Thifty Pamphlet for Kit

A replica of a 1918 pamphlet on the values of thrift and how much a child costs their parents.
Get the doll sized version here.

Random Crafting

In progress science/alchemy/potions lab

Chocolate frogs

Fantasy coins

Tres Rich Heures de Duc Barry

Kana desu.  Here we are again with myself and Shep as the official spokesdolls for Jinjia Mixed Goods at any and all SCA events our human attends.  We were up in Maine this past weekend at the Great Northeaster War, and we just got back.  I'm in another new yukata that has pink, white, and silver balls on a black background.  Shep is less than pleased because our human stuffed her into a dress to show off the belts and journals and quill pens for sale.  It's probably a good thing our human made sure Shep didn't have any weapons with her this time.

(We will also not mention the number of times someone was sure Shep was completely evil and out to kill them.  It's her eyes, I think.  Don't tell her I said that.)

Shepard:  The dress is fine.  The hair clip is not.
Kana:  BUT IT HAS A TINY ITTY BITTY PAPER CRANE ON IT!  How can you not like it?!
Shepard:  Because I'm not you.  I bet the human would give you one too if you asked.  Or didn't ask.
Kana:  She tried already and couldn't get it in my hair because it's pulled back too tight.  And she wouldn't let me take my hair down...

But, now that I have found my glasses (I can't read anything without them), it's time to show off the main attraction:  Tres Rich Heures de Duc Barry

Our human made this right before we left, and she kept playing with it the entire weekend.  I hardly had any time to read it myself.  Please do admire the blue leather cover.  It's a light gloveweight leather in royal iridescent blue, and the picture does not do it justice.

(Yes, that is a jar full of paper cranes.  No, our human will not run a raffle to guess how many cranes are in it because then she would have to count them.  By our best estimate, there's something like 2700 cranes in there.)

And  TA-DA!  This has 92 pages of illuminations and text, including the calendar in the very beginning.  It didn't photograph well, so our human isn't showing it here.  This little book has the full calendar, the first section of text, and after that, every full page illumination that the real book has.  The blue of the cover matches the blue in the illustrations perfectly.

 

What do you think?  If you want a copy for yourself, I suggest you contact our human at jinjia.mixed.goods@gmail.com or through her etsy shop here for a custom order, because I'm not going to give up my copy.

A medieval scriptorium

OK, human, why am I the one practicing calligraphy for you?  Why can't you get one of the other girls to do it?

...it's because I'm the only one who's decently dressed right now isn't it?

It totally is.  Maybe next time you won't use aggressively seasonal prints to make our clothing.  I saw you eyeing that box of horrible Halloween prints this morning.  Just no.

That said, I really like this journal.  And pen.  Do I get to keep them?

Wait, why am I asking?  We NEVER get to keep anything you make.  They all vanish somewhere a week after you make them.  Except for the horribly seasonal doll clothes.  Those we're stuck with, and even we don't want them.

Oh well, it's not like you're expecting me to illuminate a copy of a Book of Hours for you or anything.  This notebook isn't big enough for that.

...you actually did want a Book of Hours.

I hate you, human.

All complaining from Nellie aside, I made a bunch of little leatherbound notebooks and matching quill pens this past weekend.  The pens actually write.  The books have 32 pages, and the paper is all high quality calligraphy paper with gold or silver swirls.  The binding is actually leather, and the inner covers are lined with scraps of origami paper.  If these do well at the event I'm going to this weekend, I'll think about adding some to my Etsy store.

If you'd be interested in a set, please let me know.
 

And for a bonus non-sequitor, I finally got around to clearing up enough space to set up the OG diner with all the various little food bits from other sets I have.  I think at this point I vastly prefer OG food and accessories to AG.  I'm not willing to pay double or triple the price for something I can get that is 'cute enough'.

Of course, no sooner had I set all of this up did the girls ask for the diner to be converted into a science lab.  And since one Valerie Felicity Frizzle is expected to move in this fall, it's probably not a bad idea.  I'll keep you posted on future developments of the Friz and her lab.