robinsnest | A Fancy Dress party

Prepare for a long rambley event post. I've not even going to put it behind a cut as no one reads this thing anymore but people who claim to like event posts.

It was determined that

hiraimi 's house was the most central point of departure and that taking on car was best because of the cost of parking. So I rolled out to her house and was EARLY in fact I was the first one there. I know, what world is this! We were all there by noon, carefully packed (five costumers don't pack...lightly) it's a really good thing it was only a one night event. And we were off!

The drive was smooth, I texted

mandie_rw 's imaginary boyfriend taunting things. We discussed cabbages and kings and made very good time. The sexy Scotsman (as we have named

blackcat452 's Highlander) was a very comfortable ride so despite being packed in around us we were very comfy and made great time. Arriving at the hotel pretty much at 3 on the nose.

I did the easiest historical hair I've ever done. I had put my hair in pin curls the night before and just took them out, pulled it half back and pinned. I put on a thick layer of make up, my rosacea has been horrible lately. I really think I'm due to see a dermatologist, and got dressed again in record time. I'm NEVER dressed before

mandie_rw by 4:00 we were toddling down the hall to collect the other room and by 4:37 we were calling for a very confused Lyft driver.

I kind of am having a love affair of Alice in curly bangs. I know she can't have them every day because ew hairstyling every day, but boy do I love them on her.

We arrived at Carolyn's maybe 10 min later and were some of the first people to arrive. Her house is AMAZING. The woodwork alone was enough to make my heart swoon. Then all the fire places and Christmas decor and and and *happy sigh*

The Victorian Photography Studio was there taking tintypes and while I did buy one of

mandie_rw and I (in which we're BOTH making epic derp face) I also took a long hair one with Taylor and Alice (and felt like my hair wasn't nearly long enough). And one with Carolyn holding her new (antique) sterograph.

Aside from taking photos and eating my body weight in delicious cheese the company was really amazing.

It was satisfying to wear the alphabet dress again, and get more decent photos. I thought the new tiara was a nice addition and my first experiments with worbla.

We came home in the picturesque snow to our hotel STARVING and wandered down to the little "marketplace" they have. I got a salad and Amanda soup. We ate. we chatted. we slept. Then we got up early and headed out through the snowy roads home. The sexy Scotsman did superbly in the snow and we got home with no issues. By 1:30 I was napping on my couch

and now Rob is watching the Eagles game and he is NOT happy...oy

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danabren

" ...a very confused Lyft driver. "

HAHAHAHA

robinsnest

I gave him a generous tip for being such a good sport

I shared your blogspot post on my maker page. Imma make you famous ;)

mala_14

What a great event! You look lovely! I really want to see the long hair tintype. That is so cool! Also, glad to hear all the driving with snow went so smoothly.

Taylor ended up with it, when she shares a real photo I'll forward it on.

mandie_rw

How do we look so much less derpy in the color version of our photo? UNFAIR! I love how happy we look in the group photo...I mean we're full of cheese, how can we not be happy?

I know! and I don't care a derpy tintype is SO US

seraphicmachine

THAT DRESS! (faints in a manly way) It really shows on the pics that you all had a great time.
As for the rosacea, mine is not too strong but when I finally went to the dermatologist, I got two creams and they helped enormously basically from day one. Might be worth a visit.

yeah it's on my list and I just keep not getting around to it. and thank you I think it's the most work I've ever put into a dress. and I got zero good photos so it's nice to be able to finally blog it.