Thursday, May 31, 2012

THRIFTY THURSDAY

When you photograph people
 in colour you photograph their
clothes. But when you photograph
people in B&W, you photograph
their souls! 

~Ted Grant






I have an old picture screen
in my family room, one that
is filled with photos of people
who have been in my life,
people who are no longer
here physical, but now live
in my heart.
I also fill it with a few photos
of the people who are still
here, but have changed and
grown.
Every few years I change the
color of the screen and the
scrap book paper giving it a
whole new look, but the 
photos?
 No, the photos stay the same
because they are part of my
soul.
Joining Cory for Thrifty Thursday.
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26 comments:

  1. stephMay 31, 2012 at 7:06 AM

    what a lovely idea!!! and i adore that quote!!! how true!

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  2. HeatherMay 31, 2012 at 7:51 AM

    How lovely! I love old photos. My husband and I lived at my Nana's for a time after we were married, and I found so many old pictures it was awesome. She is 94, so they went back quite a ways. It was so interesting to pull them out and then to listen to the stories she would tell about the people and places of those pictures.

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  3. karenMay 31, 2012 at 8:17 AM

    Is that you with shorter hair??? Love the photo! I have old photos of my grandparents that are in single old frames. I like the idea of changing the matting.

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  4. amanda {the habit of being}May 31, 2012 at 8:53 AM

    look at young tracey!!! love how you choose to display photos...we love having photos around.

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    1. CordeliaMay 31, 2012 at 3:47 PM

      I THOUGHT that one might be Tracey.
      So cute you were and are.
      XO

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  5. KimMay 31, 2012 at 9:46 AM

    Oh yes, I agree, I like black & white photos so much. They really show the person!

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  6. MelissaMay 31, 2012 at 9:51 AM

    What an awesome idea! We have the "hall of photos" upstairs...also known as the portrait wall.

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  7. ~Kelly~May 31, 2012 at 10:33 AM

    Wonderful quote! I'm going to have to write that one down. Loving the idea of just changing the paper/matting for a whole new look but keeping the same photos. Old photos are some of my favorites!

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  8. debby emadianMay 31, 2012 at 11:10 AM

    Wonderful photographs Tracey. I have a thing about black and white photos...I just love them. I made a similar wall over our bed with black and white/sepia photos...you've reminded me that I need to add some new faces to it.

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  9. becoming claudineMay 31, 2012 at 11:31 AM

    Oh, what a special item! The quote you include at the top is so true...

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  10. Debbie JonesMay 31, 2012 at 11:49 AM

    I Love black and white photos...that display must be a very special part of your home. Thanks for sharing.

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  11. affectioknitMay 31, 2012 at 12:07 PM

    What a neat idea!

    ~Have a lovely day!

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  12. house full of jaysMay 31, 2012 at 1:48 PM

    Love these old photos! I love to remember where we've come from.

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  13. trishMay 31, 2012 at 1:48 PM

    That dear Tracey, is gorgeous.x

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  14. CoryMay 31, 2012 at 3:46 PM

    How sweet and what a wonderful thing to share for Thrifty Thursday. I would love to see the wall in its entirety!
    XO

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  15. EllenMay 31, 2012 at 5:27 PM

    I like that quote about color and b&w - how true! Will you say who that young girl in the bikini is? You? Or a daughter? I love old photographs - so important to pencil in who they are on the back so that they can be passed on to future generations...

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  16. Lori annMay 31, 2012 at 6:13 PM

    what a truly lovely idea, thank you for sharing this dear tracey. and what a beauty you are.

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  17. Kim May 31, 2012 at 7:57 PM

    Love the quote, beautiful and so true. We have photos everywhere in our home, I feel like it connects me to the people of the past somehow.

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  18. UnknownMay 31, 2012 at 8:03 PM

    That quote is so very true. Thank you. I keep our photos on a wall in the house. We have photo from each of our families as well as the one we made together. I love it. I thought that photo was you!

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  19. angieMay 31, 2012 at 9:35 PM

    Oh Tracey love those old photos, so beautiful.

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  20. Baby By The SeaJune 1, 2012 at 12:39 AM

    Love this as much as I'm inspired by the stories that accompany the photos. Thanks for your kind words on my from the heart post. You are so right -- this mama thing we've got going on comes with the skills to mend broken hearts. Yes, we will be fine and I will be too, especially with the kind words of mama pals like you. xoxo

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  21. cpcableJune 1, 2012 at 2:50 PM

    It's so wonderful to be able to surround yourself with pictures of those you love. Whenever I see old photos at thrift stores I feel such sadness...they've been separated from their families and their stories. Hold your photos close!

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  22. AngelaJune 1, 2012 at 3:33 PM

    Just amazing Tracey! I love how you change the look around and those are some amazing photos!

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  23. MJJune 2, 2012 at 4:16 AM

    Wow Tracey, these are truly wonderful. To have so much history right there, it keeps things in perspective doesn't it? I have an old photo of my grandfather when he was a child, as well of one of my father in his Navy uniform on my wall. They were originally for me but my children respond so strongly to them. They never knew their great grandfather or my father, so I realize now that these pics were never for me, but for them :). Thanks for sharing a part of your history Tracey!!
    xo

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  24. GerryARTJune 7, 2012 at 7:10 PM

    Your quote today says it all.
    Color is eyecandy
    b&w is the composition, subject, and for the the contract between black and white with that medium grey inbetween.

    thanks for giving me time to reflect on the differences

    hugs

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