Piece one of the Wedding outfit comes home

[devilgrrl]

May I introduce my bridal circlet, worn by my great-great grandmother Nelly for her wedding 125 years ago? It was bought for her in the South Seas by my great-great grandfather Albert so that she would have both something to wear and something to carry for the wedding, since he, as a sea captain, was not rich.

<b>EDIT: I hould mention the entire headpiece is made out of shells from the South Sea, not from flowers.</b>






The circlet, my ring, and a note in Nelly's handwriting



All photos may be found here.

x-posted to weddingplans , in some form or anything

Comments

[hips-and-quips.livejournal.com]

that's seriously so cool. the age of it, the history. awwww.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

I wish the picture of her note about the wreath came out better. I'll see if I can photocopy it.

[lauraxmarie.livejournal.com]

Perty perty.. when did you want to do round 2 of dress shopping?

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking the 30 with Mommy. I'll let you know when plans get a little firmer.

[metalchick1000.livejournal.com]

freakin' beautiful!
yeah, my wedding ring belonged to my great grandma, so i totaly understand the whole heirloom thing.
god that circlet is gorgeous.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I'm so glad it's still in really good shape. I was so freaked out when I was fixing it up before those photos. I kept thinking I was going break it or it was going to disintergrate in my hands or something.

Family heirlooms are awesome ^.^

[jenifae.livejournal.com]

That is so pretty! I love sea shells :D