Category Archives: jewellery

And after you ditch the donut. . . the bling!

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Rachel

My Byzanbestie, Anna of Anna’s New Rome, just made a post about how anachronistic and frankly, terrible, the fabric donut is with Byzantine clothing.  You can read about it here, with this another part of our collaboration.  (TAG TEAM GO!) … Continue reading →

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Super-duper-humerals

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Rachel

One of the more puzzling things I’ve been researching have been superhumerals.  In the SCA, we have a tendency to make them out of fabric (because affordability), but I’ve now run into a second data point of what could be … Continue reading →

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2017 SCA Resolutions, revisited. . .

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Rachel

Looking back at my SCA resolutions from last year, and I got none of them done. Sigh.  Not.  A.  One.  Now, to be fair, my modern work life was in a crap-ton of flux, but I’m hoping for much smoother … Continue reading →

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14th Century Hairpins

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Rachel

The upcoming reign is a 14th c reign, with a high persona Coronation, so I’ve been working on a couple of things to augment what I do have, and being able to go as period as possible has been my … Continue reading →

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Medallions

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Rachel

My house, lately, has been the medallion factory. Commissioned by my Pelican, I made these two pieces.  I’ll also be showing the bits that I’m not proud of (because it keeps me humble), so there’s going to be things that … Continue reading →

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Project Disco Ball; or how to really bling an outfit

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Rachel

Remember this outfit?  It’s what I wore when I stepped down from being Principal Herald and I love it still. Except it’s not blingy enough for my liking. So, enter Project Disco Ball. Bezants are little metal bits that are … Continue reading →

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Queen’s Prize 2016

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Rachel

Queen’s Prize this year is done!  It was a wonderful experience, and being able to sound out new ideas, areas to explore, and things to do was great. For those not in Calontir (or with kingdoms that don’t have a … Continue reading →

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Secret Project Roundup

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Rachel

I mentioned in Teaser! that I had a lot of secret projects.  And most of them came to fruition yesterday.  So, this post will be all about those secret projects. My house has been the Pelican medallion factory as of … Continue reading →

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Facets

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Rachel

In the world of historical recreation, we’ve long been told that facets are not appropriate.  While true for rings, I am pleased to say that simple facets are indeed quite period on items such as beads and even creating a … Continue reading →

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Making Norse Festoon Dangles

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Rachel

I’ve written in the last entry that Calontir is in a Norse reign, and as a result of that, I got to do some research in bits and pieces for Her Majesty Ylva to give as tokens.  As I can’t … Continue reading →

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