RSSAmazing Lace, Challenge #6
August 20th, 2006 | View Comments
Your challenge—your final challenge—is to post a photo of your lace being proudly worn or displayed by the strangest, funniest, or most unlikely model you can find.
At first I thought I’d try to find a cardboard cutout of somebody menacing to model my lace. The Hulk! Darth Vader! Alas, they were unavailable.
Then I thought I’d do something completely unlikely, at least for me. I wear a dress and heels probably five days out of every year and usually it’s because someone is going to have my head if I don’t show up wearing something nice. I bother to do my unruly mass of hair even less often than that, because well…unruly mass of hair.
But look! It’s me! All dolled up! An unlikely model for sure.
Ok. But it’s not funny. And it’s not even unlikely, unless you kind of know me.
And then I found it. The best model for my lace, and one that complements the story of the lace nicely. See, the Print o’ the Wave stole is a wedding gift for a friend of mine. I will be shipping it off tomorrow, exactly six weeks and one day after she tied the knot. I probably should have started it sooner. And worked on it more diligently, instead of getting distracted by, y’know, other lace. Thus:
The poster reads, “Procrastination: Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.”
Yvonne posted this on August 20th, 2006 @ 7:05pm in The Amazing Lace | Permalink to "Amazing Lace, Challenge #6"
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2. RandomRanter » August 24th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
Oh - that is great!
3. The Amazing Lace » Blog Archive » Challenge #6 Finalists » August 27th, 2006 at 6:34 pm
[…] Thanks to everyone who entered the final Amazing Lace challenge! The wonderful array of statues, husbands, fathers, casino cigar sellers, irreverent posters, and even cities made for delightful if difficult judging. The good news is that every entrant will receive a 10 percent discount coupon to Full Thread Ahead courtesy of Amazing Lacer Hollis — watch your email inboxes, folks! The bad news is that we could only pick six finalists. […]
4. kelli ann » September 12th, 2006 at 8:54 pm
absolutely lovely. your friend will adore her gift! so thoughtful!
5. Mary » December 22nd, 2006 at 1:44 am
Your stole came out beautifully! And I really love that Procrastination poster — I’m the world’s worst (or best?) procrastinator!
6. Print o’ the Wave Stole » CogKnition » June 30th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
[…] such a lovely halo. And it’s warm too. I suspect that the stole would be warm enough to guard a strappy dress against a crisp fall […]
1. Debby » August 21st, 2006 at 9:44 am
Hello,
I found your site via Amazing Lace. And I think you look beautiful dressed up with your shawl!! What nice photos you took.
I’m with you on the procrastination — those posters are so funny.
Good luck!