My massage therapist called in sick yesterday and they didn't have anyone else free, so I headed straight home last night and got started on my Landsknecht 101 presentation. I was having way too much fun digging through my notes and sorting through pictures looking for just the perfect woodcut or photo and ended staying up way past my bedtime.*

I may have a Landsknecht shoe problem ( Read more... )

And I should have seen the signs. The Muse showed up yesterday, to the tune of 4,000 words.

Let's see if I can finish this one off today. I think it's only going to be a very short story. Because I have a codpiece calendar that I need to write copy for this weekend. ;-)

I finally got back into the sewing room on Thursday to work on my tropical weight wool gown. This is one of those projects that has been on my To Do list for quite a while now. I think I bought the wool two years ago, I know I was thinking about making the gown when I visited Bristol Renn Faire back in 2013. I visited Brittany last summer for help ( Read more... )

I'm SO excited. A couple of years ago I bought this woodcut from kass_rants.
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Oy, I have such a sunburn. If I don't put on sunscreen before faire opens, it never gets done. And right about the time I was getting ready to think about sunscreen (as in, after I got dressed, about 15 minutes before opening gate), we had four people show up and want to get dressed ( Read more... )

I've been being productive in a lazy-sitting-in-the-Comfy-Chair sort of way this week ( Read more... )

I got sucked into Pinterest again tonight.

On the bright side, there's a LOT more images of camp frau out there than I originally thought!

ETA - linkies -> http://www.pinterest.com/fraumagda/documentation-tossfrau-camp-frau-camp-

Saturday morning the alarm went off at the unholy hour of 4:30, because we were headed down to The Cloisters. ( Cutsies )

posted Saturday 8/23My massage therapist really beat me up Thursday night. At the time I wasn’t too happy about it, but as usual, a day or two later I appreciate it ( Read more... )