Wedding Vows

 In the year 1913 my Maternal grandparents got married... things were a little bit different back in the day...  than they certainly are today.  The records of such things were done entirely different then too... They got married where my Grandmother grew up... which was Orrs Island in Maine. Very quaint and quiet little place.  

My mother who is now 92 was cleaning out some things and she knew that I would love this little wedding book of my Grandmothers... and it is really a very precious and pretty little book... about 5 x 7 inches and papers starting to crumble.  but I did take pictures of each and every page... and was able to preserve them.  I also come across a letter my sweet Nana had written to her brother and sister in law when on her honeymoon in NYC!!!  So I decided to make this card for my Mom, so she could have that again...On the front, I used a section of the book (violets) and enlarged it and popped up the violets for the front...  I made a little pocket for the letter to fit into... 

 This is the next two sections of this 4 page accordion book... I used My Minds Eye lost and found paper on this section... and added a little bird with wings onto another pocket... now this pocket holds a copy of the wedding certificate...  

I made the little flags and flowers to decorate the paper...  and of course make it a little more like something I would LOVE...  The letters are from my Mothers old scrabble game... I colored them with Picket Fence stain and then used a black marker to color in the letters... worked great... 

 This is a copy of the wedding certificate... Down at the lower left corner were the signatures of my great grandmother and grandfather, whom I knew both of them very well... as we spent a lot of summers in Maine as I was growing up.  Also the minister signed it on the right... This is THE certificate... 

 A close up of the little flowers ... with Pearls in the center... These are flowers from Pretties by Bonnie   as I wanted to really put a little something more from me onto this... 

 A closeup of the letters and cute little bird... which was made from K&co paper...  I love this punch of Marthas too... so sweet and delicate. 

 The top bird and banner area...  I tore paper for the wings...

 Now the last section of this book I really had a lot of fun with... layers and layers of paper that was punched with Martha's punches... and then this sweet picture which also came from the wedding book... which again I did enlarge and also popped a few of the flowers and the tiny little birds... LOL.. they are tiny too... about 1/4 of an inch... but I wanted that delicate look... 

And I think I got it...  

Well I hope to be back here soon.. but you never know... we are having all our family here for a week... so we will be very busy... also we are celebrating Heather Amy's birthday... wow... she is getting younger and younger... right sweetie???  

Hope you have a fun time... and thanks again for visiting... see you all soon... at least with some new things...  

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie