Dec. 26th, 2019

pegkerr: (The beauty of it smote his heart)
I took very few pictures this year because I fell ill with a bad cold the morning of Christmas Eve, and so Christmas was very subdued this year. I did want to show you my utterly impractical, incredibly fragile Christmas gift for Delia. At my instruction, she opened the mirror first, and THAT made her cry. Then she opened the crystal coach and utterly lost it.

A crystal Cinderella coach rests on a mirror on a tabletop.

Here is the same picture with an arty Instagram filter:




I picked up this beauty at Sophie Joe’s Emporium in St. Paul. Delia and I were in there browsing one day before meeting some friends for coffee. Delia admired the coach, and then I slipped the clerk my card as she was browsing further. I came back for it later and found a mirror (also at Sophie Jo’s) to place it on, and I added the lettering (using stick-on lettering found at Michael's craft store).

The clerk told me that it was a custom-made piece that was created for a Cinderella-themed wedding: it was used as the cake topper. Eventually, it was sold to the Emporium.

The words on the mirror are from the Disney movie: it is what Cinderella's mother tells Cinderella when on her deathbed. Delia has adopted it as a personal motto. The reminder to "be kind," is also a reminder to be kind to herself.

A crystal coach drawn by glass horses rests on a mirror. Silver script letters on the mirror’s edge read “Have courage.”

A crystal Cinderella coach drawn by glass horses rests on a mirror. Silver script letters on the mirror’s edge read, “And Be Kind.”

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