On Writing Boxes and Inexpert Dating

I received a lovely comment from a gentlewoman called Oriane who is studying over at La Rochelle University (or should I say, Université de La Rochelle?) asking about writing boxes: [snip] My last folly? I just bought a writing slope similar to yours and while i was looking for more informations when Google googled your [...]

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We Need You – Historical Costuming Bloggers!

Hello hello! The lovely Abby over at Stay-ing Alive is writing a paper on museums and the historical costuming blogging community and she needs your help.  If you blog on historical cotumes or read blogs about them, please head on over to her blog and respond to her survey – I suspect it might lead [...]

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400 Years of Fashion … and a spot of modern-day dreadful drafting!

For her Blog Birthday, the lovely Comtesse Olympe de la Tour D’Auvergne ran a giveaway – I was one of the lucky winners (remember, I said I had my lucky streaks!) and today I got home to find this fabulous prize waiting for me: I’ve had a quick look through and it’s wonderful – lots [...]

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Happy Bastille Day?

It’s that time of year – Bastille Day.  I know many people celebrate today, but I feel torn. On the one hand I am no monarchist: much as I enjoy reading about the lives of historical Queens and researching and making clothes of the nobility, I’m not into that kind of class system.  (Especially when [...]

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Newsflash

All I will say is: weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!! WEEEEEE! Edit: I will be doing a more detailed post with more pictures when it arrives!

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Things to Make, Do and Love

Because I hate to be selfish and keep lovely things I find online to myself … Something to Make – A Yo-Yo Pincushion (or Suffolk Puff Pincushion to my fellow Brits) from Crafty Pod: I really enjoy making Suffolk puffs, so next time I get some scraps of fun fabric, I’ll be making one of [...]

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Tools of the Trade – The Writing Box

I was going to contain my excitement and not say anything on this blog about this particular thing until I had it in my possession.  But I’m clearly not very good at that, because here I am about to gush about the wond’rousness of the very apt MA graduation gift from my Lovely Mum … [...]

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Courtiers, Cavaliers and 18th Century Survival

My good Mother told me earlier about a book she’d heard discussed on the radio at the weekend, as it was about the 18th century, she thought I might be interested. (My Mother is very good – she also listens out for interesting names and saves them for me to use.  Isn’t she wonderful?) Well, [...]

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Gone Sailin’ – Things to read while I’m away

I’m going to be away for most of next week – I’m visiting the seaside, and this first-rate ship of the line,* huzzah! - and I didn’t want to leave my lovely readers adrift, so here is some recommended reading: For Readers (AKA everyone!) Want a tip on how to maintain your 18th century love affair?  Lauren over [...]

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Hood vs Sheriff – Let the Jousting Commence!

Nottingham is a great place to be when a Robin Hood film is about to come out – May is seeing a host of outlaw-related events, with today’s being a tourney at the Castle.  I was lucky enough to go and check out Robin, his Merry Men (the good Friar being considerably more merry than [...]

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