be such great and faithful friends. My mother's dog, Kesi, is getting quite old now and is not alert as she used to be - she has always been a mischievous and funny dog and I think her mischievousness is what everyone thinks of when thinking of Kesi. I am thinking of making a small star book for my mother with some of the funny photos and moments when Kesi was caught on camera when she was up to her usual mischief (and didn't know I was lurking with a camera...)

I have done this one page of Kesi so far (it is in 12x12):

Klara,

That's a wonderful lo. Sometimes it is difficult to do something fresh if you've had a great pet for a long time.

Patsy

Hi Rach,

So, sorry to hear about your beloved pet. It sure can hit us hard. They truly are like our children. I did a cat page for a friend. It is in my pet album. Maybe it will give you an idea or 2.

Thank you all! I really love what you have done, KC.

I am having a harder time with this than I thought I would. I DO appreciate all your suggestions.

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss.

After we had to have our first dog put to sleep back in 1994, I pulled together my favorite photos of her and the other two dogs we had at the time and created a scrapbook. For me, a single page wasn't enough, but then I tend to take things to the extreme. I've always gone to the extreme in taking photos, too, so I had many to choose from. I included journaling about all the funny and peculiar things they did and all other pleasant memories of how they had left pawprints on my heart.

I kept it up for several years and the loss of the other two dogs, until I stopped scrapbooking (there was a gap of maybe 5 years when I didn't do scrapbooking). My goal was to make a book that made me smile with the memories. Eventually, it filled a 4" capacity binder. The hardest page to do was the last one for each particular dog. We were with all our dogs when we had them put to sleep, so I've always asked for a clipping of fur. For the last page, I included the fur along with an enlargement of the dog and a copy of the Rainbow Bridge poem on the facing page.

Angie

So sorry for your loss.

I am perpetually working on a pet album. After reading Marley and Me, I realized that sometimes the things that make a pet the most enduring aren't exactly the things you can capture on a photograph. For instance, my cat has a way of busting in on you when you are in the bathroom. And "screaming" at you when he's demanding to be fed. Or insisting to sit on your lap when you least expect it. So a top 10 list of the things that make your pet special or things you loved about her might fit your bill. Or, stealing again from Marley and Me, a list of what you would tell someone who was cat-sitting. What did she eat? When? How often did you clean the litter box? Favorite toys? If you can, see the list the author of Marley and Me left for his dog-sitter. Its a hoot, but it does capture all those things you consider special about a pet. And even if you're a cat lover, the way he talks about Marley touches anyone who has a pet.

Oops, didn't mean for it to turn into a Marley and Me commercial, just that I think that writer sort of captured what I've been wanting to say about my

Rach, I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your furbaby. How about a layout about all the things that you loved about him. Maybe some funny stories of things he did and what he liked to play with. Or have everyone in your family share their thoughts about him.

We lost one of our cats a couple of years ago. I recently did a page for each of the cats. Buster is the one that we lost. If you want to see the pages I did, they are in the cat pages folder.

I love your page about Kesi. I took a peek at your other pages too. I really like the New Zealand layout. The circle pictures are so cool, a very simple and beautiful layout.

I've been there myself, Rach, and I know how hard this is. I'm still working on my Bagheera's memory album, and it really did help the healing process. Feel free to take a peek at it. Hopefully you'll get some ideas from it.

Rach,

I lost a much beloved cat almost a year ago. In honor of him I felt compelled to do a small 8x8 book of all the pets I've enjoyed in my life. I love Roberts idea of including a nice fur that you can pet. I'd maybe attach it to the inside back cover of the book so no matter what page I am on I can pet it... Like baby books of textures. I love that idea. I'm going to scraplift it. Wait a week or a month to get started, when your grief has lessoned and you can enjoy shopping for embellishments that make you smile that remind you of your beloved pet's attributes. Everything associated with your project should have positive memories attached to it. I know you will do what is exactly right for you.

Best wishes, Melissa in Seattle

Rach I am so sorry to hear of your loss! I know exactly what you are going through. Our cat was 17 when we had to have her put to sleep, she was so sick and miserable. She was older than my oldest son! Use your funniest, cutest, and silliest pictures, and write a little about each one, maybe hidden journaling behind each picture? You could journal about her favorite sleeping habits, or little quirks of her personality, her favorite toys?

HTH, Linda

I'm so sorry you lost your beloved furbaby... I'm sure you've got lots of photos of her and I'd make a mini-album to celebrate her long and happy life with you.