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New Tent Acquired! Yay!

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 [...]

From the Workbench |

Handmade Pendant Setting

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 [...]

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The Gallery is Fixed

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, [...]

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Equipment Upgrade – W00T!

A NEW CAMERA! We’ve finally got ourselves a nice SLR and it’s making photographing our pieces a million times easier, not to mention faster. My old process was to position the piece, put the camera on Macro setting, take a picture, navigate to the exposure menu, adjust the setting, take another picture, navigate to the [...]

Saturday Showcase |

Saturday Showcase #6 – InKibus

Today we are looking at InKibus from deviantART! 1. Care to tell us a bit about yourself? Hello! I am InKibus. I am young, ambitious and logical. All a person needs, right? Myself, uhm… I’m double jointed and like Blue Heelers, Cathedrals, Medieval Armour, strange cinema, and so forth. If there’s something someone is curious [...]