Orchesography

I finally have a copy of this book! I am so very thrilled. I was in a group that won a competition to fill in an apparently missing section of a dance at one of the Dance Seminars and this was the prize. I never even got to look at the book as it was given to someone else in the group. I got together with one of my friends from my Calontir days that lives here now. We went to the Chatterbox for dinner and then to the Half Price Books on Ford Parkway. I wasn't going to go in the basement, but I decided to check out their dance section in the basement and there it was for $5! if I didn't have homework to do, I'd be up all night reading it.
Maybe new pics tomorrow. I've made progress on the Nordskogen champion baldric projects. The archery badge is almost half done, and the bardic badge only has the strings left to be embroidered.

Library Thing

I started adding books in Library Thing. I'm under the name Constanza, of course.
The Art Show went very well. We continue to top the last show each time. People were in awe that someone would take the time to do anything by hand at all. I'm amazed that they wouldn't.

In Goode Company

It's Black Friday. I didn't want to get up early and go anywhere, especially if it meant shopping. But I did. The only thing that didn't make it sad is that I was in the company of fellow bibliophiles. I went to Half Price Books. I got there at about 6:40. Most people, only about 20 or less, were still waiting in their cars. 4 people were waiting at the doors. I decided to wait at the doors. After that, other people started to get in line. At about 6:50 AM, the lovely employees brought out hot chocolate, coffee and snacks. I didn't get the $200 gift certificate, but they had Caribou Coffee which I was very happy about. I did pick up a couple books and a DVD. I also went to Joann's. I needed more sewing machine needles for the upcoming Christmas stocking class on Dec. 15. I'm about ready for a nap now. I've been up since 6:10 this morning. I have some house work left to finish before going out of town tomorrow. I'm headed to my brother's, and will be there until Tuesday morning.

I finished the green Italian work dress, and have got a start on the silk upper class dress. The back is just about pinned and I can start sewing it any time now. The next one after the silk dress will be rust colored. I'm not sure if that one is going to be Flemish or what yet. I also have the silk on silk embroidery to work on. I finally bought a thread organizer for the silk floss. It's very nice not to have to use the carboard cards the skeins come on anymore, and I can easily see all the colors. They will also stay cleaner not being in just a ziploc bag anymore.

There won't be any pictures on the site for a while. The digital camera broke. Sorry folks.