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Faire Treasures on Facebook

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I took the time last night to begin a Facebook fan page for Faire Treasures! Get notifications in your Facebook feed when new blog posts are made, new items are available, and any other important happenings happen.

I’ve added a widget on the right under the Twitter feed so you can easily add Faire Treasures to your Facebook friends feed. And for some odd reason, it’s transparent. I’m really not sure why, I tried giving it a background color. Apparently my HTML knowledge isn’t l33t enough to properly edit it.

Why yes, I did type this at one in the morning! ^___^

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Pirate Scrapbook

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A couple of years ago I decided to start a scrapbook of the Cap’n and I and the events we’ve gone to. Or at least the ones we have photographed. I’ve saved up stickers, papers, and other such things to use in my book. I’ve gotten papers in blacks, browns, and tans to be the base pages for the book and a wooden front and back cover. I painted the wood pieces, punched each and every hole into the pages to make them fit the posts, but I don’t actually have any photos printed out for it.

So for the past few days I’ve been going through the digital photos I have, re-editing many of them, and sizing them properly to be sent to the lab. It’s really a lot of fun going through the pictures and remembering what we were doing four years ago. And after seeing so many of the old photos, I miss my long hair! I really can’t wait for it to grow out again in what will probably be another year. Anyway, I’m very much looking forward to putting my collection together after however-long I’ve been stashing these pieces. It will be my first scrapbook, and I’m already looking forward to sharing it with my thus far nonexistent children.

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Gerbils of the Caribbean

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This video might be old news, but I still go back to it every few months and watch it over again. It’s extremely goofy, plays off of Pirates of the Caribbean, and was made with lots and lots of gerbils! Which, in case you didn’t know, I have my own “tiny” gerb named Anubis, so gerbils hold a special place in my heart. Gerbils + Pirates = Epic Win!

 

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Current workings

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My dear hubby the Captain has gotten himself into a duel set for July 24 as a part of an event for Knights of the Guild. His character is supposed to be a nobleman, and so he decided that he will wear the outfit I made him for our wedding. He told me this. My response: “Um. No. I’m making you a new vest that you can sword fight in. You’re not messing up your wedding vest!” Or at least that’s what went through my head, I don’t remember the words that actually came out of my mouth. So the past couple of days I’ve spent working with Simplicity’s PotC pirate costume pattern, the red vines fabric, as well as some black satin. Since I only keep on hand any buttons that I have a project for, I had to make an order for more and am now waiting on the buttons to be shipped to me. After I have it all together, I’ll post up some pictures of it!

I’ve almost completed the first Bridal Mini Cloak, there are only a few stitches left to it. It’s made in the ivory vines fabric with the most gorgeous purple satin lining. The clasp on it is a beautiful gold plated pewter Victorian style clasp. Again, photos once it’s completed and when I have someone during the daylight hours that can photograph me with my bridal gown and the cloak.

In news of Hair Jewels, I’ve taken some new photos of the Long Pirate Hair Jewels that will start appearing in the Etsy listings today. Maybe they’ll be more likely to appear on the front page or in articles this way. Maybe. Eh, probably not, but at least I’m trying! Back to the subject of Hair Jewels, I will soon be making a few sets of Pirate Hair Jewels to sell. They’ll consist of three strands of different lengths, and the sets will cost less than if you were to buy the strands individually. One strand out of the set will be a Specialty strand. Look for those to be in the shop by the end of August.

I did have a small power outage in my apartment yesterday that knocked out my internet for most of the night. I took the opportunity to go through some old photos and play a bit in photoshop. Here’s a small sample of what I did, click the image to go to the DeviantArt page.