Someone post some! I'm dying to see them, even if it's just teasers! ^_~

(cross posted to my personal LJ)

SO, for the 18th century picnic, I decided to make a hat. I've never made a hat before, although I made parts of one at an early DFWCG event three-ish (has it really been that long?!) years ago. Although I never finished that hat, it gave me some ideas about how to go about constructing one.

( Here goes! )

Here is the link to the blog I just posted about our picnic from this weekend. I am still in the process of uploading all the pics to Flickr, so keep watching our group's photo stream for more pics.

(This is cross-posted)

Ok, so I started out eyeing this image as inspiration for Vee's dress for the 18th century picnic:

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Hi there folks!  If you're on our yahoo group, then you know that I've started getting organized for our involvement in the 2010 All-Con.  I've put out a call for committee members and now I'm putting out a call for Panel suggestions.  The folks at All-Con want us to get our submissions in as early as possible since they filled up their schedule so ( Read more... )

http://dfwcg.blogspot.com/2009/06/need-motivation-for-those-18th-century.html

I just thought I'd mention that the date for the Guild Tea needs to be changed.  Sally has posted a poll on our Yahoo Group list.  If you're thinking of joining us, please vote for the best day for you!

Deborah Davis, the author of Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X will be at the Amon Carter Museum Saturday at 11:00am to speak about the book and the woman behind the painting.

I have yet to read the book, but it's been on my wish list at Amazon for quite some time.

I wish I had known about this much sooner.  As it is, I'll ( Read more... )

Today on THINK, Kris Boyd interviewed David Grann, a writer for the New Yorker.  He has a book out called The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon.  It is about his journey following the explorer Percy Fawcett into the Amazon looking for Fawcett's Lost City of Z.

The book is supposed to have all sorts of information on how ( Read more... )

I case you aren't watching blogger, I posted this weekend.  There's a few pictures from All-Con.

http://dfwcg.blogspot.com/