I can actually see the light at the end of the cooking tunnel.  It's a good thing, because after I finish cooking I have to sew two pieces of garb and do some stuff for my wire weaving entry.  And write up *everything*.  And pack.  IcandoitIcandoitIcandoit ( Read more... )

I was sick as a dog after Valentine's Day, so I couldn't order roses to make the rose sugar and rose pickles that I wanted to do for Gulf Wars ( Read more... )

I taught the bog coat class at MidWinter A&S this past weekend.  I had a total of 13 people, I think.

It took a little longer than I thought -- no one actually finished a coat in class -- but we only had one table for cutting and measuring the fabric.  Nobody seemed to mind.

I also spent a few minutes showing everyone the construction basics on a ( Read more... )

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I finally got all the ingredients together to make my Magna Faire entry tomorrow. It's amazing how difficult it is to find currants -- I nabbed several boxes off the holiday baking aisle just so I won't have to go through this again the next time I make it ( Read more... )

I've decided to not enter the chains in Magna Faire. I don't have time to make the brooches, and I'm afraid if I rush the spreaders they'll look like crap. The chains by themselves are nice enough, but a simple two-in-two bronze ring chain isn't going to be anything special. Plus, my reference material hasn't come in through ILL, and I don't ( Read more... )

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