Poems for weddings (or civil partnerships)
Posted by Peter
June 19, 2009
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This is probably not technically craft, but… My flatmates got civil partnershipped back in May. I “did” the invites for them (they bought some card from a stationers, wrote an Excel spreadsheet with addresses, I did a design on Word, mail merged, printed and hey-presto) and they got some lovely tartan ribbon to go on them.
They also asked me to do a reading at the wedding, with 48 hours notice; they had to be vetted by the Registry Office beforehand, just in case I insulted any evangelical Christians who happened to be skulking about waiting to be deeply offended by any reference to “wedding” or “marriage”. Luckily, one of the corners came up trumps with a beautiful poem. On the day I almost blubbed my little eyes out reading in front of the assembled families. The respective mothers liked it so much they asked for copies of it. Et voila:
Basically two £1.99 picture frames from Poundstretcher, some card, printed copies of said poems and some of the leftover tartan ribbon. One Scottish version and one über Scottish version and a whole hour’s work. And hopefully the poet won’t mind me posting it here as well:
This poem was written by one of the other Corners here. It must not be quoted elsewhere without their express permission.
10 comments Categories: craft, design
June 20th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
They look great!
p.s. I also love that you can see your reflection in the photo :)
June 21st, 2009 at 8:51 am
Lovely! I really like the Scottish version – the uber Scottish version scares me slightly…
June 21st, 2009 at 12:15 pm
The uber Scottish version actually looks better in real life than the Scottish version (a photo hides a million minor errors). As for the reflection – that just reflects (haha!) how cheap the frames are!
June 22nd, 2009 at 9:52 am
I love this poem! Where did it come from?
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Sarah, I thought I’d written that in the blog entry – clearly not! Shall edit soonish…
It was written by one of the corners here, so her permission is needed for it to be cited elsewhere.
June 22nd, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Thanks Sarah, it was me that wrote it, and if anyone cares to use it they can just let me know :)
June 28th, 2009 at 11:17 am
I love the poem! Such a beautiful sentiment. Good work, Mo.
I really like the idea of having a friend write a poem for your wedding – and then having it framed prettily is a lovely way to remember the wedding too…
July 16th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Hi Vanessa, I love your poem, On marriage. With your permission, I would like to read it at a friend’s wedding. Please let me know if you would be okay with this. Cheers!
July 17th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Hi Namcy,
I hope it is not too late to say that you may absolutely read it at your friend’s wedding. I’d be flattered.
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