As the old saying goes for any bride she needs “something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue”. We have begun to see a new trend in bridal fashion that incorporates the old and new. Polly has had some recent clients who want to use the material from their mother or grandmother’s wedding veil…
DetailsThe Preakness Stakes, which follows the Kentucky Derby and precedes the Belmont Stakes, is the middle jewel of one of the most honored traditions in thoroughbred racing, The Triple Crown. This year the Preakness will be held on May 17 at Pimlico Race Track in Baltimore, the second oldest race track in the nation. Since…
DetailsAs a Kentucky Derby hat designer, I always feel like I am in a race all of my own. I’m trying to finish hats, while new orders come in. For example, I got up at 3:00 a.m. this morning to finish hats that had to go out today. Believe it or not, orders for Kentucky…
DetailsHosting parties to celebrate the Kentucky Derby has become a huge entity all of its own. Why not host a Derby party this year and be in the running (no pun intended) to win tickets to the 2009 Kentucky Derby? The winner gets 2 VIP tickets and gets to walk the red carpet. Visit www.kentuckyderby.com/party…
DetailsIt has been said that “The partying in Louisville during the two weeks leading up to the Derby is similar to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. It’s a community-wide celebration with steamboat races, fireworks, a hot-air balloon race, and private parties.” There is an on-going tradition of wild parties around Derby time. In many cases…
Details“Flowers have a language of their own, and it is this bright particular language that we would teach our readers. How charmingly a young gentleman can speak to a young lady, and with what eloquent silence in this delightful language. How delicately she can respond, the beautiful little flowers telling her tale in perfumed words;…
DetailsCan you recall the scene in “The Wizard of Oz”, where the Wicked Witch turned the Tin Man into a “human beehive”; or, can you conjure up Kevin Costner’s performance as the college friend around whose funeral the movie “The Big Chill” revolves? Of course you can’t, because, in both cases, those scenes were deleted…
DetailsThe Easter Parade, while also a famous song, book and movie, is an actual parade that takes place in Manhattan every year. This New York tradition goes back to the middle 1800”s. The social elite from the city would attend church services along 5th Avenue and then afterwards, parade down the street jubilantly in their…
DetailsQuite often, I’ve purchased white or ivory vintage hats and they have had spots on them. In terms of cleaning them, I would use Johnson’s Baby Shampoo or Ivory Dishwashing Soap. These items worked O.K., but I’ve found an even better cleaner. Bickmore’s Nustraw Straw Hat Cleaner removes most oil and water based stains on…
DetailsBeing a creative person, I love the “buzz” that comes when doing new designs. There’s an energy that comes when you are on a design “roll” like nothing else. It really is like a high, similar to one that a girl might get when shopping in a favorite store. I can get a similar feeling…
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