tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307379612024-02-19T04:08:09.698-05:00Bella Boston{ Crafting Adventures }Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-64913483872740453282011-03-26T00:25:00.000-04:002011-03-26T00:25:55.426-04:00Costume BlogIn case you didn't see, I started a new costume blog here on blogger. I like the layout better than LiveJournal so this is where most of my updates will be! I will probably make <a href="http://bellamissella.livejournal.com/">my posts on LJ</a> friends only, so start following me here if you're not on LJ or add me as a friend! :)<br />
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<a href="http://bellamissella.blogspot.com/">Check me out!</a><br />
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Oh, and I will try to be better about updating this blog as well. I have been woefully remiss. So why not start now!<br />
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Tomorrow I am going to my first meeting of my new book club. We read "Peace Like a River" and if you haven't read it, you should. I loved it! I didn't think I would, but I'm glad to be wrong. I also quite enjoyed the "western-y" bits, which is one reason I thought I wouldn't like it. Anyway, should be a good discussion tomorrow, I will have to share if it's interesting.<br />
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Other books I've read lately that I love: "Ender's Game"!! Why had I not read this before? Oh man, I got totally sucked in. I think I finished it in about 4 days, which for me is fast, especially as these were weekdays. I really should start one of the sequels or something, but I'm worried they won't be as good. If you've read any of them, which should I do? Are they worth it?<br />
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And since I seem to be on a roll, I also read "Matched", which I also really liked. If you liked "Hunger Games" you might find this kind of similar. I thought it was a clever idea and it's going to be a series, so more to come! Always a good thing. :)<br />
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Oh yeah, I saw the new Jane Eyre movie. I'll have to give you my thoughts on that soon...Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-92196484926924190302010-12-16T10:24:00.005-05:002010-12-16T11:44:00.238-05:00Happy Birthday Jane!Today is Jane Austen's Birthday! She's turning 235! In honor of the occasion I will share pictures of the lovely first edition of <span style="font-style: italic;">Sense and Sensibility</span> which I've been privileged to work on over the last month here at Harvard.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sense and Sensibility</span> was published in 1811, and was her first published work! <span style="font-style: italic;">Pride and Prejudice</span> came next in 1813. If you want to know more about Jane Austen's life, I highly suggest reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Jane-Austen-Jon-Spence/dp/1847250467/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1292515404&sr=8-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">Becoming Jane Austen</span></a>, which was a great biography that <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Jane-Anne-Hathaway/dp/B000ZIZ0RA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1292515404&sr=8-2">the movie</a> was based on.<br /><br />The copy I worked on is still in it's original covers, though the colors have faded. The labels used to be pink! It is quite rare to find copies in the original covers because they were usually a temporary binding, wealthier people who bought it would later have it rebound to match their library.<br /><br />This copy is used by professors who bring their students to see rare, classic books at the library.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsOtp_S2e-ed_K5KZB8XkjjS2fCIU6urZHU3jbSdn0Dm-IdInChR_h9cC4fDAsVhKSkdHrf_Fu5cO2sksnl0A6QYXcXbhYvyq0_Rr1mYFJ4xKLHid1UphqJ3IM0To6zemRNmr/s1600/_MG_4645_0085.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsOtp_S2e-ed_K5KZB8XkjjS2fCIU6urZHU3jbSdn0Dm-IdInChR_h9cC4fDAsVhKSkdHrf_Fu5cO2sksnl0A6QYXcXbhYvyq0_Rr1mYFJ4xKLHid1UphqJ3IM0To6zemRNmr/s400/_MG_4645_0085.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551307902705623058" border="0" /></a><br />Showing part of the new box I made to house the three volumes.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgpL5CWazW8YlleXyZWY2d6wB1-UcRd9rOekeBMY5pJXzfj9oZXciqUqqkz4X9RYwn_YPfQSW_9vOedsCQDKVydandndVonzQ30ciWZu4jAR1M-fVMgelmA5FxxIxo1EHxo4z/s1600/_MG_4601_0086.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgpL5CWazW8YlleXyZWY2d6wB1-UcRd9rOekeBMY5pJXzfj9oZXciqUqqkz4X9RYwn_YPfQSW_9vOedsCQDKVydandndVonzQ30ciWZu4jAR1M-fVMgelmA5FxxIxo1EHxo4z/s400/_MG_4601_0086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551307901813958194" border="0" /></a><br />The green of the covers was a very hard color to replicate! I spent about 6 hours just trying to get it right!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And a little about how and what I did to them...<br />I wish I had before pictures to show! I did a lot of these little fills!<br />In process photos:<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1QMOniFpL3iZU4OJjVhY8-O9v2UPHPNm8oeZ4pJc0gxHfvFNM5PqQo-iX9dAYVQrNdzZJ0Ur0KxRzddeMbhjgbfmEn8SzqlrpIjuizhJqhaNyHS4MwkQ2AZlPpcVMfMNXjTu/s1600/_MG_4514_0053.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1QMOniFpL3iZU4OJjVhY8-O9v2UPHPNm8oeZ4pJc0gxHfvFNM5PqQo-iX9dAYVQrNdzZJ0Ur0KxRzddeMbhjgbfmEn8SzqlrpIjuizhJqhaNyHS4MwkQ2AZlPpcVMfMNXjTu/s200/_MG_4514_0053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551307607698291298" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">To repair losses to the cover paper, I first traced the missing piece on thin plastic (mylar) laid over the book.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiROgKMoW9Fb6YkoShdn-86WlHzg66CtElbvn2Q778o_0woPjC00hTEPoSNhOsb_PQd_JelErXgHNufSkIzmn75lbQY1cKMLalPVODYPDn39qVHHWihogHS79tZtYf2DrP2ifg/s1600/_MG_4517_0056.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiROgKMoW9Fb6YkoShdn-86WlHzg66CtElbvn2Q778o_0woPjC00hTEPoSNhOsb_PQd_JelErXgHNufSkIzmn75lbQY1cKMLalPVODYPDn39qVHHWihogHS79tZtYf2DrP2ifg/s200/_MG_4517_0056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551307602799989458" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I then cut the shapes out of Japanese tissue that I toned to match the color of the original paper, on the light box (both in white, the first layer, and then the green top layer).<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUb1aTHwPndigRxfKCA0UeKCA51_f6xCsg4449RF3S68W7dkIBN017qhpoHwGjxabIGQgNaW_wlRpCiQmihNniS0jgzV6e4Xl2Cpsmp6r8Y98uC2sxeOeEo0Yzx4TzLCDPC3l/s1600/_MG_4519_0058.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUb1aTHwPndigRxfKCA0UeKCA51_f6xCsg4449RF3S68W7dkIBN017qhpoHwGjxabIGQgNaW_wlRpCiQmihNniS0jgzV6e4Xl2Cpsmp6r8Y98uC2sxeOeEo0Yzx4TzLCDPC3l/s200/_MG_4519_0058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551307596480699106" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The piece cut out.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdZA9DXJ8mNQ3PIm41tZk4tIfNHozi0jFwR_lsnTgCCBRcPrh7mktRXP9Rya2aNF7ObGftow8nQGfMpwS1SCVbL-02R2BvNRVCDacqNM5aOrxRDEmRcuJCXxlSfOYd6qdBW0F/s1600/_MG_4521_0060.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdZA9DXJ8mNQ3PIm41tZk4tIfNHozi0jFwR_lsnTgCCBRcPrh7mktRXP9Rya2aNF7ObGftow8nQGfMpwS1SCVbL-02R2BvNRVCDacqNM5aOrxRDEmRcuJCXxlSfOYd6qdBW0F/s200/_MG_4521_0060.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551307592721600066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I then applied it to the book using wheat starch paste...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy10U1mv-Oe2wazE-gUYqj8wsdWNUgAkYKnNlVNgQ0PLkwpJUHHmzHdDoX3aYGz1BpCax2S7D0Gc0rxy821syRv5AaLRsjDHgMr1q2A4EIVW8vKk3rnE7-u1FEJ-ws1UPOe_fE/s1600/_MG_4522_0061.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy10U1mv-Oe2wazE-gUYqj8wsdWNUgAkYKnNlVNgQ0PLkwpJUHHmzHdDoX3aYGz1BpCax2S7D0Gc0rxy821syRv5AaLRsjDHgMr1q2A4EIVW8vKk3rnE7-u1FEJ-ws1UPOe_fE/s200/_MG_4522_0061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551307587915273474" border="0" /></a><br />folding the edges under to cover the edges of the board too.<br /><br />I later went back and further toned the paper to match with chalk pastels on the book, so the repairs disappeared even more!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This was such a fun project for me to work on. Really a dream come true, considering how big of an Austen fan I am!<br /><br />Happy Birthday Jane! As I've been working on this book, I like to think of how you must have felt holding your first ever published novel! A treat for both me and you, I'm sure!<br /></div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-30291952776298955952010-12-14T14:16:00.001-05:002010-12-14T14:16:43.656-05:00No, I'm not dead!Sorry for the silence! I know it's been forever since I've posted real content. <br /><br />I have been up to a few things. I colored my hair before thanksgiving... I am now a redhead!<br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/44346433@N00/5260986391/'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5084/5260986391_b4524feee0_m.