I am so ready for fair next month!!! :o
Has anyone heard if there are going to be any new vendors this year?? ::)
Chomping at the bit: Yes!
Knowledge of new vendors: Alas, no.
Ditto the above ;)
I know we lost a few last year, but I did see new ones and I am hoping to see some more new stuff out there....we are less than a month away!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!
Every time we go grocery shopping at King Soopers, I look for the Ren Fest poster... and am continually disappointed that it's still not up!!
The Silk Worm is gong to be there for the second time i think, so its a newer booth. the owner is a very talented textile artist specializing in nuno felting silk scarves!
Quote from: Widget on May 16, 2011, 12:21:02 AM
The Silk Worm is gong to be there for the second time i think, so its a newer booth. the owner is a very talented textile artist specializing in nuno felting silk scarves!
That sounds pretty cool...I will see if I can find them, and to the King Soopers thing, are they not cutting that a little close....It is less then 4 weeks away!! ???
Quote from: Carpathian on May 16, 2011, 04:28:45 PM
Quote from: Widget on May 16, 2011, 12:21:02 AM
The Silk Worm is gong to be there for the second time i think, so its a newer booth. the owner is a very talented textile artist specializing in nuno felting silk scarves!
That sounds pretty cool...I will see if I can find them, and to the King Soopers thing, are they not cutting that a little close....It is less then 4 weeks away!! ???
Nah never see them until 2 weeks before
We won't be there until RenDezvous, but I can promise you that we are champing at the bit. It will be the first trip to Colorado for either of us since the late 60s. We're hoping that the price of gasoline doesn't rise much more—or goes down—to keep our travel-gas bill below $350. We're very much looking forward to meeting the rest of you—we had the pleasure of Capt Spleen's company this past weekend at The Castle.
Quote from: Carpathian on May 14, 2011, 07:47:59 AM
I am so ready for fair next month!!! :o
Has anyone heard if there are going to be any new vendors this year?? ::)
I too am so ready for faire!
I don't know about new vendors, however, if it keeps raining as much as it has been, I may be there as a vendor myself selling boats, rafts and paddles for people to use to get around faire!! I think my flowers are drowning from all of this rain!! I guess the good side is that there's no wildfire danger now.
Lets hope our Colorado skies empty their clouds of all this rain before opening day this year.
I kinda like the afternoon showers we get at faire. It helps to keep the dust down and cools the day off some.
Quote from: Sir Garath on May 19, 2011, 09:09:59 AM
I kinda like the afternoon showers we get at faire. It helps to keep the dust down and cools the day off some.
And may runoff some of the mundanes :) (or celebrities like Dog :P )
Quote from: Gauwyn of Bracknell on May 19, 2011, 11:25:37 AM
Quote from: Sir Garath on May 19, 2011, 09:09:59 AM
I kinda like the afternoon showers we get at faire. It helps to keep the dust down and cools the day off some.
And may runoff some of the mundanes :) (or celebrities like Dog :P )
OUCH!!!!
I will take light showers in the afternoon. But icky cold steady rain/mist does not make for a very fun day or happy people. I am hoping that Mother Nature gets this out of her system by opening day
Quote from: Adriana Rose on May 19, 2011, 10:38:17 PM
I will take light showers in the afternoon. But icky cold steady rain/mist does not make for a very fun day or happy people. I am hoping that Mother Nature gets this out of her system by opening day
I most certainly agree!!
I think it was in 1998 or 99 it rained everyday the hole month of May. Rivers where very swollen and lots of flooding. Lets hope this is not a repeat as it sure does seem just like last year that it wants to rain nearly every single day. Which is fine as long as come June 1st it stops and only showers for an hour in the afternoon or in the evening.
I have been at faire when it was a light mist all day and it was so nice not to have faire buggers at the end of the day.
I second the part about running off Dog the Bounty Hunter i have not heard nice stories about his visits to faire.
Well soon will be opening weekend and i still don't have my new pirate potato sack pants finished grrrrrrrr
Wait... Dog has been to OUR fair? i got enough when his son was causing al kinds of problems here in pueblo...
CHOMP! CHOMP!
My two bits.....
No Dawg bites
Quote from: Widget on May 20, 2011, 07:49:25 PM
Wait... Dog has been to OUR fair? i got enough when his son was causing al kinds of problems here in pueblo...
