I'm so excited about some of the beautiful vintage items handed to me today by a very, very kind lady. I think I might have to bake her some cakes to say thankyou! Here's what I found in a bag full of old buttons, containers and accessories...
Vintage metal buttons of all shapes and sizes, and a very pretty brooch.
An old biscuit tin with delicate rose detail, fill this tin with a floral or button bouquet and it could make a cute vintage centrepiece!
LOVE this pair of glass pearl necklaces, with delicate, metallic clasps, I think these could be from the 40's, very Audrey Hepburn!
And a pair of worn little keys, I always wonder what these could've opened, and who's secrets they belonged to. They could look pretty as charms in a bouquet.
Emma x.
A small selection of wedding inspiration photos using one of my favourite themes....buttons!! Which is your favourite?
Emma x.
I'm so happy to be able to write a blog entry about a couple so close to my heart, my beautiful great-grandparents; the happiest, most loving and loyal couple. My great-grandma was kind enough to lend me some photographs and a very special wedding accessory to be able to share with you.
I always look forward to the stories she has to tell, but when my great-grandma visited us with these photographs, stories of her wedding and weddings of that time felt so incredibly special. They were little pieces of history that could so easily get lost - I felt like I had to store everything she was telling me in a trinket box at the back of my mind, full of the most special moments in my family's life ready to tell to the next generation.
My Great-Grandma and Grandad became Mr and Mrs Taylor on the 17th of July, 1948.
Wanting to be different from most wartime brides with their large floral bouquets, my great-grandma took inspiration from a magazine she had read to create her own bridal statement.
Mr great-grandad had bought my great-grandma a very special small prayer book, which held a long, silk ribbon that had been embellished with fresh orange blossoms.
'To my dearest darling on our wedding day 17/7/48 George xx'
In a tiny box, in perfect condition sat the prayer book from their wedding all those years ago, the ribbon held in place at the wedding order of service. A real vintage family heirloom, beautiful!
My great-grandparents really are a true inspiration to me, they treasure eachother as much as all their memories together, and 64 years later, they're as happy and in love as ever.
Emma x.
After a bit of a break in this very late Summer we've had I'm back to let you know what's going on for To Love And To Cherish Bouquets...
A few exciting ideas have been floating around in my creative bubble for products to expand from my bouquets and buttonholes, something I'm in the early stages of developing and will hopefully be bringing to life in the coming weeks!
I'm also super excited for the prospect of making some bouquets for someone really special to me, something I'm really, really looking forward to working on!
And last but not least some quick news on a Debenhams wedding fair I'm currently in the booking process for, in late September. I'll be holding my very first stand! Look out for a post really soon about some of the extremely special vintage props I have to display with my bouquets.
More blogs and pictures to come soon!
Emma x.
