Speaking of yummy temptations, I’ve got something tasty and delicious for you today. As is the case with many of you, I am a total and complete sucker for vintage images, especially when it comes to the holidays. One look at the Christmas Past collection from Graphic 45 and I am thrust into my grandma Edvalson’s bedroom where she would primp and prime herself for our annual holiday trip to the Bamboo, the Chinese restaurant where my grandparents had courted, followed by a walk through nearby Christmas Village in my hometown of Ogden, Utah.
As we waited for her to put the finishing touches on her ensemble, she would let me pick out which clip-on earrings she would wear, allowing me to touch the vast sea of shiny, shimmering, glimmering jewels in the heavy wooden box that was gushing over with opulently long strings of beads and pinky pastel cameos. When I lifted the lid, it opened up to expose shelves, drawers, and hidden pockets chock full of colorful layers of pins, earrings, hair combs, and rings the size of small birds.
As my fingers precariously landed on every pretty option, she’d suggest colors that would match her outfit, waiting to put on the perfect shade of bright lipstick once the earrings had been clipped neatly in place. When she’d chosen a stole to put around her shoulders, grabbed her gloves and her purse, I knew that it was then that our evening of magic together would begin.
Magic seems to be a befitting word for this collection as well. Check it:
Jolly Old St. Nicholas 
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
The Night Before Christmas 
The Holly and the Ivy
Christmas Past Tags
Let it Snow
Glad Tidings 
Ode to Joy
Letters to Santa
Christmas Past Frames 
Deck the Halls
Carol of the BellsWhen you look at this line, where does it take you? Leave me a comment by midnight MST on Sunday, December 6 and I'll draw 2 lucky random winners!
Yearning for Christmases past,
~Cath
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Yearning for Christmases past,
~Cath
PS Today's your last day to contribute to last week's Tuesday Trigger! I can't wait to see what all you come up with. And I'm always looking for Tuesday Triggers to post on this blog, so be sure you send yours my way! Send them to tuesdaytrigger@gmail.com following the guidelines at the bottom of this post.
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It is just so beautiful - It makes me think of England,
i bought the snowflakes and blue santa (single sheets) at my local store, recently--love them!
The best paper for Christmas
It reminds me of attending Midnight Mass. Beautiful papers!
wow! it reminds me of old wrapping papers and bottle brush Christmas tress and visits to relatives when I was a young girl..... memories! :)
This takes me right back to my grandmother as well. She was old-fashioned, never owned a part of pants in her life. Her Christmas tree ornaments remind me so much of the feel of this line. I miss her. She died 23 years ago.
This totally reminds me of A Christmas Carol. So nostalgic.
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Wow...so gorgeous, it just takes me a to a peaceful place !
i have memories just like those, Cath, sitting at my Gram's dresser and wading through the layers upon layers of beautiful pendants and earrings and brooches while she awaited my final decision. Christmases past, indeed! this collection is SO beautiful. Graphic 45 never disappoints, and this is certainly no exception!
wow....totally gorgeous....love the vintage look....
Wow. Lovely. It makes me think of Christmas when my granny was a child.
This line is gorgeous. I love the vintage feel and colors. It takes me back to my Christmases as a child. Waiting at the top of the steps to go down and see the tree and presents. How fun.
It reminds me of going to my Grandmother's house for Christmas. She always had the greatest retro items that I'd convince her to let me play with. :)
Such beautiful and elegant papers! Makes me think of the lovely 11:00 service at our church--lots of carols and scripture readings--and fabulous decorations.
I takes me back to when their were candles for lights, radios for news and old fashion sleigh rides in the country!
~jan
I really love the "Deck the Halls" paper--gorgeous color! It takes me right into crafting mode!
I love this line...I actually have part of it...3 whole papers...and have been looking for the rest of the line. Our town has a territorial Christmas celebration with a victorian walk every December and this paper would be perfect for those pictures.
This reminds me of Christmas at my Oma's everything was magical, just like the paper above.
Hugs
Tanya
It takes me back to the days when I was a kid, it reminds me of the wrapping paper on my presents and the ornaments on my tree.
It reminds me of all of the old Christmas movies that I watch every year.
ohhhh it is just beautiful!
This is a very nostalgic line. Many Christmas memories flood into my mind, especially of dear ones that have passed. But as much as I miss them all I also look forward to the new memories that will be make this year!
