Time Traveler's Weekend

So this past weekend was amazing. You've already heard about MusikFest, so we'll move to Sunday. The day started out badly actually. Woke up at 6-ish to finish the jewelry for my costume. Halfway through I sit back and start thinking 'I'm not going to have any fun today.' One quick raid and costume change later, I was ready to go. And boy, was that the best decision, since having extrapolated the fun I had interacting with people, versus what comments I would have gotten before changing (none) really made my day.
Secret time! I told a few people, but now I'll tell you all. I am not a Trekkie, I just dress like one. ^_~ I'm a huge Star Wars and Doctor Who fan, but I use what I have on hand, and I knew enough about ST to pass, especially with all the death comments. Honestly, the one time someone went past that joke to the Prime Directive, I had to google that. Seriously, I had no idea what it was, just that it was the golden rule of the series.
Sorry, just needed to get that out of the way. Onto the Merriment! Once we got there, we met up with CK, who'll go by Amy for the rest of this post, as that's what she dressed as.After walking around for a bit and seeing an excellent 9th doctor cosplayer, we caught the first Buckle and Swash show. These guys are fantastic, and I try to see at least one of their shows every time I'm down there. But this time I actually got all of our group to watch, and they enjoyed it very much. Check out some of the youtube videos and be sure to like their facebook page for news and announcements of where they're going to be. Definitely a must see for all ages.
After that we split up until lunch, where I got my photo with Rory, as his group suggested considering my outfit and his story arcs in the show.(spoiler free zone people. Unfortunately I have friends who still haven't seen the new series yet.)
Now the rest of the day was spent just wandering around until the Joust, and while that part was also action packed, I feel I shouldn't discuss it all? The parts I can discuss are already part of the photos here.
The final Joust was amazing, I haven't been able to see one of those since we went with my dad when I was little, the drivers since then have always left early due to not driving in the darkness. They've really added some special effects in since last time, was not expecting explosions and fire during a routine joust over who'll be the Queen's playwright and who'll be banished from the country/shire.
In short, if you have a chance to go to the PA Renaissance Faire, you should go, it's awesome.
(Reminder, links above take you to where I tell you to go. Do it. Do it now. :P  )

MusikFest part 2

My mother is up in the area and staying over at our place for the Renaissance Faire tomorrow. Since we had the whole evening free, we decided to go to Musikfest and walk around, catch a free show or two. We had a great time, being just the two of us, and some cool things happened.
Remember I told you all about Cast in Bronze a post ago? I got to see another show, and picked up 'The Bell Man – The Autobiography of the Man Who Created Cast in Bronze,' and was able to get it signed by the author. Awesome!
Afterwards, we were walking around the Handwerkplatz section, looking at all the vendors, when we came to one selling dichroic and lampwork jewelry(info later, too tired to try and find them in the guide right now). As we're looking, I'm telling her what the jewelry is made of and how the artist made it (the glass work was awesome by the way) and as I'm simplifying the lingo for her to explain how they did the Lampwork beads, one of the ladies behind the counter said I should come work for them. Unfortunately knowing and doing are 2 different things, and lampworking is one of the crafts I'm never going to do, since it involves working hot glass over an open flame.
So tomorrow's the Faire, I've made a steam punk-y hat to wear for the Time Travelers weekend, if it goes over well enough, tutorial to come Monday after work.

Year 1

So a year has passed since I first started this blog, originally created just for con info and links for people to check out. I've spent this year trying to figure out a design layout and color schemes for my little slice of the Internet, and it keeps coming back to logo/mascot stuff. I've thought for a long hard time and still have only come up with 2 different ideas for it, and neither of them seem to fit. Hopefully the music washes sense into my poor addled brain tonight at Musikfest. It runs from August 3-12 this year, I'll be there for quite a few of those nights.
I'll also be going to the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire on August 12, the time traveler's weekend. I was going to go as Amy Pond since I have a red wig and most of an outfit, but then I thought it was a bit boring, dressing in normal clothes and hoping someone got it. So I was hit with a flash of inspiration wandering around the other day, to dress as another one of my favorite time travelers. No, it isn't Bill or Ted. and also not Magenta or Columbia. You'll have to wait and find out!