Re: [h-cost] Holiday/Secret Santa gifts

2005-12-28 Thread elena_o_tighearnaigh
Hello! My gift was from Carol Kocian, who gave me the book by Mara Riley, Whatever Shall I Wear? and several small lengths of basic cotton and linen twill type tapes. And also pieces of a pale green toile cotton for my quilting, too! Since I have decided to start playing in the era generally

Re: [h-cost] Holiday/Secret Santa gifts

2005-12-28 Thread Sue Clemenger
PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Holiday/Secret Santa gifts Naturally mine was waiting for me today when I got home. :-) Sue Clemenger sent some chocolate truffles (Yum!) and a beautiful blank book covered

Re: [h-cost] Holiday/Secret Santa gifts

2005-12-28 Thread WickedFrau
So far all of my gifts from friends and family have been for the geeky side of me. (I will be meeting with my sewing/costume friends this Friday) I got an MP3 player and a new printer/scanner/copier/fax. But my Secret Santa, Diana Habra, sent me the most beautiful German goller made from

Re: [h-cost] Holiday/Secret Santa gifts

2005-12-28 Thread Dawn
My husband thoughtfully gave me several books from my costuming wish-list, The Little Hat Book, How the West was Worn, and a book on making victorian style ribbon trim (coincidentally I had been drooling over the very title a week before because I bought it for my exchange recipient).

Re: [h-cost] Holiday/Secret Santa gifts

2005-12-28 Thread Jeanine E. Swick
I received a box from Germany that contained a lovely porcelain Faberge egg. I'm having tourble figuring out the giver's name. Thank you Secret Santa, who ever you are. The closest costuming item I received was that my daughter I spent part of the weekend updating my website and moving it

[h-cost] Holiday/Secret Santa gifts

2005-12-27 Thread Carolyn Kayta Barrows
I didn't really get any costume-related holiday gifts. I got a lovely little 1906 how-to book on book binding, including how to make all those period-pattern marbleized papers. I'm also getting new glasses, which I'm having put into frames that are much more period-looking than the ones I

Re: [h-cost] Holiday/Secret Santa gifts

2005-12-27 Thread Carol Kocian
Naturally mine was waiting for me today when I got home. :-) Sue Clemenger sent some chocolate truffles (Yum!) and a beautiful blank book covered in green velvet, with a Celtic knotwork animal design embossed into it. Very cool, thank you! -Carol

Re: [h-cost] Holiday/Secret Santa gifts

2005-12-27 Thread Karen R Bergquist
Not too many costuming presents from friends and family although my friend Jay got me a really cool reproduction of a Mesopotamian cylinder seal designed to be worn as a necklace. My Secret Santa was Jayne Thomas from England who sent me some lovely lengths of fabric- one in a silky, dusty

[h-cost] ?Holiday/Secret Santa gifts

2005-12-27 Thread Carolyn Kayta Barrows
I didn't really get any costume-related holiday gifts. I got a lovely little 1906 how-to book on book binding, including how to make all those period-pattern marbleized papers. I'm also getting new glasses, which I'm having put into frames that are much more period-looking than the ones I