I know it is only June but... who is aching for faire to be here already??? I know I am! :D:D:D
What are you most excited about and what traditions do you look forward to all year?
Normally, we go through a cycle of doing faire, being exhausted for a month, and by January craving it again. This year was different, because both my wife and I were on active duty deployments until just recently, so our faire-craving kicked in early and with such an overdrive that we drove the ten-frillion miles to Scarby to attend there. Didn't work, twas but methadone for the TRF addiction ;D
So, yes, we're already excited, just plowing through a lot of picking-up-the-pieces of returning and re-adjusting to quasi-civilian life again. Hell, the week I got back (she beat me home by a couple of weeks), my wife hauled me out to faire to check on the smithy and started working on the upstairs portion again. So, we'll probably be out there several times a week as soon as I am recovered enough to walk without assistance months before faire even opens. So, yes, excited ;D
Welcome home, brother, glad you're home safe.
I have to agree with captfletcher. Welcome home and glad that you both are safe.
Well I know I'm very excited. All Hallow's Eve will be the first time all of the Bayou Scoundrels will be together at faire. well, almost all of them. We'll only be mising 2.
Well this year I will be bring out my Son. I will be a First time mommy and this will be his First Fair not in my tummy he was kinda at TRF that is where he was you know then he was in my belly at Scarby so I can't wait.
I sooooooo want to be there! Just gotta figure out the possibilities and work out if I'm going to be "allowed" to go with one group or if I will be putting together a different group. Either way, I will work it out and go. Just did GARF and had a blast and already craving faire again. :D
I will be bringing out the little pirate for for his first time @ TRF...he was almost there last year, being born on opening day and all. I am looking forward to starting new traditions with him, TRF will be his birthday celebration every year until he is old enough to tell me he does not want to do it anymore (which will hopefully be never).
I am excited that all hallows IS on Halloween this year! Thats so exciting... the perfect halloween party. You are already in costume and having more fun than you would at any other halloween party anyway! lol
I'm excited for sure. I usually go on All Hallows and maybe once afterward when the weather is cooler. Looking forward to seeing everyone again this year!
I'm very very excited, and should have my steampunk costume ready for the its second debut after AnimeFest, with enough time to modify and such. *bounces* I can't wait to see everyone and I can't wait to go and spend my day hanging out at the Sea Devil or meandering around with friends.
I'm so excited I can't stand it! ;D :o
It's not even officially summer yet and i'm waiting for fall, lol. It's gonna be a looonnngggg summer!
I am excited in a different way! I will MOST LIKELY be on cast there this year in the German court. I say most likely because there is paperwork that is being filed that I had to mail off today. I am so excited about it! I have wanted to do it for a few years but always had conflicts and this year I was like whatever lets make TRF my conflict for everything else. I cannot wait for this whole process to start next month and it will be so interesting to see everything from the other side of the fence as cast and not just patron! :D
Excited???? This is bigger that Christmas....lol. We have been planning on doing faire since the last day we attended last year!!! This year we will have quite a few more people with us as well as joining ML this year. So yeah we are definately excited. ;D ;D ;D
This will be my first time at TRF, and All Hallows promises to be simply unforgettable!!! I get that little thrill of anticipation every time I think about it!!! LOL
Can't wait for the camping experience, either... or to hang out with all the wonderful folks I met at Scarby who will be there as well! ;D
Quote from: FaeHollow on June 03, 2009, 08:16:14 PM
I know it is only June but... who is aching for faire to be here already???
Preaching to the choir, friend; Faire is my yearly de-stressor.
QuoteI know I am! :D:D:D What are you most excited about and what traditions do you look forward to all year?
I'm most excited about... all of it. Ditching - for but a weekend - my nine-to-five, cubicle-dwelling existence in favor of something so much better it can't be measured. Setting up the site, starting the fire, and finally, sitting next to it...
...smelling the campfire, feeling its warmth, tasting the bourbon and soda, and hearing the murmur of revelry.
"Or even just getting up there early, and spending the entire day meeting your neighbors, walking around..." -My Wife
Traditions? Most of our friends are non-Rennies, so not much here. For us, "tradition" consists of teaching them how to use the gadgets we bring :)
Including locking the tent-privy, or bringing a camera (http://www.renaissancefestival.com/forums/index.php?topic=7242.0). :)
Oh a first timer! You're gonna love it!
New victi.... err.... patrons! :D
I am actually going to try to get out to patrons this year, but considering I know virtually no one out there these days, it may be the usual short run (wander out to bonfire, see catastrophically-inebriated man carrying half empty keg towards fire, rapidly fall back to the smithy while I still have plausible deniability) ;D
I can't wait cause this will be the first year for my soon to be new little one. He is on his way and I am already working on outfits for him and I have a pair of ears on the way for him little black ones all i need to do is get him is tail ready and he will be go for fair.
Jacob and I will be there every weekend working and I will have the little one out there a few times so everyone can meet him.
I'll have lots of experienced folks all around me, though, and I'll be asking all of them for advice on what not to miss! Met so many of you from here at Scarby, and I get to camp with such awesome folks, also, that it will be just like being at home, only sooooo much more fun!!! LOL
Quote from: THELADYKAT on June 10, 2009, 09:50:22 PM
I can't wait cause this will be the first year for my soon to be new little one. He is on his way and I am already working on outfits for him and I have a pair of ears on the way for him little black ones all i need to do is get him is tail ready and he will be go for fair.
