Saturday 27 March 2010

Lots to do Vintage









This weeks theme at "Lots to do" is vintage.

Anyone who has visited here before will know Im a huge Vintage fan and am very lucky to have hundreds of vintage family images dating back to the 1800's as my Great Grandfather did photography as a hobby, and developed alot of his own work.
My grandfather then followed in his footsteps , so the library of material i have to work with is huge. I am very lucky.

Here are 3 layouts , a double layout showing my Grandfather , he was an undertaker . The horse drawn carriage pictures were found on a set of glass negatives in mint condition in his garage.
The other layout is of my Grandparents , this is one of my favourite layouts. This picture doesnt do justice to the delicate pink that I used on here.

Hope you like them , 12 x 12 are always awkward to photograph .....my grandad and great grandad should be here to show me how !!

Thanks for stopping by my blog .

12 comments:

crafty creations said...

Stunning layouts Jacqui and how lucky to have ancestors as photographers who actually saved there pics - wonderful

Thanks for joining the Lotstodo Challenge again this week xx Hilda

Chris said...

Fabulous Jaqi you do vintage soooo well. The photographs are amazing it's no wonder you love creating with them.
hugs
Chris xx

mommabear said...

Fabulous Jacqui they are all beautiful such a lot of work

Effie said...

Fabulous layouts!

Fliss said...

Hi Jacqui, love your layouts. The photos are beautiful and what you've done with them is amazing.
Thanks for your kind comment on my card too.
Fliss x

Yvonne said...

Fabulous, Jacqui!

Denise said...

Lovely layouts Jaqi! You are indeed a very lucky lass to have all those photos!
Hugs
Denise
oxoxox

Daphne said...

Wow, it's beautifull! So much work!

Neet said...

These pages are beautiful. What a lovely way to preserve something from your ancestors.

~*~Patty S said...

You are very lucky to have so many wonderful family images Jaqi and you use them so beautifully too. These pages are wonderful. My Mr Magpie is a Jim (or as I like to call him JimJimmyJames JJJ)
Happy Spring!
oxo

Susan Hurley-Luke said...

Beautiful work, Jaqi. What a treasure trove of photos to work with. You do it so well!

Have a lovely Easter XX

Chriss Rollins said...

All of those wonderful old pics yes you are so lucky and putting your memoty books together well done you do it so well

chriss x

This is brilliant , i love it !