What about winterberry (deciduous holly: Ilex verticillata) berries?
Patty
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
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Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 7:22 PM
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Subject: [h-cost] Winter
treasures of lace; many
forms have been forgotten...
of
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From: Elena House exst...@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] Winter flowers for New England?On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at
11:22 PM, Elena House exst
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] Winter flowers for New England?
We have quite forgotten the Handkercheif as an important accessory for the
bride of this time period...and most appropriate for a bride in a home setting.
they were often heirlooms and might feature exquisite lace from
Thanks, Deb! My abode in the 19th century has been 1850+, so wasn't
entirely sure about the flowers. I thought them a safe bet though. :)
== Marjorie Wilser
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Wax flowers were also popular at this time. I've seen pictures of some that
look amazingly real. I believe they were in a bride's head wreath or
bouquet.
Sharon C.
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
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I've heard they were; I was trying for something natural as the family
in question might not bother/have wax flowers. Later in the century,
especially, wax flower directions were published in Godey's and other
women's magazines as a DIY.
== Marjorie Wilser
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Instead of flowers, maybe winter greens? Pine, balsam, holly (with bright red
berries), etc. Also, could flowers be fashioned out of white paper?
-Dede O'Hair
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My referrences make note that winter weddings' were not the usual
thing...partly because of travel restrictions dominted by the weather. Private
ceremonies might have occurred in special circumstances, but were usually
family, and private, with a larger celebration in more clement weather.
Mid
Great thread from little material, this is shaping up to be :) Little
on _my_ part, I hasten to add. Thanks to you, and everyone, who has
replied!!
So here's the story: actual date (historical characters) Dec 29.
Travel easier by cutter (if snowy), but I won't schedule much snow.
People
As a Vermonter (for at least one more winter) whose back porch door
has been completely taken over by bittersweet vines, I can tell you
that, while very pretty at the right time of year, it won't likely be
too pretty on Dec 29; even now, the berries on mine are already
falling off and shriveling
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Elena House exst...@gmail.com wrote:
I could swear I've run across several sets of
how-to-make-artificial-flowers instructions in Victorian ephemera of
the sort your characters might be likely to have run across, although
I'm not enough of a masochist to try
Hi Elena,
JUST what I needed to hear-- no matter how I'll need to rewrite the
bittersweet bit :)
Of course, it _is_ pre-Victorian, but not much of a stretch to have
wax-dipped paper flowers. The skill was around before its
popularization in later Victorian times.
Many thanks for your
On 24/11/2011 7:21 PM, Marjorie Wilser wrote:
Hi List,
I am writing about a winter wedding in 1830 New England. What might a
bride carry in lieu of a bouquet? My fuzzy California brain
remembers/guesses something like bittersweet, which I assume is a
woody herb?
Bittersweet is a woody
Sounds really pretty! I'll go look it up to see.
== Marjorie Wilser
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Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement. --MW
http://3toad.blogspot.com/
On Nov 24, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Susan Carroll-Clark wrote:
On 24/11/2011 7:21 PM, Marjorie
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