Jacob and I will be there every weekend working and I will have the little one out there a few times so everyone can meet him.
AWWW! he is going to be so adorable! :D
As of today . . . four months to go!!
OMG! That makes it seem less long! :D start the countdown lol!
4 MONTHS! DAMN! I thought maybe that when i woke up this morning, that it was October already. *sigh*
I usually start getting the itch around April... and it just gets worse from there. Hallow's Eve should turn out WILD this year
I have mixed feelings now. I will (pending passing a physical in July) be back in LE with the sheriff's dept. (and thus have precisely zero say in scheduling), and have already been forewarned I may not have weekends off...
*balancing hands* Job... faire.... job.... faire....
*gets Gibbs-smacked by wife*
:D
Quote from: Breandan on June 11, 2009, 02:11:56 PM
I have mixed feelings now. I will (pending passing a physical in July) be back in LE with the sheriff's dept. (and thus have precisely zero say in scheduling), and have already been forewarned I may not have weekends off...
*balancing hands* Job... faire.... job.... faire....
*gets Gibbs-smacked by wife*
:D
Just wait and pass the physical at the end of November ... ;) ;D
fail the physical... lol... no really... fail it!
I hope you are able to make it to TRF, Breandan. Hopefully you will pass the physical AND get some weekends off!
I am so determined to go this year its not even funny. It'll be my first year at TRF!
Oh you'll love it! Set aside anything and everything to go! You won't regret it!
Yeah! What she said! This will be my first year camping there but i've been going for years.
I hadn't camped out there til last year... what an experience! It was a little ruined due to the fact that my boyfriend chose not to come with me and had started a fight with me the night I headed out there and wouldn't respond to texts or calls the whole weekend to finish said fight. I was a little preoccupied but when I was chilling out ignoring his existence ( we are still together and perfectly fine, it was a stupid fight) I was thoroughly enjoying being out there. We had some strange visitors to the campsite one guy decided to pick a fight with the light bulbs in the coleman lamp. Another visited the next morning after apparently falling into a fire the night before... his hand was pretty messed up! You'll have lots of laughs and some great stories. I just wish, knowing the outcome of the fight now, that I had just forgotten about my life outside of faire and just enjoyed my time more. But to say that I enjoyed my time there even with all that happening must mean that camping is AWESOME! :D
Everything points to a memorable or semi-memorable time. LOL. I come equipted with a bottle of Johnnie Walker Green, as well as other party favors. Hopefully, All Hallow's Eve will be nice & cool this year... i hate trying to sleep while sweating me bits off. ;D
I went all hallows last year and it was freezing... first cold snap of the fall. Well it wasn't freezing but it wasn't warm. Hopefully thats the weather you'll get but about 5 degrees more!
Faire is kinda like Christmas or the like in that you wait all year to get to it, have a lot of fun and surprises when it gets there, have a lot more fun that night, and wake the next morning with a hangover worthy of an epic saga (oddly enough, whether you drink or not), crying out weakly from under a pillow "It was worth it!" (or, in some folks' cases, "I regret nothing!" ;D )
Quote from: Breandan on June 12, 2009, 02:25:11 AM
Faire is kinda like Christmas or the like in that you wait all year to get to it, have a lot of fun and surprises when it gets there, have a lot more fun that night, and wake the next morning with a hangover worthy of an epic saga (oddly enough, whether you drink or not), crying out weakly from under a pillow "It was worth it!" (or, in some folks' cases, "I regret nothing!" ;D )
AND you can't wait to do it all over again! ;D ;D :o ;D
120 days to go. Grrr. >:(
at least its not 365!
When i start getting the itch, it really becomes unbearable. I received my new kilt belt in from Ravenswood, yesterday, and as i started to customize it... i really realized that it's 4 freaking months til opening! GRRRRRR!!
Sorry, i was losing my composure... TRF is one of my few vices.
FaeHollow, didn't you audition for Performance Company? If you did, what was the outcome? I seem to remember you mentioning something about it on another thread.
Broadside:
Yes I did audition! I actually sent the contract back off on Tuesday, so unless they change their mind and rip it up, I have been cast in the German Court! July 11th seems like a lifetime away! I cannot wait! I don't know what specific person I am yet, he mentioned something about one of the sisters... whatever that means lol! I am just excited to be a PART of the magic this year!
You will enjoy Klaus...and you will enjoy Deutschland they are known for their invasions. We Bedlamites like to do a little invading ourselves. Look forward to meeting you on the 11th. I will most likely be there the whole day helping out.
You too!
Im excited because Ive never been there and I've met some really nice peeps.
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The Dark Wizard will also be spending a day in my family clan tartan kilt wear..................
I hope I can get off!
Quote from: Merlin on June 14, 2009, 09:53:15 PM
Im excited because Ive never been there and I've met some really nice peeps.
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The Dark Wizard will also be spending a day in my family clan tartan kilt wear..................
I hope I can get off!
Merlin, you won't be dissapointed. TRF is every Rennie's dream. You're in for the time of your life, my friend.
