Nancy’s Sewing Basket 

A unique feature of the store is the ribbon room. It has the most fantastic variety of ribbons and other notions that you’ll see in one place. If you have a project in mind with certain colors or patterns and you can’t seem to find the right materials elsewhere, you would surely be able to find something suitable there.

A couple of weeks ago, my sister Kate mentioned that she wanted some sort of a feather or fake flower for her hair on her wedding day. She asked me if I felt like accompanying her on a trip to a craft store to find what she was looking for. Prior she’d shown me a number of cute things made by people on Etsy.com and other online stores– especially in England. (It seems that people don “fascinators” there more than in the U.S.) But as it was four days before the wedding she had run out of time to order. I was worried that she wouldn’t find something quite wedding appropriate at a simple craft store and, remembering the ribbon room at Nancy’s, recommended that we go there. Sure enough, after searching through the ribbon room for 15 minutes or so, she found exactly what she was looking for. It was high quality, beautiful and unique. It added that extra flourish that she desired as you can see in the photo!

http://www.nancyssewingbasket.com

Wedding Accessories 

When I first started flipping through wedding magazines I saw this beautiful ad for Paris, the wedding accessory company (posted above).  It struck me as elegant so I ripped in out and tossed it into a binder with other miscellaneous wedding things.  I loved the image of a gorgeous hair comb pinned into the back of an elaborate wedding day coiffure.  It was European looking and had Swarovski crystals in it.  Soon after splurging on my dress, I knew I wouldn’t be able to buy one as my dress consumed my entire bridal budget and more.  What to do? Luckily I had a crafty bride friend who in an attempt to match family jewelry to a broach on her dress had some antique pieces worked on by a local Antique Roadshow celebrity.  Off I was to antique stores looking for a unique hair comb.  It turns out that hair combs are difficult to find for logical reasons: they break over time from use and not many are created to begin with.   I soon decided to find a broach and make it into a hair comb.  After visiting many different places I finally saw a beautiful medium sized broach with a great design, pearls and rhinestones.  It was around $30 at the Antiques at Pike Place store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. It was missing a couple little pearls and one rhinestone but I knew just where to bring it.  The mother-daughter team at Rhinestone Rosie had it fixed and shiny in about a week.  They also determined that a comb was the best way to keep it in my hair and had one attached to it.  Needless to say, I loved the end result.  It was exactly what I wanted and I didn’t feel extravagant in the process.  I would recommend this route if you have the time and energy! Or perhaps make room in your budget for Paris or a custom creation by the Lucia Sayyah (daughter of Rosie Sayyah of Rhinestone Rosie) who can be found at Lucia Jewelry.