Hi Everyone
We can remember it snowing quite heavily in the days prior to our wedding and the people I worked with at the time joked that we would be playing "spot the bride" with our wedding photographs.
In those days we bought a house for £5,500, our wedding cake cost £25, my wedding dress was £30 in the Co-op Sale and we bought our wedding invitation cards from John Menzies and had to hand write them ourselves, and I can remember writing them like it was yesterday.
Not the poshest of weddings by any stretch of the imagination .. .. .. but it provided what we wanted .. .. a marriage that has always been full of love that has lasted the test of time, even though we were both told at the time that we were far too young to be getting married.
My up-bringing was quite strict in comparison to most kids today and I always had to be home by 10.45pm (or I would be in big big trouble) and the night before my wedding was no exception. Really weird that one day you were still controlled by your parents rules and the following you could do whatever you wanted without needing permission.
It certainly doesn't feel like we have been married 50 years. If it wasn't for having kids in their 40's I would say 15 years at a stretch! LOL!!! Must be because we are both still very young at heart and still very much in love. I don't feel any different inside today than the day we became husband and wife. It is just the outside that looks a bit different!
But to be fair we have crammed a lot into our time together and made millions of special memories, the best being creating two wonderful sons who we are both very, very proud of.
Anyway, here is the card I made for Mr Heart .. .. ..
and I had been asked by a special friend many weeks previous to make her a golden wedding card .. .. .. .. along with lots of other cards .. .. and surprise, surprise I received this one back again in the post LOL!!!
The first card uses a die set from Apple Blossom called "Perfect Puzzles - Heart" and the second uses an unbranded die from Amazon .. .. .. and both used up lots of lovely snippets. I really enjoy making these type of cards .. .. they feel a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle .. .. and I really enjoy combining lots of different snippets together.
If I had been sensible I would have taken some photographs of my snippets when creating but I am hoping that the playmates in the Snippets Playground Challenge will still enjoy seeing my snippet makes anyway.
Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend, all you Mum's had a great Mothering Sunday and everyone has seen some beautiful sunshine .. .. .. just a shame we had to lose an hour by moving the clocks on .. .. .. but never mind. We will get it back later.
Enjoy this sparkly new week.