I'll be there All Hallow's Eve and hope to toss back a few pints with you, lad.
OH Me me me!!!
Missed Scarby due to the *inconvenience* (yeah right) of a trip to Scotland... I am SOOO ready for faire, it's not EVEN funny!
Lucky dog! I haven't been able to go home in years...
Oh man scotland! why are you so inconvenient!!! :P
LOL it was our first trip home, and we're already planning the next one (2011!)
I'm hoping to bring some Scottish delicacies with us Highland Fling weekend (IrnBru, butter tablet and I'm SURE some Glenfiddich 18 yr) so feel free to find the camp of the rosy sheep (lol our banner is a black faced sheepie holding a rose) and introduce yourself!
PLEEEEAAAASSSSEEEE tell me you're going to save that 18 yr old Glenfiddich for the people that will TRULY appreciate it?
Quote from: bellevivre on June 15, 2009, 05:29:24 PM
LOL it was our first trip home, and we're already planning the next one (2011!)
I'm hoping to bring some Scottish delicacies with us Highland Fling weekend (IrnBru, butter tablet and I'm SURE some Glenfiddich 18 yr) so feel free to find the camp of the rosy sheep (lol our banner is a black faced sheepie holding a rose) and introduce yourself!
You're on... i usually have a wee bit of Johnnie Green or Gold riding shotgun wth me.
Quote from: captfletcher on June 15, 2009, 05:37:48 PM
PLEEEEAAAASSSSEEEE tell me you're going to save that 18 yr old Glenfiddich for the people that will TRULY appreciate it?
A nip'll be available to any who want it- lol which means, if you want some, you have to come find us!
Now we all sit, twiddling our thumbs and flicking our lips for the next 116 days. I'll start getting anse when it drops below triple digits...
No thumb twiddling for me... I'm busily working on SteamPunk garb for the S'Punker's invasion on Saturday All Hallows!!! Anyone care to join in? Look for the thread here in TRF... :D
I've got all my garb... i just finished modifing my new kilt belt i got from Ravenswood, so all i need are my tickets and a couple of odds & ends.
I can't be a fairy this year because I am working there and have to be German! lol. My garb is up in the air... i have researched lots of german gowns. and found the type I would look best in but I have to see what they say on July 11th about my costume. I just want the flat hat with all the feathers!
Quote from: FaeHollow on June 16, 2009, 11:50:38 AM
I can't be a fairy this year because I am working there and have to be German! lol. My garb is up in the air... i have researched lots of german gowns. and found the type I would look best in but I have to see what they say on July 11th about my costume. I just want the flat hat with all the feathers!
Sprechen Deutche, meinen Frau?
Quote from: Fraser of Lovatt on June 16, 2009, 12:14:09 PM
Sprechen Deutche, meinen Frau?
I understood that but can't speak anything back! I'm sure the will teach me everything I need to know! I am a german alright though! I wear braids in my hair ALL the time, I have a German dog- miniature schnauzer, I drive a German car- Volkswagen Beetle, I was in a German play as a german girl- Cabaret. I think I am overly qualified.. now i just need to get the accent completely down and learn some of he language. My dad took German in high school but he can't speak it. He says everything wrong.
Quote from: FaeHollow on June 16, 2009, 12:19:43 PM
Quote from: Fraser of Lovatt on June 16, 2009, 12:14:09 PM
Sprechen Deutche, meinen Frau?
I understood that but can't speak anything back! I'm sure the will teach me everything I need to know! I am a german alright though! I wear braids in my hair ALL the time, I have a German dog- miniature schnauzer, I drive a German car- Volkswagen Beetle, I was in a German play as a german girl- Cabaret. I think I am overly qualified.. now i just need to get the accent completely down and learn some of he language. My dad took German in high school but he can't speak it. He says everything wrong.
LOL... i know how your dad feels... i was taught Middle High German, in school, but when i was based there, most spoke Middle Low. They said it sounded like i was a proper snob with a bad accent. :D You'll do fine, lass... if you can wing the accent, i'll doubt you'll have to speak real German.
yeah I'll just have to know a handful of words and phrases.
Just memorize the naughty or "scandalous" words, or words for body parts and pepper them in with your broken german english. It'll be funny, and kinda cute too!
One of my fave german sounding words.... schtupping..... OH YEAH!
Schtupping... To schtupp... hmmmm. ::)
AH! I love that word too! Oh yes i plan on learning the naughties! Hope my character isn't prude... I doubt it! lol
Quote from: FaeHollow on June 16, 2009, 01:15:05 PM
AH! I love that word too! Oh yes i plan on learning the naughties! Hope my character isn't prude... I doubt it! lol
Don't worry, German women aren't... it's the men. German men are notorious for being Europe's worst lovers. 5 mintues and it's snore time for them.
well dang! I guess german women have to travel all over europe to find a lover!
There USED to be plenty of American soldiers there...
(me being one of them ;D)
yeah... doubt they were there in the 1500-1600's! lol
Well.... yeah, you got me there! LOL.
they were probably all lesbians then!
Quote from: FaeHollow on June 16, 2009, 12:19:43 PM
Quote from: Fraser of Lovatt on June 16, 2009, 12:14:09 PM
Sprechen Deutche, meinen Frau?
