A Wonderful Gift to Display My Vintage Tags

My husband has a habit of asking me to mark things I like in catalogs we get in the mail.  He uses the ideas to shop throughout the year and save gifts for me for Christmas.  Yes, I know... wonderful.  He gave me something this year that I absolutely don't remember marking and so it was truly a surprise.  I love it and decided to use it to display some of my vintage tags.  It's a vintage looking wire wreath on a stand.  Now I can enjoy the vintage photos throughout the year. 

I've been working like crazy lately on my Heritage Album for my dad's side of the family.  It is actually getting close to being finished!  I decided to get out a lot of our old vintage photos and enjoy them in a display.  Did I mention how very much I love old photos?

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Other Projects That Are Related to Scrapbooking

Before we move on to my 10th and final style to showcase various Styles of Scrapbooking, let's look at some related projects.  These are fun, are great for gifts and/or to display in your home.

... vintage tags ...

... scrapbook in a box ... 

... framed projects ...

These are all wonderfully fun projects and may or may not involve photos.  They all use scrapbooking supplies and can showcase your creative endeavors.  What projects have you tried lately?

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Vintage Tags for Christmas

Before I begin my series on types of scrapbooking, I'd like to share more about my vintage tags.  This project, in a way, is a form of scrapbooking too.  How you showcase your projects is limited only by your imagination.  I've shared these previously and have had many requests to learn more about them, so here we go.  I've used my tags to decorate a large wreath and a little tabletop tree for Christmas.

Both projects showcase a random combination of old and new photos.  The newer ones were copied in sepia tones, so they all work together to create a vintage Christmas decor.

I've made the tags in various sizes, to accommodate the photos.  The embellishments are bits of ribbons, seam binding, lace, buttons and brads, with bits of vintage DSP here and there.  The tags are cut from Crumb Cake CS.  I've sponged the edges of the tags with Soft Suede ink.

Here are more close-ups:

I love celebrating Christmas being surrounded by wonderful memories of family and loved ones.  I cherish each and every photo.  Many of the subjects are no longer with us and some go back several generations, but they all are a part of our rich and wonderful family heritage. 

I decided not to worry about separating sides of our family as to my side or my husband's side.  Once you marry, they all become a part or your heritage and they all help influence and shape your life.

I hope today's post will inspire you to try a project like this yourself.  It is an act of love.  Start now and you can have your tags ready for next Christmas or enjoy them all year long.  

This year, I actually did not put any on a tabletop tree.  I used the tree in another room.  I still wanted to enjoy ALL my tags, so I added as many as I could to my wreath and then got out a beautiful, antique cut-glass bowl my MIL gave me and placed the rest of the tags in it.  I think I want to find a place to keep my tags out all year long.  I love it!

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