Tag Archives: SCA

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

Posted on October 29, 2018 by

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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I live. . .

Posted on October 15, 2018 by

I know, I know.  I haven’t posted in a while.  I promise I still live.  I’ve been eaten alive by my modern work life and haven’t really posted a lot of the projects I’ve been working on.  I did finish … Continue reading →

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Project Updates

Posted on September 12, 2018 by

Updates have been hard for me lately.  I’ve been dealing with some things to work through as of lately.  I am pleased that the finished pile is getting larger, but the six items have been there for a while and … Continue reading →

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Heraldic Mythbusting – I got the Armorial azures; or, why does my heraldry not match the Armorial?

Posted on September 10, 2018 by

Let’s play a game!  What happens when you give some heraldic artists a few words describing a heraldic device and ask them to draw it?  Read below to see what happened! This particular blog post will serve to do some … Continue reading →

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Omphaloskepsis: Making Magic Moments for Others

Posted on July 27, 2018 by

In my last post about making magic moments in the SCA, it was all about what an individual can do to help make their own magic moments.  This, though, is what we can do as a collective group, though this … Continue reading →

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Creating Preprints/Charters

Posted on July 26, 2018 by

I live in a kingdom that does preprinted award blanks (that are then painted and the details about the recipients filled in later) for our Award of Arms level (and children’s awards).  This allows our king and queen to give … Continue reading →

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Project updates.

Posted on July 23, 2018 by

Things still to accomplish. Lined Skjoldehamn hood (Have cut out the wool and am working on getting it lined and assembled.) Cutting out several Byzantine bone box blanks in preparation for turning into Byzantine box icons.  (It’s been. . . … Continue reading →

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Omphaloskepsis: Making Magic Moments in the SCA

Posted on July 20, 2018 by

One of the things that I’ve seen over and over again in the SCA Social Mediaverse is that people want to see more magic moments.  A magic moment in the SCA is where time seems to stand still and where … Continue reading →

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Nikolai’s Herald Extraordinary Scroll

Posted on July 16, 2018 by

  When Brigida Gold Falcon reached out to me for a scroll commission, and I got the details, I squee’d.  A lot.  You see, when I got started in the Society, I needed to work on clothing, and a friend … Continue reading →

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Super-duper-humerals

Posted on July 11, 2018 by

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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