I understood that but can't speak anything back!
You can never go wrong with "lieben Sie meinen Affen!!" ;)
You know, I knew a German lesbian once.....
*thinks back to her childhood*
Quote from: FaeHollow on June 16, 2009, 12:52:26 PM
yeah I'll just have to know a handful of words and phrases.
Welcome to the world of the participants!
Be aware that every year some of the cast playing ethnics is approached by some foreign patron attempting to speak to them in that language. If you don't let it throw you, you can run a good schtick with it.
Just remember to have fun.
Quote from: blue66669 on June 16, 2009, 03:24:05 PM
You know, I knew a German lesbian once.....
*thinks back to her childhood*
Lol ... like your German lesbian nanny? hmmmmm
Quote from: ravic on June 16, 2009, 06:10:03 PM
Quote from: FaeHollow on June 16, 2009, 12:52:26 PM
yeah I'll just have to know a handful of words and phrases.
Welcome to the world of the participants!
Be aware that every year some of the cast playing ethnics is approached by some foreign patron attempting to speak to them in that language. If you don't let it throw you, you can run a good schtick with it.
Just remember to have fun.
Hello! *waves* and who are you and what do you do at TRF? *curious face*
If a German comes up to me and speaks to me in German I will just nod and say yah... repeatedly and then giggle
I know I'm excited. I've been trying for months now to get my 'group' organized and pick a date to go to TRF this year, but no one's willing to commit. I'm about to just pick a weekend and say that's when I'm going :)
The bad thing is, it's sneaking up on me so fast, and I still haven't even started working on my garb for this year. I might have to dial down expectations this year and go with something a bit more basic than I initially wanted.
Chandler-
Thats how it always worked fpr me... pick a weekend and strike it lucky if you get one other person. Also this forum has TONS of groups that gather and camp and go to faire( maybe some with your garb size ... be nice they may share!) If you hang out here long enough they can be your faire friends... and they will def be there! :D
Hello! *waves* and who are you and what do you do at TRF? *curious face*
If a German comes up to me and speaks to me in German I will just nod and say yah... repeatedly and then giggle
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I manage the bookstore across from the Prince of Wales Pub (where most of the McLotofus gatherings take place). Tis a goodly way from the German area. Don't get over there much.
Quote from: Chandler on June 16, 2009, 09:24:02 PM
I know I'm excited. I've been trying for months now to get my 'group' organized and pick a date to go to TRF this year, but no one's willing to commit. I'm about to just pick a weekend and say that's when I'm going :)
The bad thing is, it's sneaking up on me so fast, and I still haven't even started working on my garb for this year. I might have to dial down expectations this year and go with something a bit more basic than I initially wanted.
My friend, it has taken me almost 3 years to get to the point where i can say "good enough"... for now. Get an idea/look/persona fixed in your mind and start with the basics. My first step was my kilt and i built from there.
Quote from: Chandler on June 16, 2009, 09:24:02 PM
I know I'm excited. I've been trying for months now to get my 'group' organized and pick a date to go to TRF this year, but no one's willing to commit. I'm about to just pick a weekend and say that's when I'm going :)
The bad thing is, it's sneaking up on me so fast, and I still haven't even started working on my garb for this year. I might have to dial down expectations this year and go with something a bit more basic than I initially wanted.
HAHAHAHA!!! Didn't you know? Getting Rennies to go along with a preconceived plan is like herding CATS!
Quote from: blue66669 on June 17, 2009, 08:51:17 AM
Quote from: Chandler on June 16, 2009, 09:24:02 PM
I know I'm excited. I've been trying for months now to get my 'group' organized and pick a date to go to TRF this year, but no one's willing to commit. I'm about to just pick a weekend and say that's when I'm going :)
The bad thing is, it's sneaking up on me so fast, and I still haven't even started working on my garb for this year. I might have to dial down expectations this year and go with something a bit more basic than I initially wanted.
HAHAHAHA!!! Didn't you know? Getting Rennies to go along with a preconceived plan is like herding CATS!
Or reasoning with a pissed of woman! ;D
Quote from: Fraser of Lovatt on June 17, 2009, 11:47:25 AM
Quote from: blue66669 on June 17, 2009, 08:51:17 AM
Quote from: Chandler on June 16, 2009, 09:24:02 PM
I know I'm excited. I've been trying for months now to get my 'group' organized and pick a date to go to TRF this year, but no one's willing to commit. I'm about to just pick a weekend and say that's when I'm going :)
The bad thing is, it's sneaking up on me so fast, and I still haven't even started working on my garb for this year. I might have to dial down expectations this year and go with something a bit more basic than I initially wanted.
HAHAHAHA!!! Didn't you know? Getting Rennies to go along with a preconceived plan is like herding CATS!
Or reasoning with a pissed of woman! ;D
Yeah, at this point I'm just going to pick a weekend. The wife's a little skiddish about not having the fallback of the RV that's usually with our group (even though we always tent camp at TRF), but I think I can convince her that we can survive without it - it's not like we really used it much anyways, other than to keep food in the fridge, etc.
