Here’s a Tuesday inspiration: According to a 1905 publication of the New York Times, The oldest love letter in the world was written on a brick about 2,200 BC by a Babylonian to a lady named Kasbuya. He writes: “May the sun give thee eternal life” and goes on to describe what his life would be like were her health in danger. Unapologetic love, engraved brick, and odes to the sun?…C’est L’amour!
Now, we don’t often think of bricks as vintage. As a matter of fact, when it comes to weddings, vintage usually conjures up images of delicate paper, sepia tones and off white lace. All of these are the ingredients in today’s dream palette, along with some ideas on how to personalize your ultimate vintage wedding.
Inspiration: Vintage Photography
(Above: Photo by Elizabeth Messina; Photo booth design by Sasha Souza Events)
Dream Palette #74: VINTAGE LOVE LETTERS
Colors: Clay; Nude; Cream and Off White
(Above: Rings on platter photo by Deborah Jaffe; Vintage bride via Slater Sparke blog; Type keys via Moodboard; Vintage fabric photos by Manon Gignoux; Invitation by Slater Sparke; Cookie photo by Elizabeth Messina; Reception photo by Brandon Kidd; Bridal Corsette by St. Pucchi via Dialogo Fashion; Shoes via Moodboard; Centerpiece Topiary by Creative Jewish Mom; Headpiece by Artikal Handcrafted Millinery via Elite Bridal Concierge [Photo by Simon Lo]; Cake photo by Brandon Kidd)
Vintage Wedding Ideas:
Bouquet Love Letters: How lovely would it be to incorporate some old love letters into your wedding bouquet, in a seamless and chic fashion. Whether the letters are your own, your parents or some famous poets, words from the heart add a little wink to your overall style. If you don’t want to part with actual letters, you can always make a copy, age the copy and then fold them into roses, as part of your bouquet.
(Above: Love letter flowers by Emersonmade; Centerpiece via here)
Love Letter Chocolate Favors: Convert your love letters into wrappings for cute sugary favors. After making a copy of your letter (outer lining), pair it with wax paper (inner lining), double sided tape and pre-cut chocolate bars for some really chic candy bars. You could get huge slabs of chocolate from wholesale department stores along with a pair of gloves and a cutting board to recreate your very own Willie Wonka factory, sizing the chocolate to whatever size you want.
(Above: Photo by Elizabeth Messina)
Handwritten Match Box Favors: Many craft stores sell plain cardboard boxes of all sizes, included matchboxes. If you used a gel ink pen, you could make your match boxes personal and less likely to get tossed. Stencils are always a viable option if you are unsure of your penmanship.
(Above: Photo by Max Wanger)
When was the last time you wrote or received a love letter? Remember how it felt? I mean a real pen-to-ink exchange, not clicks, “reply all”s and NO FORWARDS. Whether you’re getting hitched or not, I’d say today is the perfect day to rediscover the art and romance of the written word.
We’ve got an amazing GIVEAWAY tomorrow, so I hope to see you then. Until the morrow, have a wonderful now!
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Oh wow!! That photo of the couple in the picture frames is just fantastic! I absolutely love that idea so much, it is so clever.
What a wonderful, romantic notion of the oldest love letter essentially etched in stone? I will carry that with me all day.