I really love the whole vintage feel of this line!
i love the look of that vintage, old fashion feel. You write the best posts, it makes me have think back to old memories!!
Graphic 45 has just lovely paper. The vintage feel to this set is so wonderful!
These papers rock! So vintage.
I had not seen this line before. THank you for sharing it with me. It takes me back to my great-grandmother's modest home that had the most comforting sounds and the most gorgeous crystal-like doorknobs.
I love this line! It represents to me what Christmas should look like and it even "feels" like Christmas!, Lionel Trains, egg nog, and wonderfully peaceful and cozy.
i absolutly love the santas in this line! Thanks for a chance to win
Stunning collection!!! It makes me think of my grandmother's home in OH before she moved to NC.
Dear Cath,
Thanks for taking me on the tour of your lovely Grandma's jewelry box!!! I love those types of boxes!!! I can just see her.. what a gorgeous classy woman! You must watch mad men.. The ladies dress beautifully..
Love the Graphic 45 Christmas Past ... I have just about each of these pages.. and just want to hang them up!!!!
xo
I have to have it. I am so in to vintage Santas this yeas and this collection is full of them. Brings back the kind of Christmas I remember from my childhood.
It defiantly takes me back to my holidays working at a local art museum... it reminds me of all of beautiful things in our collection & gift shop. Lovely collection!
Seen so many beautiful cards and layouts using this lovely paper. The colors are so rich and striking.
Absolutely beautiful! I love the colors and the tags are so fun!
I love this line-I must get my hnads on it! It reminds me so much of my grandma too and the way her tree was decorated with crocheted snowflakes, bright tinsel and felt santas and old glass balls
It is so beautiful and so stylish. Love the blue one, is the best of all.
Makes me think of going through my great grandma's Christmas decorations when I was a little girl.
I love this paper, I have bought the whole collection 4 times at my local SB store. We now joke when i don't buy it!! It is just wonderful paper!! I love all there stuff!!
I love that line...it just reminds me of how wonderful the Christmas season is!
These are all so incredibly beautiful! The cards I have seen using these images are gorgeous.
Thank you for this opportunity!
Barbara Diane
Ohh, this makes me think of the decorations that my old elementary school put up at Christmas time and I would look up at them with wonder...So sad to see that it is boarded up now. Love the colors on these pieces!
beautiful! just love this line!
Beautiful papers! It reminds me of looking through stacks of old holiday cards saved by my grandmother. :)
gorgeous...I love the softness of the colors and the beautiful designs.
It takes me to the year of 1888. Horse drawn carriages and women wearing cute hand covers. Gorgeous! :D
This wonderful new collection takes me back to my childhood Christmasses in Maine with a huge horse drawn sleigh and real sleigh bells on the horse's straps, me wrapped in warm blankets and mittened fingers. Very Currier & Ives.
How classy! Oh the fun I could have editing my pictures to look "dated" and combining them with this paper!
It makes me think of all the Christmases spent at my grandparents. I would love to use that line to scrap some of those old photos.
This paper scares the crap out of me... lol! It is so out of my box that I almost want to play with it! :)
Graphic 45. Christmas. Christmas Graphic 45 papers. Sigh. Absolute papercrafting Christmas bliss. :>
Such lovely vintage images! So pretty.
This reminds me of my grandmother's house during Christmas. Quite vintage and beautiful.
They take me back to and laying on the sofa as a child and glaring at the lights on the tree in the dark. I wouldn't sleep in my bed for anything. LOL!!! Gorgeous line!
Beautiful paper line! Takes me back to a much simpler time.
Rachel in Spooner, WI
Mom saved Christmas cards in an old scrapbook and boy, does this paper line bring that old scrapbook to the present! In fact, even my grandma's house comes to mind. All things old are new again!
Those pages are almost too pretty to cut into or cover with photos! Almost... ;)
Thanks!
These papers are so lovely.they take me back to christmases when I was a child. Love them all.
I absolutely love the vintage look in this Christmas collection. It take me back to the days of Christmas at my grandparents' house when I was a child and gathering around the tree to open presents, the Christmas dinner and being with family!
These are the papers you buy and then hate to cut up they are so pretty!
This paper collection is so beautiful I have to have this collection ....
thanks for the opportunity to win it...
Harriet
Wow! I love vintage and this is so beautiful!
I love Graphic 45! This paper reminds me of the movie It's a Wonderful Life. I think that's the movie I'm thinking of hmmm???? Anyways, I love this paper.