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />I love it, and it seems everyone else does as well!<br /><br /><br />I also visited half my family for Thanksgiving, and got to spend some quality time with these cuties:<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/44346433@N00/5260986543/'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/5260986543_1cfc5e93e5_m.jpg' border='0' width='187' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />And I've been getting my house in the holiday spirit with Christmas decorations!<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/44346433@N00/5261593782/'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5042/5261593782_fcc8467042_m.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />I bought a pink tree!! I love it.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/44346433@N00/5260986765/'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5260986765_b949c0bcf2_m.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/44346433@N00/5261594224/'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5261594224_57166139ae_m.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Our more traditional, though smaller, tree.<br /><br />And yesterday I won third place in my works Gingerbread decorating contest!<br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/44346433@N00/5261594398/'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5210/5261594398_b22be906da_m.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Merry Christmas!!<br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-14649140591451414152010-08-11T23:07:00.002-04:002010-08-11T23:10:29.368-04:00I'm back!<div style="text-align: center;">I had a great vacation both with family and costume friends. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I will post pictures soon, but unfortunately my camera and my computer are having a fight right now. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And the computer is winning. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> So we'll all just have to wait. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> For now, how do you like my new layout? I think it's kind of fun.</div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-64861268688349110412010-07-30T11:17:00.006-04:002010-08-11T23:04:56.580-04:00No longer good societyI just had to share this video. Some of you may have seen it, but, well, you'll know why I love it.<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r2PM0om2El8?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r2PM0om2El8?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />I'm leaving tomorrow morning to fly to Alaska for my brothers wedding! And then I'm going to a costuming conference in California, so lots of fun photos and updates to come!Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-32669180344744633712010-06-28T12:25:00.007-04:002010-06-28T12:48:25.620-04:00Costuming Madness in NewportIt's been forever I know! I've been a bit busy, and also probably avoiding an announcement of the end of my last relationship a couple months ago. See how I'm just skimming over that? But I'm back to post about my fun weekend! It's official. I'm obsessed with costuming. But you probably already figured that out, didn't you? So that's what I've mostly been doing in my free time from work, church and my social life. And here are the most recent results!<br /><br />I also posted these photos on my costume blog so sorry if you read both!<br /><br />So my costuming group, <a href="http://newenglandcostumers.wordpress.com/">The New England Costumers</a>, went to Newport Rhode Island this weekend to tour <a href="http://www.newportmansions.org/page7016.cfm">the mansions</a> in Bustle Era dresses/fashion! It was a lot of fun and the weather could not have been better for us. We got lucky as it had been threatening to rain the day before, but the morning of, it was clear skies and not too warm! Well, 75, but it could have been worse! We had a very leisurely, unhurried day, and I think we all enjoyed ourselves immensely! We toured the Breakers and Marble House and we're already making plans to go back so we can see a <a href="http://www.newportmansions.org/newsarticle.cfm?articleid=10013594&PTSidebarOptID=1386&returnTo=index.cfm&returntoname=Home&SiteID=146&pageid=3513&sidepageid=3513&thetitle=Rosecliff%20Costume%20Exhibit%20Examines%20the%20Creation%20of%20Gilded%20Age%20Fashion&banner1img=banner_1h.swf&banner2img=banner_2h.swf&bannerbg=&siteURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newportmansions.org">Fashion exhibit</a> at Rosecliff, which was closed this weekend because of a flower show.<br /><br />These "cottages" were amazing! And we spent the day dreaming up our own versions of our ideal mansions. We also were stopped repeatedly with requests for pictures or to just know why we were dressed up! It was a fun day!<lj user="quincy134"><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4742884652_9a59dcd670.jpg" alt="" /><br />Overlooking the sea.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4741079306_262dbf265a.jpg" alt="" /><br />Jenni<lj user="jennil">, Gloria<lj user="quincy134">, Zarabeth and me (and Mike behind the camera...)<br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4741102440_c9945421d6.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4742884818_099beb19ef.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4742884738_6421988b61.jpg" alt="" /><br />In front of the Chinese Tea House<br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4742884546_a093bd7dd3.jpg" alt="" /><br />Diet Coke toast with Jenni!<br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4740480061_830e9fe052.jpg" alt="" /><br />And the ubiquitous shoe shot. :)<br /><br />More of my pictures can be found <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bellaboston/sets/72157624373196072/">here</a>.<br /><br />If you want to read more about my outfit and how I made it, check out my <a href="http://bellamissella.livejournal.com/">costume blog</a>!<br /><br />The summer is just getting started, so hopefully I'll have more to post soon! But yes, a lot of it is going to be costume related! :)<br /></lj></lj></lj>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-38140947183707716222010-03-11T15:08:00.003-05:002010-03-11T15:14:12.884-05:00I love these gals!<p style="text-align: center;" class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EXuHyrm1KXQRfadyj5-uw0PA5TDifnPBXaFlnKd1prGVKcQSsp59wC2rFG_IjYNcTBw9cuFsnmfKoCMDC0JDR_MrGmtu8ep8JqdklqdpSTtWwDhHdaed0fqxnOh2GVmNFpCD/s1600-h/image1-734808.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EXuHyrm1KXQRfadyj5-uw0PA5TDifnPBXaFlnKd1prGVKcQSsp59wC2rFG_IjYNcTBw9cuFsnmfKoCMDC0JDR_MrGmtu8ep8JqdklqdpSTtWwDhHdaed0fqxnOh2GVmNFpCD/s320/image1-734808.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447470806613146530" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcAwYFL3ATjY_YkehoFFKML3WeJO3XGkAlvsRxnRRy4yDD6WmHxgKICuaHDM6Ytjb1QuXGnFXGxitTRobqopy6NkHvyExUw4Q0QkBTnEbxkyNRlFn6SaaikhczDZi13XWfU9E/s1600-h/image1-736001.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcAwYFL3ATjY_YkehoFFKML3WeJO3XGkAlvsRxnRRy4yDD6WmHxgKICuaHDM6Ytjb1QuXGnFXGxitTRobqopy6NkHvyExUw4Q0QkBTnEbxkyNRlFn6SaaikhczDZi13XWfU9E/s320/image1-736001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447470817111375522" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="mobile-photo">Soon to be reunited again this weekend for Barbara's Bridal Shower!<br /><br />So exciting!<br /><br />(Pictures from Nicole's birthday dinner almost a year ago)<br /></p>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-89283090225377212082010-02-19T09:35:00.001-05:002010-02-19T15:22:44.759-05:00Time to play catch up!<div style="text-align: center;">Also titled:</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Why I've been missing</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dZ3hH9DDzd7JzhMFDIVqTcdyqnjBuzHE_YYD36ep2lqNVcItdZZiS5vp357GmrOL6tyCg5fTcY63xS3sOnftrQEYarpV2Z_oV7kwgmCQrVynnCOIuCZr3cdg5CL39SJqKLCr/s1600-h/DSCN0008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dZ3hH9DDzd7JzhMFDIVqTcdyqnjBuzHE_YYD36ep2lqNVcItdZZiS5vp357GmrOL6tyCg5fTcY63xS3sOnftrQEYarpV2Z_oV7kwgmCQrVynnCOIuCZr3cdg5CL39SJqKLCr/s400/DSCN0008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439738474412918434" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />I've been a little distracted for the past several weeks.<br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">His name is Dan.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He makes me smile.<br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately {or fortunately, for me, who lives in freezing cold Boston}</div><div style="text-align: center;">he lives in Arizona.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Which is where we took this picture.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yep, it's true, this is not what Boston looks like in February.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We actually met at Christmas in Washington DC.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was visiting my cousin and he was home to see his family.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He stopped me in church and we had our first date that night!