Okay, I’ve had a week to work on commissions, put the house back together, and do that thing called sleep. Now to give you guys a post-mortem on the Wild Rose Renaissance Faire. ^_^ First weekend, well – If you’ve been here before you know that our tent got destroyed in a near-hit with a [...]

Well, after the massive destruction of our old tent during the first weekend of the Wild Rose Ren Faire, I ordered a new one. The website I ordered it from promised that it would arrive in three days. Awesome! Well, SOME of it arrived in three days. The solid walls, the screen walls, and the [...]

Since I’ve gotten my silversmithing tools, I’ve been dying to get started on making the maille-specific jewelry components that I’ve been designing. With that goal in mind, I set out to make a simple prong setting for a gemstone cabochon. I’ve got a small hoard of cabs, and I honestly think that the first step [...]

Finally! Took me all day, but The Gallery is done. I’ve got a much more cohesive layout, and you can sort through by category rather than wait for some slideshow to give you what you’re interested in. So go and give it a look. There’s a lot more there than what you’ve seen before, too, [...]

This past weekend I took a beginner’s course in blacksmithing at the Touchstone Center for Crafts. It was great! ^_^ The first evening was a simple meet and greet with our teacher, other students, and some of Touchstone’s staff. Jodi Best, our teacher, also gave a tour of the forge and a basic overview of [...]