*sigh* This line of beautiful vintage takes me to the fireplace I don't have; cuddle up with a lovely book "Little Women," looking out at the new fallen snow while sipping hot chocolate. *smiling*
It looks like old wallpaper. love it!
These papers take me right back to my childhood Christmases where my tree was decorated with the candle-shaped lights that had water bubbling up in them and my father was busy taking home movies (not videos). Love these papers and all the great memories they conjure up!
My Grandma Nora would help us made handmade ornaments when we were young. We would put a cutout Christmas scene inside a styrofoam cup. This line reminds me of those scenes.
It is beautiful paper - so charming.
It takes me to a place I have only read... Charles Dickens Christmas Carol. Old England. (I see I am not the only one) I actually just saw it on lilybean's paperie blog...I love how she used it. So charming!
Cathe -
Graphic 45 has the most beautiful and luscious papers. I adore the entire line. The Christmas Past line reminds of Christmas as a child, the bubble lights on the tree, the sparkling tinsels (our tree never caught fire, amazing). All my siblings in the pj's hoping up and down waiting to open gifts, family coming later in the day, the special treats my grandmother would make. Most of all, it brings back memories of my mom and dad, both who left us way too young. Such happy and bittersweet memories. Amazing how much a single line of paper can pull one into the past.
Elaine Allen
It makes me think of the beautiful cathedrals I saw when I visited my grandparents in England. They are so gorgeous!
These are so lovely. They really capture the feeling of a vintage Christmas!
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These papers are so beautiful, I really love the Christmas Past Tags and Ode to Joy.
Thanks for this wonderful story! I even imagined the smell in your grandmother`s room! Reminded me of my grandmother and her fascinating wardrobe... These papers are telling me wonderful christmas tales of excited children pressing their faces to the windows of the toy shops, they bring memories of a christmas tree with real candles to my mind and the tasty smell of warm cinnamon almonds! Ok, now you got me into the right Christmas mood! Thank you!
I like all papers in this line, patterns reminds me 'victorian' wallpapers in old movies, but I like them:)
Cath, these vintage Christmas papers are truly magical! They brought me back to my Mother-in-law's house~she had so many wonderful pieces of jewelry and "vanity table" accessories in her collection.
It makes me long for a long snowy winter with log fires and happy times for all.
Eveline.
oh---this paper line reminds me a fancy decorated hall---never been to one...but that is what my mind imagines a fancy hall would look like! Thanks for the giveaway:)
I love this vintage feel, it reminds me of old glass ornaments and postcards. Love this look
This has such old world charm. I absolutely love that it brings me traditions of christmas to float in my head.
I love love this line, makes me think of all things Victorian and old fashioned homes with gingerbread trim!
Oh my goodness, this line reminds me so much of my Granny. So elegant and classic! Her beautiful queen anne home was decorated in gold guilt and traditional ornaments. Thanks for sharing this beautiful line and bringing back such a precious memory.
I have been admiring this paper from over at Paper Maniac and now I am kicking myself for not picking it up. So beautiful
It's very rare that I own something before (or even shortly after) seeing it on your blog. I'm happy to say that I have the Christmas Past Tags. They are great and I love the old world style of them.
This line doesn't exactly take me back to my childhood as our Christmas ornaments then were felt covered polystyrene - classy! But it surely takes me somewhere magical.
These papers pu tme right into an old christmas movie. The are so rich and vibrant, love em :)
It takes me back to my home town at holiday time. All of the Victorian 'what-not's' in the little independent shops, and to my grandmother's dining room. I could sit there for hours and fumble through her tins of vintage buttons, embellishments, and cherished antique lace and fabrics.
Such wonderful memories ... thank you!
Teresa
love it--it reminds me of Miracle on 34th Street--the original.
What lovely paper! My mother who is in her 50's is very much into vintage. From decor to crafting she absorbs its nostalgic essence and places it gracefully everywhere...in comes her 28 year old and wonders, "what's the big deal?" I think I am beginning to understand :o) That st. nick and all its loveliness takes my mom back to the kitchen with her mom and all the love that passed through it...it is a feeling and a time you can't help but love!
Graphic 45 paper takes me to Grandma's house. I love it! Their paper makes gorgeous cards.
~Shari R.
