Lit-Up Ball

Got this from the Arlington Library about this year's Ball - 1950s, From Russian with Love, James Bond themed this year. And it looks like there will be a SPY GAME!!

They also emailed the link of pics from last year's Eight-Thirteen Ball. There's a good pic of Isabella, Jessica, and I up on the balcony! We are on the left.

Thank you to those of you who filled out our survey of last year's Eight-Thirteen Ball! We got some great ideas for future Balls to come.

One request that we heard from a number of you was to see the photos from last year. Our apologies for not making them more easily accessible! You can find them on the Arlington Public Library's flickr page here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/arlib/sets/72157636185338303

Also, the date is set and tickets are on sale for this year's Lit Up Ball: From Russia with Love! We'll be at Artisphere on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 8-11 p.m., dancing the night away to 1950s era music by the Hot Society Orchestra, eating yummy desserts, watching dance demonstrations by Fidgety Feet dance troupe, and bidding on themed raffle baskets! We also have a spy game planned for the evening, so get ready for some covert activity.

Tickets are $30 in advance from the Friends of the Arlington Public Library, or $35 at the door - so buy ahead! http://library.arlingtonva.us/lit-up/lit-up-ball/

And don't forgot to check out our Undercover Arlington Contest - you could win a pair of free tickets to the Lit Up Ball! And you might even find a clue to give you an edge in the spy game...

Last chance

Last few hours of Silence in the Library Publishing's Kickstarter for our fall line-up! We've got a never-before-published Tim Zahn novel, a Jean Rabe novel, and a YA novel that I particularly loved by a new author. I've gotten a sneak peak at the sequel and it's amazing.

Descriptions of the books and more at the link!

http://tinyurl.com/sitlfall14 

Some project updates and new things....

I managed to finish another regency drawstring dress that I've had in mind for a while. I always like this dress, which dates to 1800 from the Museo del Traje.

I found a black sari on ebay, so I used this as inspiration. I had to applique some extra trim on the train - and as per usual I made it slightly too long in front.  But it's pretty and perhaps I'll wear it for the annual Pumpkin tea.  Forgive me chopping off my head, I didn't do my hair. These are just quick snaps.

I also managed to snag a pair of one of a kind Robert Land shoes - they have some beautiful stuff up right now,  practially none of it in my size.  But these stripey ones were and they're really gorgeous!

Next up, this Edwardian dress I got from my friend Julia before she moved.  I had to tailor it, but now it fits great! yay! Here are some quick mirror pics.

Last, but not least, my friend Gloria helped me out with a silk fan I had gotten from Spoonflower - the fabric was really thin and I did not have the patience or expertise to make it work. Gloria is awesome and turned this out of my mess.  She is awesome.  https://www.etsy.com/shop/inthelongrun

Regency Tea in Delaware

We had a smallish but delightful tea at the British Bell Tea Room in Newark, DE with the lovely Beth as host!

Vintage Tiara

So I bought this tiara from the UK on ebay a while ago - it was likely a link Kat posted (she is my favorite tiara enabler!). It was so pretty and it turned out to have an interesting provenance.

Here are pictures knicked from the ebay auction:

I emailed the seller to see if she knew about about and she told me this:

The Tiara belongs to a neighbour who is a dairy farmer it has been in her family for as long as she can remember and belonged to her grandmother that would date it to around 1900 to 1920 it is silver plate on copper so that would be around the correct date perhaps earlier that silver on copper was used and also tortoiseshell.

She cannot remember anyone in the family wearing the Tiara, she is in her late sixties. There was a time when the farming community held regular farmers balls. And ladies used to dress up really elegantly so the Tiara was most likely used for this. 

I wore it for a Jane Austen ball.