Turkish Vest Revisited

Not much new to show just yet. Except for the belt I finally got around to finishing up. I also took some pics of various stages while trying to accessorize my Turkish-style vest adding some more doodads here and there. I was experimenting with my makeup, as well. Not used to wearing so much. It felt really strange. I'm wearing just about every piece of silver-toned jewelry things I own in the first pic! :)





I had some chain I managed to put together from junk jewelry scraps. So, I added it around the belt, on the vest at the center back to replace the yarn ties, and on the front edges.

First Attempt:


Second Attempt:


Third Attempt:


I ended up wearing the red top in the first pic with the grayish skirt, black over skirt and red scarf from the last pic. My mom wore her pirate hat and waist cincher.

Guess my daughter decided to wear her clown face. ;)


I made an attempt to remove it. LOL


Grandma lookin' Piratey


I'm really close to finished on the underbust/cupped corset. Just the last 2 panels to weave and I should have something to show.

Action Pics from Scarby '09

Just got back from our first trip of the season to Scarborough. We made quite a few improvements to our garb this trip.

We reworked the front of mom's bodice. She says it fits much better not being as big as before. I took out the front plastic boning, which was causing some ripples and buckling in her trim. Eventually, we are going to put the stiffer boning back in the sides, but it's not as necessary anymore now that it is smaller.

I also added an ostrich feather to her hat, which I think really gives it that extra touch.



She finally got to show off her new mug and parasol holders that were made for us by Cormac on http://www.renaissancefestival.com/ . They came in very handy.


I got to wear my new things. A corset, mug holder (by Cormac) and new (to me) mug.




We whipped up a last minute simple cincher for my daughter to wear. Here she is participating at the maypole.


As usual, we had a blast and wore ourselves out. In all, a good time was had. Can't wait to return. Huzzah!

Proximidade Blog Award

I just received a blog award from Jamie Moore of Creepy Creations. Ahh, how sweet. (Though, I feel she's a bit biased. **nudge nudge, wink, wink** ;) ) I tried looking up the history of this award, but found very little information about its origins. However, it sounds like a very nice thing to do for others. So, from what I can tell we are supposed to include the following descriptive text about the award:

"This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY--nearness in space, time, and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers!

The instructions then say, "Deliver this award to eight bloggers who will choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

Here are my list of bloggers (in no particular order) that I think deserve to receive an award for their more than "charming" sites.

• Crafterella (oohmybees on Craftster) at http://crafterella.blogspot.com/ for sharing all her wonderful techniques and instructions for making crafts.
  


• Bethany (Eliea on Craftster and Etsy) at http://mrsmulticraft.blogspot.com/ for her helpful advice in crochet and knitting (especially loom knitting) and other crafts.
  


• Scott at http://www.stolloween.com/ for his incredibly inspiring paper mache work.
  


• Marisa at http://www.radiobastet.com/ for sharing all the awesome vintage bellydance music.
  


• Marie at http://my12grimmauldplace.blogspot.com/ for her intricate work in Harry Potter miniatures.
  


• Veronica at http://voknits.com/ for her beautiful and creative knitting patterns.

And, though the following have already received this award, I would also like to include these exceptional ladies:

• Brenda at http://loomlady.blogspot.com/ for sharing all her creative projects, techniques and knowledge in loom knitting.
  


• Jodi at http://creagerstudios.blogspot.com/ for her and her husband's incredible attention to tiny details in their fabulous miniature creations.

Thanks to all of you for your ingenuitive contributions to the world of creative arts and inspiring so many of us to try new things.

Tiffany (Mieljolie)