As to Matrimony...

Some women in marrying demand all and give all: with good men, they are happy; with base men they are the broken-hearted.

Some women demand everything and give little: with weak men, they are tyrants; with strong men, they are the divorced. 

Some women demand little and give all: with congenial souls, they are already in heaven; with uncongenial, they are soon in their graves. 

Some women give little and demand little: they are the heartless, and they bring neither the joy of life nor the peace of death.

James Lane Allen.

"At Last" by Etta James

At Last! is the debut studio album by American blues and soul artist Etta James, which includes the title song "At Last". The album was released on Argo Records in November 1960 and was produced by Phil and Leonard Chess. The original release contained four of James' hits on the Rhythm and Blues Records Chart between 1960 and 1961. It was her first of five studio albums James would release on the Argo label. The album's title song was used as an intro song for the EA game FIFA 16. Read more...

Life of Etta James.

The forget-me-not blue wedding palette

Forget-me-nots and pale yellow roses combined in a Spring bouquet for your wedding.

 

       A wedding bouquet that includes forget-me-nots insures that a groom will always remember his wedding anniversary. Forget-me-nots also look charming when paired with a variety of blooms. Choose white roses and blushing carnations, dyed to match the colors of your bridemaid's dresses , for a traditional early Spring bouquet. You could also pair those tiny blue buds with daffodils for an Easter themed wedding or create a bouquet of forget-me-nots paired ivory magnolias? The scent would be heavenly!

       Ivory or any "off-white" color paired with a soft green and brilliant robin's egg blue would make for a memorable vintage wedding day. Choose traditional white stationary trimmed in blue and use a classic grey font. Keep it clean, crisp and simple.

Wedding forget-me-not bouquets, cakes and trimmings:

• Beach wedding bouquet of shells, forget-me-nots and dahlias
• Handmade forget-me-nots wedding cake topper with bird's nest
• miniature polymer clay forget-me-nots to accessorize a wedding

The Diem Sisters Marry

      Below are the wedding day photos of my husband's family Diem. All three are pictures of sisters. They are great, great grand aunts to my children. Each of them had lovely, formal, Victorian era weddings. 

      Their mother, Louise (Orth) Kohlstock was the first postmistress of De Peres County, St. Louis. She married again after being widowed and had twin girls with a man (Joseph Diem). My children are the direct descendants of one of her twin daughters.

Above you can see what these family photographs looked like originally. I have restored them below.
Read more about my restored family heirlooms here.

Emelia Diem married Mr. Christman. Emelia carried a fan instead of a bouquet in her ceremony. Both my husband's family and my own seemed to have married into families using the last name "Christman" several times during the late 1800s and early 1900s. This studio, wedding portrait was taken at "Marks & Brown" studio in St. Louis

Lena Diem married Mr. Schmidt and they had two sons Alwin and Frank. They were married in 1888. You can see Lena posing with lace gloves instead of a bouquet. This studio, wedding portrait was taken at "Whew" or "Whem" art studios on 1631 Franklin Avenue, St. Louis, MO.

Philippine Diem married Mr. Mild. They had four children: Clara, Nora, Edna and Erwin. Philippine carried a lace fan instead of a bouquet on her wedding day. Their wedding portrait was taken at "Genelli" at 923 Olive St. St. Louis, MO.

Sprigs of Holly for Christmas Bridal Scrapbooks

      These sprigs of holly (three versions) may be used on personal wedding pages, for individual couples wedding announcements or in personal scrapbooks or as graphic elements in personal wedding video. Do not use them for profits, resale or to draw traffic to wedding pages/blogs that are designed to profit from third party ads. They're colorized and restored by me, Kathy Grimm.

More Holly Clip Art for Scrapbooks:

• Christmas Holly samples from The Belznickle Blogspot
• A little spray of holly for your holiday projects...
• Oval holly wreath frames for photos