P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to Freebie Friday! Has everyone found some time to paper craft this week? I myself will be spending the weekend making two sets of cards (20 total!) for our upcoming card group. Like many of you, I often struggle with “Where do I begin?” With so many pretty papers and endless embellishments, I often spend more time conceptualizing than creating. And while that’s important, I’d much rather be “playing” than “thinking”.
Lucky for me (and all of you!), our fabulous creative editor Cath Edvalson just returned from the CHA trade show with her top picks for products and trends. If you didn’t get a chance to read her CHA Trends by the Dozen post this week, it will definitely whet your paper crafting appetite!
And while Cath cited a dozen tasty trends, she said the runaway hit of the show was the vintage look. We recently featured this timeless trend in our July/August 2009 issue. I love the fact that people are now incorporating antique lace, buttons, ticket stubs, game pieces, costume jewelry and a million other priceless finds into their paper crafting. It really gives a whole new meaning to the word recycling!
And for those of you who scrapbook, there’s finally a plethora of vintage product to complement those heirloom family photos. Here’s a few of my favorites from the Smith family vault:
My great-grandmother Ruth Turner Smith. She was born January 1, 1900.
Here she is a few years later with her husband and two young sons. The youngest is my grandpa.
That little baby grew up to marry my grandma, seen here with my uncle, aunt and dad (far right). Circa 1963.
Aren’t these photos amazing? Last year my grandma went through all of her old photo albums and slides and put close to 1200 pictures on CD’s. She then gave one to each member of the family for Christmas. What a memorable gift!
Are you ready for today’s vintage-inspired giveaway? If the vintage trend is one that speaks to you, leave a comment telling me why. I’ll pick three random winners to receive either Graphic 45′s Playtimes Past, Botanicabella or Times Nouveau collection. All comments must be received by midnight (MST) on Sunday, August 16. I’ll announce the three winners on Monday’s blog.
Three winners will each win one of these vintage collections from Graphic 45.
Here to making old new again!
Kelly
P.S. It’s time to announce the winners from Cath’s CHA Trends by the Dozen post and Kim’s My Creative Process post! Here they are:
Cath’s winner:
Jing-Jing (August 11, 10:42 a.m.)
Kim’s winner:
Lindsay (August 12, 8:36 a.m.)
Congrats, ladies! I’ll be e-mailing you shortly to get your mailing addresses and discuss your prizes. Thanks to all who left comments!
I too love the romantic look of vintage.
I love Love Love vintage!. It speaks to me of a simpler time, when things were made better, family and people more important and there was less emphasis on acquiring stuff. It also reminds me of all things domestic, which I actually enjoy…cooking, cleaning (though I can’t include laundry in that list).
have lots of old photos that need that special touch!
Your family photos are a treasure. What an amazing and thoughtful gift.
I love the vintage look not only because they remind us of where we’ve been and how far we’ve come (technologically, etc.) but because they show that some things and themes are both classic and timeless.
I love Graphic 45′s new lines.
What a beautiful family! I’m saving up to fly 6600 miles with my children & husband to collect photos like this and memorabilias of my heritage that my mother has left. Can’t wait to restore some of them and scrap them. It’ll be a great gift for my children someday!
Those papers are beautiful! And what a great gift that photo CD is!
I likle the vintage trend… I would like to scrap vintage pics with some fab paper! I have always loved the roaring 20′s too…the flapper girls, the dapper dressed gents and the cool little ephemera items always have appealed to me!
Love, love, love vintage…it just gives me a warm feeling…and goes really well with the scrapbook I’m making of some of my ancestors.
I love the vintage look of the Graphic 45. I saw the new lines at CHA and I am so happy that my local store bought the whole line. I have lots of older photo’s of my grandparents and parents that I want to put into layouts with this vintage paper. It takes me back to a time in my life that was wonderful.
I love vintage. The look for the clothes, the sepia tone to the photos. The old cars, all of it calls to me.
I just started creating atcs at the begining of the year. I love to go to flea markets in search of old items to incorpartate in my ATCs
I love vintage photos because of all of the beautiful fashions and styles of past eras. It makes me wish I lived then.
I just love the look of vintage…the soft muted tones and the use of embellishments such as old lace and buttons!!!
I can’t wait until these beautiful papers hit my local store!
These papers are perfect…I am currently working on revamping my grandmothers 4-H album…which is crumbling to pieces as we speak…its a big project but I’m looking forward to it!
lovely papers! I visited this amazing vintage artist with lovely designed vintage style home last week and since then I am in love with vintage! so many things you can do with it, and everything you do turns out worm and pretty…
Im so getting into the vintage look, these paper’s are great I cant find them anywhere but online, thank you so much for the chance to win some, I love looking at old pictures
hugs normajean
OH! I love vintage because I am on the cusp of vintage myself – so it reminds me of beautiful things I saw in my mother and grandmother’s homes.
