Wedding Memories

After our wedding, I knew that I wanted to preserve my bouquet, hubbs boutineer and my keepsake garter.  I also knew that I didn't want to put it in a box to be forgotten.  So when we got home from the family vacation we took after the wedding I got the wheels turning to figure out what to do with them. (We took a honeymoon later.  We wanted to make the most of spending time with my dad so my side of the family all went to Orlando for a week. Read my About Me for a little more info.) Randomly I got the idea to put them in a shadow box, so that's what I did. :)

Because everything was last minute, (again, check out my About Me) we opted to have our 25 guests be our photographers.  The result was a lot of fun pictures, but not many "posed" pictures.  So the picture I used here is my favorite picture of me and the hubbs right after the ceremony.  I believe I got the shadow box from Michael's.  This particular shadow box had a felt back, some just have the hard backing.  I attached the photo and wedding program with velcro strips. I attached both sets of flowers and the keepsake garter with straight pins.

We didn't have wedding invitations made up.  If we had I would have used that instead of the wedding program.  I added the garter since I thought we were a little old to have it hanging from our rearview mirror. ;)  I LOVE this box!  (Not to toot my own horn, beep beep!)  I have it hanging in my bedroom and I enjoy looking at the picture and remembering that moment.  I did take a picture with the glass on, but since I am not a photographer it didn't turn out the best.  Here it is anyway...

 

I hope this inspires you to create your own variation!

 

<3 Ashley