Graphic 45 Couture album and Fancy Aunties

On the Graphic 45 blog today you'll find a bazillion photos of this album (along with a gorgeous Sweet Sentiments album by the oh so talented Maria Cole).

As I have mentioned a few times, scrapbook layouts are not my forte. When Graphic 45 charged me with creating an easel album using Couture for CHA, I was daunted. I won't bore you with how many hours days this took but I very near wept when it was completed.

Going through my collection of old photos I found a slew that I knew would fit perfectly with the Couture collection. Fine ladies in lovely hats and period garb. I imagine these gals would have been rather feisty and a lot of fun. Like mythical aunties.

And because not all of us are lucky enough to have such aunties in our family tree, I put together a couple of collage sheets with the photographs I used. If you need a few old gals for your own layouts, the Fancy Aunties collage sheets available at Alpha Stamps.

Fancy Aunties 1

Fancy Aunties 2

Here's a few more photos from the Couture album.

Great Aunty Sybil was certain Georgina lost her wedding ring leaping from rock to rock across this stream.

 

Grandmother rose bush bore beautiful blooms and fiendishly mean thorns that longed to prick.

Always a model of style and civility, Auntie June was the subject of much envy and gossip.

Josephine confided in me that she longed for a scandalous coat of crimson.

Thank heavens for the entire Couture line of flowers, tags and banners. They certainly made the task a fair bit more pleasant. Want to see more? Hop on over to the Graphic 45 blog

Enormous Supply List:

Graphic 45:

Couture •  Fashion •  Gorgeous •  Beautiful •  Chic •  Style • Classy
Fabulous • Accessorize • Elegant •  Stunning

Couture 6x6 Patterns & Solids Pad •  Couture 8x8 Pad Couture Banners

 Couture Flowers •  Couture Tags & Pockets •  Couture Stickers •  Couture Alphabet Stickers

 Couture Chipboard 1 •  Couture Chipboard 2

8x8 Easel Album  • Ornate Metal Keys •  Ornate Metal Key Holes

Vintage Images: Fancy Aunties 1  • Fancy Aunties 2 

Patterned Washi Tape

 May Arts Ribbon

 Petaloo Botanica Blooms - Cranberry/Amber/Orange

 Petaloo Vintage Trinkets Accessories

 Petaloo Embellishment Brads - Shades of White

 Spellbinders - Circle Hat Pin

 Cream Adhesive Pearls

 White Plastic Pearls (Strand)

 Buttons,  ScorTape,  Rubber Cement,  Tacky Glue