The antique mahogany dining room table sold with the house was dressed in finery with a family heirloom lace tablecloth and food piled high on the pressed glass plates, wedding gifts to the new bride and groom. Over the years only one serving plate remained. It rests in the built-in pantry off the kitchen hoping to become useful once more. The parties, the laughter, the gossip, the peacefulness after a time well- spent, the memories. Inanimate, maybe, but definitely a piece that remained as part of the family for many years. - - - Abandoned Kansas

Ruffled prairie grunge wrist cuff made of antique cotton tattered lace, and raw edged linen and textured cotton gauze. The body of the cuff is a sleeve cuff from a vintage Gunne Sax dress, the cotton lace is salvaged from a beautiful woven antique tablecloth (no usable vintage items were harmed in making this cuff).