Showing posts with label Blue Wool Spencer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blue Wool Spencer. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Twelfth Night 2018

One of my favorite annual events that the Regency Society puts on is the Twelfth Night Dinner.  It's always a treat to get together with other Regency enthusiasts, all dressed to the nines, and eat delicious food while socializing in a historic atmosphere.  And this time there was dancing!  Sadly, I got no pictures of this.  However, I had a good excuse:


We brought Reptar!


And she was a little distracting.





Amazingly, there were many willing volunteers to hold her when Brian the Engineer and I needed a break.

Megan and Reptar
RSV photo
Samantha takes a turn
Stefanie enjoys feeding her
Shhhhhh!
Stylish ladies in yellow!
I think Stacy likes Reptar.
She was very well-behaved, even though the poor kid had a pretty bad diaper rash at the time.  She happily sat in the high chair while we ate:  


There are more photos of the event on the RSV Facebook page.  I mostly have photos of myself and Reptar:  


She spent a lot of time testing the strength of my Dames a la Mode necklace:





RSV photo

This may be my favorite photo of the two of us ever:





I wore my Sheer Striped Gown and Blue Wool Spencer with my Shocking Bad Hat.  Brian the Engineer wore his Black Wool Tailcoat and Purple Velvet Waistcoat.  Reptar debuted a new dress I'm calling the Yellow Buttercup Dress, along with an antique embroidered cap that was given to me at my baby shower last year.


I'll do a separate post on her ensemble soon, with details of how I made her dress.  

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Winter Blues

It's always exciting when it snows in this area of Virginia!  We got 6.5 inches - as measured on our back porch - the first weekend in January, and I took advantage of the opportunity for a wintry photo shoot in the backyard. I would have liked to have gone up to Williamsburg or even Newport News Park, but the roads were too treacherous. Luckily our backyard is quite pretty in the snow, and Brian the Engineer is really good at taking photos of me in any environment.

I wore my new Sheer Striped Gown and white bodiced petticoat with my Blue Wool Spencer from last winter, but this photo shoot was really all about the hat!


It's my first Shocking Bad Hat by the incredibly talented Rebecca, and I've been aching to show it off ever since I first got it back in September! I had given Rebecca free rein of the design, as she has impeccable style. I told her only that I wanted a hat to coordinate with my Blue Wool Spencer. I would say she succeeded!

My Hartfield boots made deep footprints in the snow.
The backyard critters' footprints were much shallower.
I believe this tunnel was made by a rabbit:




Baby bump!



Still in love with my TARDIS-blue leather gloves!






Seriously, though. THIS HAT.



I love how this dress looks from the back!