Costume-related: one of my sisters gave me half a yard of deep claret cotton velvet "for costumes"--she said it was an odd present, but I can already think of three ways I could use it for this summer's production!
Textile: my other sister gave me a throw, Lord Ganesha batiked on hand-woven cotton (made in India)--Ganesh happens to be this agnostic's (i.e., my) favorite god and also looms large in my legend since I have directed two productions of Terrence McNally's A Perfect Ganesh. Sewing: my sister-in-law gave me a small three-drawer chest which will sit on my sewing table and hold, probably, 1) snaps, 2) hooks, and 3) decorative fasteners. MOST EXCELLENT: Kimiko Small was my h-cost santa. I'll post a picture of what she sent so that all can enjoy it; for now, I'll quote the description she included: "The sweet-bag style purse is hand made by me. It is made of black cotton velvet, with gold metallic dupionni silk applique, couched by hand with red silk cord. Freshwater pearls, red glass seed beads and a dark red garnet bead add final touches to the applique. The gold cording closure is held in place by hand-sewn loops. The bag is lined with red silk shantung." I will carry this when I serve as Queen at a medieval/ren banquet fundraiser late in January. As a creation and as an accessory, its value to me goes FAR beyond the h-cost exchange "limit"! Ending of semester (English prof!) plus a holiday production outpaced my imagination, and I santa-ed a gift certificate from a supplier I'm confident my partner can use. But wish I had been able to rise to the level of creativity I'm seeing in so many of the gift descriptions! In the next few days (as soon as I get the thing uploaded) I'll be posting a link to a photo I took after our recent (early December) snowfall. It will serve as my holiday greeting card to you all.... Meanwhile, ho ho ho! --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer -----Original Message----- >From: Lavolta Press <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Dec 27, 2005 12:30 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [h-cost] Holiday gifts > >Are we not going to have the traditional discussion of what >costume-related gifts everyone got? > >Fran >Lavolta Press >http://www.lavoltapress.com >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >h-costume@mail.indra.com >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
