Fashion Talk....wedding dress of Barbara Bush
eld6161
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Comments (46)these are all so good! Michelle Kwan - I think it would be a graceful silvery-lavender hybrid tea with long stems and a sweet scent Margaritaville - a lime-green tinged white floribunda that has big blowsy blossoms and a citrus tea fragrance (for Jimmy Buffett) Mother Teresa - would be a warm white with golden yellow reverse that would seem to glow from a distance, with a classic rose scent. Nolan Ryan - a bright cardinal red climber that throws long canes, blooms up a storm, is extremely tough and loves sunshine (fragrance not important) Katie Couric - would be a petite hybrid tea with yellow and hot pink striped flowers, covered with abundant blooms all season, and a sweet fruity fragrance Jeri in Texas...See MoreRose Quiz (Shhhhhhh, Class In Session)
Comments (40)OPENING QUESTION 1. What are the three most important things you do to make your rose garden beautiful? Fertilize, Mulch and Observe COLOR 101 QUESTIONS*** 2. If you could only pick two colors to have in your garden, what would they be? I like all colors in the garden, picking two would be very limiting and I probably would not garden if I had to. 3. What colors would you never combine in your garden? See above. Like um all! 4. Pick the combo that you would love most. A)Pink And Lavender B)Red And White C)Pink And White D)Apricot And Purple E)Red And Purple F)All Of The Above G)None Of The Above F GARDEN STYLE QUESTIONS*** 5. Do you entertain in your garden? Yes 6. Is there a garden in your neighborhood that you hate? Why? Yes, the one that is not a garden but littered with old cars, the shell of an above ground swimming pool, and felled trees left to rot. Fortunately it is not within view of my garden. 7. Is there a garden in your area that draws you in? Why? Yes, the one that annually plants a cutting garden along the side of her house. It changes every year and is simply lovely. It's not a design winner, just a rectangular plot of ground with well tended and blooming flowers. Such a joy to see. 8. What would you consider a bad rose garden? One in which there is nothing but roses. I like variety and though I'm as guilty as the next for planting too many roses together, ALL roses is boring. 9. If you had to choose between filling your garden with cupped, old-fashioned blooms or hybrid-tea, high-centered blooms, which one? OGRs!!!!! I have NO hybrid teas. ROSE DILEMMA QUESTION*** 10. If you had a rose-bush that had incredible flowers, but was an ugly bush, would you keep it? No. It would be sped in a NY minute. 11. If you could only choose two roses to take with you, to grow on a deserted island, which two? Tough question. This answer would change annually, yea maybe within the next minute, but here goes. Marie Pavie and Thomas Affleck. Why? They bloom! ROSE ESSAY QUESTION*** 12. What is the look or feeling, you are going for in your garden? Natural landscape with curved borders. Nothing formal. Barbara...See Morenew: obf members august swap
Comments (150)Time for a point update: Jayeanne - 3pts Mary - 3pts Promise - 1pt Laura - 1pt I have to admit that I was tempted to give Promise and Laura an extra point for having the plant, but then I decided that Mary and Jayeanne actually went to the effort of going to the store and taking a picture, which is a hell of a lot more hassle. So, everyone got a point! Monday's plant: Rose Bush....See MoreWardrobe malfunction
Comments (150)Well, they are not my style but that's ok! I would have gone with something dressier and in different fabrics. You have a FANTASTIC figure and the dresses aren't, imo, as flattering as they could be. A v neck - and you don't have to show cleavage, would be more lengthening and flattering to your upper body. As you really want something swishy, a wrap dress, might be the thing. Not all of them are body hugging either. The prints on these two dresses are very ordinary to me and not at all dressy and actually look mid office secretarial. The prints don't seem current to me either and the blues a bit drab. Money wise, the dresses seem cheap to me. I understand the need to save money, etc. but you are comparing $900 dresses with $65 dresses and that's not a proper comparison. Nobody I know buys those dresses anyway. Their is a huge range of very nice quality dresses in the $150-$250 range. They often go on sale for say, $120. The material, styling, fit, are so much nicer than the Calvin Klein brand. An Adrianna Papell for instance. Calvin Klein is a low end department store brand, I buy CK clothes all the time, and they are fine, but moving up a notch or two the difference becomes evident in overall quality. I feel a little bad saying all this, but I would want someone to tell me ( I used to beg my friends to do so but most were too kind to tell the truth and I had to eventually figure things out myself) and you asked, this, the dresses are ok, you wouldn't be underdressed or overdressed but they are ordinary. The cardigan looks too big and frumpy and the shrug looks cheap. I just think you could do a lot better and look fantastic instead of passable. I like the aqua dress you were thinking of making- IF you can make it well - properly fitted, top notch tailoring and great fabric. Do you look like something from a magazine or catalog, No. And why shouldn't you with all this effort!...See More
gsciencechick
5 years ago
Fun2BHere
5 years ago
pudgeder
5 years ago
just_terrilynn
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI think the top part is ill fitted and not flattering for her shape. I'm not sure who could pull it off. A large breasted woman might look obscene.
Laura looked nice.
rubyclaire
5 years agoeld6161
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