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since then he's been out to visit me,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I've been out to visit him.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We've just been having a lot of fun!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wow, I feel like I'm writing a poem or something. Sorry about that.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyway, here's a photo recap of the last few visits together.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9z2IDkXoDNY560SeLzD_i9Xjk0P-tHO-JVFL4TO67-d2cQLixlPXXtfEEYUOghbFmxLuqRQjMk83hW_1a8ozYwy_4azHlOOX-kS_vyKCmu22MhYheY76hGkH4P5-Yu1c6dRzF/s1600-h/100_0019.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9z2IDkXoDNY560SeLzD_i9Xjk0P-tHO-JVFL4TO67-d2cQLixlPXXtfEEYUOghbFmxLuqRQjMk83hW_1a8ozYwy_4azHlOOX-kS_vyKCmu22MhYheY76hGkH4P5-Yu1c6dRzF/s400/100_0019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439776353787104498" border="0" /></a>This is actually what Boston looks like in January.<br />Dan braved the cold and came to visit me in Boston.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here we are with John Harvard.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxt0xSZBahHeNcB116eda-mrIq4ru_L57zxF0CNUzi9Qlpj-gkG-wZF61nAfQKBi3J86mMh5kL2f2nIlxgEVLP8j87Q3utDkH09fNIwlVNujg3IeE3RSmXyhU9m_1ThYjakU8b/s1600-h/100_0020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxt0xSZBahHeNcB116eda-mrIq4ru_L57zxF0CNUzi9Qlpj-gkG-wZF61nAfQKBi3J86mMh5kL2f2nIlxgEVLP8j87Q3utDkH09fNIwlVNujg3IeE3RSmXyhU9m_1ThYjakU8b/s400/100_0020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439776363180114930" border="0" /></a>We also went to an indoor waterpark for my roommate Lisa's Birthday party which was a lot of fun! {OK, so maybe there are some places that are warm in New England in the winter!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9vux-6D0FVGlq2H3B16JmEQtlA0n1qpBHodz1xSrH0y579R06PTT5PwKwcHFZhhFDOoeCCx4ZMpldVQM9yOYnGmpG4uEK_4h2jz2zf08YrYKhv0uaquSIAq59ama71kwV4T1/s1600-h/100_0031.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9vux-6D0FVGlq2H3B16JmEQtlA0n1qpBHodz1xSrH0y579R06PTT5PwKwcHFZhhFDOoeCCx4ZMpldVQM9yOYnGmpG4uEK_4h2jz2zf08YrYKhv0uaquSIAq59ama71kwV4T1/s400/100_0031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439776364066998194" border="0" /></a>This was also in Boston, out in Lexington. Again, it was pretty cold!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8L9sCIYf2KJBDsHFCVI_NTpcXzUypoVPQ1FXiorbChh3U9WfljvU2m7PoAW7YtlJf8vbzM_De_Q6dEsNALPmEyQXplaI1mEYIYfg0RxxOdEKBri_cX6rubFbYDJxsfQuxG-lo/s1600-h/100_0119.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8L9sCIYf2KJBDsHFCVI_NTpcXzUypoVPQ1FXiorbChh3U9WfljvU2m7PoAW7YtlJf8vbzM_De_Q6dEsNALPmEyQXplaI1mEYIYfg0RxxOdEKBri_cX6rubFbYDJxsfQuxG-lo/s400/100_0119.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439776374558979714" border="0" /></a>Well, we're not in Boston anymore! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Last weekend we checked out Goldfield which is an old mining/ghost town. It was pretty touristy. But the weather is just great in AZ this time of year! It was beautiful and sunny!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJYKK0FEOtBBacEo0sXzCT45HQq6Mzuu_F-ekkBAaqxyNqIxgAXih0hX-VHptQkrZsHhGsd6XTjH_n-lLjSfBgWEcf3DrzT1lwhFdC4lIgJJD9pE5O_rueXsJrqRmYV6qrnMS/s1600-h/100_0123.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJYKK0FEOtBBacEo0sXzCT45HQq6Mzuu_F-ekkBAaqxyNqIxgAXih0hX-VHptQkrZsHhGsd6XTjH_n-lLjSfBgWEcf3DrzT1lwhFdC4lIgJJD9pE5O_rueXsJrqRmYV6qrnMS/s400/100_0123.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439776380950006834" border="0" /></a>The sun was really hurting my eyes. And I didn't really need the coat, but I guess I am more of a true Arizonian at heart, because 65 really is still kinda cold... :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJq6xpq21Yru-lHDhJB4xGNin8lI5vbaKhFWfFo5WhAf8cK1aOzm9FfDHqOn6Ar3QTG1umJURUesOKj5C9TVipURaxfgxTBEV0gUIJ02fKHaUirC8pW9-hDXACwD-p1M3vr3r/s1600-h/100_0125.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJq6xpq21Yru-lHDhJB4xGNin8lI5vbaKhFWfFo5WhAf8cK1aOzm9FfDHqOn6Ar3QTG1umJURUesOKj5C9TVipURaxfgxTBEV0gUIJ02fKHaUirC8pW9-hDXACwD-p1M3vr3r/s400/100_0125.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439778194122122178" border="0" /></a>We went to see Mary Poppins at the Gammage Theater at ASU which was so much fun! If you can you have to see it, it's one of the best musicals I've ever seen {well, other than Wicked, but that's hard to top}!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since Sunday was Valentine's Day we made a special meal:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UsYZLrWFN1Rr9N_3AG-udfeyfhXRfgjsMVKvUu9waxVrnAu4-XsT9uRFdJcwul_t7mAfdrg8US_EtU_iep536lycCJvw_ntn8188Ks1mj7jXTq2fw6L3w83AoaSrvjQ4BoQF/s1600-h/100_0126.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UsYZLrWFN1Rr9N_3AG-udfeyfhXRfgjsMVKvUu9waxVrnAu4-XsT9uRFdJcwul_t7mAfdrg8US_EtU_iep536lycCJvw_ntn8188Ks1mj7jXTq2fw6L3w83AoaSrvjQ4BoQF/s400/100_0126.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439778184494161970" border="0" /></a>Heart Shaped Turkey Meatloaf Patties with Herb Smashed Potatoes with Goat Cheese and Green Beans with Lemon Butter and Toasted Almonds.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was delicious! Thanks Rachel Ray! :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvyNEM3xGoFU7fSueekMFjFtG_ebkGc6qJN7_eBanjgh0uKEELvRXbQoDOWxxWhrhRnuZc_bhT85pPhAj-TUYf6dlxYLYnTwYU2FJM23cC7GIz_VKgMBACJZeM3HfUoSVyKhD/s1600-h/100_0132.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvyNEM3xGoFU7fSueekMFjFtG_ebkGc6qJN7_eBanjgh0uKEELvRXbQoDOWxxWhrhRnuZc_bhT85pPhAj-TUYf6dlxYLYnTwYU2FJM23cC7GIz_VKgMBACJZeM3HfUoSVyKhD/s400/100_0132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439778180438633378" border="0" /></a>Here we are sitting down to our meal.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGsS8dKgwpzTc7_B5uit8L3nIGtjYwcF9jgfYcce8uhmYeVRSIjQBzzjt0vX63niBH_SHWbVP3hkunRrQUP5uKOxSAEzOeQlB5oSrsh3rnQPipDkomlHKlmTSAmJ_80WxhXCx/s1600-h/100_0133.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGsS8dKgwpzTc7_B5uit8L3nIGtjYwcF9jgfYcce8uhmYeVRSIjQBzzjt0vX63niBH_SHWbVP3hkunRrQUP5uKOxSAEzOeQlB5oSrsh3rnQPipDkomlHKlmTSAmJ_80WxhXCx/s400/100_0133.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439778173744659170" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I forgot to get pictures of the desserts! We had Dan's family Peanut Butter Pie {which was so, so good!} and chocolate dipped strawberries.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's nice to have a Valentine!<br /><br />Happy February everyone! I promise I'll try to be better about posting!<br /></div></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-72541101788565981472010-01-11T15:08:00.005-05:002010-01-11T15:36:33.228-05:00More Costuming FunSorry for not being better about posting! I had a great Christmas break, but didn't get to see any of my immediate family so no fun pics of the kiddos, but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy!<br /><br />Last weekend I attended an 18th Century "Twelfth Night Ball" in Sudbury, MA in a 300 year old inn with my costuming group! We had a blast drinking punch, watching the contra-dancing (doing a bit myself) and feeling like we were living back in revolutionary times!<br /><br />Pictures, of course, with more <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28557103@N08/sets/72157623049130463/">here</a>!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">With Sarah and Jenni, enjoying the punch:<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbIc63R5ws2Q9YQLZ6g_sq_2BEDlFZJ1P1g9JADyeGBbC3NM-zdHObiKffcz3GF2pSVSqKHn8jIDyO6AbZNQzlDOIA_7dqStS0JRTDXfpgQyune95acbBxbF5B8sZDOzAQPG8/s1600-h/4259070205_b00bb228e6_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbIc63R5ws2Q9YQLZ6g_sq_2BEDlFZJ1P1g9JADyeGBbC3NM-zdHObiKffcz3GF2pSVSqKHn8jIDyO6AbZNQzlDOIA_7dqStS0JRTDXfpgQyune95acbBxbF5B8sZDOzAQPG8/s400/4259070205_b00bb228e6_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425581900072884354" border="0" /></a><br />My first contra-dance:<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZ6K7b1NlwCLqTQQ7Z0e7UEk2ut8rgtyXRY-N5S_Jb_3xfOGgDIjiEEhwuFYPXnZKOFPA56YjS5CtpXHJXVDor5tczlPAvwlmwh4P7gQ4ypUa97IiepcKAHwWOdN0Zb3Bppj-/s1600-h/4259077445_55522e9f39_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZ6K7b1NlwCLqTQQ7Z0e7UEk2ut8rgtyXRY-N5S_Jb_3xfOGgDIjiEEhwuFYPXnZKOFPA56YjS5CtpXHJXVDor5tczlPAvwlmwh4P7gQ4ypUa97IiepcKAHwWOdN0Zb3Bppj-/s400/4259077445_55522e9f39_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425581970586827042" border="0" /></a><br />Gloria and Mike:<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzgze1MjAz8DHZdyLg3c73E51f0hvGBL9MJfWRGWupIyBHHfRnQGNYqYqSXhXuIm0QGUWi4_qHp8Ti-w0pwJ5zILNCtYJ6z3wI3kI6DrlBCAj0idk8z6P69y-iFstS8J44MtY/s1600-h/4259072091_ac7316afcd_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzgze1MjAz8DHZdyLg3c73E51f0hvGBL9MJfWRGWupIyBHHfRnQGNYqYqSXhXuIm0QGUWi4_qHp8Ti-w0pwJ5zILNCtYJ6z3wI3kI6DrlBCAj0idk8z6P69y-iFstS8J44MtY/s400/4259072091_ac7316afcd_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425581897189381618" border="0" /></a><br />I did both our hair before the