Decision made

Thank you to all my wonderful friends who came forward and offered me a Pennsic home! I promise to stop by and visit with all of you in the week I am there. I'm really sorry I can only pick one group to camp with as all the offers sounded really, really good.

After a lot of careful consideration, we've decided to camp with House Ravenglass and have changed our pre-reg accordingly.

Em - when do we need to get tent-size info and to whom. Also, I have a mess of sunshades, a Coleman stove (still in box as I bought it last week) and assorted other goodies in my supplies. Should I bring them, what should I bring and in what quantities? I'm expected to pick up stuff I left in Ontario from my mum, so space is at a premium, but I also want to be able to enjoy Pennsic in the style to which I am accustomed. Should we make a yahoo group or an LJ community to discuss who is bringing what and the possible meal plan?

That's about all the news here. Anxiously looking forward to Pennsic, and proudly running my "countdown to Pennsic" program from Pennsic.net on my desktop - wistful sigh.

Glass pearls?

I was looking at this picture today, and I have always wanted to do a replica, and it suddenly occurred to me that I might have been misinterpreting...



Is it just me, or does that look like the "pearls" might actually be milky-transparent glass? Check the way they look pinkish over her neck and greyish at the nape of her neck where the hood is in the background, not to mention greyish all over the head-dress. Pearls are opaque.

Soooo, if this is meant to be glass, not pearls, I think I have an A&S project on my hands. Anyone want to give me any good pointers on making perfectly round beads? Mine have been rather "ring" or "Barrel" shaped thusfar. These beads are clearly round.

Shape description as per this site (about 1/3 down)