Yesterday, joycebre and I made a foray into some of Giambattista della Porta's hair dying recipes (thanks to falzalot who provided the braid to experiment with ( Read more... )

Step by step we climb the foothill ( Read more... )

I've been cutting out the under branches of our* oak tree. Partly, this clears out space for walking. It also takes a bit of weight off the fence. This is my second week of filling the green bin with twigs and leaves. I expect to do this for a few weeks more ( Read more... )

For the three of you who say you like these posts...
( Massively pic heavy )

So, to cap off my fun, I've agreed to cater lifeofglamour's Laureling vigil (hooray!) at Beltane. She has requested a 16th century spread and I need help ( Read more... )

I took a load of books over to Half Price Books so I could trade them at a loss for new story books. I've saved a few which I hope might appeal to some of you.

The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Paintings by Daniel V. Thompson. Brand new, never been opened (it's a duplicate) $10
The Fashionable Dancer's Casket, or the Ball-Room Instructor by ( Read more... )

I have this simple Christmas gift project: take two large and one small ceramic chess pieces and spray paint them a color that is not lime green ( Read more... )

No, drat. Nearly a milestone.

I have finished cataloging all of the plastic-binned fabric for sale, save for the one filled with quilting cotton. 263 pieces for sale so far, plus all the scraps.* That's half a closet of silks and velvets, eleven 66-quart bins of fabric pieces, and three bins of scraps, all for sale.

I've also found a distressing ( Read more... )

Ha! It is so!

Originally posted by zintelbears at Hatwear

http://www.bearfactoids.com/2012/09/25/hatwear/


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I have awarded myself an internetz today! I posted a comment on FB and got an "I feel sorry for you if that's the first thing you thought", which is the internet argument equivalent of "Shut Up" and " Damn it! I don't want you to be right, but I can't admit it." And let me tell you, I do feel simply terrible for using all this analytical thinking ( Read more... )