Knee Deep

I am knee-deep in tax prep. 

 

Necessary, but what a bore, don't you agree? Well, actually I'm not knee-deep, but my desk is a mess and I am feeling guilty for stopping to write this. But it's related to taxes, isn't it?

I used to be able to do my own taxes, even after things got more complicated by buying a house.

But now it has gotten more complicated because

 I got married a few years ago and...

I own a business!

(Isn't this antique business card fun?)

So if I don't want to end up here,

In case you can't read this, it says
"The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington D.C.
Scenes at the reopening of the income tax cases. Monday May 6, 1895."

I had better get back to those numbers!

Have you done yours yet?

Wedding of the Year...1914

Yesterday was my grandfather's birthday. His 134th birthday, to be exact. I never knew either of them and have a great interest in them...what they looked like, what they liked to do, their relationships with each other and the rest of their world.

A few months ago my mother dug these up and showed them to me. I was fascinated as well as charmed by them and want to share them with you.

Here they are during the planning of the wedding, posing for the reception place-cards.

 The end result looked like this.

Created by a family friend, these were given to my grandparents after their wedding in 1914.

My favorite among these treasures is this creative collage!

This is how it looks on the back. It had been pasted in a scrapbook at one time, as you can see.

I love how the artist started with a photo of their faces, then used crepe paper and ribbon to fashion their clothes, netting  for her veil, and paper flowers for the bouquet. What a great idea!

Besides admiring the artist's creativity, this, to me, was a lovely way to honor and remember them forever.