ball:<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7cQ9qa5ipxp_ajkCQ_0jICEKc3NKVZFROOzJ5ye8XZ9x8iF1j14y3JM2qAlM03BWnKwYPDaP0bNaNvHpvIErVWtEYFt5LLji9KoFMR84bCdBMV133qtJ74W5nrPIqk-pfH6C/s1600-h/4259060091_3c6009e9c0_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7cQ9qa5ipxp_ajkCQ_0jICEKc3NKVZFROOzJ5ye8XZ9x8iF1j14y3JM2qAlM03BWnKwYPDaP0bNaNvHpvIErVWtEYFt5LLji9KoFMR84bCdBMV133qtJ74W5nrPIqk-pfH6C/s400/4259060091_3c6009e9c0_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425581895663831042" border="0" /></a><br />It never takes long for Sarah and Jenni to start some kind of fight! (Just for fun, of course)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhduJ-a03jznwSfDA7ypnIVCMWFB-IoOoepW8HeWYGF_GcyoNsFKILnGy50HQycL0Ik7reGBtZOZCKhqxqIcYve5__eK_7-4hHV-1lKrcTZc3XuEYZcesYEE0pApncAbvOrfYEI/s1600-h/4259058609_678e60a48c_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhduJ-a03jznwSfDA7ypnIVCMWFB-IoOoepW8HeWYGF_GcyoNsFKILnGy50HQycL0Ik7reGBtZOZCKhqxqIcYve5__eK_7-4hHV-1lKrcTZc3XuEYZcesYEE0pApncAbvOrfYEI/s400/4259058609_678e60a48c_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425581890975051570" border="0" /></a>More of the dancing:<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Uu-S4djH6oyv93HbXPGXmVnANo5D_a9Dqb5a5yLLIpxQ0FWtzReTXiigzatE20s_QO79Cw2KUXbfXbNUwJFbye-xaaUpvvdThnluX3hR2cyhGDrIpGvI5TgQ-hEnvJWUT_V9/s1600-h/4259057337_fe0baa767d_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Uu-S4djH6oyv93HbXPGXmVnANo5D_a9Dqb5a5yLLIpxQ0FWtzReTXiigzatE20s_QO79Cw2KUXbfXbNUwJFbye-xaaUpvvdThnluX3hR2cyhGDrIpGvI5TgQ-hEnvJWUT_V9/s400/4259057337_fe0baa767d_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425581885318568770" border="0" /></a><br />It was a really fun event, I got to know everyone better, we met some new friends, I ran into a co-worker who I didn't know did re-enactments, and we made more costuming plans so that's always a good thing!<br /><br />I promise to have a non-costuming post up soon, but lately that's all I've been up to really!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Happy New Year, by the way!</span><br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-61833538521023105032009-12-19T23:11:00.004-05:002009-12-19T23:21:47.498-05:00Regency Tea PicturesFinally, I have something to post about! This is a cross post from my costume blog, check it out:<div><br /></div>Today's event was so much fun! Let's get right to it, shall we?<br /><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2532/4199153902_60808f4b74.jpg" /><br />The whole group! Well, minus Mike, so....<div><br />Gloria and Mike, the perfect Regency couple!<br /><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2507/4199154094_d628d54bb3.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2640/4198400697_43159b66ca.jpg" /><br />Shoe shot! My pink suede flats matched perfectly.<br /><br />And now for some shots at home:<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2779/4198401449_5c42fe63b5.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4199156690_0f168bcb18.jpg" /><br />The Muff in all it's glory!<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2574/4199155318_d7456070a3.jpg" /><br />Action shot from the back where you can see more details (and a mess in the background)<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4198402489_5d47f10f50.jpg" /><br />A side view of the bonnet.<br /><br />So unfortunately I didn't have time to put the buttons on the sides of the jacket, but other than that it all came together with literally half an hour for me to get ready, which was really cutting it short! But I got there! And the tea was lovely, the food was great {there was clotted cream! my favorite!}, I had so much fun meeting everyone and the tour was really amazing too! So so fun and it got me so excited for even more events! I've found my people! :)</div><div><br /></div><div>If you want to see more details about getting the whole look together, you can see more posts over <a href="http://bellamissella.livejournal.com/">here</a>!</div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-47171287269922452992009-11-24T15:27:00.004-05:002009-11-24T15:37:12.628-05:00Costume Blog<div style="text-align: center;">Sorry I haven't posted in a while! <br />Nothing too interesting going on really, but I have been doing a lot of sewing/costuming lately. <br />I'm going to be attending a costume event in the beginning of December so I've been getting a new outfit together. It's a <a href="http://www.goreplace.org/holiday-tea.htm">Regency Tea</a> at a <a href="http://www.goreplace.org/">historical home</a> here in MA. <br />I can't wait I think it's going to be fun!<br /><br />So, if you want to see my progress, thoughts and pictures you can check out<br />my new costuming blog:<br /><a href="http://bellamissella.livejournal.com">Bella Miss Ella</a><br />{she's my dress form}<br /><br />The reason I started a Live Journal blog is because there is a huge costuming network going on over there and it makes it easier for me to keep tabs on others and vice versa! I'm kind of enjoying it so far, although I like the formatting options for blogger more. But that's neither here nor there!<br /><br />I'll be sure to post pictures from the event here when it happens so don't worry too much!<br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-41877407485422549342009-11-03T12:05:00.000-05:002009-11-03T12:08:57.863-05:00Halloween Masquerade Ball!<div style="text-align: center;">Finally!</div><div style="text-align: center;">What I'm sure you've all been waiting for...<br />Better pictures of my costume!<br />And of the Masquerade!<br /><br />It was a great night, at an amazing location<br />with 600 people!<br />So much fun!<br /><br />My feet hurt by the end of the night,<br />I'd lost a feather from my hair (wah waaahhh)<br />and I got some frosting on my dress somehow<br />{even though I avoided the treats table, except for a cookie}<br />and driving in a corset is hard<br />{thanks to my roommie for driving home}<br />but all in all it was good times!<br /><br />On to the pictures!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMW5NwzjqNx7NGCG9krovTNMhQtVJxRB9dC9wXUR5wpmTxYD618Km8A-pOxY7Xt6BvRP9qlX-UT5m_798Unbzs2rM1e4JtMfBo47UvFYWAWNBPM5IgzV5l8f4eWP1BNZ3zE42O/s1600-h/104_3445.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMW5NwzjqNx7NGCG9krovTNMhQtVJxRB9dC9wXUR5wpmTxYD618Km8A-pOxY7Xt6BvRP9qlX-UT5m_798Unbzs2rM1e4JtMfBo47UvFYWAWNBPM5IgzV5l8f4eWP1BNZ3zE42O/s400/104_3445.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399296136885983794" border="0" /></a>With Nicole and Janey<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRHfztRO_hKw_FdWIBLodZ0NCRG2GHcyhZRqNNFx21Hq3Vj2c46Tr06fY38J0v6hiKP4nz4BXwbmjCtapEKCNqYp5suQlsYkV8_wJuca-XZKMwU4l51U7svrNptKkEB0zeSEh/s1600-h/104_3446.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRHfztRO_hKw_FdWIBLodZ0NCRG2GHcyhZRqNNFx21Hq3Vj2c46Tr06fY38J0v6hiKP4nz4BXwbmjCtapEKCNqYp5suQlsYkV8_wJuca-XZKMwU4l51U7svrNptKkEB0zeSEh/s400/104_3446.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399296140193669970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIbYj9NzBWuBL3lPm4_kWfvb1y8SvdfRRy2eNCEORUPSum5gvTo71au2R6dszC3S8jbmQqXafHP5yfSEnYdDu0LkDSTj6PR9QeRR_vuOOPNzGrBqooAk6lik44g7u90tbcl63/s1600-h/104_3447.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIbYj9NzBWuBL3lPm4_kWfvb1y8SvdfRRy2eNCEORUPSum5gvTo71au2R6dszC3S8jbmQqXafHP5yfSEnYdDu0LkDSTj6PR9QeRR_vuOOPNzGrBqooAk6lik44g7u90tbcl63/s400/104_3447.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399296145956567090" border="0" /></a>Inside the Ballroom, which you can't see too well here, but had amazing wood paneling and incredible chandeliers!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXRZtT3wE9FzfEh4Egydiirfew_hvc4KuLJfUG3Kp4LPWBXV0Pz-hxgag-WWrovHUeyYjW0F6eOZDY_T72st4E7lBfNeeNtu-0V7dTjeOcw0s3KDop-lqC2g4R0UOhnzM4tCf/s1600-h/104_3453.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXRZtT3wE9FzfEh4Egydiirfew_hvc4KuLJfUG3Kp4LPWBXV0Pz-hxgag-WWrovHUeyYjW0F6eOZDY_T72st4E7lBfNeeNtu-0V7dTjeOcw0s3KDop-lqC2g4R0UOhnzM4tCf/s400/104_3453.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399296405023347266" border="0" /></a>A group performed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" which was awesome, I just wish I had a better view! I could only see their heads really... People were going crazy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFbM_tcMg-0GqvWziDJd2MQdTW713SJnUzuE1OZdISjRgs5hhdHcIzlOXpGQwrtcYLE7pnSbO6Zf7T9Di5IBY8IWWMdubJkRbHUr9Lp8cHYkWOAMKCnCMARYOxf8laqazblgf/s1600-h/104_3450.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFbM_tcMg-0GqvWziDJd2MQdTW713SJnUzuE1OZdISjRgs5hhdHcIzlOXpGQwrtcYLE7pnSbO6Zf7T9Di5IBY8IWWMdubJkRbHUr9Lp8cHYkWOAMKCnCMARYOxf8laqazblgf/s400/104_3450.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399296152135066994" border="0" /></a>With Natalie, the 1992 Moonlight Masquerade Barbie<br />{she painted her mask on! how cool is that?!}<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQESxVnSQVXbToyTT_d9OfdTCOTqGxonENmvwL5Gz9N6dsuhLTqsEsgiPeFshIMw_QL-l8PfTgePJJh13MDDWU6SAkBKREnn2uBqjxRFDAmUVMINbKJTo9eOEpa7EK7y6GGlu/s1600-h/104_3449.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQESxVnSQVXbToyTT_d9OfdTCOTqGxonENmvwL5Gz9N6dsuhLTqsEsgiPeFshIMw_QL-l8PfTgePJJh13MDDWU6SAkBKREnn2uBqjxRFDAmUVMINbKJTo9eOEpa7EK7y6GGlu/s400/104_3449.