QuoteMy friend, it has taken me almost 3 years to get to the point where i can say "good enough"... for now. Get an idea/look/persona fixed in your mind and start with the basics. My first step was my kilt and i built from there.
I know what I want - the kilt and the accouterments. Failing that this year, I might just go for the peasant look. It's been far too long since I've gone in garb. At this point, though, my biggest garb concern is to find something for my son to wear. He'll be turning 1 either right after we go or right before, so this is obviously Ian's first time at TRF and I want him to do it the right way from day 1 :)
Quote from: blue66669 on June 17, 2009, 11:56:21 AM
Quote from: Fraser of Lovatt on June 17, 2009, 11:47:25 AM
Quote from: blue66669 on June 17, 2009, 08:51:17 AM
Quote from: Chandler on June 16, 2009, 09:24:02 PM
I know I'm excited. I've been trying for months now to get my 'group' organized and pick a date to go to TRF this year, but no one's willing to commit. I'm about to just pick a weekend and say that's when I'm going :)
The bad thing is, it's sneaking up on me so fast, and I still haven't even started working on my garb for this year. I might have to dial down expectations this year and go with something a bit more basic than I initially wanted.
HAHAHAHA!!! Didn't you know? Getting Rennies to go along with a preconceived plan is like herding CATS!
Heeeeeyyyyy....
Or reasoning with a pissed of woman! ;D
I forgot a "f" ... make that a pissed OFF woman. I might have one right now... :-[
Quote from: Chandler on June 17, 2009, 12:23:58 PM
Yeah, at this point I'm just going to pick a weekend. The wife's a little skiddish about not having the fallback of the RV that's usually with our group (even though we always tent camp at TRF), but I think I can convince her that we can survive without it - it's not like we really used it much anyways, other than to keep food in the fridge, etc.
QuoteMy friend, it has taken me almost 3 years to get to the point where i can say "good enough"... for now. Get an idea/look/persona fixed in your mind and start with the basics. My first step was my kilt and i built from there.
I know what I want - the kilt and the accouterments. Failing that this year, I might just go for the peasant look. It's been far too long since I've gone in garb. At this point, though, my biggest garb concern is to find something for my son to wear. He'll be turning 1 either right after we go or right before, so this is obviously Ian's first time at TRF and I want him to do it the right way from day 1 :)
That's a tough one... it's got to be simple because he'll grow out of it in no time. Hmmmmm.
Heck, i'm having enough problems trying to convince my best friend to put together some garb... I mean he doesn't need any if he want to go as a Troll but i'd rather him try something out other than ''how much beer can i drink, so i look like a stupid paytron" He's never went with me when i've been garbed out. I hope to change his mind about it.
my boyfriends nephew will be coming to trf for the first time... right around the 1 year mark as well ... he was born nov. 11. I am going to make him so tiny fur pants and figure out how to rig up some horns on his head and he will go as puck. I might make him a cute little vest as well! Kids clothes are so cheap to make!
Chandler...Sportkilt.com has infant kilts that will accomadate your little guy until he is about 2 (depending on how big he is). They are also VERY reasonably priced (about $25), and carry baby sporrans in the same price range as well. Also, check the garbing section on here...lots of ideas pop up for garb for the wee ones.
This will be my sons first year for TRF as well...and he will turning 1 yr. opening Sunday...so I have been checking out lots garb possibilities ;D
are we there yet? ;D
No! sadly!
sigh... this is worse than waiting for christmas when i was a kid! ::)
So excited but so much to do before then!! Gotta save money so that I can try to buy my Ravenswood bodice...again... :D
Is it October yet?
How bout now?
...nope. Hmm...
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now? Maybe?
Quote from: wyckdblyss on June 17, 2009, 03:58:44 PM
Chandler...Sportkilt.com has infant kilts that will accomadate your little guy until he is about 2 (depending on how big he is). They are also VERY reasonably priced (about $25), and carry baby sporrans in the same price range as well. Also, check the garbing section on here...lots of ideas pop up for garb for the wee ones.
This will be my sons first year for TRF as well...and he will turning 1 yr. opening Sunday...so I have been checking out lots garb possibilities ;D
I've been checking them out, and they look like the best way to go for my son. I guess I'll just need to get him a white shirt to wear with it?
As far as me, I'm looking at either Sport Kilt or Stillwater Kilts. Not knowing what my budget is going to be for garb this year, let me ask you all fine folk a question - what's the bare 'minimum' I can get away with without looking totally out of place? What I mean is, let's say I get my kilt. Obviously, in a perfect world I'd get the period shirt, the wool socks, the flashes, the ghilly brogues (sp?), the sborran, etc. Which of those accessories can I cut corners on and/or do away with this first year? If I ask the wife for $60 to spend on garb as opposed to $150 the first year, I'm more likely to be successful. :)
Chandler, you could show up in a kilt and not a stitch else and no one would even look sideways at you! Might be a bit hard on the soles, and I'm not sure what the rules are for footware, but kilted is kilted, so you're garbed... Oh! Look for a "Got Kilt?" t-shirt also, if nothing else!
Don't worry though, you'll fit right in, partially garbed or fully, as long as you're making any effort at all... :D
Quote from: eloquentXI on June 17, 2009, 07:46:37 PM
So excited but so much to do before then!! Gotta save money so that I can try to buy my Ravenswood bodice...again... :D
Is it October yet?
