It's my own fault really, I mean no one held a gun to my head and told me that I had to do a daylong buffet for 12th Night, and no one told me that I had to do 63 different dishes. I was also completely aware of the fact that there was no kitchen on site, and that we would have to bring our own grills, stove tops, smoker, and even a fryer... In ( Read more... )

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Just in case this doesn't work the way it should:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeNmLGx5aew

I originally finished the Baronial Field Coronets I was making back in May, but the more I looked at them the more I decided I was unhappy with them; they just didn't look quite right. So, after talking it over with the smarter person in the house, I decided to redo the gold knotwork on the coronets with gold leaf.... Results are below

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Finished the Baronial field Coronets, except for a little more hand polishing... will post more later, but I wanted to get the pics up.
I'm pretty happy with how they came out.

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So I've been trying to get my kit together for the COTT this year and get the improvements I planned out done before Pennsic has come and gone... In addition I also wanted to do something for the Barony, something to kind of leave behind as it were ( Read more... )

I had part 3 (of five total parts) of my basic Wine certification test today. (This is the level before I get into the International Court of Sommelier's testing.) It was a 35 page test on the wines of Italy, Champagne and Sparkling Wines; Not only do I have no idea why anyone in their right mind would combine those two things, but it wasn't even ( Read more... )

Your Supervillain Name is Venomous Typhoid
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You Are a White Tiger
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Phiala sent me this link.... It seems like it could be viking goodness..
There's a lecture on Viking combat on April the 2nd...

http://history.furman.edu/documents/vikingpresentation.pdf

As http://phialastring.livejournal.com/ pointed out; I forgot to mention anything about the Arts and Sciences part of my challenge... It is because I am a goob. There were more entries in my A&S challenge then any other leg of the challenge, save rapier. The theme was personal accessories ( Read more... )