Two years in a row. You can see photos of him and his Bald spot at my photo site. Seems he never wants his pic taken, but I mange to take it
Quote from: Lady de Laney on May 21, 2011, 08:57:09 AM
Quote from: Widget on May 20, 2011, 07:49:25 PM
Wait... Dog has been to OUR fair? i got enough when his son was causing al kinds of problems here in pueblo...
Two years in a row. You can see photos of him and his Bald spot at my photo site. Seems he never wants his pic taken, but I mange to take it
Yep, seems he's always around to cause trouble.
Can you pay someone to skip bail the weekend of RenDezvous so we don't have to deal with that?
Quote from: Merlin the Elder on May 22, 2011, 02:47:30 PM
Can you pay someone to skip bail the weekend of RenDezvous so we don't have to deal with that?
I prepay with paypal - I now have 2 get out of jail free cards - one for each day ;D
Quote from: Gauwyn of Bracknell on May 22, 2011, 06:12:39 PM
Quote from: Merlin the Elder on May 22, 2011, 02:47:30 PM
Can you pay someone to skip bail the weekend of RenDezvous so we don't have to deal with that?
I prepay with paypal - I now have 2 get out of jail free cards - one for each day ;D
Thanks Gauwyn. I spit coffee on that one.
*wiping monitor* ::) ;D
I find if you just frame Capt Spleen there is no need for the get out of jail free cards.
Quote from: Sir Garath on May 23, 2011, 08:38:23 AM
I find if you just frame Capt Spleen there is no need for the get out of jail free cards.
Plus, with the fine Captain, he's probably not all that innocent anyway. :)
Since i am the official photog for that weekend of the get together and for a small fee i will take any incriminating photos and if i can't between Rani and me we should be able to photoshop any incriminating photos that will keep you out of jail and frame someone else.
Quote from: Sir Garath on May 23, 2011, 09:52:32 AM
Since i am the official photog for that weekend of the get together and for a small fee i will take any incriminating photos and if i can't between Rani and me we should be able to photoshop any incriminating photos that will keep you out of jail and frame someone else.
You may have to PhotoShop Rani OUT of the incriminating photos first...
Then again, I'm probably not all that guilty either...... Some just don't know what to think of me.
I'm sure Sir Garath, will woodshop me imminently fronted into criminationed frames.
Quote from: Zoë on May 21, 2011, 03:36:39 PM
Quote from: Lady de Laney on May 21, 2011, 08:57:09 AM
Quote from: Widget on May 20, 2011, 07:49:25 PM
Wait... Dog has been to OUR fair? i got enough when his son was causing al kinds of problems here in pueblo...
Two years in a row. You can see photos of him and his Bald spot at my photo site. Seems he never wants his pic taken, but I mange to take it
Yep, seems he's always around to cause trouble.
Sorry that I have not been able to get on until now...there were two deaths in my family and I have been in Mn for the last week.... :-[ :'(
Anyways...am I missing something who is Dog and exactly what trouble is this person causing. I have probably seen him, but I am not pulling an image to mind. And why is this person allowed into fair if they are a troublesome "dog" - trying to think of a better word, but I am a little brain dead today. 8)
Dog The Bounty Hunter......
Tv show "Dog the bounty hunter"
I thought animals weren't allowed on site. I think he counts.
Kudos to Delaney for snatching a couple shots of the gaping maw in his mullet! :o
they let me on site
Yeah the Bald Mullet. And No he is NOT as big as he looks. I mean come on I make him look small. Toki sitting on the stump behind the royal pavilion was taller than him. OH and what kind of man has to have the johns shut down so he can use it all by himself? Was it to hid how small he was there as well?
yeah Dawg is a Major jerk
Seems these days they'll give anybody a TV show... glad I quit watching. We're now 14 years without television. Sure hate we had to miss Dog... ::)
Annnd back to the topic at hand.
Forget the cranky people lets get excited for the season that is getting really close and the fun things that are coming up in the season that is just about 2 weeks away
Now Adriana why would you want to forget about me....i'm not always cranky....didn't i make you smile with the pink fairy outfit last year?
I wasnt talking about anyone here just the cranky person that everyone is talking about..
And you stopped traffic with the Pink Fairy :o ;D
Quote from: Adriana Rose on May 26, 2011, 10:21:19 AM
Annnd back to the topic at hand.
Forget the cranky people lets get excited for the season that is getting really close and the fun things that are coming up in the season that is just about 2 weeks away
I'll drink to that!
