Vintage scrapbooking

Heritage scrapbooking examples

Vintage scrapbooking style layouts perhaps could be likened to a good wine, highlighting the good points from a particular era or time. It is possible to stay true to your own particular style and highlight elements from another time. You could use elements from old photos, cropped and framed as embellishments for a layout.

Modern technology gives us the opportunity to restore and enhance older or damaged photos. It’s great to look through the old photos and talk about the stories behind them, particularly with those who are featured. This information is invaluable, especially if it can be connected to a particular picture and included on a layout.

The choice of font can help give the appearance of a particular time on a layout. Search out old newspapers and magazines to learn more about the typefaces used during a particular period. Old advertisements are also an excellent source of design information.

Don’t fall into the trap that an old photo needs to be on an old-looking layout. Remember, the photos we are taking today, will be considered old some day!

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