When I said "I do".......

"I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life."
~Rita Rudner~

"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."
~Katharine Hepburn~

"For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward."
~Erma Bombeck~

"Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery."
~Erma Bombeck~

"Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without."
 ~James C. Dobson~

Vintage Wedding Photos To Add To Your Collection!

I'm so sorry I've been away from blogland for so long! I have been lazy and playing on Facebook! SO today I scanned some new wedding photos to share with you!

You would think these would be so easy to find but I'm 
having a much harder time finding these treasures! 

But you know me, every where I go I scout them 
out and usually find at least one!

OK, now you have to admit that the bride in this 
one looks like a guy in drag, so I bought it! 

I thought she looked so sweet. Maybe you can copy this and work your magic with your photoshop and do better than I did. 

No big church or ceremony to take this bride's photo! 
She just posed right next to a spruce tree in the side yard!

This photo actually said wedding photo on the back. How do you like her hat! I can't tell if it's feathers or flowers but they're both pretty horrible,YIKES!

Neither of these two look very happy do they?

I just love this photo. It sparks my imagination. I'm thinking she lost her husband in the war and this is his son standing in front of her. Her new husband was in her late husbands squadron and delivered his posessions. It was love at first sight and a year to the day they were married. She carried her late husband's photo in her bouquet. Well that's my take on it! Thanks for stopping by!

My "Holy Grail" find of an Antique Wedding Shadow Box!

As many of you know, my main obsession/hobby is to collect antique wedding anything! I have cake toppers, I have tons of wedding cabinet photos and even marriage certificates. SO!,I had to share with you my favorite purchase of all time. To me this is the "Holy Grail" of vintage wedding items. It's a wedding shadow box from the 1910s? I'm guessing the age just by the looks of the age of the photograph. I found this at the entrance to the Junk Gypsy booth in Round Top this past March. I almost tripped my friend Charlene to get to it first. Although being the great friend that she is, she demanded that I buy it on the spot! So....I did!

I have tried to find the history behind these shadow boxes without much luck. I assume they were just a way to preserve the wedding photo, the veil and sometimes part of the bridal bouquet. I haven't found the perfect spot yet, I assume it will go in "my room" but it's just so pretty I wish I had a way to display it better. So my partners in crime out there in blog land, if you ever see one of these as you're walking through an antique shop or cleaning out your grandmother's attic ,
please contact me!