Something Borrowed, Something Blue. . . .
How The Garter Girls Started
During one of the 4 hours chat-a-thons that Christine and I had last year we hatched an idea that stemmed from a small gift I had given her for Christmas just before her wedding in Feb 2005.
Christine was getting married, and I wanted to give her something to wear from me because I was living in England and couldn’t be a part of the wedding or the preparations. I bought an ‘antique English lace’ garter, its lovely & frilly with a small blue ribbon is laced in the middle. . . . .something new, something blue.
Since Christine’s wedding, her now sister in law Jessica has worn it and several of our friends as well. . . . . and a few more brides in wings.
We we laughing that its starting to become a tradition – and then we though it might be fun to MAKE it a tradition, and have a ‘Garter Sisterhood’ or something similar, adopting a notebook – where each girl who wears it updates the notebook with their name and a picture and passes it on. . . .and in the spirit of our modern world the notebook has become a blog. And here we are.
In todays day and age where marriages are disposable, hopefully this will help keep the fairy tale alive. . . .It can be a history of weddings, love and friendships. Christine and I are excited to put this together.
Thank you for joining us!
. . . .If you know any Brides. . . . let us know, we’d love to see how far we can make this go. . . . .
Garter Schedule – Where the garter will be going next
September 2007 – Lee, Canada
2008 – Cindy, Canada
August 2008 – Sonia, Canada
