Dear readers,
I am so very sorry
I have not posted in weeks! I feel awful that I haven't given you all updates,
however I did come back to find a wonderful surprise! I have had over 900
Pageviews! I am beyond excited! I did not think my small adventures would be of
interest to many but this has definitely made my day (maybe month)! This
Thanksgiving I am so thankful for everyone that clicked or stumbled across my
blog. Thank you! To think it all started with a small whim of curiosity that
maybe someone might like to know my perspective on reenacting or to have some
help on becoming a reenactor! Thank you!
Well now, I must
let you know what I have been up to that has been keeping me so busy from
blogging. Let's see, first off I finished my first play at the Cannon County
arts Center as the Candy man (Ma'am). This play was absolutely
amazing. I met so many new people and I got into theater once more.
I have truly missed it. On a Frozen note, I unfortunately did not get to
go out on Halloween like I had planned, but, my sister's skirt turned out beautifully
(pictures down below). I was in a rush to get the "vest" done
so I have not embroidered it yet. That will have to wait.
My list has
grown a bit bigger before the Christmas ball this year as Tori (from the Bonnie
Blue Gals, also a dear friend from the 1861 Girls School) has asked me to make
her a Navy blue ball gown. Her first ball gown not only with color but to own
as well. She has such faith in me! I
have grown in confidence that this will turn out not only on time but a
beautiful ball gown to show off. I am so
excited for her! Also, one of my other Bonnie Blue Gal friends, Emma, has asked
me to make her an Elsa costume which I hope to have done my late December or
early January so she can take pictures in the snow. Hopefully I can do that as well as soon as I
don’t have anywhere to go and I can actually enjoy the snow.
So what is the
Christmas ball you might be wondering?
Well, every year on the first Saturday of December, there is a
historical ball (1860’s civil war to be exact) where people dress up and enjoy
an evening of period dance and an evening of fellowship. (I love it mostly for
the chance to have a new dress and pretend I am a princess! ;) ) This year I
will be wearing a green, black and silver plaid dress. I haven’t figured out
what the trim will be but I am leaning towards red, because let’s face it, who
can resist a red and green Christmas dress?
I am so excited
for all these new projects plus a few fun Christmas goodies on the side. With all of the Christmas excitement I am
hoping to start a small Etsy account to maybe make some money for Christmas. But
I am at a loss as to what to sell since everything I know how to make is either
Disney or Civil war related. That will
make for an interesting shop name… Oh! I almost forgot. The Spring Hill battle
is this weekend at Rippavilla Plantation which I will be attending! I am very
excited as the 1861 Girls School will be hosting a ball on Saturday
evening. I am hoping to be there most of
the day so feel free to come say hi! I won’t bite ;)
Well hopefully I
can be more diligent in keeping this blog updated now that I have all my plans
in motion. For now please enjoy some pictures of my adventures…
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| This is my fabric but the picture is so bad. The green is darker and needs more color to pop(thus the red trim) I do believe it is a cotton blend but it feels like true cotton so I should be ok. |
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| This is Tori's fabric which is a satin/cotton I think. |
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| This is my progress on Tori's dress so far and I was able to have a fitting with her last night so this is prior to that. |
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| My sister's Anna dress! It looks better on her then the mannequin. |
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| The hand embroidered design that is all the way around the skirt. (My sister even helped!) |
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| This is from my final performance of Willy Wonka. From left to right: Me(candy man), Charlie, and my sister(Oompa Loompa) |
Shayla P.
