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Article: The Tiny Photos Behind The Luna Edit’s Vintage Lockets

Kelcie at The Luna Edit cutting Featherlings miniature photographs for vintage lockets
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The Tiny Photos Behind The Luna Edit’s Vintage Lockets

Kelcie at The Luna Edit fits Featherlings photo prints into vintage and antique lockets.

Kelcie finds and prepares the lockets for The Luna Edit; I print the photographs her customers choose. We’ve worked together for years, with thousands of miniature prints fitted into lockets along the way.

34miniature photographs
17different sizes
2copies of every size
Kelcie, founder of The Luna Edit, holding her camera

Meet Kelcie

Kelcie started The Luna Edit in summer 2021. A portrait photographer, she named the business after her daughter, Luna.

An antique ruby and diamond ring sparked her interest in vintage jewellery. Later, she found a Victorian heart locket with its original black and white photographs inside and began specialising in lockets.

See Kelcie’s latest lockets

Follow @the.lunaedit for vintage finds and finished lockets.

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Finding the right fit

Vintage lockets come in different shapes and sizes. Even two similar heart lockets can have different spaces inside for a photograph.

Vintage and antique gold lockets collected by The Luna Edit
Vintage and antique lockets from The Luna Edit.
Stacks of Featherlings miniature photo sheets ready for fitting
Photo sheets ready for Kelcie to cut and fit.

How the photographs are fitted

1

Choose the photograph

Kelcie helps the customer pick an image with a clear subject and enough space for the locket’s shape.

2

Print the photo sheet

I print the same image 34 times in 17 sizes, with two copies of each.

3

Cut and fit by hand

Kelcie chooses the closest size, trims the print and fits it inside the locket.

Kelcie comparing Featherlings miniature photo sheets before fitting a locket
Kelcie choosing a print before trimming it to fit.

The finished lockets

Kelcie returns the remaining miniature prints with the finished locket, so the customer can keep the spares.

Open vintage heart locket fitted with family and pet photographs
A heart locket fitted with family and pet photographs.
Vintage gold lockets on The Luna Edit's lilac work surface
A selection of Kelcie’s vintage gold lockets.

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Already have a locket? Upload your photograph and I’ll print it in 17 sizes, with two copies of each.

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