Use A Paper Doilie to Make a Ruffle for a Vase

Looking for a unique way to decorate your floral arrangements? I came across this adorable idea in Country Living Magazine. So simple, yet so elegant. You can literally turn a paper doily into a ruffle for a vase with these simple steps from David Stark.

To make an Elizabethan Collar:

To allow an inexpensive paper doily to turn a plain white vase (or other color) with flowers a beautiful display:

1. Remove the solid center from a six- to eight-inch doily by cutting in a circle with a sharp craft knife.
2. Fold the remaining ring in half, to form a C shape.
3. Starting at one end, accordion-fold the paper five or six times, making firm creases.
4. Unbend the collar. Slip it over the neck of a vase and affix with double-sided tape.

Just goes to show you don't have to spend alot of money to make a grand display. For some more of Stark's great ideas check out his book "To Have and to Hold."


Source: Country Living Magazine

Beautiful Under Gear ... what's under the dress is as important as the dress!

Who could say it best but Wikipedia? Before recent times, women's underwear were made with the primary function of body contortion. In the 940s, Frederick's of Hollywood opened shop in Hollywood and began selling corsets and lingerie with a much more fashionable appeal to them. These new styles of women's undergarments possessed a greater sexual feel, made even more glamorized by models such as Bettie Page.

Colorful, bright, sexy, and flashier fashions of women's lingerie were becoming available. More fabrics such as satin, lace and silk began to be incorporated into the makeup of women's lingerie, making them more desired by females and more sensual to males. This is perhaps the great turning point when panties became more than simple hygiene products and developed into
an icon of pleasure and sexuality worldwide.

Since then, women in flattering and provocative panties and lingerie have become a staple of several functions of men's and lesbian's popular culture. Several men's magazines such as Maxim and FHM often use images of attractive females in sensual lingerie to capture mainstream appeal.

Without further adieu .... you can get some really sexy bloomers, panties, undergarments.... whatever you want to call them, here at Get Go Retro! We have the ruffles, bows, sequins and more!