Good Monday morning October Afternoon fans! Lexi here and I am thrilled to be the first blog host of the new design team! Let's get this started and make our Monday a little more happy with a challenge, shall we?
If you love October Afternoon more than likely you like the hint of vintage that is put into each collection. It totally goes with my flea market finding personality. It is rare for me to come home from a treasure hunting trip without a little something...and most often I am searching for unique (and by unique I also mean cheap!) items for my craft space. I like to keep these vintage findings in my scrap room not only because it just makes me happy, but also for easy access to throw on a project.
For example:
An old colander on my desk houses my latest finds, which on this day were old workbasket magazines from the 60's and sewing items.
Old jelly jars are perfect for corralling old buttons. I do not think I could ever have too many buttons!
This vintage mail sorter cabinet has slots to hold old bingo cards and other emphera. What stories it could tell!
All of which bring me to my challenge for you today: THROW A LITTLE VINTAGE ON IT!
That's right—let's actually USE some of these goodies we are hoarding! Ok..maybe it's just me doing the hoarding, but you get the idea ;) And it doesn't have to be the star of your layout..maybe it is just a piece of dictionary paper tucked behind a photo or a border punched from an old hymnal.
*I will probably get asked, “what if it isn't archival safe?” You are right..it probably isn't, but that doesn't bother me. I know there is archival spray for these types of things if it is a concern. My thought is that creating it makes me happy and in 100 years I won't be around to see it anyway :) I see old scrapbooks in thrift stores and am quite sure they didn't bother with making everything that when into it was acid free ;)
In the layout below it is the photo of my husband's grandpa that is vintage, along with a military button. I used a combination of Seaside, 5 and Dime and Rocket Age here.
And this “It's the little things” mini has lots of little bits of old, without overwhelming it:
The bingo card door, milk cap roof and flower trim all came from flea market trips. Inside are pieces of vintage along with the new 5 and Dime and Modern Homemaker collections! I wanted to do this mini to document those daily things I see that in and of themselves might not seem all that significant, but make up the big picture of our lives right now. Because really I know someday I am going to miss 2 little toothbrushes in the sink and lego/robots everywhere...
We have another example by DT member Stacey Kingman. Stacey says: I knew exactly what I wanted to do when I heard that Lexi’s challenge was going to involve using a little vintage! The card I created is centered around an adorable old birthday photo I found on Flickr. I imagine that all of those little girls are wearing at least a little bit of pink, so I used the October Afternoon pink ribbon to make a pleated ribbon swag across the bottom of the photo. In the center, I made a scrunched flower with scalloped circles that I punched from a couple of pages of an old children’s book. The vintage book pages are quite soft and very easy to shape into a pretty flower! The banner is made from Mini Market Alphas that I inked just a little and hand stitched into a little greeting. I finished the inside of the card with a label from the 5 and Dime collection.
So is your mind already racing with ideas? GOOD! Now go create something and link it up into the October Afternoon Flickr group here! Projects are due by Sunday, April 3. Please put 3/28 challenge in your project title so we know it is for this challenge. I hear there is a prize involved ;)
Thanks for joining me today. I hope you feel challenged to dig out some vintage goodies and if you have any questions I would be happy to answer them!
Happy Monday!
Lexi
I posted my card with some vintage flair in my Flikr gallery (and in the October Afternoon group pool) I used the Report Card line to make my card. I'm loving OA stuff!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61292150@N03/5582059167/in/pool-770617@N25
Posted by: photochic | April 02, 2011 at 11:58 AM
I just posted a layout on Flickr (hope I did it right) for this challenge !! It can also be seen on my blog :) Thanks for this fun challenge!!! Marielle
http://lescrapdemarilou.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Marielle | March 31, 2011 at 02:59 PM
these are amazing and thank you for this challenge !!! I have something fun in mind for this that I've wanted to do for a long time !!
Posted by: Marielle | March 30, 2011 at 06:46 PM
terrific challenge and beautiful projects....I have an idea for this one !!!
Posted by: Marielle | March 28, 2011 at 06:42 PM
WOW - love all the projects!!! Great challenge Lexi - hope I have time to play along this week :) So excited the OA blog will be running challenges now!!!
Posted by: Julie Bonner | March 28, 2011 at 04:53 PM
No, there is no specific requirement for OA product - it would be great if you could use some OA on your project though. You just need to "throw a little vintage on it!" and upload your project to the OA Flickr page.
Posted by: October Afternoon | March 28, 2011 at 03:26 PM
Is there a specific amount of OA product that needs to be used here? I am confused.
Posted by: heathyr | March 28, 2011 at 02:13 PM
awesome challenge!
Posted by: carisa | March 28, 2011 at 12:53 PM
Wow, these are incredibly inspiring examples...that flower on that card is SOOOOO gorgeous!!! The house mini is FULL of absolutely perfect touches, I adore the roof, trims, bingo card door, misting, and the theme...I should do this too! And the top LO, what a great OA look with a vintage photo!
I'm gonna get thinking on this challenge for sure...
Posted by: Keri | March 28, 2011 at 12:45 PM
What a great idea Lexi! I love throwing lots of vintage into my layouts!
I adore the milk caps on your house mini album. Too cute!
Posted by: Lindsey A. | March 28, 2011 at 12:17 PM
All fabulous, love the vintage sailor lay out.
Posted by: samantha | March 28, 2011 at 11:14 AM
Totally dig this challenge and this weekend I gathered up a few things that are just perfect for this one!
Love the amazing inspiration! Absolutely rock star!!!
Posted by: Rhonda V. | March 28, 2011 at 10:36 AM
what great projects...love your technique. Thanks for sharing
Posted by: Annette a. | March 28, 2011 at 08:58 AM
Fantastic challenge Lexi :)
Will have to see what I can come up with
x
Posted by: Nicole Pomeroy | March 28, 2011 at 07:55 AM
adorable creations, but that mini is outstanding!!!
I also love browsing anique shops and have a collection of things I have gathered over time...you are not the only one to hoard things! ;-)
Fabulous challenge!!! *off to get started!*
Posted by: Jodi | March 28, 2011 at 07:28 AM