Yes! My Ebay obsession is finally paying off - the packages have started rolling in!!! I am single handedly keeping the Chinese postal service in business. I have found the majority of the larger pieces for my bouquet at local thrift sales and antique shops; plus family borrowing me a few precious pieces. I am now purchasing the filler pieces. I want to include all of the important people in our lives into the piece. I have a Siamese cat antique pin for Ms. Maia, a Cart with Horse pin for my Maternal Great-Grandparents. My Grandpa Doug's dog tags are being made into a brooch and I am using a corner of his army blanket to make a handkerchief to tuck into my dress. For my daddy I got a deer and motorcycle. My sisters will both have their initials tucked into it and for Sara, I have a childhood cancer ribbon. For Kristie, I got a heart made with her birthstones. My brother also has his initials and I got a soccer kit pin. My mom reads this (Hi mommy!) so she gets to wait! =D For my grandma I couldn't pick one so I have a lilac bough, a sewing basket with knitting needles and an adorable floppy hat with gardening shears. I am really excited about starting this but have been warned against starting it to soon as the weight can cause it to go wonky before your big day - so I keep drawing it and thinking of how it is all going to fit together in my head. I can't wait to actually start it and place each trinket and pin in a special place.
Until then - I will spend countless hours sniping brooches from slower, less aggressive Ebay users and steal ideas from Pinterest!
Sorry I have been lacking in my post lately - I have been sick and work has been intensely busy. Though I have a feeling that the work issue is slowly working itself out. Life lesson 1,276,456,957,974 - never work for family or "friends!" :/
Tschuss Lovelies!
Hanie
