Posts made in November, 2024

Preserving Memories with Living Images

At Windsor Auctions, we like to promote other businesses that we believe can provide value to our clients. As such, we’re excited to introduce Claire Hughes, the founder of Living Images, a unique business dedicated to preserving family memories in beautiful, bespoke photo albums. Claire offers a personal service, perfect for families wanting to preserve treasured memories uncovered during house clearances. But, don’t take our word for it, as for this blog, we have decided to give the floor to Claire to tell you about her business:   Meet Claire Hughes and Living Images   I’m Claire Hughes, and I’m the founder of Living Images. Living Images started from a genuine desire to help people preserve their stories. Years ago, I was working as an interior photographer, capturing the charm of a lovely old family home. The couple who lived there were about to downsize after spending over 40 years in the house. As I walked around, I noticed how much life had been lived within that home, from grandchildren’s height marks on the wall to the family dog by the fireplace. The home was special to them, and they wanted to preserve it. So, I offered to photograph their home and put it in a memory book for them to take with them. This first project sparked the idea for Living Images: creating high-quality, beautifully bound memory books that do more than hold pictures; they capture a lifetime of memories in a way that is timeless, tangible, and truly personal.   A Unique Approach to Memory Preservation My work is all about crafting bespoke photo albums and memory books with a visual narrative tailored specifically to each family’s story. I offer a range of services, from consolidating multiple photo albums into one carefully curated book to creating condolence books filled with photographs, letters, and mementos that commemorate a loved one’s life. When families find themselves with stacks of photo albums or boxes of loose photographs, I help them condense and organise it all into something manageable, beautiful, and meaningful. For instance, I’ve worked with clients who have decades’ worth of old, bulky leather photo albums. We go through the albums together, selecting the best photos, and then I...