Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Vintage Marriage Certificates

So, I was photographing a wedding last summer and the bride was filling out a lovely vintage marriage certificate. I asked her, "Where did you find that?" and she told me that one of her guests had given it to her as a wedding present.

In case any of my readers don't know, I had a vintage themed wedding 1 1/2 years ago and while filling out our marriage certificate, I hated all the stupid/ugly marriage certificates that you could buy from the courthouse (they were all Alaskan themed). I finally did a bit of research and I found some fabulous vintage wedding certificates and I decided to write this quick post for all those other vintage brides out there!

http://www.shopwiki.com/Marriage+Certificate+Folder?sb=1
*there are a bunch on this site....

http://www.grandmas-attic.com/certificates.html
*this site has some of my favorites, including the one that the bride at the wedding had...


*this certificate is one of my favorites--it's on the grandma's attic site...

http://www.advantagebridal.com/chandanmace.html
*has a really nice Victorian one...

4 comments:

Krystal said...

MY marriage cert was ripped by one of the kids I used to watch.

I wanted to get another one but you can never replace that day when your siging your life over to your partner.

But I love the looks of these!

Rebecca... said...

oh my gosh are you serious? I would have KILLED the kid...

I obviously didn't sign one of these on my wedding day either, but I think I'm going to order one at some point and have our witnesses sign it and then frame it or something...

Rebecca... said...

you know, plus I thought it would be a fun gift idea if you had a friend who was planning a vintage wedding...

Marzipan said...

That would be a fun gift idea. I don't even know where mine is. Haha! Alex probably has it stored away somewhere. But I don't know. I could still possibly get a new one... maybe. Is that legal? We have our witnesses still...
I hated the ones you could buy. The options were terrible.