Did you watch this show?
Despite its PBS pedigree,
Downton Abbey is the soapiest of soaps,
a category of TV I gave up more than thirty years ago
when I realized that no one would ever be allowed to be happy
for more than a season or two.
How soapy is it?
Well in season one, this elegant, (seemingly) reserved British lady...
... killed this pillow-lipped character...
IN HER BED.
It's true!
Lady Mary, she of the demure little hats,
slept with the naughty Ambassador Pamuk and somehow
killed
him
dead.
Like I said,
SOAP CITY.
BUT!
While I may roll my eyes at the often-unbelievable shenanigans
of these Brits and their servants,
I will always come back for the FASHIONS!
Just look at these ladies!
I swoon!
And what about these wedding dresses?
I love those veils!
(And btw, I think the much-maligned Lady Edith on the right
actually looks better than her Mean Girl sister Lady Mary on the left.)
But it wasn't only the wedding finery that caught my eye;
there were also a few shots of how the village had prepared for Lady Mary's wedding:
So simple, but so pretty, right?
Bunting is evidently an English thing
that has happily become more and more popular across the pond.
I dig it, so I decided to make some for my Etsy shop!
I did an earlier tutorial for how to do these yourself,
but if you're interested in skipping the sewing machine
I have both a listing for a single string and a listing for three strings in my shop.
What do you think Lady Mary?
She's excited. I can tell.