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399296147190259554" border="0" /></a>With Aimee, showing off our lovely fans.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpyX3UrevO91tbDHFtBXdsDQ5uVp-U9FDoeR_F35964s2MHRKBiYcmGJ84vRPfeQrxbd1nZ4qspJcroub3uUVb4y6k7m8MFYrTNol9CltLbpAy4Xc9at91fhvXxuNmrvUac5dJ/s1600-h/104_3458.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpyX3UrevO91tbDHFtBXdsDQ5uVp-U9FDoeR_F35964s2MHRKBiYcmGJ84vRPfeQrxbd1nZ4qspJcroub3uUVb4y6k7m8MFYrTNol9CltLbpAy4Xc9at91fhvXxuNmrvUac5dJ/s400/104_3458.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399296415366989762" border="0" /></a>A view of my shoes<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUbnzZVFFzOhWP7niVlwWgel0cYlRun-HRaPUlO5Gitu537gNERYCjhBxWkIVQLuNKY_FVXkYtWVjtChwdTkVNet5B61ELroMdybtn-Pm8vwHqbnxur9eJx10f0DjTKvlNkZf/s1600-h/104_3456.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUbnzZVFFzOhWP7niVlwWgel0cYlRun-HRaPUlO5Gitu537gNERYCjhBxWkIVQLuNKY_FVXkYtWVjtChwdTkVNet5B61ELroMdybtn-Pm8vwHqbnxur9eJx10f0DjTKvlNkZf/s400/104_3456.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399296408672870418" border="0" /></a>And from the back<br />{man I have bad posture, even in a corset!}<br /><br />I pretty much just said "Thank you!" the entire night,<br />most people thought I'd bought it at first,<br />but it soon spread that I'd made it myself,<br />so people were asking for pictures with me!<br />It was pretty crazy.<br /><br />I'm glad I did it, but next time I might try to give myself more time to get everything done.<br />There are still a few little things that I haven't finished on the corset and with trimming the dress, but I was glad I was able to wear it two weekends in a row.<br />Who knows when the next time will be!<br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-83983266271685335892009-10-29T16:47:00.003-04:002009-10-29T17:03:03.165-04:00Another small preview...<div style="text-align: center;">OK, so I know I promised lots of pictures of my costume and the party and everything but unforunately my cameras weren't working and so I had to rely on others to get photos.<br /><br />I have gotten a few so far, so check it out, but I will<br />FOR SURE<br />post pictures of each part of my costume after this Sat.<br /><br />It's the Halloween Masquerade Ball<br />for the Education Conference<br />(you <a href="http://bellaboston.blogspot.com/2007/11/finally-update.html">might remember</a> that from a couple years ago)<br />and I can't wait because it's going to be awesome!<br /><br />So for now, here's a look at my<br />"Queen of the Dead"<br />costume and then a link <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/jacksonsage/Halloween2009?feat=email#">here</a> to more pictures from the party!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1X9f74jtkd1JWP8-78nmB8vNVw5ZiSeUFr2I8kT66FjEKdoghpVLaKELBck3ApeQFkV75iU88c8vlOrhHWsJF56kpTQcCAKVzZEMajCU3f-GOCqqxPkD1PSrFcrVer7w0nb5W/s1600-h/11055_100547103302751_100000423853760_13065_891157_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1X9f74jtkd1JWP8-78nmB8vNVw5ZiSeUFr2I8kT66FjEKdoghpVLaKELBck3ApeQFkV75iU88c8vlOrhHWsJF56kpTQcCAKVzZEMajCU3f-GOCqqxPkD1PSrFcrVer7w0nb5W/s400/11055_100547103302751_100000423853760_13065_891157_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398129762225317890" border="0" /></a>With my friend Janey who's a vampire.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br />{notice the slit neck that's been "stitched" back on...}</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjtfdjLja7LIMQT7raxqKd5RbdHdOkefMxFQFOTogJXCSbk_QI9x7OzeBbYcdvMcqJoftMyR3S0o6CSEaDJhCT9KIn3Q0D0vTaYLPNVBsP8mzqPrLpz9iMyphxU4XuY4lMEGhY/s1600-h/IMG_0072.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjtfdjLja7LIMQT7raxqKd5RbdHdOkefMxFQFOTogJXCSbk_QI9x7OzeBbYcdvMcqJoftMyR3S0o6CSEaDJhCT9KIn3Q0D0vTaYLPNVBsP8mzqPrLpz9iMyphxU4XuY4lMEGhY/s400/IMG_0072.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398129756553552994" border="0" /></a>A fuller shot, but my face looks funny here... just ignore that.<br /><br />More to come soon, for sure!<br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-53546203101293277062009-10-22T14:58:00.006-04:002009-10-22T15:11:26.553-04:00MoreSightings of Famous People<div style="text-align: center;">Ok, so I didn't get to <span style="font-style: italic;">meet</span> them<br />per se<br />but Ben Affleck was filming right around the corner from my work yesterday.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOIjPdxxHgKAAXLtI8bSYwhwu9sI0thcCbQjUA4kNpRDKrVo8VgGVQMtv1vZ8J-Nc018a8A2heln_zWXB2SoDU7ZuiwCWhlZp76SEidhYStOyU_4wc3g7icG7I8JNONpj__HH/s1600-h/photo(4).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOIjPdxxHgKAAXLtI8bSYwhwu9sI0thcCbQjUA4kNpRDKrVo8VgGVQMtv1vZ8J-Nc018a8A2heln_zWXB2SoDU7ZuiwCWhlZp76SEidhYStOyU_4wc3g7icG7I8JNONpj__HH/s400/photo(4).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395501907750839650" border="0" /></a>That's Ben Affleck and John Hamm getting ready to shoot the scene.<br /><br />So I couldn't resist walking by on my lunch.<br />And then I had to snap pictures.<br />Because really, how many times do you get to see movie stars in real life?<span style="font-size:85%;"><br />{Sorry they're not better, I just snapped them with my phone, so that means no zooming in...}</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbtEXyoJfhALp4ulMbqUrtPM_tIn_C3M2lMglPRpDAb1PT8a8LI6No3nesPkNN-phUON0kQqXzLStM5W73Zfy9j0Zd7oXL5WH3skw5r_-RgP-U0MKEi3vR2VpDWkmtmEK9dn_/s1600-h/photo(5).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbtEXyoJfhALp4ulMbqUrtPM_tIn_C3M2lMglPRpDAb1PT8a8LI6No3nesPkNN-phUON0kQqXzLStM5W73Zfy9j0Zd7oXL5WH3skw5r_-RgP-U0MKEi3vR2VpDWkmtmEK9dn_/s400/photo(5).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395501914898086658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">I was having lunch in the Au Bon Pain, which conveniently had a window looking right out on the action.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUXuFLADPHhXCFzZc5uhZ1s6vMPL17Tr7gab4W6TWIZY1JARCGUMqK_3FuJ5osUso_b7YDB5U1t_TKVe_svGFHikuqTnm-Q5pf60_vwJj3IX-br6P1LMJwy_FmAie1m3WRBdI/s1600-h/photo(3).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUXuFLADPHhXCFzZc5uhZ1s6vMPL17Tr7gab4W6TWIZY1JARCGUMqK_3FuJ5osUso_b7YDB5U1t_TKVe_svGFHikuqTnm-Q5pf60_vwJj3IX-br6P1LMJwy_FmAie1m3WRBdI/s400/photo(3).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395501900745210658" border="0" /></a>That's John Hamm in an FBI jacket.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3Y2eWYaLienT4Hf13fPdtcI1WdiGUaeTbj9h4sOySaJKKw_WEntmzV9qebtJEb5-GS8FQJjnHvBTEXZLWDJOXDtF-7kf0jwd-A9PhdQvDN0uTGreBjkxCmwPmvShPjN6xUBc/s1600-h/photo(2).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3Y2eWYaLienT4Hf13fPdtcI1WdiGUaeTbj9h4sOySaJKKw_WEntmzV9qebtJEb5-GS8FQJjnHvBTEXZLWDJOXDtF-7kf0jwd-A9PhdQvDN0uTGreBjkxCmwPmvShPjN6xUBc/s400/photo(2).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395501900616582914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Other people were gawking, which made me a little uncomfortable joining in, but hey, maybe they're used to that? That's Ben under the black tent thing...</span><br /><br />And it was pretty cool to see how movies work for a bit.<br />They were setting up the scene<br />getting directions from Ben (he's the director)<br />and setting up the cameras.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JYBUjkB0pVHjyVwfacSpCxyzWOASoqOLOdUbDw4Ytq7jUv9yYze4L02JXTG0h56xCnAKKqHdeqOWSEcmZmeEcixw10WzEjUYP_gBQis5_15ZJL7i6w5RsoyQ1WNo7IyPDuE_/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JYBUjkB0pVHjyVwfacSpCxyzWOASoqOLOdUbDw4Ytq7jUv9yYze4L02JXTG0h56xCnAKKqHdeqOWSEcmZmeEcixw10WzEjUYP_gBQis5_15ZJL7i6w5RsoyQ1WNo7IyPDuE_/s400/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395501899010401474" border="0" /></a><br />I didn't realize till I walked by today, but the electrical box on the wall was placed there by the crew. It's not there in "real life". Crazy huh?<br /><br />Have any of you met a movie star?<br />Who would you <span style="font-style: italic;">die</span> to see?<br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-6922345036513476812009-10-22T14:42:00.007-04:002009-10-22T15:45:43.453-04:00Playing Dress Up<div style="text-align: center;">I just love Halloween!<br />Dressing up is one of my favorite things<br />so when I get a chance it's hard for me not to go all out.<br /><br />Last weekend I was invited to a Halloween Dinner Party.<br />I was the only one who was remotely dressed up,<br />and this was toning it down for me!<br />Hello people, it's a HALLOWEEN dinner party!<br />You would think costumes or at the least all black is appropriate!<br /><br />Here's what I wore:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcG0GuaAmvHZoxuqJDj3rtyXo1Qq_-T7dD2pBwlvLsr9PLWEV_4HnPr74HWRy762vzpV2Z9e34Kd3xs4sXSjcRvLsuSdKmh0ezMqFKoHP6Qld6jU80xUMhUGOk564nscPVjO6u/s1600-h/photo(9).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcG0GuaAmvHZoxuqJDj3rtyXo1Qq_-T7dD2pBwlvLsr9PLWEV_4HnPr74HWRy762vzpV2Z9e34Kd3xs4sXSjcRvLsuSdKmh0ezMqFKoHP6Qld6jU80xUMhUGOk564nscPVjO6u/s400/photo(9).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395498056135232450" border="0" /></a>A little witchy-fun!<br />I didn't get a picture of my nails but they were halloween inspired too,<br />with little spiders on an orange french manicure.