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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFor my future wife...
My fiancee and I are getting married in August; she has hinted at doing something as an alternative to fresh cut flowers, so for her birthday next week I made the following:
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For my future wife... (Original Post)
Earth_First
Feb 2013
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HappyMe
(20,277 posts)1. I like it!
Very pretty and well done.
hlthe2b
(102,292 posts)2. Reminds me as a little girl of my grandmother's extensive collection of buttons....
Mesmerizing with so many pretty varieties (and she'd simply collected them over decades of sewing--not as a hobby)... I wish I could have gotten those buttons after she passed.... but very nice memories, nonetheless.
I think this is a nice idea.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)5. My mom has tons of buttons...
And my daughter loves to play with them (sorting them, arranging them, etc).
Mom will be 83 in a week - I plan to give the buttons a good home when she passes on (a LONG time from now).
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)3. Very cute!
Gorp
(716 posts)4. That's cute! But I have another suggestion...
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)6. That's beautiful!
It has a nice vintage look to it - classy.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)7. Lovely! And so thoughtful. Good job!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)8. I love it!
It'll be the talk of the wedding!