Using up a Scrapbook From the Stash - More Vintage Photo Layouts

Probably almost a decade ago I attended a Close to My Heart class where I assembled many parts of this scrapbook.  It sat in the stash, without pictures for that entire time.  I purchased matching patterned papers and die cut embellishments with the thought that I would finish the album with pictures.  That never happened... until now, Ms. Superlative!

I had bunches of photos from my grandma after she passed.  They, too, sat in the stash for the past two years or so.  This album became the perfect marriage of get-r-done.  I'm so pleased and think that this works well as an album.

 

I inserted this mini-waterfall album at the back to add some scenic/repetitive photos as a place to store them as well.  All in all, I feel like the quarantine has allowed me to kick the butt of some of these projects that have sat languishing...

More Vintage Photo Scrapbook Pages

I had previously mentioned that I was scrapbooking some old photos - OK, maybe not vintage, but from my youth - that I received when my grandma died and we went through her photos.  These pages were made using a set of double sided patterned paper and associated embellishments.  This product was a free gift at a Scrapbook Expo a few years back.  I decided not to just let it sit in the stash, but put it to good use.  These aren't the best pages I've made, but they are done and in a book and that is meaningful!

 

I'm glad these memories are preserved.  I am grateful that folks will be able to flip through them and see my memories.

More Scrapbooks Vintage Photos - Not Quite So Vintage This Time

I've been working together with some pre-made scrapbook pages and old pictures from my grandma.  Many of the photos of my children and that era are duplicates that I sent to her to keep her connected as they grew and she was living in Colorado.  On the contrary, many of the old photos (below) are photos I'd never seen, but were taken when I was visiting as a child.  Either way, they need to either be placed in a book to be viewed by others or they are unnecessary clutter that should be purged.  I decided to place them in these scrapbook pages.  Not a perfect match, but I don't care - I used up a resource that has been sitting unused (pre-made scrapbook pages) and I have the photos to display.

This little waterfall album captures mostly landscape photos that I didn't want to lose, but didn't need to be fully on display.  I slipped the little album between scrapbook pages for posterity.  

 

So glad these are out and that I can now share them with family that want to see and remember.  

Scrapbooking Vintage Photos

I recently was able to select a small amount of photos from my grandmother's collection.  She always made multiple copies of every photo, so most of these photos are duplicates.  Some, like that featured in this first scrapbook page are copies.  Needless to say, I decided to preserve the photos in some scrapbook pages so that they could be viewed and preserved.  These are all my grandparents parents, siblings and children and I'm delighted to have this small selection of memories. 

I used an album from the stash with came with these background 12 x 12 pages and many of the embellishments.  I paired them with some from the stash that aligned nicely as well.  

Sue is my mom and I had never seen these photos so they are a particular treasure as she is very young in these photos.

So precious to collect these memories and preserve them for future generations to remember.  

More Scrapbook Layouts

With all our Scrapbook Expo fun which was followed by a busy time at work, I'm a little behind in editing photos and getting posts together.  I did finally get these scrapbook pages together and photos edited.  There are quite a few pages, with many stamped embellishments handmade for the specifically for the pages.

I'm about 70% done with the pages, which a few prepped to finish, but waiting for additional embellishments to be made.  I've got to finish by May as the boy graduates high school and the target is to have this first year baby scrapbook for all to look through.  I should be fine, but I definitely need to get focused on it again!