On Mar 13, 2006, at 16:11, bevw wrote:
As I'm working away bit by bit on the length of lace for the garter, I keep reminding myself that only a few key people are ever going to see it up close.
That reminds me of one of the most engaging entries at the VA State Fair I've ever seen. It was a shadow-box, in which several wedding memorabilia had been mounted. There was a smallish wedding photo (surrounded by lace), the groom's lapel bouquet (spell?) with a lace frill and the garter (can't remember whether the ring pillow was there or not, and I'm pretty sure that the hankie wasn't).
I do remember how struck I was by the idea and how surprised -- how come she got too keep the garter? The recent on-and-off discussions of garters has answered my question: she must have had one (machine made) for throwing and one (hand made) "for to keep"... But, once you've kept the real thing, what do you do with it? Mounting it like that, with other mementos, to hang on a wall seems like a good solution to me.
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