a lovely mail day

[jennylafleur]

Today was a very good mail day. I received my miniature from Kate and my tavern CD from sewphisticate plus more Christmas cards. I love how most of my Christmas cards are from LJ friends this year - so fun! :>

Thanks so much for the CD my dear sewphisticate! I'm listening to it right now and I love it. You have great taste in music. Some of the songs are familiar from my English country dancing which is really fun. You are such a doll! :>

My miniature is lovely, the pics don't really do it justice. Now I need to get it wrapped up and under the tree since it was technically bought with Christmas money. It came on a black cord but I think I'm going to get some black silk-satin ribbon for it instead. Actually a blue ribbon would be fun too.

(Oh oh! The song Marie Antoinette sings in Affair of the Necklace is on this CD - coolness!!!! *ahem* Sorry... where was I?)

I was very bad yesterday and splurged more Christmas money on a length of lightly slubbed rust-colored silk dupioni. I just about fainted - my Jo-Anns had real silk! I blew a 40% coupon on it so it was only a slight splurge. The wretched stuff won't photograph of course - keeps coming out red, which it's not. Oh well, since when do I pick fabric that photographs well? :>

(Oh another song I know from dance! Not that I can remember the names of any of the dances - I get them so mixed up still :P)

I'm planning on covering a second 18th century hat with the silk. I've been feeling the need for a dark-colored "winter" hat for some time now. *nods head*

(Oh – we did this dance on Friday! Indian Queen, is it? Whichever one it is I love it. :>)

Comments

[sewphisticate.livejournal.com]

Glad you like it. It was fun to put together!

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

Thanks again! If you get a chance could you give me a list of what CDs are in the mix? I'd love to add a few to my collection. If you don't get to it - no worries of course! :>

[tonyadmay.livejournal.com]

That sounds exactly like the silk I was drooling over at my JoAnn's on Saturday! I couldn't believe they had it! So nice... I may go back, but there wasn't much left of it.

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

Oh matchiness! :> What are you going to do with it? My Jo-Anns had a really pretty dark red too I was tempted to get instead. Actually I was tempted to get enough for a whole ball gown but then reality hit. Too bad.

[jennil.livejournal.com]

Oh! What's the song called? I love it, and would so much love to hunt down a CD with it!

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

I have no idea - maybe sewphisticate can tell us... :>