Hello! Welcome to the another day of vintage photo ideas. The last couple days we've discussed telling the stories of our ancestors, and how to include journaling for photos that are missing stories. Today, I want to talk about making connections!
Over the last couple days, as you looked through your vintage photos did you notice any traits or activities in your ancestors that are similar to your family's interests and traits today?
For example, I have a photo of both my mom and I playing with a doll as a child.
Even though we are separated by 25 years in age we both liked playing with dolls when we were young. Putting both of these photos on a page and journaling about the similarities is my favorite type of page to make.
Here is an example of using photos from different generations to show a shared activity.
{Note: I used an action on the photo of my son to make it match the style of the other photos}
What little boy doesn't like to dress up like a cowboy? This layout shows three generations of little cowpokes; my son, husband, and father-in-law.
Aly Dosdall shares a wonderful layout of three generations of mothers and daughters.
Aly listed all of their shared interests and traits on the circle around the photos.
Here is one last example.
On this layout I wanted to show the strong resemblance between my son and my dad and the personality traits they share. Someday future generations will look at this page and they may be able to pick out similar traits too.
I would like to leave you with a Chevrolet clip celebrating 100 years with then and now!
Doesn't that clip make you want to dig through your photos looking for connections so you can make a layout? It certainly shows, that although some things change, others stand the test of time and remain the same.
I'll be back here on Friday for the final vintage photo post. I hope you will join me!