Yeah to just over two weeks away!! Say do we want to try and do a group photo thing this year?? Some people might have to get "photo shopped" in later ;)
And back to the other topic started here....He had the bathrooms SHUT DOWN?!?! Seriously....wow! :o
I heard a rumor that there was going to be a new jewelry vendor and hair accessory...Not sure if that is true or not, but it will be fun to hunt for them!!
I think I might get a couple of those sky chairs this year finally, I have only been looking at them for like 10 years now!! I finally have a place they can go! ;D
Anyone else looking for cool stuff this year?!
Quote from: Carpathian on May 26, 2011, 12:44:10 PM
Anyone else looking for cool stuff this year?!
Yea, verily! Lady Ana Francesca is looking for a new goblet, and I'm looking to keep the Baroness out of Noblesse Oblige. ::)
Quote from: Baron on May 26, 2011, 01:21:09 PM
Quote from: Carpathian on May 26, 2011, 12:44:10 PM
Anyone else looking for cool stuff this year?!
Yea, verily! Lady Ana Francesca is looking for a new goblet, and I'm looking to keep the Baroness out of Noblesse Oblige. ::)
ROFLMAO!!! :D :D :D
Good luck on that Baron.
Quote from: Baron on May 26, 2011, 01:21:09 PM
Yea, verily! Lady Ana Francesca is looking for a new goblet, and I'm looking to keep the Baroness out of Noblesse Oblige. ::)
Baron, ye are ALWAYS trying to keep the Baroness out of Noblesse Oblige ... and I won't speak to your success. ;D
I'm looking forward to looking more carefully in the fiber shop on the way to the joust field. Since last season, I've picked up two more hobbies, and one involves stabbing wool to create things.
What are you creating when you "stab wool"....do tell!! ;D Do you have pictures posted in the crafting section?
Quote from: Carpathian on May 26, 2011, 03:18:06 PM
What are you creating when you "stab wool"....do tell!! ;D Do you have pictures posted in the crafting section?
It's needle felting ... and I will probably end up playing with wet felting too. I don't have any photos up yet, because I just started. I took a class while at the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Queen's College. My first creation was a very lopsided owl.
I am always up for new craft ideas, I will have to check this out!! :D
Nimue and I are eagerly awaiting our journey to Larkspurshire. We begin our journey from our fortress in just under 5 weeks, and we are looking forward to seeing some mountains. They have things that they call mountains in Arkansas, but they are little more than minor interruptions in our horizontal vision.
We call those Speed Bumps.
Quote from: Lady de Laney on May 27, 2011, 04:02:56 PM
We call those Speed Bumps.
LOL! Even though I'm from the lowlands, I have to laugh when people around here declare that they're going to the mountains for the weekend...
So Merlin trail ridge road out here that they normally open up memorial day weekend is stay closed cause of 20 foot snow drifts....are those snow drifts the size of your mountains
Quote from: Merlin the Elder on May 27, 2011, 03:35:23 PM
Nimue and I are eagerly awaiting our journey to Larkspurshire. We begin our journey from our fortress in just under 5 weeks, and we are looking forward to seeing some mountains. They have things that they call mountains in Arkansas, but they are little more than minor interruptions in our horizontal vision.
And we are looking forward to your visit!
But you can dig for diamonds out there! (And I have now exhausted my knowledge of Arkansas.)
Quote from: Blushing on May 27, 2011, 04:31:24 PM
Quote from: Merlin the Elder on May 27, 2011, 03:35:23 PM
Nimue and I are eagerly awaiting our journey to Larkspurshire. We begin our journey from our fortress in just under 5 weeks, and we are looking forward to seeing some mountains. They have things that they call mountains in Arkansas, but they are little more than minor interruptions in our horizontal vision.
And we are looking forward to your visit!
But you can dig for diamonds out there! (And I have now exhausted my knowledge of Arkansas.)
Arkansas is famous for diamonds and hogs. What more could a girl want?
Actually, you can dig for diamonds in any state in the union! You can dig until you are blue in the face... There are diamonds in a couple other states, I believe, but we actually have a public park for it...
Other trivia: We have the longest pedestrian/bicycle bridge in North America that was built for that specific purpose (about 5 miles from my house). It's known as the Big Dam Bridge and it's built over the Murray Lock and Dam (hence its name), and is 4226 feet long, much longer that our tallest "mountain" is high.
...ugh... you can keep the Hogs (Arkansas Razorbacks). I don't want them.
Believe it or not... One of the Largest diamonds ever found in the world was found here in Northern Colorado west of Virgina Dale not far from the Wyoming Border. There is a huge diamond mine there.
