tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120621433239986972012-02-09T20:05:39.742-08:00Marie Reednoreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-212062143323998697.post-39653075332060790492009-03-26T02:40:00.000-07:002009-12-18T04:57:56.387-08:00<div style="color: white;">wedding vintage postcards<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/Syt8EdcDt0I/AAAAAAAAGPo/oS2S8YHypsg/s1600-h/croquembouche3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/Syt8EdcDt0I/AAAAAAAAGPo/oS2S8YHypsg/s400/croquembouche3.JPG" /></a><br /></div><br />The baker is balking at the idea of making a chocolate aka untraditional <a href="http://cpaphil-wedding.blogspot.com/search?q=Croquembouche+yum">Croquembouche </a>wedding cake! The individul puff pastries are usually filled with cream and then fused together with caramel. I want this pièce montée to be dripping with yummy dark chocolate and filled with chocolate cream :) We have a year to convince him! You really have to bribe and butter up the French to do anything out of the ordinary:)<br /><br /><span id="r.g41" style="font-size: 100%;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SJrRg8QjpZI/AAAAAAAABcs/4pk3-85I-NY/s1600-h/rssbettersmall.png" id="iy:g0" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231724281005843858" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SJrRg8QjpZI/AAAAAAAABcs/4pk3-85I-NY/s400/rssbettersmall.png" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a><span id="iy:g1" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span id="iy:g2" style="font-size: 100%;">Enjoy this post? Get future wedding vintage postcard updates sent to you for free! Join by <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Cpaphil-VintagePostcards" id="iy:g3">email or RSS.</a></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/212062143323998697-3965307533206079049?l=cpaphil-wedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marie Reednoreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-212062143323998697.post-57276431352493150302009-03-25T02:27:00.000-07:002009-03-25T02:30:49.377-07:00<span id="v8vm0" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">vintage wedding save the date postcards</span><br />Queen Victoria wore these minuscule mules on her wedding day in 1840. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SGtRaAHLmeI/AAAAAAAABIY/de6rSwbi8Yg/s1600-h/wedding+shoes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SGtRaAHLmeI/AAAAAAAABIY/de6rSwbi8Yg/s400/wedding+shoes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218354100387420642" border="0" /></a><br /><span id="v8vm2" style="font-size:100%;"><br />She wore a size 3! The woman whose name defines an age was only 5 feet tall and wore no nonsense shoes. Those leather soles are as flat as a flounder. This Queen certainly wasn't a 'heel'.<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SGtRUtKsmtI/AAAAAAAABIQ/ngktZAE39f4/s1600-h/wedding+shoe+insole.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SGtRUtKsmtI/AAAAAAAABIQ/ngktZAE39f4/s400/wedding+shoe+insole.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218354009402546898" border="0" /></a><span id="v8vm4" style="font-size:100%;"><br />These practical ribbon trimmed slippers were made by <span id="rrlh" class="misspell" suggestions="Gun dry,Gun-dry,Sundry,Gantry,Gentry">Gundry</span> and Sons in London. This is the insole of the shoe. Was it covered by an odor eater on Victoria's big day?<br /><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SGtRNwJjQjI/AAAAAAAABII/QbUFjXcu7gQ/s1600-h/Victoria_Albert_1854.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SGtRNwJjQjI/AAAAAAAABII/QbUFjXcu7gQ/s400/Victoria_Albert_1854.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218353889943962162" border="0" /></a><br /><span id="r.g41" style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a id="iy:g0" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SJrRg8QjpZI/AAAAAAAABcs/4pk3-85I-NY/s1600-h/rssbettersmall.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SJrRg8QjpZI/AAAAAAAABcs/4pk3-85I-NY/s400/rssbettersmall.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231724281005843858" border="0" /></a><span id="iy:g1" style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"><span id="iy:g2" style="font-size:100%;">Enjoy this post? Get future wedding vintage postcard updates sent to you for free! Join by <a id="iy:g3" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Cpaphil-VintagePostcards">email or RSS.</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">vintage postcards, old postcards , antique postcards</span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:100%;color:black;" id="u1hm1" ><span id="yd750" style="font-size:100%;"><span id="qvp45" style="font-size:100%;"><span id="iuds1" style="font-size:100%;"><span id="iuds4" style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/212062143323998697-5727643135249315030?l=cpaphil-wedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marie Reednoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-212062143323998697.post-32147149779775626102009-03-24T02:37:00.000-07:002009-03-24T02:40:39.594-07:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">wedding vintage postcards</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SS3DvipI-yI/AAAAAAAADPQ/rih7DP_b_8k/s1600-h/bridecolor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SS3DvipI-yI/AAAAAAAADPQ/rih7DP_b_8k/s400/bridecolor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273085960241347362" border="0" /></a><br />Do you recognize this lovely vintage bride? It took a bit of squinting and pounding my head onto my desk... ouch....until it clicked! Norma Jean! Hello Marilyn:) This was taken before she got hitched to James Dougherty! <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">vintage postcards</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><div><blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;"><span id="r.g41"><a id="iy:g0" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SJrRg8QjpZI/AAAAAAAABcs/4pk3-85I-NY/s1600-h/rssbettersmall.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SJrRg8QjpZI/AAAAAAAABcs/4pk3-85I-NY/s400/rssbettersmall.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231724281005843858" border="0" /></a><span id="iy:g1" style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"><span id="iy:g2">Enjoy this post? Get future wedding vintage postcard updates sent to you for free! 