I think it says something about me that when I was at Sherwood Forest Faire yesterday and saw all the rabbit costumes, my first thought was that it must be a Monty Python-themed weekend.
F and I made the trip down to Sherwood yesterday to do a little birthday shopping and restock the shop. Happy to find old faire friends and catch up, sorry to have missed others. We’ll be back down in 3 weeks for the last weekend so we’ll have another chance to see friends before the circus packs up and disappears for another year.
I'm not good at keeping up with blogs but I am still making costumes! The most recent is this green fairy. The design is not complicated but it is made from slippery materials. I had to work slowly to keep the fabric from sliding around or snagging on things. The fabric also frays like crazy so I had to finish all the seams and there are a lot of seams in the skirt. Luckily I have a serger so the seam are finished just not very pretty, haha. The wings were purchased on Etsy.
It's not easy to see unless I hold it out or give it a spin but the skirt is a massive circle! It's a gathered circle skirt and one of these days I'm going to measure the hem. The sleeves were fun to make, they are just some random scraps of fabric I draped and attached to the bolero. I was stopped a few times at Faire for pictures. So if you see this and have a picture of me I'd love to see it!!
I took the whole day off and ate Peeps and cuddled with Biggy in bed. I’ve been scrambling since mid December and today was my first full day off since. There’s a lot to be said for aggressively lounging, friends. I’m back to work tomorrow, pouring my weird scented candles for Sherwood, but what a fantastically lazy, unproductive day I had. 🖤🖤🖤
Anaticula Year One Summer Break - Quidditch World Cup
Summary :
Rock meet immovable force. The price of a stolen name is set to be far more than most would dare demand. But a young girl is poised to take on Cornelius Fudge, Ministère des Affaires Magiques de la France Luc Gerard, and anyone else behind the interwoven plots to keep hidden the identity of a nameless Witch stolen away by Morfin Gaunt back in 1935. Two Ministers, a former Supreme Mugwump and countless Aurors chose to place themselves as obstacles around circumstances none of them understand.
But said Witch guides the Granddaughter she possessed on a path to find the family left lost searching decades for hint of where their lost child had been. The Quidditch World Cup is fair cover when a plot is afoot. But after the confetti settles Fudge's try to cover his own culpabilities in several prominent murders are in plain view once all distraction of the all enamoring tournament has faded. Now the Wizengamot is summoned and the Minister is on the wrong end of an investigation that will severely cripple all he has worked for thus far.
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Chapter 1 - A fox in the coup
Chapter 2 - Off to Australia
Chapter 3 - Round One Day One - To First Lunch
Chapter 4 - Round One Day One - Everybody Wants to Be A Cat
Chapter 5 - Round One Day One - Letters
Chapter 6 -
June 23rd Day 2 & June 24th Day 3 - Hello Neighbor, Won't You Be My Friend?
Chapter 7 - June 25th Day 4 & June 26th Day 5 - They Think You're Trying to Eat Them
Chapter 8 - June 27th-29th Days 6-8 - Ghost Snakes & The Death Pool
Chapter 9 - June 30th - Traveling to Tanzania
Inspirational art/images for Tanzania Host City Round 2+
Chapter 10 - Round Two - July 1st Pt 1 - Don't Forget Your Hat
Chapter 11 - Round Two - July 1st Pt 2 - Apologies From Bond
Chapter 12 - Round Two - July 2nd Pt 1 - Yusuf Kama
Chapter 13 - Round Two - July 2nd Pt 2 - The Adopted Miss Weasley
Chapter 14 - Round Two - July 3rd - He Loved Her
Chapter 15 - Round Two - July 4th Pt 1 - Friend of Newt, Friend of Mine, and the Collector of Pine
Chapter 16 - Round Two - July 4th Pt 2 - Petals and Plots
Chapter 17 - Round Two - July 5th - Puffins
Chapter 18 - Round Two - July 6th Pt 1 - Daughter of Death, Seahorse's Niece
Chapter 19 - Round Two - July 6th Pt 2 - Pegasus Race
Chapter 20 - Round Two - July 7th - France Welcomes the Young Miss Gaunt
Chapter 21 - Round Two - July 8th - Owl Firing Canon
Chapter 21 - Round Two - July 9th - Snake Scales and Heroic Tales
Chapter 22 - Round Three - July 10th - Sunflowers and Scalding Turnips
Chapter 23 - Round Three - July 11th - Pair Dadeni
Chapter 24 - Round Three - July 12th - We’re Holding A Fancy Garden Party And You’re Invited
Chapter 25 - Round Three - July 13th - If I Had A Sickle For Every Vulture I’d Own Sherwood Forest