Photo Crazy

I had a drow problem... I love this costume! I can't thank my friends enough for coming out with me yesterday when it was heavy overcast and we all feared it would rain. Thank You so much Alex and Livy! 

Drow

Hey there, I love being a drow.

Yes, I hope you can all tell that I love Drow. R.A. Salvatore is one my of favorite writers. I've also read the spider wars, which I think I bounced around with those books. But never the less LOVE LOVE LOVE drow. I'm hoping to do a priestess of Lolth next., fingers crossed people!.

We had so much fun during this shoot, like my made the most CRAZY faces in some photos! Like some DERP DERP faces! I'm not gonna post any of them UNTIL I get five (that is right five) followers.

So if you want to see some really derpy photos of me in my drow, follow my blog and then get four of your friends to too. (?)

Yo ho Yo ho

So as much as I love my drow costume it does take a bit of time to put on and get out of, so I decided to make a pirate costume. Well I guess pirate/thief costume now I didn't want anything to normal, you know with the hat, vest and hook. Hook? Peg leg too! Haha! 

Plus this whole idea popped into my head when some friend's and I were at a local flea market, some jewelery venders had some awesome pieces. Nothing that I'd wear in everyday life but total costume pieces! Love it!

LOVE this neckalce!

 I didn't want just plan hair and face so I thought I'd spice things up with a red wig and some tribal face paint!

I know I know... total myspace photo.

Scared look. Don't know why I took this photo.

Yes everything started with that necklace and I hope to go back to that wonderful vender for more pieces! Everything I had for this costume was in my closet already, minus the necklace.

Still playing around with the outfit but I figure its not gonna be more than this.

Ideas! So many ideas!!

Connecticut Renaissance Faire

Yesterday we, merry band of men went to the Connecticut Renaissance Faire in Herbon, CT. I've come to find out that there are only two renaissance around this area are CT fair and King Richards Fair. Sadly enough KRF closed today due to the rain. Now usually I wouldn't mind that it closed because of the rain, the jousting fields flooded.  I understand that there are safe reasons and what not. But I took time off of work, people were posting on the facebook page, some coming from Maine, some already there and being turned away. Plus the website says " rain or shine". NO hard feelings but I really really wanted to go this weekend. 

But what I wanted to get at the comparing the two fairs side by side. I really enjoyed that CTRF had coupons for the entire fee, buy one get one. Awesome, plus the admission was only $16 per person. That is a bargain! Costumed characters were there at the entrance greeting people as the walked by, the whole fair was set up at this cute little farm! Well I suppose I shouldn't say "little" is was a medium sized farm but it was amazing! Everyone was super nice and totally in character. We had our friend Russ, wearing his custom Mandalorian armor with us he was Mr. Popular the whole day! Great! The food was yummy and cheap, bonus points for having more than four choices too. We got there kinda late in the day around 2:30ish in the afternoon, there were some little rain showers but nothing to serious! They were opened today too and it was raining pretty hard this morning. All and all the yesterday was great! OH I almost forgot to talk about the vendors, sweet swords and daggers! And probably the best prices I've seen at the renaissance faire! Better than anything I've found online! Another bonus really nice vendors... well all but one. There was a booth set up for con-goers to have their photos taken with hawks and other prey birds. We walked over, one of our friends wanted a photo with the golden eagle they had, the woman tending to the booth just sat there playing on her phone, told us no one get to take photos with the eagle. I cracked a joke about it picking one of friend's up and flying away. (It was HUGE) She than continued to ignore us until we walked away. I think that was the only down fall, that and the drive up there. OH and I purchased some purple-ish bracers. Sweet deal! KRF lost some major points with the rain out and the $27 entrance fee, and the food tickets. Everyone that we spoke to at KRF was nice, but no one went out of their way to talk to us. The venders at KRF were wonderful buuut the prices are wicked high, you can find similar items on eBay (and other websites) for less.

So to wrap up my little speech I like CTRF better, but because KRF is so close I probably will go again before the season ends. Running about with my drow is to much fun! Plus I've got some new items to show off! Who knows we might go back to CTRF too! 

King Richard's Faire

I've been wanting to go to this Faire FOREVER! I've lived in New England all my life and I've never been, well yesterday I went. It was awesome and I got to show off my Drow costumes.

Needless to say I loved it! I will be going again soon!

Cold weather = Baking

Yesterday was an extremely cold day for the beginning of September, Labor Day. So after I was done at the bakery I went home took a short nap and started baking. All the windows in the apartment were opened and you could smell fall around the corner. I copied a few recipes from one of my mother's thousands of cook books on Sunday. I made Frosted Banana Bars and Apple squares. 

Cream cheese frosting / banana bar

Local apples from the market

Everything had out so delicious! Breakfast in the morning is gonna be GREAT!

Summer wasted

No, my summer hasn't been wasted it has been a great summer. Minus the whole not going to C6 or Dragon Con this year. I've been wanting to go to DCon for the longest time now and I feel that every time I get some money saved up it always goes into another fund. Alas I still have King Richard's Farie coming up next month and I AM SO EXCITED! I can finally wear my drow costume out and about! 

I still don't have any photos of Astrid, I know, I know. 

Art trips are over now that the summer has come to an end. Everyone is back in school and/or has work. Tho our last trip was to the Harvard Museum of Natural History and the Peabody Museum.

It was a really cool day but the parking was awful! There was no where to park over an hour of driving around and around looking for somewhere are wasn't PERMIT ONLY parking. OH how annoying it was!! But thank god a spot opened up for two hour  parking right in front of the museum!