So last time I talked about our wedding details I shared with you our stationary done beautifully by my mom! And I promised a post shortly after about some of the sentimental things I did to add some personal touches to our wedding. Here are a few:
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Something Old. I wanted to incorporate something from my Mom as well as both my grandmothers in the wedding so the old saying which I'm sure you've heard before many times...something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue...was the perfect opportunity to do so!
The Something(s) Old was a beautiful brooch from my one grandmother and the beautiful silk handkerchief you can see in the second picture. Both were attached to my bouquet.
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| Photo Courtesy of Kara Loomis Photography |
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| Photo Courtesy of Kara Loomis Photography |
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Something Borrowed. I had originally had something else in mind for this item. I wanted so badly to wear my mom's veil for my wedding, but unfortunately I thought of this too late and picked a dress that was far too ivory for the veil that was preserved SO well by my grandmother. Apparently using blue tissue paper does the trick and man was that veil still white! So, instead, my mom let me wear a gorgeous necklace that was very special. Apparently on my grandmother's wedding day her mother gave it to her (my great-grandmother) and so on my mom's wedding day my grandma gave it to her. So, on my wedding day I got to wear it. So special!
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| Photo Courtesy of Kara Loomis Photography |
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| Photo Courtesy of Kara Loomis Photography |
3. Just to finish this theme even though it doesn't quite fit with the post...my something blue was ofcourse those pretty blue shoes above this line. And, my something new were these gorgeous earrings my Dad bought me :)
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| Photo Courtesy of Kara Loomis Photography |
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Wedding Photos. This sentimental touch was especially important since my grandparents on my mom's side have both passed away as well as my grandfather on my dad's side. I was really upset that they couldn't be there for my wedding and began to miss them even more than I normally do. I wanted to do something special to honor them. So, to do that, we asked each set of grandparents for a wedding photo and framed them with a card with their name and the date they married to display on the favor table (and later on the gift table).
The cards were supposed to lay in front of the photos not tucked into the frame, but the people in charge of setting things up messed up that one. Oh well...you get the idea.
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| Photo Courtesy of Kara Loomis Photography |
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| Photo Courtesy of Kara Loomis Photography |
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| Photo Courtesy of Kara Loomis Photography |
5. We also played music from cassette tapes we had of my grandfather playing jazz music from when he was in a band called The Melody Men. I don't have a picture of it, but we had a photo displayed with him holding his alto sax with a big smile on his face.
There you have it! My sentimental touches. They were not that hard to incorporate, but definitely took a bit of extra thought. I'm glad I did though, because it made the wedding just that much more personal.
Happy Wednesday!
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