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Thank you to everyone listed above for your extensive information, inspiration, and quick professional services.
I have ordered from the list suppliers and was pleased with their quick, professional, honest internet sales.
I'd love for people to email me and let me know what they like or would like to see more of with this site. If
you'd like more detail about my experiences, please let me know. I'm a visual learner so I like sites with lots of pictures
which is how I'm trying to structure this site.
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Developing a Persona:
Well, after putting so much effort into our costumes, I've decided I need to start developing our family persona as well.
Check back often as I will start to post the history of our family circa 15--. I've also created a draft family coat
of arms that will be incorporated into our persona. The coat of arms is based on known elements of both
my husband and my family's coats. See the new page for the current draft of the coat created in MS Paint.
The Beginnings
We had put off going to a Renaissance Festival for years...always saying we'd go once we had kids. Well this fall
we no longer had any excuse to put it off so away we went to the Maryland Ren Fest with our two little kids in tow.
We had such a great time that after a little bit of discussion on the ride home, we decided it would be so much more fun if
we went in costume next year.
Years ago I had worked at a small festival doing a painting demonstration so I had a vague idea that there were
patterns out there in the world for making period costumes. I had also worked at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington,
DC ( www.shakespearedc.org) for several years so I was familiar with costuming, draping, and some of the fabric/trim vendors. However, when
I did a simple yahoo search on Elizabethan Costumes, I had NO idea that there was this whole world out there that
is devoted to the art of Renaissance costuming. I LOVE IT AND I'M HOOKED. After spending several weeks doing research
on patterns, materials, sewing techniques, etc. I have decided to launch full force into the world of Elizabethan/Tudor costume
making.
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