creative reflections

Our barony voted us in as baron and baroness.   The barony jokingly calls people in that position (that is, voted in, but not yet invested) Nextcellencies.   We had the benefit of time to follow around the baron and baroness (Their Excellencies) to understand better how things are done, a really nice opportunity (big thanks to our predecessors!).   Meanwhile we had to start thinking about some things, like tokens to give out at our investiture.    A variety of media came to mind and ultimately we decided pewter coins would be nice.   We’d not worked in pewter before so my other half did what he does so well--dove in, research mode activated, and a snowstorm of ideas started coming together.   We decided on images, got help from a friend who’s worked with metals, starting talking through this with her, had several meetings, and made multiple attempts at crafting coins in different ways.   Finally, we settled on pouring molten pewter (it has a fairl...

 Took soooo long, but it's done .

Embroidered this rose for a special coat that was being made for a friend, one of ~100 roses that many different people made.   They were all about the same size/shape, but each rose was just a bit different, nice!   Delighted to be able to participate.   Wasn’t sure how it would go, but impressed myself.   And the coat itself is AMAZING!  Kudos to all who made this come together!  So very grateful for friends’ guidance and encouragement.