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• GASFITTER'S BALL
5:00am-5:30am Sponsored by the Curious Collectors of Bakers St. Held at the Women's CLub of South Pasadena, 1424 Fremont Ave, South Pasadena CA 91030.
Prizes for Best Men's and Best Women's Costumes. Great opportunity for Steampunk outfits.
•ESCONDIDO RENAISSANCE FAIRE
10:00am-5:00pm Felicita County Park, 742 Clarence Lane. 10:00 A.M. to DUSK both days.
Welcome to the Escondido Renaissance Faire. Enter to visit with the inhabitants of the "Village of Falconbridge" and view scenes of one of San Diego's most beautiful Parks. The age of chivalry will be recreated among the wonders of nature in this idyllic setting. Travel back to a distant place in time to share memories and the glories of the reign of Her Majesty, Elizabeth I. Visitors will dine on a variety of foods and partake of tasty ales and fine wines as they spend a leisurely day amongst the oak shrouded Felicita Park. A stroll through the merchants area will find shoppers exploring the vast array of treasures and rare finds available to them at reasonable prices.
Parking is a short distance away and the site has many picnic tables and shaded areas. The faire site is handicap accessible. It is level and mostly grass covered. Leashed pets are welcome. No horses or large animals.
An extensive children's' play area is adjacent to the Village site.
Alcoholic beverages may not be brought in the event; however, visitors may bring food and soft drinks. All backpacks and coolers are subject to search.
To add to the faire experience, visitors are encouraged to come in an Elizabethan period costume.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/multimedia/renfaire2009/ MAP
Sunday Nov 08
• ESCONDIDO RENAISSANCE FAIRE
10:00am-5:00pm Felicita County Park, 742 Clarence Lane. 10:00 A.M. to DUSK both days.
Welcome to the Escondido Renaissance Faire. Enter to visit with the inhabitants of the "Village of Falconbridge" and view scenes of one of San Diego's most beautiful Parks. The age of chivalry will be recreated among the wonders of nature in this idyllic setting. Travel back to a distant place in time to share memories and the glories of the reign of Her Majesty, Elizabeth I. Visitors will dine on a variety of foods and partake of tasty ales and fine wines as they spend a leisurely day amongst the oak shrouded Felicita Park. A stroll through the merchants area will find shoppers exploring the vast array of treasures and rare finds available to them at reasonable prices.
Parking is a short distance away and the site has many picnic tables and shaded areas. The faire site is handicap accessible. It is level and mostly grass covered. Leashed pets are welcome. No horses or large animals.
An extensive children's' play area is adjacent to the Village site.
Alcoholic beverages may not be brought in the event; however, visitors may bring food and soft drinks. All backpacks and coolers are subject to search.
To add to the faire experience, visitors are encouraged to come in an Elizabethan period costume.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/multimedia/renfaire2009/
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Welcome to San Diego's Costume Guild
San Diego Costume Guild is a fun group of Costume Enthusiasts. We make costumes for many different eras. We encourage each other and are always
looking for more events to attend, in costume of course. We enjoy meeting other costumer groups and interacting with the general public. Members of all skill levels are welcome to join us, as we costume in and around San Diego. We meet in even numbered months, on the fourth Monday, at Sizzler 3755 Murphy Canyon Rd. San Diego, CA 92123. To join our yahoo group, send an email to: sdcostumers@yahoo.com. For pictures of our fabulous members, go to: http://sdcg.angelfire.com/sdcg_photos/ Please keep in mind our general policy when posting to the e-group: The topics on the E-group should relate to costuming, sewing and other similar activites. No messages related to politics, personal or religious causes, jokes, chain letters, etc. As always, thank you for your participation in the San Diego Costume Guild. You are a wonderful and talented bunch.
We meet on the 4th Monday, of the even numbered months, at 7pm, at the Sizzler off I-15 and Aero Dr.
Please consider the following questions. Email the answers or comments to, you guessed it, Joyenne@hotmail.com. What would you like to see happen with the Guild ? Where would you like it to go ? How do you see the guild ? What do you want or expect from the Guild ?
Met the owner of The Spirit of Cloth 2802 Juan St in Old Town San Diego {619-295-2802} Tues-Fri 10:30-5pm, Sat 11-5 www.the spiritofcloth.com. She is a neat lady by the name of Sally. She opened her shop June 1, in the old Stampaholic store. She said she carries imported silk, linen, cotton, rayon, wool, trims, patterns, and odd/crazy fabric. She also takes old kimonos and makes them into purses, totes, and scarves. Sounds like a place worth checking out.
A-Haunting-We-Go in Old Town was well attended. We had 18 folks show up to lunch. Val sweetly made and presented all the ladies with lovely Victorian mourning broaches. Sandra led us on a leisurely tour through Casa de Estudillo, El Campo Cemetary, and the Whaley house. We met some neat people along the way and paused for LOTS of pictures, because of course everyone looked Fabulous ! We passed out a few business cards, so we may have some visitors/new members show up to our next meeting. Dan posed as our 'dearly departed relative', so naturally we had some fun teasing the tourists with that. 6 or 7 of us were 'detained' at the County 'jail' for more than 20 minutes as tourists took many, many more pictures with us. Some of photos will be making their way to Japan; others to Columbia. A good time was had by all.
Rat Day was a great day of fun and frivolity. More pink rats were resurrected to add to the new multi-colored, cheetah print, and black/white ones. The kiddies will have lots to choose from this year. Thank you to Bob and Joann for hosting another delightful day of rat making. Double thanks to all those dedicated rat makers who worked all day producing lots of rats and even more laughs. To the 'Friends of Margaret', Huzzah !
Glenda planned a gathering at the Corvette Diner, in Pt Loma, on Saturday. The food was great. The staff was a riot. The fashion show was well attended. Everyone looked great and had a faaabulous time. =) Let's do it again! Huzzah, Glenda !
Who's next ?
Check out the article in the NYTimes on what's been done in the Promenade, using retired Opera Costumes. See the link in the Links Section on this page
Wigs, hats, gloves, and shoes Looking for a nifty, affordable wig? Pop into TBE (The Beauty Experience) in Parkway Plaza, Fletcher Parkway, in El Cajon. There's just too much to describe it all here, but my 'scots' blood was dancing in delight at the selection and pricing. Customer Service was excellent--VERY helpful when questions are asked. =)
Adorable Hats in Parkway Plaza has been mentioned by several people as a good place to go for great hats. Don't forget to mention the SD Costume Guild for a discount.
Interested in making your own gloves? The November 09 issue of Threads magazine has beautiful pictures and instructions.
Last issue had a gorgeous 5-page display on re-covering shoes. Very much like one of the classes at Costume College a few years ago.
Our more experienced folks have stashes of fabulous reference books. I'd like to list those here, as well as movies with great costuming visuals.
If you like, we can add those delightful, fun, but not historically accurate movies here, as well, under an appropriate title =)
The Mode in Costume - R. Turner Wilcox has been suggested as a good reference book. Lots of drawings, complete with acessories.
Any books by Janet Arnold
Margaret and Marjorie are tentatively planning a leather mask making class, for the New Year.
Suggested Movies Ideal Husband
