Brides

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

It's the Pearls!

"Love is no assignment for cowards"

— Ovid

It's the Pearls!RoseNewport Bridge

Credit: Lisa Larsen

A summer of love is upon us.  Weddings.  Graduations.  Vacations.  Gardens.  Cookouts.  Parties.  Here are my touchstones for American style, linked to the insistent beauty of my New England home.

Hammersmith Farm
I live near Hammersmith Farm, the storied Auchincloss estate of Gilded Age Newport, Rhode Island.  Jacqueline Bouvier grew up here (chronicled in Gore Vidal’s Palimpsest).  In September 1953, the Kennedy’s wedding reception was held on the lawn.  The farm is so beautiful and such a Kennedy favorite that it still fuels Camelot legend.

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Monday, May 3, 2010

An English Country Wedding

"That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith"

— Coleridge

The country side

As katehines.com grows, the company reflects more aspects of who I am as an artist, merchant, businesswoman and fellow traveler.  I want to share a personal story of my English country wedding to Chris, (handsome husband of many years).  An aria amidst an interlude, this story is still miraculous to me; a part I played in a magical dream. 

Chris and I responded, aesthetically, to an old English church.  The luck, lark and love from that choice initiated my journey toward a renewed appreciation for the power of tradition.  I began to mine a vein of classicism and esteem time-tested motifs and materials.  Because of the story of my wedding, I celebrate that most traditional of jewelry materials: pearls.

Five Weeks in Devon
Chris and I were engaged when he won a Massachusetts fellowship for sculpture that took us to England for six weeks; one in London and five in the country life fantasy of South West England. 

Coleridge’s Devon is a revelation.  Small towns crown fishing ports and dot rolling hills.  Rural farms mix with seaside resorts, nature reserves, wind swept coasts, untamed moorlands, ancient abbeys and Iron Age berms.

The Devon Countryside

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