RE: OT:Show Vases
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- Subject: RE: OT:Show Vases
- From: "* M* <M*@fin.gc.ca>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 18:29:58 -0700 (MST)
We use V8 juice bottles that are the same size as Perrier bottles. As
Mark suggests, once you put the word out, you can collect quite a few.
We did this a few years ago when our collection of old milk bottles
disappeared from storage.
Maureen Mark
Ottawa, Canada
> -----Original Message-----
> From: william b. cook [SMTP:billc@atlantic.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 1998 7:48 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: OT:Show Vases
>
> > We are looking for suggestions for holders for an Iris show. Of
> course
> > the operative word is cheap.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks, Royce
>
> Royce,
> The Bluegrass Iris Society of Lexington, KY uses "candle" bottles
> that
> were used for services in the Catholic Churches. I am sure they would
> let
> someone have them, since they throw them away, or at least that was
> what I
> was told. However, it is difficult to get the residual wax out.
> Something else you all may wish to consider would be something
> like
> "Perrier" bottles, if enough of them could be located. If you started
> looking for them now, you might succeed. I am not saying to drink
> that
> much Perrier, but, if you put the word out that you were collecting
> the
> bottles and why, friends, co workers, etc. may let you have the
> bottles
> instead of throwing them away.
>
> Mark A. Cook
> billc@atlantic.net
> Dunnellon, FL.
>
>
