Holiday Faire has to be one of my favorite events.
Heck, it has shopping! Lots of it! What's not to like?
Like last year, this time we also decided to clean the closet, get a booth, and merchant with
melaniesuzanne, penguininarmor, 
rheabecc, and psallite. And although I did not sell so many items, I made about as much as last year, if not a little bit more. The best part? Now I have more room in my closets for new garb, and in my sewing room for the wools I purchased last time. Yay me!
The good thing is that the merchanting sponsored my shopping. I got a nifty pink hat and a knitted pouch fromattack_laurel, a pattern and some lace from kass_rants, some glassware from Elspeth, and some glass buttons from Grace. I am all set.
Oh, and I was a good belfebe! I resisted the temptation to buy more wool, despite the fact that there some very nice pics out there. I am determined to use what I already have before getting anything else. Again, yay me!
The rapier was also fantastic.blueleader's Free Scholar prize was one of the best that I've ever seen, and afterwards I had the chance to fight with folks I don't get to fight on a regular basis. In fact, I crossed blades with some I had never crossed blades before. That alone made my day.
I also had a chance to work withdante_di_pietro on my nifty Capo Ferro moves (he's got me hooked on that!), and got some good feedback from him, grauwulf and ccunning. In turn I worked with some newer fighters and got to give feedback to them.
Here are the highlights:
spanishpeacock being elevated to the Order of the Laurel. (And about time, if you ask me!)
Alle Psallite sounding absolutely fantastic. (It's amazing what we can do when we follow our Director's instructions!)
Fun merchanting with friends.
Buying nifty stuff without breaking the budget (see above).
Great rapier fighting and instructing.
Gianetta getting her Coral Branch.
A bunch of Pontoons getting recognized.
After the event, we ended up chilling at Greta and the Navigator's new digs, after which we called it a night and went home, ready for some Advil and a good night sleep.
Doesn't get much better than that.
Heck, it has shopping! Lots of it! What's not to like?
Like last year, this time we also decided to clean the closet, get a booth, and merchant with
melaniesuzanne, penguininarmor, rheabecc, and psallite. And although I did not sell so many items, I made about as much as last year, if not a little bit more. The best part? Now I have more room in my closets for new garb, and in my sewing room for the wools I purchased last time. Yay me!The good thing is that the merchanting sponsored my shopping. I got a nifty pink hat and a knitted pouch from
attack_laurel, a pattern and some lace from kass_rants, some glassware from Elspeth, and some glass buttons from Grace. I am all set.Oh, and I was a good belfebe! I resisted the temptation to buy more wool, despite the fact that there some very nice pics out there. I am determined to use what I already have before getting anything else. Again, yay me!
The rapier was also fantastic.
blueleader's Free Scholar prize was one of the best that I've ever seen, and afterwards I had the chance to fight with folks I don't get to fight on a regular basis. In fact, I crossed blades with some I had never crossed blades before. That alone made my day.I also had a chance to work with
dante_di_pietro on my nifty Capo Ferro moves (he's got me hooked on that!), and got some good feedback from him, grauwulf and ccunning. In turn I worked with some newer fighters and got to give feedback to them.Here are the highlights:
spanishpeacock being elevated to the Order of the Laurel. (And about time, if you ask me!)After the event, we ended up chilling at Greta and the Navigator's new digs, after which we called it a night and went home, ready for some Advil and a good night sleep.
Doesn't get much better than that.
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You were not a good Belfebe! You got the only Viking glasses before anyone with a Viking persona could nab them!
(Thought you could escape by gloating in LJ, eh, my pretty? Ha!)
No, really, I am glad that you liked the style so much. It brings you a little closer to the Dark Side. Although it's a cross-poisoning. I think I'll be making myself something to wear from your era... but we simply must convince Elspeth to make more of them, don't you think? They are soooo pretty.
You looked glowing every time I saw you and while I missed the rapier stuff (too busy trying to arrange things for Kingdom Arts and Sciences Festival), everything I heard about it was brightly positive. That makes me smile.
Ohhh, noooo!!!! How can this beeeeee!!!!!!!!
LOL.
Getting close to the Dark Side is just too much fun. One of these days I must try a Viking attire. Those are sooooo cool!
And yes, Elspeth needs to make more of those. She is too funny. I saw her when she was setting up and she looked at me and said: "Who would like to buy my stuff?" I said: "Everyone!"
She definitely needs to merchant more often!
I will save two just for you :-)
We can put up a good show for you next time you're around :-)
I'm definitely going to teach that class on the Four Guardia for the coming University, which is lecture with slow work, but heavily influenced by my Capoferro research.
BTW, do you think it would be a good idea for me to teach my class on a holistic approach to rapier? I taught it years ago, and never did it again. It involves the importance of working out and conditioning, as well as nutrition and meditation for improving rapier.
And that's my two classes for University.