Iphoto's emptied in trash by accident...how to retrieve?

Hello, I emptied my trash and some how it emptied all 3000 pics in my iphoto library.  These pics are very important to me of my kids.  I dragged the iphoto library out of the trash like it told me to but it will not import into the library...it says 'unreadable files 5, The following file could not be imported.  The file is an unrecognized format'.
I managed to find Stellar Photo Recovery and recovered the pics and movies but it would not restore to iphoto because it said it did not have enough space on my drive so I bought the My Passport for Mac and restored it there.  Still I can not find it or restore to iphoto.
Any help or suggestions.  The more I practice my limited skill of the computer the more I mess things back and I just want all my pics and movies back.  I know there are geniuses out there so plz plz plz help.  Thanks. 

Best bet is to restore form your backup from just before this happened
Other than that we need to understand exactly what you did and what has happened
Some (but I'm sure not all) details that are critical include
I emptied my trash
iPhoto trash or system trash?  Or both?
it emptied all 3000 pics in my iphoto library. 
again - details - are the photos gone form the iPhoto library as you say or is the iPhoto library gone as you later say?
I dragged the iphoto library out of the trash like it told me to but it will not import into the library.
What is "it" and exactly waht did "it" tell you and exactly what did you do?
And note that you never import an iPhoto library into iPhoto - you import photos
If you have an iPhoto library then depress and hold the option key and launch iPhoto - use the resulting select library window to select the iPhoto library and iPhoto will open it
so I bought the My Passport for Mac and restored it there.  Still I can not find it or restore to iphoto.
And again what is "it" - pronouns simply do not work with no antecedent
Remember we can not see you ore your computer so you must post clear and accurate details
LN

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