How 'bout ribbon rosettes?

People wear and give each other as friendship tokens at Faire would be appropriate. I like the rosettes because they can be as simple or as ornate as you like, can be made pretty easily, and could be relatively inexpensive if you can catch sales at craft fabric stores. ______________________ From: [email protected] (Barbara J.

Carter) * You could buy flower seeds (in bulk) and have a print shop print up medieval-looking envelopes for the seeds, maybe with your SCA arms or a picture of a happy couple in medieval dress. * You could print up parchment scrolls, maybe with a love sonnet or just a medieval-sounding "hear-ye" kind of announcement. Roll up and tie with ribbons.

* Gold-foil-wrapped chocolate "coins", custom imprinted with a suitably medieval-looking phrase. * For the sewing-machine set, you could make miniature (or full-sized) "jester's caps" out of parti-colored fabric in the wedding colors. Jingle bells on the tips add a special touch, and then the guests can ring ... more.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.