How bout now?
...nope. Hmm...
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now? Maybe?
I've been dealing with the folks up at Ravenswood... their stuff is so top notch that i've had non-Rennie's ask for their website. My new kilt belt is just OUTSTANDING!
Quote from: Chandler on June 17, 2009, 09:23:50 PM
Quote from: wyckdblyss on June 17, 2009, 03:58:44 PM
Chandler...Sportkilt.com has infant kilts that will accomadate your little guy until he is about 2 (depending on how big he is). They are also VERY reasonably priced (about $25), and carry baby sporrans in the same price range as well. Also, check the garbing section on here...lots of ideas pop up for garb for the wee ones.
This will be my sons first year for TRF as well...and he will turning 1 yr. opening Sunday...so I have been checking out lots garb possibilities ;D
I've been checking them out, and they look like the best way to go for my son. I guess I'll just need to get him a white shirt to wear with it?
As far as me, I'm looking at either Sport Kilt or Stillwater Kilts. Not knowing what my budget is going to be for garb this year, let me ask you all fine folk a question - what's the bare 'minimum' I can get away with without looking totally out of place? What I mean is, let's say I get my kilt. Obviously, in a perfect world I'd get the period shirt, the wool socks, the flashes, the ghilly brogues (sp?), the sborran, etc. Which of those accessories can I cut corners on and/or do away with this first year? If I ask the wife for $60 to spend on garb as opposed to $150 the first year, I'm more likely to be successful. :)
Rani is right. I've seen guys in a kilt and bare chest/bare foot strolling around. I got my kilt at the Celtic Croft but that was last year before everything went *raspberry*. I'll be doing good (if the price of oil keeps going up) to be able just to be there but if i'm there, i'm stylin.
Quote from: Fraser of Lovatt on June 18, 2009, 12:43:28 PM
Quote from: Chandler on June 17, 2009, 09:23:50 PM
Quote from: wyckdblyss on June 17, 2009, 03:58:44 PM
Chandler...Sportkilt.com has infant kilts that will accomadate your little guy until he is about 2 (depending on how big he is). They are also VERY reasonably priced (about $25), and carry baby sporrans in the same price range as well. Also, check the garbing section on here...lots of ideas pop up for garb for the wee ones.
This will be my sons first year for TRF as well...and he will turning 1 yr. opening Sunday...so I have been checking out lots garb possibilities ;D
I've been checking them out, and they look like the best way to go for my son. I guess I'll just need to get him a white shirt to wear with it?
As far as me, I'm looking at either Sport Kilt or Stillwater Kilts. Not knowing what my budget is going to be for garb this year, let me ask you all fine folk a question - what's the bare 'minimum' I can get away with without looking totally out of place? What I mean is, let's say I get my kilt. Obviously, in a perfect world I'd get the period shirt, the wool socks, the flashes, the ghilly brogues (sp?), the sborran, etc. Which of those accessories can I cut corners on and/or do away with this first year? If I ask the wife for $60 to spend on garb as opposed to $150 the first year, I'm more likely to be successful. :)
Rani is right. I've seen guys in a kilt and bare chest/bare foot strolling around. I got my kilt at the Celtic Croft but that was last year before everything went *raspberry*. I'll be doing good (if the price of oil keeps going up) to be able just to be there but if i'm there, i'm stylin.
Well, I don't think anyone would want me walking around in a kilt only, but then again my wife seems to not mind it here at the house...
Are there any cheap/passable alternatives to the highlander shirt? I don't want to wear just a plain white t-shirt.
Quote from: Chandler on June 18, 2009, 03:00:37 PM
Quote from: Fraser of Lovatt on June 18, 2009, 12:43:28 PM
Quote from: Chandler on June 17, 2009, 09:23:50 PM
Quote from: wyckdblyss on June 17, 2009, 03:58:44 PM
Chandler...Sportkilt.com has infant kilts that will accomadate your little guy until he is about 2 (depending on how big he is). They are also VERY reasonably priced (about $25), and carry baby sporrans in the same price range as well. Also, check the garbing section on here...lots of ideas pop up for garb for the wee ones.
This will be my sons first year for TRF as well...and he will turning 1 yr. opening Sunday...so I have been checking out lots garb possibilities ;D
I've been checking them out, and they look like the best way to go for my son. I guess I'll just need to get him a white shirt to wear with it?
As far as me, I'm looking at either Sport Kilt or Stillwater Kilts. Not knowing what my budget is going to be for garb this year, let me ask you all fine folk a question - what's the bare 'minimum' I can get away with without looking totally out of place? What I mean is, let's say I get my kilt. Obviously, in a perfect world I'd get the period shirt, the wool socks, the flashes, the ghilly brogues (sp?), the sborran, etc. Which of those accessories can I cut corners on and/or do away with this first year? If I ask the wife for $60 to spend on garb as opposed to $150 the first year, I'm more likely to be successful. :)
Rani is right. I've seen guys in a kilt and bare chest/bare foot strolling around. I got my kilt at the Celtic Croft but that was last year before everything went *raspberry*. I'll be doing good (if the price of oil keeps going up) to be able just to be there but if i'm there, i'm stylin.
