Try a Template for Heritage Scrapping

Need some inspiration for scrapping your heritage photos? Try a template for an up-to-the-moment look with the older photos. I’ve used Julie Mead’s Quick Clicks 2 Layered Templates for PSE and PS

Papers are from Kelly Sauvage Corrugated Memories
Tags by Kathryn Balint Furry Friends

Oh, yes, the cute 40’s couple are my aunt and uncle.

Heritage Family Album Example

My wonderful friend and CT, Nancy Hill, used the heritage mini album pages to scrap members of her family. Notice how she flipped page 4 to make a cover for the album. Great idea, Nancy.

Clothing Styles–A Clue to Dating Photographs

I discovered a wonderful website to help you date the period of your vintage photos. This is what Pauline Weston Thomas has to say:

How to Date Old Photographs by the Costume

• …dating old photographs and pictures by analyzing costume, fashions, hats & jewelery worn by the wearers in the photos. Use costume history to date photos. Learn tips and hints and examples to help you to achieve a date within 5 years either way of the photo ’s original date. This will make your genealogy research so much more meaningful to you and your family.
  

• Learn by example how to use your own detective skills to examine your photo in detail. See how close you can get to the date which in some cases you may be able to verify with documentation.

http://www.fashion-era.com/Dating_Costume_History_Pictures/index.htm

Scan Your Keepsakes

Scanned keepsakes make wonderful additions to digital albums. Newspaper clippings, certificates, business cards, passports, tickets, old letters and postcards, gloves, and report cards are just a few ideas of personal memorabilia to add to your layouts.
I created a digital album for a family which included military service memorabilia. The hat and pencil drawing were mementos of duty in Germany. They had been saved in a scrapbook album so I scanned the page without removing them from their fragile backing to preserve them in the digital format. Kit by Kathryn Balint @ www.kbandfriends.com

Storing Photographs

The worst places to store your photographs is in an un-insulated attic or basement. Constant high temperatures and humidity in the summer and low temperatures and humidity in the winter can cause your photographs to become brittle and crack. Dampness found in basements can cause photographs to stick together. Bugs and mice like to eat photos or use for nesting materials. The best conditions for storing photographs are a consistent temperature from 65°F-70°F with 50% humidity. You may want to consider storing your most valuable heritage photos in a safe deposit box which has ideal conditions. 

Thanks to Geneology.com for the helpful hints.

Should I Write on the Back of Photographs?

Inks may leave a permanent stain on a photograph. Ballpoint pens leave an embossing affect. Lead pencils will not harm a photograph but they often smudge. Instead, use a film marking pen and allow the ink to dry to avoid smudging. Or, use a special photo marking pencil available at most paper scrapbook stores. If you are uncertain, label the back of your photo along an edge so if there should be any damage to the photograph, it is only along the side.

Here’s Part 2 of a 5×7 mini album to spark your heritage scrapping. Page coordinates with Aunt Frances Wallpaper Samples paper pack at Kathryn Balint and Friends

http://www.kbandfriends.com/store/product.php?productid=16389&cat=0&page=1

Part 2 of your heritage 5×7 album is now available. Enjoy!

Click on preview to download.

PLEASE do not share link with Yahoo Groups. Send your friends here for the download. Please leave me a little note about your heritage scrapping ’cause I’d love to know how you preserve your family memories.