<span style="font-size:78%;"><br />{Please ignore my messy room in the background... I've been sewing so much I haven't had time to tidy up!}</span><br /><br /><br />And since we're on the subject of costumes<br />here's a look at the undies I finished for under my<br />Marie Antoinette costume!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15wtZjAAOSB8i0Y3MFR6OF_Lnwds752RBtNRTTN78L6Op0fAcoD-rFB8zlNnEZTlXDnS7vso7RKKnYkQnhdNEVAXeqhULd9hy3gmjO327K0uH_QPnBJ-cVm3oVmlOT8oxKnS1/s1600-h/photo(8).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15wtZjAAOSB8i0Y3MFR6OF_Lnwds752RBtNRTTN78L6Op0fAcoD-rFB8zlNnEZTlXDnS7vso7RKKnYkQnhdNEVAXeqhULd9hy3gmjO327K0uH_QPnBJ-cVm3oVmlOT8oxKnS1/s400/photo(8).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395498051749774610" border="0" /></a>I have on the chemise, stays (aka corset), pocket hoops and petticoat I made over the 3 day holiday weekend. That was only 50% of the entire costume!<br />I'm almost done with the costume, and I'll be sure to post<br />TONS<br />of pictures of it and of the party.<br />I'm excited with how it's turning out!<br /><br />The one thing I haven't tackled yet is the wig...<br />I think it should really *make* the costume.<br /><br /><br />Oh and here's a little piece of costuming cuteness I just can't resist sharing:<br />My niece in her cupcake costume!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjge5M6aFEuG96_a51s262Eg0X29sMDv_H_eIPVEApJbBGXW1ihM_EkUdcVzE0ykbU6EN3nf-fcM6eQHs2veQ7BrZ93CDZEuI73zlBVzDS6yKP9StZ87Q3Oeilkxt_cLQrWycjp/s1600-h/IMG_7339.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjge5M6aFEuG96_a51s262Eg0X29sMDv_H_eIPVEApJbBGXW1ihM_EkUdcVzE0ykbU6EN3nf-fcM6eQHs2veQ7BrZ93CDZEuI73zlBVzDS6yKP9StZ87Q3Oeilkxt_cLQrWycjp/s400/IMG_7339.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395499420406977250" border="0" /></a>She really is cute as a cupcake!<br />Can you believe how talented my sister is?<br />She made that without a pattern, using a lampshade as the bottom!<br /><br /><br />I love Halloween!!<br />What are the rest of you going to be...<br />if you're dressing up?<br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-41493859527837653662009-10-14T09:30:00.000-04:002009-10-14T09:30:00.048-04:00Meeting Shannon Hale<div style="text-align: center;">She was hilarious.<br />She signed my books, even the dust jacket<br />{although she seemed a little confused, "You really want me to sign right across the front here?"}<br />She petted our heads.<br /><br />Here's proof:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmu5m2uwbnV31j83PO-25d3_72BhX9ruCSJPsXI7PYKvGMh1V9YxQC9vBEln_js7JZRbS9McNIYX9Zx6qmPwYRwrufzeWKGkno6NkosYlt0kPi7x-HL8Gs9_ClmvP3Rh1C1rpv/s1600-h/photo(3).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmu5m2uwbnV31j83PO-25d3_72BhX9ruCSJPsXI7PYKvGMh1V9YxQC9vBEln_js7JZRbS9McNIYX9Zx6qmPwYRwrufzeWKGkno6NkosYlt0kPi7x-HL8Gs9_ClmvP3Rh1C1rpv/s400/photo(3).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392170055335615730" border="0" /></a>That's why Karen and I are cracking up.<br /><br />I don't know how it's possible but I think I like her even more now!<span style="font-size:85%;"><br />{Oh, and that's my Sgt. Pepper jacket there... you can't see it but it's pretty cute}</span><br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-89031397963604260012009-10-13T15:14:00.005-04:002009-10-13T15:28:19.111-04:00Getting in the Halloween Spirit<div style="text-align: center;">My parents came for their visit!<br />We had a great time except that Dad got sick,<br />then I got sick.<br />Mom has an iron constitution and has thus far avoided it.<br /><br />We went to NYC which was awesome!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZWw5vrcXaDez7e66aTNXDcXGUoTtM4Pe6Q445GpCY_4eWmjJLt288T1k7YJ7Ken6ScSTDXofiJr0gV7UEUrjofefW2dKjIcx4fNetEakJNfdCho9wZkf9wYXUEXuTpDJSW4Z/s1600-h/photo(6).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZWw5vrcXaDez7e66aTNXDcXGUoTtM4Pe6Q445GpCY_4eWmjJLt288T1k7YJ7Ken6ScSTDXofiJr0gV7UEUrjofefW2dKjIcx4fNetEakJNfdCho9wZkf9wYXUEXuTpDJSW4Z/s400/photo(6).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392167802652367602" border="0" /></a><br />Check out just <span style="font-style: italic;">one</span> wall of ribbons at the amazing trim store<br />M&J Trimming.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvxpWWGYc0-9TXU6wA5tGso0tN5CIxQX87MBSEUaxgU8J6SNTthoU4Ru3T6xLCVyUiWEtHDZTSa2Kej7Di7W5H2a0bIJ7aaCPO-w2Fe1o7_tf3gnX-lgq46EVG7k4ddXXEvUi/s1600-h/photo(5).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvxpWWGYc0-9TXU6wA5tGso0tN5CIxQX87MBSEUaxgU8J6SNTthoU4Ru3T6xLCVyUiWEtHDZTSa2Kej7Di7W5H2a0bIJ7aaCPO-w2Fe1o7_tf3gnX-lgq46EVG7k4ddXXEvUi/s400/photo(5).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392167440108992882" border="0" /></a>Mom and I went a little crazy in here...<br /><br />We had fun in Boston too.<br />on Thursday, their last day in town,<br />we went up to Salem and had fun exploring<br />Witch City.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1agk14hyphenhyphennhQ6EdCXxB3CeKLwPN9DbZu3SSKCwfRVoB1SZThE9kPfJWW3CeEPW-FqYpVSXQUNpgiKo-kSa9BYgLfldAOnSCpfD3JqxL3AdgTcaaQYKP-t_kNIEJFHSrfdePXgk/s1600-h/photo(2).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1agk14hyphenhyphennhQ6EdCXxB3CeKLwPN9DbZu3SSKCwfRVoB1SZThE9kPfJWW3CeEPW-FqYpVSXQUNpgiKo-kSa9BYgLfldAOnSCpfD3JqxL3AdgTcaaQYKP-t_kNIEJFHSrfdePXgk/s400/photo(2).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392167426573728882" border="0" /></a>One of the shops all decked out for the season.<br /><br />Man Salem is crazy around Halloween.<br />I mean, it's crazy any time of the year but I had never been in October before.<br />They go all out here!<br /><br />It really got me in the Halloween spirit,<br />so I was able to devote this entire 3 day weekend after M&D left<br />to working on my Halloween costume!<br />Here's a little peek at what I did this weekend.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmffrHIu5SvnuTxbxasWBkm3SQZ7YWbFJ0OW-fEcGI4SBZW4Qwahblbr-v3Ma68wnawaP7dPMhSkUO92EKFeB5OSmrux1nT0F6bHJhrQDjzgl37rPdKxBGcyJ-RsqCxNG3_5B/s1600-h/photo(4).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmffrHIu5SvnuTxbxasWBkm3SQZ7YWbFJ0OW-fEcGI4SBZW4Qwahblbr-v3Ma68wnawaP7dPMhSkUO92EKFeB5OSmrux1nT0F6bHJhrQDjzgl37rPdKxBGcyJ-RsqCxNG3_5B/s400/photo(4).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392167431030524130" border="0" /></a><br />For the rest you'll have to wait!<br /><br />Thanks Mom and Dad for coming to visit,<br />I had such a fun time!<br />If anyone else wants to come, please do.<br />There's so much to see and do here, we only scratched the surface!<br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-26706019700739070852009-09-30T09:04:00.002-04:002009-09-30T09:04:00.199-04:00A Trip to Austenland!<div style="text-align: center;">Well not really... I wish!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But it's almost as good<br />because I get to go see, hear and meet<br />the author of some of my favorite books!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.squeetus.com/stage/main.html">Shannon Hale</a> is doing a book tour to promote<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Forest-Born-Books-Bayern-Shannon/dp/1599901676/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254247854&sr=8-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">Forrest Born</span></a><br />her newest book in the Bayern series.<br />{this is number 4 and should be just a beautiful as the first 3}<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoAFyW9sbsThf0T1lRkn6RAy2F9YbtGNsoRAR_AXLF0UXVkfONPDaNAB-v80qO1T8rueJfqJOrRaFIaBDdbmXOJO_i8cYxX3_qjpTM1up4pxkZfXOz2zvzB3J8wwkOCoVOC2O/s1600-h/forest+born.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoAFyW9sbsThf0T1lRkn6RAy2F9YbtGNsoRAR_AXLF0UXVkfONPDaNAB-v80qO1T8rueJfqJOrRaFIaBDdbmXOJO_i8cYxX3_qjpTM1up4pxkZfXOz2zvzB3J8wwkOCoVOC2O/s400/forest+born.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386954644039761138" border="0" /></a><br />I hear she's a fabulous speaker<br />and if <a href="http://oinks.squeetus.com/">her blog</a> is any indication she's super nice as well!<br /><br />My favorite book of hers is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Austenland-Novel-Shannon-Hale/dp/1596912863/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254248290&sr=8-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">Austenland</span></a><br />{can you guess why?}<br />but my copy of the book is in Utah with my sil,<br />so I'm going to take the dust jacket for her to sign instead!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGXmf9lpXL8tEOUL9Zmmx6t2BiSEnIcUWFOtrMTTGW6dYOZ6kS3ftxrZzyNWi80-AsBhR4r1YrRYL8EKg7ZTAyMe9R_-6FKf8WfXe0kmK6pgR70v_vjUt7EuHkmTU5yUasjPP/s1600-h/austenland.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGXmf9lpXL8tEOUL9Zmmx6t2BiSEnIcUWFOtrMTTGW6dYOZ6kS3ftxrZzyNWi80-AsBhR4r1YrRYL8EKg7ZTAyMe9R_-6FKf8WfXe0kmK6pgR70v_vjUt7EuHkmTU5yUasjPP/s400/austenland.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386955608281244290" border="0" /></a>I hope she gets a kick out of it...<br /><br />If you live in Boston and want to go, check out the details <a href="http://www.squeetus.com/stage/news_events.html">here</a>!