Bits and pieces of lace are wound around old wooden spools...they fill a glass jar that sits on the dresser in Kate's room (now a guest room) at the lake.
In one corner stands this antique wire dress form with a lace jabot at the neck....I love the contrast of the delicate creamy lace against the gray industrial look of the wire...
Here are some vintage pillowcases...some were family items...others collected..
Love the pretty lace edging...
I also love all the shades of white and ecru....which reminds me tomorrow is Wednesday and this post almost qualifies for White Wednesday...hosted by Faded Charm...you may want to link and view other posts dedicated to all things white...
I wonder who they were....these patient souls who put so much time and effort into all this handmade lace edging...
What were their stories?
A small cream colored crocheted blanket...Don't you just love the texture... it feels so soft and cozy! I can imagine and almost feel the love...the care and perhaps even the anticipation of a baby to come...
Lace and ribbon on an old child's dress hanging from a hook in the room...Who was the little person that wore this dainty dress?
Pretty lacy effect of twisted and looped wire and tiny white beads on the top of this vintage look frame from Anthropologie...
...The old book of poems lays open to one that is an ode to the Mountains...(if you click on the picture you can read the poem)
Even the graphics on the cover have a lacy look to them....
What is it about lace that we find so appealing? Besides the obvious feminine mystique that surrounds lace garments...I think the attraction must have something to do with the fact that, at least in my grandmother's day, its creation was often a labor of love...with a purpose and intent to create something beautiful...
Why do you love lace?
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