after last week's heavy family posts, i thought a little merriment might be in order.
(shoes often looks at my love of antiques with bewilderment. once he asked me if i was trying to turn our future home into a haunted house. i'm not. but it's not funny how much i seriously love antiques. and also. in driving around portland to look for the following, i saw a woman getting arrested and a drug deal. it was a very full day.)
the wedding vision is a little difficult to explain, so just a few hints ...
This cutie is going near the guest book. She'll be a little dolled up with accompanying burlap, lace and other assorted pretties.
I couldn't stomach the thought of paying for all of the bottles and jars for flowers and candles to be antiques, so I bought just a few to mix in with the jars we'll be dying (picture below). and by "we" i don't mean shoes and i.
This little project involves brown twine, miniature clothespins, and lots of historic pictures (mingled in with pictures of shoes and i. history tells a story as we're telling our story.)
these are the jars that are waiting to be dyed by myself and my dear friend, b.
i snagged this banner on etsy months ago. shoes squinted, sighed and said, "girls get all weird about this, huh."
i wish i could hyperlink by dear friend Kylee's blog, but she (wisely) has it set to private; it turns out, by pure magical coincidence, kylee and i (without consulting each other) have many similar wedding ideas and hers are beyond adorable. kylee is getting married july 7th, and i couldn't be more happy for her. kylee, i was just reading in my diary about the day i got that fateful phone call from you years ago ... and i look at the place of restoration God has brought you and your precious son to and i just weep. what a journey.
happy wedding season!
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Of friend, I am going to cry. You are so sweet and I can't believe you wrote that night I called you down in your journal.
I love the banner, I have one similar and I have one that says "Love is Sweet". I am going to try dying my mason jars this week sometime, I will let you know how it goes.
Love these ideas - especially your typewriter! Can't wait to see it all come together :)