Our Lives Stilled

When we took our engagement pictures we compiled a bunch of stuff that we thought, would not only look cool, but would represent who we are. I thought I'd share what we brought to let everyone know our little inside information.

As many people know, Adam and I love going to different antique faires and antique-ing around. Some old antique-d stuff:

• The little, round, white table
• The glass bottle dated somewhere around the 1880's

I also threw in there two little teacups. We have an ever growing collection in our house of fancy mis-matched tea cups I like. I admit we don't use them that often because I'm always afraid they'll break. I've had these particular two since around 2009 when Adam and I first moved in together and first got engaged.

In the glass bottle are three of Adam's oil painting brushes.

My OneStep Polaroid camera that I use fairly often (I bought it for only $5 at an antique fair!)

We also brought a typewriter! It was my first ever purchase from ebay like 6 years ago. Adam helped me while I very carefully took it apart, sanded down the old paint, and repainted it one of my favorite baby blue colors. We spray painted a bunch of stuff that day.

We also brought three books:

• A journal of handmade paper made in Spain Adam brought back for me when he was in Paris.
• A first edition of a signed Gabriel Garcia Marquez book Adam bought as a Christmas gift for me a couple of years ago.
• My copy of 100 Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda. This book means the most to us. It's been with us on every vacation we've gone on. We've both read it in English and Spanish together and by ourselves. The poems and this book will be used throughout our wedding!