The paper is lovely! My mother is very much into vintage, from decor to crafting and I asked her what is it about the paper and the images that call out days gone by, and she tells me that it is her childhood, her past and all of the wonderful memories it evokes that make vintage so wonderful! It's like you're in the kitchen with grandma helping her prepare a most delicious meal. And she is wearing her apron of course :0).
I just love the vintage images, reminds me of Christmas as a little girl and going to "Toyland" at the local department store. These are just all great!
I love this line. For some reason, some of the patterns take me to Little House on the Prairie...can't you just see Ma Ingalls using some of those in a quilt?! She probably got them down at the Mercantile, and Nells gave her a good price because he is so nice, hee!
It reminds me of my Grammy! She would take the train and flights to come see us once a year at Christmas and seeing her was always so magical! Love it!!
Oh ya, I'm on the horse-drawn sleigh gliding through mounds of fresh snow!!!
These papers remind me of my grandmothers Christmas ornaments! I am fortunate enough to have a few of them! I love the holly and the ivy paper and the Vintage tags. oooh, so pretty.
Makes me think of vintage things, like my old wallpaper in my old house!
It reminds me of Christmas' past .
I think of all the decorations and Christmas story books that adorned our home during the Holidays as I was growing up..I can remember staring forever at the Christmas Cards that were hanging on the back of our front door. Thanks for that happy thought today and for a chance to win!
Tracy D.
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This is so beautiful. I bought a couple of sheets at my LSS. It reminds me of the play, the Christmas Carol. When I lived in NE, the Omaha playhouse did it every year and I was backstage crew for several years in a row. So fun!!!
Blessings,
Christine
WOW! I love that collection, it reminds me of old christmas movies and books. GOD I WANT IT!!! ;)
It takes me back to the Victoriain times. Oh, how I want sthis paper collection. It is so beautiful!
These are so much the days when I was growing up. I love the vintage Christmas elements. :)
This paper looks like it would be so hard to cut into. So pretty, you wouldn't want to mess it up!
Love this vintage line. It would make lovely Christmas cards. Reminds me of the old-fashioned light-up house that my Mom had under our tree when I was a kid.
DeniseB
Takes me back to childhood Christmas - very cute collection - thanks for the chance!
I'll be home for Christmas..... if only in my dreams! I love this line and everything vintage!
I love Graphic 45 because it reminds me of everything nostalgic. This Christmas line is no different. It makes me want to celebrate!
Gorgeous! Totally takes me back to the vintage-y cards my grandmother used to give/get back in the day. I used to love to go through them (she stacked them in a bowl on her side table in the living room.) Wonderful memories, thank you!
This takes me right back to when I was a child lying on my back in my long flannel nightgown under my mom's prized silver artifical tree while it slowly turned and the color wheel changed the color from red to green to blue while the tree stand softly played "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" All the lights in the house were turned off...it was pure magic.
I am a graphic 45 fan!! It takes me anywhere but here. A beautiful old time feel to a Shirley Temple Movie called Hedi, mostly seeing Grandfather!
The papers do remind me of my grandmothers, and a project I made as a child. I cut Xmas greeting cards, selecting a lovely scene, glued them onto a wood block, covered with a mod podge type of finish, and then sprinkled strategic parts with glitter. It was so much fun to see grandma display it each year. I had my own kids do the same and we put theirs out each year too!
It reminds me of my childhood and all the joy of Christmas.
Thanks!
It didn't take me back, but ahead to some ideas for tags I need to get to in a couple of weeks. Thanks for the inspiration! Now back to party prep ;- {
wow this is a stunning collection! Reminds me of homemade tags my mom use to make from old Christmas cards :)
This is exactly what I have been looking for!!! I had no idea that you could get all the great vintage pics in one place!!! WOW!!
Gorgeous new paper line, my head is spinning with Christmas Card Ideas.
Thanks for the opportunity.
This line reminds me of the walking tours we used to go on in Albany, Oregon through historic homes that were decorated for Christmas. There were horse drawn carriage rides, a vintage Father Christmas to greet, and cookies with hot apple cider to enjoy. Makes me want to break out the wooden ornaments, fresh fir and cedar boughs, light some candles, sing traditional carols, and bake up some sugar cookies to decorate.
Wow--gorgeous paper. It takes me back to a more peaceful Christmas setting--no rush and push--just Christmas.
Glad Tidings reminds me of the braided rugs my maternal grandma used to make from old woolen coats!
Yum! i just love those vintage papers. The Santa images are especially beautiful. Reminds me of innocent childhoods.