<br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-75858545603160127602009-09-29T14:28:00.001-04:002009-09-29T14:28:00.444-04:00A Fair Day for the Faire<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7C4MhzHk3aSja3mCZ-BMpBHpBkoj9deao1sv4MPsKSCYPN27HauGXyJag3Zuv_DnhPfiyaChx1wEzBjEpsTzgsHgtzzAMz-IqwFuOf5U_mSaKijWwbZ94phDWOCYUu6TQxSbu/s1600-h/photo(7).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7C4MhzHk3aSja3mCZ-BMpBHpBkoj9deao1sv4MPsKSCYPN27HauGXyJag3Zuv_DnhPfiyaChx1wEzBjEpsTzgsHgtzzAMz-IqwFuOf5U_mSaKijWwbZ94phDWOCYUu6TQxSbu/s400/photo(7).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386930965218987138" border="0" /></a><br />So we went to the Renaissance Faire this weekend!<br />Wow, what an experience.<br />It was surprisingly crowded and not everyone was in costume<br />{unfortunately including ourselves - we decided to go for warmth rather than "authenticity"}<br />but I think I can still say we were some of the most normal people there<br />{and attractive, if we do say so ourselves}.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoLJagKt1fgX6JJyLwVJKMqvNYOISwxIIpUP0NpQkWYDNsFcGQDs_CTRx7x9rIfvprDLjRiWcgOvTNdrP_1S2hdFI4H0ppwUqPyFEHSgNoBQT5eoIXh_g9KCv5FDaMlloMbrF/s1600-h/photo(8).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoLJagKt1fgX6JJyLwVJKMqvNYOISwxIIpUP0NpQkWYDNsFcGQDs_CTRx7x9rIfvprDLjRiWcgOvTNdrP_1S2hdFI4H0ppwUqPyFEHSgNoBQT5eoIXh_g9KCv5FDaMlloMbrF/s400/photo(8).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386931928835837810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The cool thing was that it was basically set in a forest as you can see in the pictures.<br />I felt like I had walked into a Robin Hood movie or something.<br />The whole thing was a little village and there were stages with performers scattered throughout.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ELlF0opBruKLPwKdYPUjFDpEfV7UaMMCuReEn-G32BHre3I3N7d-fasWLCp9NT95CefkzTBqw-W_xsn3jCAESPdDhT3kwNs6zPkWGQJZToMTB4uDrvnNfn2oOArM5SEC4WZ-/s1600-h/photo(4).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ELlF0opBruKLPwKdYPUjFDpEfV7UaMMCuReEn-G32BHre3I3N7d-fasWLCp9NT95CefkzTBqw-W_xsn3jCAESPdDhT3kwNs6zPkWGQJZToMTB4uDrvnNfn2oOArM5SEC4WZ-/s400/photo(4).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386930851754432562" border="0" /></a>They accept all thy cards of credit:<br />Master Card, Lady Visa, New World Express and Lord Discover<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tH5hpX-p1CbdBomBlx8TMsvfAUyY-yezgHCnYzi9zh4MqoG_MZc7C787FIv1ePseDcbSbU-CjLXh52xa426b22JXTBlTaxtKaTx5EqD9-YO5yeE3LFCZySrqIZf1oH6cQy2G/s1600-h/photo(2).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tH5hpX-p1CbdBomBlx8TMsvfAUyY-yezgHCnYzi9zh4MqoG_MZc7C787FIv1ePseDcbSbU-CjLXh52xa426b22JXTBlTaxtKaTx5EqD9-YO5yeE3LFCZySrqIZf1oH6cQy2G/s400/photo(2).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386930836916023522" border="0" /></a><br />Trying on wreaths at one of the shops<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5Vunu1B2qp-Ix3mAnSmZCWKxEW1kJ9RSE0c4Es1qvu3_PFYCKiey7MJoBlSoO7TcjWlhCxUCwRkn5NnXrugNEZgIcIo3nFDrEWmXSRhJuXbNdUnP8hgTPwSu9nEyeELvgkFO/s1600-h/photo(9).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5Vunu1B2qp-Ix3mAnSmZCWKxEW1kJ9RSE0c4Es1qvu3_PFYCKiey7MJoBlSoO7TcjWlhCxUCwRkn5NnXrugNEZgIcIo3nFDrEWmXSRhJuXbNdUnP8hgTPwSu9nEyeELvgkFO/s400/photo(9).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386931936071510274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKOINiDknu1MhcRj5SmaMpq-Z1TWJDnEz0mV17v_3wXBBpzidx7F4EHWqPzCqh8Ru-bNUhvakqBrK9o2gtoML0VlDlQt3c1FWfS7VxyGwJoMRcFS6kv9P4WjbK3Q0W5Hkm3u5/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKOINiDknu1MhcRj5SmaMpq-Z1TWJDnEz0mV17v_3wXBBpzidx7F4EHWqPzCqh8Ru-bNUhvakqBrK9o2gtoML0VlDlQt3c1FWfS7VxyGwJoMRcFS6kv9P4WjbK3Q0W5Hkm3u5/s400/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386930831876883122" border="0" /></a><br />We mostly just walked around looking in the shops and staring at all the people.<br />There were some people who really went all out with their costumes<br />like this Troll<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qFSkfX0p-Dc6G-IWyX2th1LhjPkrpcZzKh3XmrtYA82tOuFuapHGxTHAsQBJvgKICfZGNUaapJAQMgl-IfVJa-bkBWuEDwBUoPsSoNN0xul0S2vypMNIzRgD4XLNjFO2Kbhb/s1600-h/photo(6).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qFSkfX0p-Dc6G-IWyX2th1LhjPkrpcZzKh3XmrtYA82tOuFuapHGxTHAsQBJvgKICfZGNUaapJAQMgl-IfVJa-bkBWuEDwBUoPsSoNN0xul0S2vypMNIzRgD4XLNjFO2Kbhb/s400/photo(6).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386930956394180114" border="0" /></a>{this woman actually asked him to pretend like he was cutting off her head... yeah}<br /><br />And this living Gargoyle which was also pretty cool.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2bTZ1-mt6wq23f61rvla3rEdJFvpK4R2BjEd5_VN1WqepI732MfR1mMFfv__gF8FYneqTmPJOI5_vHpLf1cd_9h8atSvxJL_nQvLtiK3upxqwFf6OwqsQaG8Bi2dI22yAzMA/s1600-h/photo(5).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2bTZ1-mt6wq23f61rvla3rEdJFvpK4R2BjEd5_VN1WqepI732MfR1mMFfv__gF8FYneqTmPJOI5_vHpLf1cd_9h8atSvxJL_nQvLtiK3upxqwFf6OwqsQaG8Bi2dI22yAzMA/s400/photo(5).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386930856872726402" border="0" /></a><br />My favorite guy was this performer who, while wearing a kilt, rode a unicycle and played "Star Wars" on the bagpipe.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqKXguYxMOSgZwjhwfUrFfO7e1COqC7wqyAckNu4_Y9m9smxTKUKZ47khHs667XN0FSUlwcJHuRJzi7K8Jn0cmGSC7GlXm8SZ67QkUVt_Bl5psfS2CdfvQbBIy3LpoIZOmijA/s1600-h/photo(3).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqKXguYxMOSgZwjhwfUrFfO7e1COqC7wqyAckNu4_Y9m9smxTKUKZ47khHs667XN0FSUlwcJHuRJzi7K8Jn0cmGSC7GlXm8SZ67QkUVt_Bl5psfS2CdfvQbBIy3LpoIZOmijA/s400/photo(3).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386930845049096914" border="0" /></a>It was pretty funny. And he was pretty cute.<br /><br />Which led to the question:<br />Would you ever date someone you met at a Renaissance Fair?<br />And if you would, would you admit to how you met?<br /><br />I think I would, even though it's a little quirky,<br />cause I'm kind of a nerd myself in some ways.<br />Plus I think it'd be a hilarious story to tell.<br /><br />What about the rest of you, married or not?<br />Would you date someone you met at a Ren Fair,<br />or would you admit it if that's where you'd met your loved one?<br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-78400136000144216952009-09-25T17:01:00.001-04:002009-09-25T17:47:17.713-04:00Flashback Friday<div style="text-align: center;">I've been thinking a lot lately about how I've been in Boston for almost 4 years.<br />That is just crazy to me!<br />I seriously feel like time has almost stood still since I moved here.<br />{which hopefully means that I can still claim to be 26, right?}<br /><br />Boston is a great city and I'd always wanted to live here,<br />but before I moved out it was kind of an emotional time saying goodbye to everyone.<br />Especially my family.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZVbmodAtA7BPJd5ybcfJREle1lxOt_9CswxxcvfbPLTa3CHTfHKjHp071O8bHvzxEYuPCL5Qk5rH1tsQkIDdqig6Lr_XyxUFRBnriWOT-0_WkDAPkLCbjyh7ZxZCgW8cbRql/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 345px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZVbmodAtA7BPJd5ybcfJREle1lxOt_9CswxxcvfbPLTa3CHTfHKjHp071O8bHvzxEYuPCL5Qk5rH1tsQkIDdqig6Lr_XyxUFRBnriWOT-0_WkDAPkLCbjyh7ZxZCgW8cbRql/s400/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385468196215446850" border="0" /></a><br />It's a miracle you can't tell in this photo but I had been crying my eyes out.<br />This is the last time I was together with my brothers and sisters {the ones in Ut anyway} before moving out to Boston.<br /><br />My life is so much better in so many ways than it was before:<br />I have an awesome job {my dream job really}<br />I've made some incredible friends<br />I've been able to visit so many new places<br />I've been able to take classes at Harvard{!}<br />I've really just been so blessed.<br /><br />The only thing that's been difficult<br />{other than the non-existent dating life}<br />has been being so far away from my family!<br /><br />They are truly my best friends in this world and there's no one I'd rather hang out with. Which is why I'm so glad my parents are coming out to visit me in just two weeks!<br />My Mom's been out before<br />but this will be my Dad's first trip.<br />I'm really excited!<br />It's going to be fun times!<br /><br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-52961963684210501322009-09-23T17:54:00.001-04:002009-09-23T17:54:00.177-04:00Once a Pirate Wench...<div style="text-align: center;">Always a pirate wench. Or so I hear!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My friends and I are going to the <a href="http://www.kingrichardsfaire.net/index.html">King Richard's Renaissance Faire</a> this weekend.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYHtQqZqh32c3jOsY21XMTMSz7bnxUvxugXiUr73d87wtzrcdSt3cESAdF9kCOlnwuOHx03lpYzviNzia9JwYoK5ARnH-Sz_QPFRFrN3iKlO0jdOnk7DWcHLm_a-0Zbq1NsKX/s1600-h/3815106505_8ea648c9f6_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYHtQqZqh32c3jOsY21XMTMSz7bnxUvxugXiUr73d87wtzrcdSt3cESAdF9kCOlnwuOHx03lpYzviNzia9JwYoK5ARnH-Sz_QPFRFrN3iKlO0jdOnk7DWcHLm_a-0Zbq1NsKX/s400/3815106505_8ea648c9f6_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384414633346907170" border="0" /></a><br />I'm thinking it's going to be a total blast.