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Some LJ pages are weird and not working.
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FINALLY!!!
The fabric stamping page is up!
My site is still doing some weird things so there's an unfinished sentence at the bottom I couldn't correct, but at least the page is there.
Enjoy!
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Retail therapy is fun!!!
Ok, so I am being eaten alive by thoughts of the gowns I need to make asap - namely, the Viscountess gown - so I thought I'd take my JoAnn's 40% off coupon down today and go get at least the base velvet for it. I still hadn't decided on dark red, dark blue or black, and much depends on the trim I find since Santa did not bring me the trim on my ( Read more... ) -
Thinking of you!
Merry Christmas to all my friends, far and near! I hope your holidays are peaceful, low stress, and cheerful, whatever holiday you celebrate. I love you!
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Plans for 2008
Ok, just because this might help me get going, so far this is what I need to get done in 2008 ( Read more... ) -
Why indeed?
I was Christmas shopping with my daughter today and we passed a big stack of sewing machines, so she turns to me and says, "Mommy, why don't you sew anymore ( Read more... ) -
Just because so many of my friends list seem to be knitting...
To the knitters out there in LJ-land, since there seem to be so many of you these days, may I pimp (ahem) I present my sister-in-law's company, Curius Creek Fibers. She really does dye each skein in their garage.
She has spinning fibers as well if you want to spin your own. Enjoy! :-)
knittingCostume accuracy question for the Great LJ Oracle(tm)
This came up on the Ren Faire History Snobs tribe (a wonderful place to be a history snob, BTW).
My friend John, who is quite the history buff, has made an observation that:
"based purely on looking at period portraits. My contention is that the ENGLISH GENTRY and NOBILITY wore exclusively black hats from the beginning of Elizabeth’s reign until at ( Read more... )Oh, Great LJ Costume Oracle!
Any suggestions for a place that can do gold plating, local to Los Angeles? Any ideas what that costs?