Oh my, what gorgeous images! They take me to a Dicken's Christmas Carol!
This makes me think of celebrating Christmas in Europe when I was younger. There was always vintage looking pictures of Santa everywhere.
I love Graphic 45 paper!
Love the vintage feel, just makes me think of my family!
These papers remind me of the way I used to think of Christmas's when I was little. My Grandmother was very old fashion, living in a very old farm house. Almost all of her decorations were from the Victorian years and I would just look at all of them and dream such pleasant thoughts.
This is pretty. It makes me think of magical Christmas's.
It reminds me of the cards my grandma used to send out when I was a kid. Beautiful papers filled with nostalgia!
This paper is stunning and takes me to the time of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Very victorian and vintage, it has gorgeous colors and fantastic images of times past.
These papers take me back to being age 5 and living in Oregon in the 60's. Going out in the snow and getting our own tree, decorating it with glass glittery ornaments and lots of tinsel... sledding down the hill in our neighborhood and listening to Berl Ives Christmas music on my parents record player.
Thanks for the memories!
oops- the above post was me (christmas in oregon)
It reminds me of spending Christmas at my grandparents house and midnight mass singing songs. Warm memories....
It takes me back to days of old when I would visit my grandma and great grandma. Love the papers, absolutely darlin!
This collection takes me back to simpler times....when Christmas was all in the eyes of a little girl looking forward to Santa's visit. Thanks for the chance to win this beautiful collection.
More than once, the papers reminded me of the quilts my granny made before she went home to the Lord. Love them!
The paper makes me think of my grandmother and spending Christmas at her house when I was little. And it makes me wonder what Christmas was like for her as a little girl...I am going to have to ask her that! So beautiful!
♥Lea
Wow! It's like a fairy tale...
what a great collection! Love them all.
This makes me think of Christmas past and all of the great collages, memory books or tag projects your could make with it.
These vintage inspired papers are gorgeous! They remind me of quaint, dark wood paneled store tucked away in a little town, far away!
WOW! Such a great line! These papers would help me so much in getting some of my Christmas projects done. It's a handmade Christmas for us this year. No store bought presents allowed. Happy Holidays!
It's like old school Christmas, I LOVE it! :)
love the vintage look! reminds me of christmas at grandma's
This line takes me back to Christmas at my grandma's house. It's so warm and comforting!
A travel back in time to a Christmas past...fabulous & vintage!
Wonderful collection!! The images are so warm and cozy, love them.
God bless
Giovana
I love this collection! So vintage and gorgeous!
when i look at this gorgeous collection, i'm reminded of spending time with my grandma, helping her go through her old christmas decorations. she had lots of cards with similar images :)
It makes me think of old Christmas movies, and faux old Christmas movies (like A Christmas Story).
You got me thinking of my Grandma and looking at those Christmas papers brought her molasses crinkle cookies into my head. Can't wait to make them for Christmas this year!
very pretty paper- but Santa looks like there are too many 'naughty's' on his list!
It reminds me of finding old greeting cards in my grandmother's house.
They are so beautiful! Reminds me of my grandparents and old christmas movies.
Lovely old fashioned feel - nostalgic.
Takes me right back home to 1968. Thanks so much...it was so great!
Kim Marie
1999 Switzerland - wonderful Y2K celebrations!
i think we are all yearning a bit for nostalgia, the times of christmas past these days. gorgeous paper!
Love these! Some might be a little tricky to use, but there's always a craft knife!
OMG! I love this collection from Graphic 45. The vintage style is SO me. I sure would LOVE to win a set. Thanks for a chance.
oh my - what a terrific line - so glad you shared it - hadn't seen it yet! where does it take me - back to a time that in my mind at least wouldn't be near as busy as we are these days!
What fun, vintagey papers.
So pretty! It takes me straight into the past. I can definitely imagine a story surrounding these papers!
It reminds me of Christmases spent with my Oma and Opa who have been gone for a long time now.
I make me think of when my sister and brother were little and waiting for Christmas and Santa. We promised to wake each other up to go down to Christmas together. What fun memories! Connie NH
Hi! I love this line from Graphic 45! Thank you for the chance to win: Szilvi
This paper just says old-fashioned Christmas for sure. Gorgeous, gorgeous papers!
Love this graphic 45 paper... all their papers are so vintage and nostalgic.,
It reminds me of being in a Christmas pageant at our small country church when I was little...not sure why......????????? I love it.
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