<br />To really get into the spirit, we're dressing up.<br />So I'm breaking out the Pirate Wench costume!<br />I'm sure I'll take a ton of photos of the <strike>weirdos</strike> <strike>nerds</strike> cool people we see.<br />I guess after this you can count me among them!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6HiNpWNbs2EE3v-Og1qkJIvTTgmfHfB8pzH9ieYS57z9Z_zfDDMJPM04ohPYUtqztb7k3mPX65kDpzjNBwZa95KlMfMi2cjJrDqN_KgI4hvaygk3jGNFDMqfEAlXl3YedNcU/s1600-h/3815096593_31b4cc7430_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6HiNpWNbs2EE3v-Og1qkJIvTTgmfHfB8pzH9ieYS57z9Z_zfDDMJPM04ohPYUtqztb7k3mPX65kDpzjNBwZa95KlMfMi2cjJrDqN_KgI4hvaygk3jGNFDMqfEAlXl3YedNcU/s400/3815096593_31b4cc7430_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384414637049547346" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-46176101146159353812009-09-22T17:01:00.002-04:002009-09-22T17:32:00.188-04:00Guilty Pleasures<div style="text-align: center;">I have quite a few guilty pleasures.<br />Here are three I enjoy simultaneously:<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOEWwzhU9vTUay2UcbchEkPgP9EUyvOg1DSayRubMQKCPNpMGwpwBHYMckb4M10B8paSFkftxx-2UJPEqsfL2u99muNyQc2DzhL-o7mtbUr1SIugwZ9KXwhL1td3TDvXvaBMb/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 388px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOEWwzhU9vTUay2UcbchEkPgP9EUyvOg1DSayRubMQKCPNpMGwpwBHYMckb4M10B8paSFkftxx-2UJPEqsfL2u99muNyQc2DzhL-o7mtbUr1SIugwZ9KXwhL1td3TDvXvaBMb/s400/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384406772413413442" border="0" /></a><br />1. Dr. Pepper<br />2. Gummy Raspberries<br />3. Teen Vampire Fiction (current read, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vampire-Diaries-Fury-Dark-Reunion/dp/0061140988/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253655032&sr=8-3"><span style="font-style: italic;">Vampire Diaries</span></a>)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">What are some of your guilty pleasures?<br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-88810551486002592232009-09-21T12:49:00.005-04:002009-09-21T13:04:41.834-04:00A Weekend at the Lake<div style="text-align: center;">My 4th ward campout was a success.<br /><br />New friendships were formed,<br />bonfires were enjoyed,<br />moonlit dancing occured,<br />stars were gazed<br />{facilitated by Edwina of course},<br />the lake was canoed,<br />diet coke runs were made,<br />like I said, complete success!<br /><br />We had Ward Olympics.<br />It's the only time I broke out my camera.<br />As a warm up a few people built a pyramid.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCLMP3FJdFIpspudfckRMQ1LkqPMkTQQTjsi1MHua3qVoeUQvtnt46aVgKuqYnnqhBybJw3NxRVgkrBlhTJP7aH2cFcPV7AWElnLUmoIo_s8qe1F7rGdzTNFTcdwlJM9kETka/s1600-h/photo(2).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCLMP3FJdFIpspudfckRMQ1LkqPMkTQQTjsi1MHua3qVoeUQvtnt46aVgKuqYnnqhBybJw3NxRVgkrBlhTJP7aH2cFcPV7AWElnLUmoIo_s8qe1F7rGdzTNFTcdwlJM9kETka/s400/photo(2).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383964539889691538" border="0" /></a>Check out our spirit!<br /><br />Then we crammed 14 people onto a homemade raft of blow up swimming pools, tubes and floaties.<br />I was not one of those people.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIurAR1A5og_N2zU1nKwfBuL29sexF2AvBXTiDQnSoT4N-II4xvQEl9YjwRDJyyx1A-LXKVjLEIWVXgoERzRr7GkORxhM3zJBWmHN0TelwIAQkckyEppC1Z2Yzb3fkyfnyh0n/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIurAR1A5og_N2zU1nKwfBuL29sexF2AvBXTiDQnSoT4N-II4xvQEl9YjwRDJyyx1A-LXKVjLEIWVXgoERzRr7GkORxhM3zJBWmHN0TelwIAQkckyEppC1Z2Yzb3fkyfnyh0n/s400/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383964531544383730" border="0" /></a><br />A few other events took place.<br />In the end our efforts were not enough to secure the gold,<br />but I think we could still consider ourselves champions.<br /><br />I thought the highlight of the weekend was the Campfire Cabaret.<br />Seriously hilarious. And an impressive show of talent!<br /><br />So all in all, good times can be had in New Hampshire!<br />{Especially if you get to sleep in a cabin...}<br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-56684550919062149122009-09-19T12:15:00.005-04:002009-09-19T12:15:01.069-04:00How could I be so remiss?<div style="text-align: center;">As to forget to post the adorable photos (and videos) from my trip to see my adorable niece and nephew!<br /><br />Let me fix that right now.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2TWGQiYmMPxp_e0jJs_9cNkc19W8Dahxp_nho5Ns_q2JosxlayEkO1HC-E3Kz_aEKsO2b7iM3h8w7hlAZISbLcg-vVGNEtHHfIwu7qdnjdsOu1CeGcpvXlYqkqlFJewM_8C3/s1600-h/photo(2).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2TWGQiYmMPxp_e0jJs_9cNkc19W8Dahxp_nho5Ns_q2JosxlayEkO1HC-E3Kz_aEKsO2b7iM3h8w7hlAZISbLcg-vVGNEtHHfIwu7qdnjdsOu1CeGcpvXlYqkqlFJewM_8C3/s400/photo(2).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382844450613069986" border="0" /></a><br />Can you handle the adorableness?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGEz6Evad_nr7bzu7CDJZfgwb7ln9ShKAm64oz-qpJu0TXS_345qCcD8xVLVih7H9WN1p5F8ZvlI3Ki7hyOA4zWNIGAVLbgk190O03lPDkFFQTyqyX3uWetNXJauPRYRbvTLT/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGEz6Evad_nr7bzu7CDJZfgwb7ln9ShKAm64oz-qpJu0TXS_345qCcD8xVLVih7H9WN1p5F8ZvlI3Ki7hyOA4zWNIGAVLbgk190O03lPDkFFQTyqyX3uWetNXJauPRYRbvTLT/s400/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382844448111941586" border="0" /></a><br />Are you dead yet?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvjmXNka9nW3L7A351Lp8JiA9QPoXTcns1E3vQlIrS48xHRyE1vd01mkP3wCzZp03mPd4JI4jqpMNaYAqSSKnIb-zIOjva6tyO2RflNn9z3GSp05q8xLdbX3Z2HV2qOHu8Xoi/s1600-h/photo(5).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvjmXNka9nW3L7A351Lp8JiA9QPoXTcns1E3vQlIrS48xHRyE1vd01mkP3wCzZp03mPd4JI4jqpMNaYAqSSKnIb-zIOjva6tyO2RflNn9z3GSp05q8xLdbX3Z2HV2qOHu8Xoi/s400/photo(5).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382844472807978098" border="0" /></a>Jack loved my shoes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2o_Kdl3UVkAamD93ZLkgf0SOT74kVhBCvJkn-KZX1aF4FZe09byCYcy3YR8WztFvAB2wiIquSgg2xcLviJoABILasgXWwNmqMV7sRmKe4c2eZaqKqazIod9Kyv5WrBOdKbig/s1600-h/photo(4).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2o_Kdl3UVkAamD93ZLkgf0SOT74kVhBCvJkn-KZX1aF4FZe09byCYcy3YR8WztFvAB2wiIquSgg2xcLviJoABILasgXWwNmqMV7sRmKe4c2eZaqKqazIod9Kyv5WrBOdKbig/s400/photo(4).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382844467987901074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8qLKS13I2vBG7SDtcmYFqi6z9zzXbsBVo8XqxCESC2eZwsBrcM2aZ-4eelnHfJhSyUNsT3M5wZSpMRTF6tmHlc4fwRQQzIOKl6T1zGV9MqUCrq45QIJpFEAO3-X-aT98POAw/s1600-h/photo(3).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8qLKS13I2vBG7SDtcmYFqi6z9zzXbsBVo8XqxCESC2eZwsBrcM2aZ-4eelnHfJhSyUNsT3M5wZSpMRTF6tmHlc4fwRQQzIOKl6T1zGV9MqUCrq45QIJpFEAO3-X-aT98POAw/s400/photo(3).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382844458704895186" border="0" /></a>How can you resist this face?<br /><br />Oh and we had a dance party. Jack loves to dance.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxQh6DQrYB-GMdO0yOvfVImTxhFW1yl9LSqs3S8GIvsSGbclokxpW84eT3XX9R4iWEBassUXV3zCRU' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Just ignore silly Aunt Carly...<br />Oh and did I mention that my phone now takes video?<br />Thanks Edwina!<br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737961.post-923866513465367822009-09-18T11:12:00.005-04:002009-09-18T11:29:59.002-04:00New Hamp-shire!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">{Said in Bill Murray's voice from "What About Bob"}</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-pI8GzyW5TpBPZodbiHhTr2hfnB1bPjaRyCUzvCgir0yg87s9DmvxLLkzpugpxiOB9jwcAbEjrHQMie9QbCZ5XqnTHoSMvPXDkE28e4zG5cJTFYfpGHO8FMNZhXQ4EcwiJbXG/s1600-h/trailsteps01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-pI8GzyW5TpBPZodbiHhTr2hfnB1bPjaRyCUzvCgir0yg87s9DmvxLLkzpugpxiOB9jwcAbEjrHQMie9QbCZ5XqnTHoSMvPXDkE28e4zG5cJTFYfpGHO8FMNZhXQ4EcwiJbXG/s800/trailsteps01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382829141962141730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So I'm heading up to NH this weekend for our annual <a href="http://zionscampnh.org/index.html">ward campout</a>.<br />Hoping to get a cabin...<br />otherwise I'm sharing a tent with my friend Trent.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">{hey that rhymes}</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcCgMF2L1Axd2uwD2XDv7vZoLnN3KRWOL2Q2P1oOCZJhp7I2fXlP_vz-WPqu7YDam65krG-Fel8ZOtWLq_iktPZthVJIXSYyIeaVDxdOk0TjMbxThs74PUqlBxgkTgRdeCPFH/s1600-h/lakeview01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcCgMF2L1Axd2uwD2XDv7vZoLnN3KRWOL2Q2P1oOCZJhp7I2fXlP_vz-WPqu7YDam65krG-Fel8ZOtWLq_iktPZthVJIXSYyIeaVDxdOk0TjMbxThs74PUqlBxgkTgRdeCPFH/s800/lakeview01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382829138394617362" border="0" /></a><br />Last year they tried to make me sleep in a spider infested boy scout tent.<br />There is no way.<br />Hopefully the cabins are spider free!<br />I hear the showers aren't.<br />Guess I won't be showering tomorrow!<br /></div>Carlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248680981102274228noreply@blogger.com1