~Shari R.
I love vintage. I was just going thru my mom’s old black & white pics of when she was wearing teeny tiny short skirts! And she complains when I wear them. HA!
I’m working on scanning and repairing my dad’s old photos. What a job! But what fun it is. These are really beautiful papers. Thanks for the chance to win.
Finally, I’m in style!! I’ve loved vintage looks since I was a teenager and your photos were brand new! LOL
Thanks for sharing your family, those photos are a real treasure.
Frances
I have always loved vintage things. I like to think about what life was like for those people who lived back then and may have used those vintage pieces. Those papers from Graphic 45 are beautiful!
I’ve got two more ancestry albums to make…we have pictures from the 1800′s! that came the way of a 5th cousin who wrote a book on our ancestors. I just need some terrific papers!
Thanks so much!
I love the new vintage line as it reminds me of my younger days when I was a teenager. It goes with my older photographs. It’s good to see that vintage is coming back around.
I do like the vintage look, but I have a hard time working with it.
Like you mentioned, I often spend more time conceptualizing than creating.
i heart vintage! the idea of making old things new and incorporating parts of times gone by into “today” projects is super cool.
I love the vintage look especially in scrapbooks. It reminds me of looking through my Grandmothers photo albums looking at her childhood photos…
I love genealogy, I love scrapbooking, and most of all I love my family – those present, those future and those who have gone away for awhile… these papers are perfect for heritage projects!! Love, love, love Graphic 45!
I’M JUST GETTING INTO VINTAGE. LOVE THIS PAPER!
THANKS FOR THE CAHNCE TO WIN.
I love the “vintage” because it is simple, but elegant.
I love the lady like air surrounding vintage products. It was such a feminine age and I truly miss that! The lace, pearls, and soft colors speak to my victorian side.
I enjoyed your vintage photos! Delightful!
I am so excited that the trends this year are going to be vintage!!! I am in love with vintage, and has been my style for a very long time! I just love the aged look and feel of something treasured. To me, vintage screams love of past!
I see all vintage things as valuable because of the history they hold. I also feel there is a sense of mystery in old things….. there’s lots of inspiration to be found when you start to wonder: who owned this? how did they get it? why do they have it?
I love going to antique stores and buying the studio card photos of other people’s relatives, especially the baby photos. They are perfect for greeting cards.
I love the vintage trend. I like to old , but warm look it has.
Loving this vintage trend…ohhh love the new Graphic 45!!! Thanks for the chance
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I’m trying to start making more vintagey type projects. Pretty papers!
The vintage designs are definitely growing on me. Ever time I see vintage style I think family and ancestors.
I love old photos, Thanks for sharing. The vintage lines of today are so awesome… I can’t wait till all the new CHA vintage lines hit the store…Thanks for sharing.
P.S. Pick me …LOL!!
I have no idea why I love vintage so much, I just do. I have tons of pics of family from the 1920′s on, and I just love them too. I love Graphic 45 and can’t find it in the stores.
I guess because I’m getting older myself it reminds me of my childhood and all those fond memories.
I am a big fan of vintage, vintage dishes, furniture and decor. Art deco is a favorite style for me. I think some of my inspiration comes from the old black & white movies, with the elegant glamor of the 20′s and 30′s.
I love the vintage stuff. I recently scanned my parents’ wedding photos so I can scrapbook them. These vintage lines would go so well with them. They also remind of my mother teaching me to sew. Love it!
I am always drawn to vintage but I can’t “do” vintage no matter how hard I try. I am happy to enjoy oohing and awwing over the creations of those who can. Your family photos are amazing….just look at how gorgeous your grandmother is! TFS.
Vintage brings back memories of my grandparents and greatgrandparents – I’m really loving the whole vintage trend!
I love the softness of vintage and the collage-like feeling it gives to cards and scrapbook layouts.
Those papers belong to me! I am from that era. I have gorgeous photos of family members dating into the 40s & 50s & 60s. Imagine the layouts…..
Oh what an awesome give away. These are all awesome lines. Graphic45 is one of all time most favorite companies. I have tried the Botanicabella. I have a couple of the sheets but would truly love the whole collection someday. It is right up my alley as other than scrapbooking, butterlies and gardening are my biggest passions. I love anything to do with butterflies and botanical. It would be utterly awesome if you picked me!!!!
Tammy
Thank you for sharing! The thing that makes me overflow with happiness is seeing the reactions on the face of the person that I give my creations to. I love how relaxing the creating process is but seeing the joy on the faces is what makes me go back for more.
the vintage look has always been my ‘style’, so I’m thrilled to see it becoming the ‘trend’ that is in!!!
I enjoy it because of my love of history. I enjoy the beauty that comes with the things of old and the connections they bring to the people of the past.