Well, I don't think anyone would want me walking around in a kilt only, but then again my wife seems to not mind it here at the house...
Are there any cheap/passable alternatives to the highlander shirt? I don't want to wear just a plain white t-shirt.
Try going to Kilts-n-stuff.com They have some decent rustic highland shirts... sleeveless too if you want. I have a long sleeve black one. It's actually pretty warm when it's cool out.
You can find white knee socks at most sporting stores they pass for kilt socks for most people. You can make flashes from any material that matches the colors in your kilt. Tie about a inch from the top of your socks after you tie them the ends should hang about an inch or so down the leg. Any pair of good walking shoes in a dark color will work brown is a good choice or you can skip socks and flashes and wear a pair of earth sandals. I'd recommend a white T-shirt if you can't find a cheap ren shirt it If the weather is cool you might think about a loose sweater they look good with a kilt. I would try and get a Sporran as you will need some place to keep your money, keys, etc. Any wide belt will work for your kilt belt.
is it bad that I am already fishing out and prepping garb, and it's not even July yet? 8)
Aw shoot, I have been sketching and photoshopping my outfit(s) planning out all the garb pieces I need to purchase.... now where the money for it's gonna come from, I have no idea... But I am excited and want to be at faire already!
Chandler,
check out renshirts.com. They have some good quality shirts for a good price. I'm sure you can find something there that will go fine with a kilt and they are here in TX so they make them lightweight for our heat.
Quote from: Breandan on June 19, 2009, 02:10:03 AM
is it bad that I am already fishing out and prepping garb, and it's not even July yet? 8)
No, you are right there with the rest of us, my friend. i just finished working on my new kilt belt and was going to pack it away but when you think about it, TRF isn't all that far off. ;D
It's yet another symptom of this disease we have... 'isitfaireyetitus'...
We have a fever, and the only cure is...
MORE FAIRE!
I have 7 or 8 projects I'm hoping to do before we head down in November... and my craft room like a tornado hit it! But that,s what weekends are for, right?
all this garb talks makes me want july to be here so I can find out the guidelines for what I will be wearing
At least the German court has tasteful, if revealing, garb. * :-\ with a leering look*
7/11 will be here soon enough lass.
I think it must be getting to all of us ....as we here have been going mad working on fabricating new garb for this year and chomping at the bit for all the fun of it......the funny thing is that when it is over we wil be waiting almost as impatiently for next year :D
Quote from: isisdy on June 19, 2009, 11:25:09 AM
I think it must be getting to all of us ....as we here have been going mad working on fabricating new garb for this year and chomping at the bit for all the fun of it......the funny thing is that when it is over we wil be waiting almost as impatiently for next year :D
I overdose on TRF... but it only lasts me until about April/May before the jones starts again... i may have to go to Scarby next year.
I know I would get tired, but sometimes I wish Faire was year-round. I LOVE being out there. It used to just be the wonderful escape from normal life. Now it's also about great friends and fun with all of you. 110 more days!!! ;D
What I'm even more excited about now is...we have sooooooo many new members that have joined since last season! Its exciting! Welcome to all the new people!
And, with that, this is Elo's stern note of the day, take a photo and put up an avatar (if you're comfortable with it, that is. If you're not, that's ok too!)!
I like being able to actually walk up to our new members and introducing them to everyone else, and I know of several other people that do too soooo...yeah!
Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!! ;D
Quote from: eloquentXI on June 21, 2009, 10:44:23 AM
What I'm even more excited about now is...we have sooooooo many new members that have joined since last season! Its exciting! Welcome to all the new people!
And, with that, this is Elo's stern note of the day, take a photo and put up an avatar (if you're comfortable with it, that is. If you're not, that's ok too!)!
I like being able to actually walk up to our new members and introducing them to everyone else, and I know of several other people that do too soooo...yeah!
Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!! ;D
I have an avatar that was taken at Scarby, but I don't look like that anymore. Maybe if you look around through the other sites where I have an avatar you can find one that looks similar to me. Muuuuwahahaha
That is me right there... I prolly won't look like that at faire.... but that is me!
Quote from: eloquentXI on June 21, 2009, 10:44:23 AM
What I'm even more excited about now is...we have sooooooo many new members that have joined since last season! Its exciting! Welcome to all the new people!
And, with that, this is Elo's stern note of the day, take a photo and put up an avatar (if you're comfortable with it, that is. If you're not, that's ok too!)!
I like being able to actually walk up to our new members and introducing them to everyone else, and I know of several other people that do too soooo...yeah!
Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!! ;D
Well this is us ...... she's the cute one there and I am the growth on her arm you see there beside her, and we won't look like this for long after getting there....just long enough in the 'danes to get everything set up, then prest-o/change-o fairies and satyrs.
<----------------------------- lookie! genuine article!!!
I'd LOVE for someone to come say hi! I'm sometimes a stupidly shy person, but come talk to me and I talk back (in a good way!)
Quote from: Fraser of Lovatt on June 19, 2009, 12:52:33 PMI overdose on TRF... but it only lasts me until about April/May before the jones starts again... i may have to go to Scarby next year.
