Tomorrow, Josephina and Juan celebrate 60 years of marriage, five children and 17 grandchildren, as they look back to a small town in Texas where they wed in 1949. I think their wedding picture is precious! It was a mess, and the Buckleman did some PhotoShop magic and restored what had been lost. The look on Joesphina's face is sweet- she looks so scared! Bless her heart!
In sentiment inside is computer generated (in Spanish) and the embellishments reflect the words within. There are five calla lilies, for their children. Diamonds are the symbol of the 60th anniversary, so there are 17 to represent their grandchildren (one is inside under the sentiment).
IRL you can see the soft swirls in the vellum, which were sewn onto the CS. The flowers are from Michael's wedding aisle, and compliment the calla lilies in Josephina's bouquet.
Thanks for looking!
Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009 GMT Views: 1045
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Sat, Aug 01, 2009 @ 8:16 AM
I think I'm going to fall off my chair this is soooooo elegant and warm and beautiful and fabulous and marvelous and classy and omgoshing! Pat, I'm in awe my sweetface! LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT. Be careful Sotheby's doesn't get air of this, they will want to steel it. TFS
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Sat, Aug 01, 2009 @ 9:35 AM
Positively precious! Fabulous card to celebrate such a monumental occasion. Wonderful how you've worked in so much symbolism - truly to be treasured!
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Sat, Aug 01, 2009 @ 1:45 PM
OMG! This is GORGEOUS! such thoughtfulness put into the embellishments! such meaning! Such an ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL presentation! I'm sure that they loved and appreciated the thoughts and beauty surrounding this card! TFS!
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Registered: June 14, 2008 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 6675
Sat, Aug 01, 2009 @ 4:22 PM
What an elegant masterpiece Pat - I love all of this - and can imagine the vellum with swirls is stunning! What a precious memory you and The Buckleman have created or Jose and Josephina - priceless!! Thank you for sharing this with us! {{{hugs}}}
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Sat, Aug 01, 2009 @ 7:24 PM
Stunning, Elegant, masterpiece, awesome, precious, classic, over the top creative! wow! they will treasure this for a long time!tfs!
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Sun, Aug 02, 2009 @ 12:23 PM
60 years!!!! I thought we were doing good celebrating our 40th this past July!!! Congratulations to them! Pat this is the perfect card for this cellebration. So very elegant and a beautiful tribute to this lovely couple.
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Mon, Aug 03, 2009 @ 8:42 AM
Wow - you had a great week/weekend on the card making front. This is so pretty and I love those lilly's and bling. This is something that would look great in someone's heirloom scrapbook for sure or framed and kept forever. Your are so talented!
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