This contest has taken over facebook rather quickly this afternoon. One of my favorite yarn suppliers Unplanned Peacock is having a contest to win a bunch of free yarn. Please clickie the link if you are interested in the yarn (or even if you're just looking for something to gift me with). Apparently the people who have the most entries based on ( Read more... )

At University I took attack_laurel's class on Elizabethan Hairstyles. Even before the class was over I was inspired to do something cool for my Halloween costume. Well here is the result:


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Today one of my facebook friends posted a youtube video of entitled: Squirrel, Child, Greyhound....Unnexpected. I admit I clicked on it thinking there was a chance that I'd get to see a greyhound chase prey - something that while maybe not pleasant I have a curiosity about since I've never seen the greyhounds run like that. Instead (for those who ( Read more... )

Happy SCA New Year...It's now Anno Societatis 46. Plans for today, breakfast and more packing with a Dr. Who break in there somewhere.

So have you guys heard about harmonyhay's Peacock Dress Challenge? I'm still amazed by what she's doing. harmonyhay is the creator of the OMG Oak Leaf Dress from Costume College a few years ago. She has entered a fundraising competition to go to Haiti to help build a community center. She and her Sig O have to raise $14,000 in order to go. In order to encourage ( Read more... )

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Note I have not read/edited this and LLT can't spell so please ignore the spelling errors.
( Islandic Pot Pie recipe from Atlantia 12th Night )

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Regardless of what anyone says I think it's not bad for the SECOND ever time I've worked with gumpaste...

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