And I can't get enough of Scarby so I was told to head down there this year. I'm so stoked I've already started stocking up on camping supplies. ;D
Quote from: bellevivre on June 21, 2009, 07:13:59 PM
<----------------------------- lookie! genuine article!!!
I'd LOVE for someone to come say hi! I'm sometimes a stupidly shy person, but come talk to me and I talk back (in a good way!)
Well, I'll be lookin' for ya and can't wait to meet you, Bellevivre! ;D
I would be more excited if I could go this year :(
I also love to have people from this site come up and say hello. I am terrible with faces and worse with names so I do not mean to appear standoffish or shy. Luckily StudMuffin is very outgoing and popular. Especially with the Ladies under 5.
I'm incog-negro... no way you'll EVER be able to recognize me...
*falls over laughing*
Eh Blue, even if I were blind I could just walk aroundsaying "For the love of God....." and wait for a response. I'd find ya! :D Love you blue :)
And it begins... to the sound of cracking whips, we have started making stock for this year ;D Since the demo-forge at faire isn't big enough to do some projects (and, let's face it, a disk grinder and belt sander are a helluva lot more convenient for finishing work than a peddle-powered grindstone and sandpaper blocks :D ), we make a lot of our stock beforehand. Past couple of years we haven't been able to, and made what little we had between demos. So, while some are cracking out the Shakespearean English, and others are breaking out their best garb, we're working in a 120 degree forge (which with my constricting leg brace is entertaining to say the least) next to a horse paddock listening to the Eagles, Doors, Hendrix, and Led Zepplin while trying our best to achieve new record levels of heat exhaustion and dehydration... and loving every minute of it 8)
I honestly think meth would be a cheaper addiction than faire, and probably less hazardous to one's health :D
I don't know about being less of a hazard but i get your drift. I have to start saving now... as well as for Christmas.
I spend all day walking around/ in between large piles of steel pipe... black, steel pipe. Talk about an oven! I put a themometer out last year and got a temp reading of 116 in July. All that metal holds that heat pretty well.
sing along now!
makin' a list and checkin' it twice
gotta see what garb is grungy or nice
TRF is comin' this fall! ;D
maybe we can come up with our own little faire version of the SC comin' to town song! ;D
yes, i am in a major dorkimus mood, lol!
Quote from: Bonny Pearl on June 23, 2009, 12:17:59 PM
sing along now!
makin' a list and checkin' it twice
gotta see what garb is grungy or nice
TRF is comin' this fall! ;D
maybe we can come up with our own little faire version of the SC comin' to town song! ;D
yes, i am in a major dorkimus mood, lol!
How dare you be in a good mood! It's only Tuesday! ;)
Quote from: Fraser of Lovatt on June 23, 2009, 12:19:39 PM
Quote from: Bonny Pearl on June 23, 2009, 12:17:59 PM
sing along now!
makin' a list and checkin' it twice
gotta see what garb is grungy or nice
TRF is comin' this fall! ;D
maybe we can come up with our own little faire version of the SC comin' to town song! ;D
yes, i am in a major dorkimus mood, lol!
How dare you be in a good mood! It's only Tuesday! ;)
darn tootin' i can be in a good mood... it's not Monday anymore! ;D :D ;D
Quote from: Bonny Pearl on June 23, 2009, 12:24:06 PM
Quote from: Fraser of Lovatt on June 23, 2009, 12:19:39 PM
Quote from: Bonny Pearl on June 23, 2009, 12:17:59 PM
sing along now!
makin' a list and checkin' it twice
gotta see what garb is grungy or nice
TRF is comin' this fall! ;D
maybe we can come up with our own little faire version of the SC comin' to town song! ;D
yes, i am in a major dorkimus mood, lol!
How dare you be in a good mood! It's only Tuesday! ;)
darn tootin' i can be in a good mood... it's not Monday anymore! ;D :D ;D
Ok, i'll give you that... but it's still over 100 days to go. :P
*sorry, had to bring you back to earth somehow*
no way... ain't gonna happen! ;D
Quote from: Fraser of Lovatt on June 23, 2009, 08:46:09 AM
I don't know about being less of a hazard but i get your drift. I have to start saving now... as well as for Christmas.
I spend all day walking around/ in between large piles of steel pipe... black, steel pipe. Talk about an oven! I put a themometer out last year and got a temp reading of 116 in July. All that metal holds that heat pretty well.
What do you do for a living? I myself am a pipefitter and know all too well about the oven of which you speak.
Quote from: isisdy on June 23, 2009, 11:21:58 PM
Quote from: Fraser of Lovatt on June 23, 2009, 08:46:09 AM
I don't know about being less of a hazard but i get your drift. I have to start saving now... as well as for Christmas.
I spend all day walking around/ in between large piles of steel pipe... black, steel pipe. Talk about an oven! I put a themometer out last year and got a temp reading of 116 in July. All that metal holds that heat pretty well.
What do you do for a living? I myself am a pipefitter and know all too well about the oven of which you speak.
I'm an Inventory Control Manager for an oilfield supply company called Energy Alloys... i walk around, all day, counting pipe & bar stock.
*WON, TOO, TREE, HAHAHA... I LOVE TO COUNT!* :D
106 to go. So soon but too long. >:(