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Heaven Help Me

June 7, 2015 by Lisa Leave a Comment

With only five days until the big shebang, you can bet stress levels and tensions are high over in this cabin. It’s been a marathon of meetings, crafts and mini-meltdowns for a while now and you bet there’s still more to come.

But it’s time to take a step back for a few minutes just bask in something I really enjoy and treasure: troves of old family photos.

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My dad’s parents, Florence and Matthew, circa 1945.

See, I had this great idea to take old wedding pictures from both our families, pop them into frames and use them as table numbers. It’s a good idea. You can take it after this weekend. So while place cards took a good eight hours, painting signs a good twelve, this project was simple and I got to see some A+ 1940s and 1950s wedding garb.

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My mom’s mother, Norma, with her little sister Rita circa 1950.

I live for these old photos, especially the formality of the 1940s (and earlier) shots. They are pure class.

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Michael’s grandparents Sylvia and Sylvester. Everything here is perfection.

So that’s all for now, folks. I’ve got a ceremony playlist to hammer out and another sign to paint.

 

 

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