24 November 2007
This lovely bodice was purchased by one of our customers from a much loved merchant friend of ours, Leslie Harris. Leslie’s company, Noblesse Oblige, can be found in Maryland or Colorado and for anyone with few budget constraints, it is the place to go to purchase upscale, noble costuming. She does outstandingly beautiful work. And although I’m pretty sure she doesn’t necessarily revel in the success of others who might be in some small way be considered competition to her, I personally revere her and consider her a bit of a mentor and an ideal for which to strive. I am glad I got to know her years ago, and I am grateful to her for inspiration and guidance so long ago.
I snapped this photo today while working with one couple wishing to place a custom order. Fortunately, they were not the only ones! We had three big custom order customers today, and a handful of regular sales besides. The only cloaks still in stock are the ones that arrived in a box I had to send an employee to fetch from Conroe this morning. Velvet is a little harder to sell in the driving rain!
The day was pretty sad, with almost constant rainfall, sometimes very hard. There were some friendly faces in the small crowd; friends (Hello Klobetime family! Hello Emily and Alex and Peter!), pet patrons, playtrons, etc. But, for the most part we just weren’t very busy and the day was just long and cold.
Right now, it seems the temperature is a chilly 45 degrees, and the rain is STILL falling!
~MB
Hello yourself! I’m sorry we couldn’t stay longer, but the combination of wet and cold was too much for most of the family. Ah, well.
You showed an amazing amount of fortitude to show up at all, as cold and wet and icky as the day was! Thanks for coming in to say “hi!”
We all enjoyed seeing some friendly faces amidst the constant rain and cold. It certainly helped to raise our dampened spirits! Hopefully we’ll be able to make it down sooner next year, perhaps in fairer weather.
Cheers,
Em, Alex, Peter, Ben
Believe me when I say, it is an amazing spiritual lift to us, to see our friends in such weather, as well! I am so sorry you had such awful weather for your inaugural TRF visit, (especially Ben, who didn’t even get to dress up!) but, next year, I have high hopes that you’ll come on a beautiful weekend . . . and then perhaps come back south for the Dickens on the Strand weekend as well!
Thanks, again!
~MB