Snow... yes the mountains are at 245% of snow pack and MORE expected this weekend. "Grumbles" as Toki and I WHERE to go camping.
And mountains we have 54 14,000+ ft peaks in the state. We go from lowlands of just about 4000 ft to over 14000 in about 200 miles. Even out low lands are higher than most other states high points
I so want to move there, Lady de Laney! Your lowlands are 1300+ feet higher than our highest point. I was in the Sierras a few years back for Christmas...in the snow...and didn't want to leave. The year before, we were at Mt Washington (NH) for Christmas...some snow, 15°F...hiking...awesome!
Wanna swap?
Quote from: Lady de Laney on May 27, 2011, 07:55:37 PM
Snow... yes the mountains are at 245% of snow pack and MORE expected this weekend. "Grumbles" as Toki and I WHERE to go camping.
And mountains we have 54 14,000+ ft peaks in the state. We go from lowlands of just about 4000 ft to over 14000 in about 200 miles. Even out low lands are higher than most other states high points
I'm glad I'm not the only one with snow in the forecast. I have sorta real mountains here - the local mountain that everyone hikes on is only about 5000ft. And I don't think I've seen one much over 10,000 ft. But it's kinda nice to have mountains on all four sides of you....even if it does screw up my sense of direction. ;D
Quote from: Merlin the Elder on May 27, 2011, 09:09:19 PM
I so want to move there, Lady de Laney! Your lowlands are 1300+ feet higher than our highest point. I was in the Sierras a few years back for Christmas...in the snow...and didn't want to leave. The year before, we were at Mt Washington (NH) for Christmas...some snow, 15°F...hiking...awesome!
Wanna swap?
Not a chance MtE. I am a rare native of Colorado and this is my home. I had an aunt that lived in Arkansas and an ex-in-law that lived as close as you can get to Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma i.e Ft Scott, Kansas) and I HATED it there.
Toki grew up in Corpus Cristi and he would never go there either. I can hike and not worry about chiggers or ticks and I play see for a very long ways. Nope not a chance. But your welcome to move here. We don't have as many huge tornado's and in some area's we have none.
Quote from: Merlin the Elder on May 27, 2011, 04:05:57 PM
Quote from: Lady de Laney on May 27, 2011, 04:02:56 PM
We call those Speed Bumps.
LOL! Even though I'm from the lowlands, I have to laugh when people around here declare that they're going to the mountains for the weekend...
When I lived in Massachusetts it was very difficult to keep a straight face when the locals talked up their highest peak, which is right around 1500 feet. Of course, they also thought that Colorado is a winter wonderland (the entire state) year round, so what do they know.
I had a dream last night that they combined Faire with Harry Potter World in FL. It made me laugh quite a bit, though it did make me even more excited for faire. So ready!
Quote from: balletboot on May 28, 2011, 09:05:56 PM
I had a dream last night that they combined Faire with Harry Potter World in FL. It made me laugh quite a bit, though it did make me even more excited for faire. So ready!
OK THAT HAD TO BE INTERESTING!! LOL ;D
hey, just created my account.
L...
I need a new costume... one that fits lol
I am just filling space here
Harry Potter? Colorado Renaissance Festival?
How COULD there be any crossover THERE?
http://www.avistrum.org (http://www.avistrum.org)
Nah, never happen.
Best!
Quote from: The Professor on July 25, 2011, 03:46:43 PM
Harry Potter? Colorado Renaissance Festival?
How COULD there be any crossover THERE?
http://www.avistrum.org (http://www.avistrum.org)
Nah, never happen.
Best!
I completely forgot about this! You just completely made my day.
It was a good season--although the cast seemed to agree that we have the physical resources left of a can of whipped cream.
Time to rest, reminisce, heal...
And consider having the unofficial Denver Area cast and friends party a week from THIS Sunday at Dave and Buster's, or...
Right now, I'm sort of... staring.
Best!
Yes faire is over :(
Time to wash and mend the garb and put it away till it's needed again.
Of course even though it's over it is time to start planning new garb for next year.....hmm maybe this pirate might have to go nobel for next year. :o
Now THAT I've got to see!
Quote from: Francisco Paula on August 01, 2011, 04:50:48 PM
Yes faire is over :(
Time to wash and mend the garb and put it away till it's needed again.
Of course even though it's over it is time to start planning new garb for next year.....hmm maybe this pirate might have to go nobel for next year. :o
You can always attend other faires (like Minnesota or Kansas City) (hint hint)
Stick it in the sewing area the ladies over there could tell ya what to look for.