Publix olives: $1.19
Herbs of Provence: $4.69
12-roll pkg Cottonelle bath tissue: $12.49
Crest Pro Health paste: $3.89
Moe’s Home Wrecker burrito: $7
Firehouse sub: $5.59
2 dinners at Bahama Breeze: $32
Total: $66.85
2 dinners at Bahama Breeze: $32
Total: $66.85
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Decorating the church on Friday:Hydrangea wreaths on the front doors.
The program fronts on cream parchment, designed by Greta.
The guestbook table, with programs, guestbook, and ink well with feather pen in place.
A photo walk down memory lane, strung on twine.
A floral detail on the food table. This is another way we used a chair sash.
The indoor tables had centerpieces of stacked books and a vase of hydrangeas. They also had the same floor length white tablecloths and sheer green toppers.
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On Saturday, a week before the wedding, the florist canceled our hydrangea order. She said they aren’t available. We immediately started hunting for another source: two more florists couldn’t get them, but eventually we found a florist who agreed to order some for us. They would arrive on Thursday. We also hunted up nursery shrubs in bloom just in case the new florist bombed out too. We saw several potted plants at three different nurseries that were possibilities.
All we really needed was 12 stems: 3 stems for each bridesmaid to carry. All the other flowers we could fake with assorted white flowers and silk hydrangeas where it wouldn’t be noticed. We sent out Facebook messages to our friends asking if anyone had hydrangeas in bloom in their yard. Answers poured in: many dozens of hydrangea buds all over town, but no flowers in bloom. The winter had been too cold, and the hydrangeas are late in blooming this year.
On Thursday morning we talked to the florist and her hydrangeas had not come in as expected. Her supplier gave no explanation. There just were none. None. No blue; no white.
Off to the garden center we ran. We bought two huge pots in full bloom, but the rain on Wednesday had muddied some of the blooms. We thought we could gently rinse them off and, once dry, they would look clean.
And then friends started calling. “I have two flowers in bloom this morning. You may have them.” “I have three blooms.” “I have two.” On it went. They cut them and brought them to our house and our front porch became a bower of hydrangeas in buckets. It rained again so we kept both the pots and the buckets protected. We ended up with many more than 12 blossoms. We have enough for each girl to carry three, and extras to make corsages and boutonnieres and centerpieces and table decorations.
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Previously, I had collected 12 other sets, so that brings my total up to 20.
They were made by Federal Glass Co of Ohio. There is no zip code, so that means they were manufactured before 1963. I’m guessing they are from the 1950’s. My mom and grandma both had this same pattern. I remember Mom using them once or twice when I was very young.
My favorite way to use them is for lunch, serving a fruit salad or chicken salad in the punch cup. Today we don’t usually serve punch in such tiny cups.
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