Hi all
I am just now catching up on emails, and still have a lot to go through.
To Ruth Ann, you are most welcome. I hadn't made anything like that before,
and I really enjoyed making your gift, that I am going to make one for me,
too, ... someday.
I received the Secret Santa gift from Katheryne Grossberg that came in
today. She sent me a beautiful silk knitted purse, 2oz of hand dyed romney
wool from red onion skins, a box of miniature ornaments, and they all came
wrapped in a bit of fabric that will go great with a costume idea I've been
collecting fabric for that will get into three dimensional fabric imaging
(flames, lots of flames.) Thank you so very much Katheryne! I really love
the gifts you sent. I did a little happy dance that made my husband and
friends look at me funny.
As for what else I got for Christmas that is costume related... not much.
My husband got me garnet earrings and a garnet and opal bracelet from my
favorite jewelry store (The Dragon's Treasure - www.dragont.com). They will
go well with my faire costume, and for special nights out. Otherwise, I
mostly got gift certificates and cash that I've spent buying costume and
embroidery books. Even with a wish list on Amazon.com, people are scared I
won't like what they chose for me.
These are the costume or faire related books I just ordered. They are all
in transit, so I hope they will come in next week or sooner, like yesterday!
_Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail_ by Lucy Johnston
_Pleasures and Pastimes in Tudor England_ by Alison Sim
_Hispanic Costume, 1480 - 1530_ by Ruth Matilda Anderson
_German Renaissance Patterns for Embroidery (1568)_ Nicholas Bassee
_The New Carolingian Modelbook, Counted Embroidery Patterns From Before
1600_ by Kim Brody Salazar
For us, the main gifts are for our kids, and they got plenty. My son so
loves Thomas the Tank Engine and he got plenty on that. I also made his
first Christmas stocking with a Santa Pooh Bear. I have to finish my
husbands, and then come up with something for me and for our daughter.
Speaking of which, my little girl is up and needing my attention. Happy New
Year everyone!!
Kimiko
Kimiko Small
http://www.kimiko1.com
Fresno, CA, USA
"Lady of the Wardrobe" for Isle of Mann Guild
Portraying at California's Central Valley Renaissance Faires
Lady Clifford, Countess of Cumberland
(Margaret Percy, Eleanor Brandon, or Margaret Russell)
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