So I’m beside myself with glee to share Emily’s, of Emily Takes Photos , Great-Grandmother Emily’s wedding from 1924. First, let’s all swoon over her grey wedding dress and her adorable hat and flowers. And then, let’s chortle with delight over how simple their invitations were:
Indeed. Simple and traditional and proper. And yes, you caught that. At the bottom of the invitation it indicates that the reception will be, “At Home.” Traditional indeed.
But the best part of all of this? The newspaper announcement, that starts with, “Simplicity will characterize the wedding this morning of Miss Emily Mon…” it continues, “A luncheon at the Mon home will follow the service at the church. This will be simple in keeping with the charming dignity of the wedding…”
And don’t even get me started on, “The two young matrons of honor at today’s ceremony were also recent brides. In their early girlhood, Miss Mon, Mrs. Dietze and Mrs. Nicolaides agreed to serve as bridesmaids or matrons of honor for each other and this morning the romantic contract is fulfilled in its entirety.” I know. Anne of Green Gables and I will be over here with the smelling salts, trying to pull ourselves together.
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Meg Keene
Meg is the Founder and EIC of APW. She has written two best selling wedding books: A Practical Wedding and A Practical Wedding Planner . Meg has her BFA in Drama from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts . She lives in Oakland, CA with her husband and two children. For more than you ever wanted to know about Meg, you can visit MegKeene.com .
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