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Black might not be my colour. We've got a prepared groom on the scene! Did you notice his umbrella? He probably has a swiss army knife in his pocket too.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span id="r.g41"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SJrRg8QjpZI/AAAAAAAABcs/4pk3-85I-NY/s1600-h/rssbettersmall.png" id="iy:g0" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231724281005843858" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SJrRg8QjpZI/AAAAAAAABcs/4pk3-85I-NY/s400/rssbettersmall.png" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; float: left;" border="0" /></a><span id="iy:g1" style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US"><span id="iy:g2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Enjoy</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">this</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">post</span>? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Get</span> future wedding <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">vintage</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">postcard</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">updates</span> sent <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">to</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">you</span> for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">free</span>! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Join</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">by</span> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Cpaphil-VintagePostcards" id="iy:g3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">email</span> or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">RSS</span></a></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/212062143323998697-127359560227697513?l=cpaphil-wedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marie Reednoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-212062143323998697.post-57560575752364097312009-03-21T02:01:00.000-07:002009-12-18T05:00:00.296-08:00<span style="color: white;">wedding vintage postcards</span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SX73MqlZrdI/AAAAAAAADxc/vBvllrxpArg/s1600-h/weddingphotoplaymo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295942008795934162" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SX73MqlZrdI/AAAAAAAADxc/vBvllrxpArg/s400/weddingphotoplaymo.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />I'll be using these cute Playmobil figurines as bride and groom wedding cake toppers! Isn't this 'tie the knot' toy photography hilarious! I'm already hummmmmming the wedding march:)<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SX78GbBzbQI/AAAAAAAADxk/QKyHuq2cPww/s1600-h/weddingpostwm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295947399099018498" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SX78GbBzbQI/AAAAAAAADxk/QKyHuq2cPww/s400/weddingpostwm.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 277px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span id="r.g41"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SJrRg8QjpZI/AAAAAAAABcs/4pk3-85I-NY/s1600-h/rssbettersmall.png" id="iy:g0" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231724281005843858" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SJrRg8QjpZI/AAAAAAAABcs/4pk3-85I-NY/s400/rssbettersmall.png" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a><span id="iy:g1" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span id="iy:g2"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Enjoy</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">this</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"></span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">post</span>? <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Get</span> future wedding <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">vintage</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">postcard</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">updates</span> sent <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">to</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">you</span> for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">free</span>! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Join</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">by</span> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Cpaphil-VintagePostcards" id="iy:g3"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">email</span> or <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">RSS</span></a></span></span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/212062143323998697-5756057575236409731?l=cpaphil-wedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marie Reednoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-212062143323998697.post-7162987121529203442009-03-20T15:16:00.000-07:002009-12-18T04:59:27.404-08:00<span style="color: white;">vintage postcards</span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SR2KOiVbtOI/AAAAAAAADMY/fzN6MRQS2tc/s1600-h/croquembouche2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268519121432851682" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SR2KOiVbtOI/AAAAAAAADMY/fzN6MRQS2tc/s400/croquembouche2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><br />This is a traditional Croquembouche! Cream filled puff pastry is threaded together with caramel to form this very elegant and delicious French wedding cake. They are usually decorated with candied almonds and chocolate flowers. Yum! <span style="color: white;">vintage postcards</span><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SR2JA1ICrcI/AAAAAAAADMQ/UONKQoJWtI0/s1600-h/bride.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268517786447162818" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SR2JA1ICrcI/AAAAAAAADMQ/UONKQoJWtI0/s400/bride.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 259px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><br /><div><blockquote><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span id="r.g41"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SJrRg8QjpZI/AAAAAAAABcs/4pk3-85I-NY/s1600-h/rssbettersmall.png" id="iy:g0" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231724281005843858" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DZwOmtWaXyY/SJrRg8QjpZI/AAAAAAAABcs/4pk3-85I-NY/s400/rssbettersmall.png" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a><span id="iy:g1" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span id="iy:g2">Enjoy this post? 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