House Fulton Pins

Just getting back from GNE, but here's a little something that goes back to that rainy Panteria.  One of the high points of the evening was when Lord Fulton presented all the founding members of the house with these little pewter and pearl pins.  The kids all received leather tags with the House Fulton martlet on the front and their name and associated parent's phone number on the back.  The eldest girl in the group, certainly old enough to know how to contact her mom in case of getting lost received a martlet pin, but instead of pearls, hers had a red bead for her martial activities and a green one for her A&S work.  There is also a space for a blue bead to represent service, should she decide she wants to add that to her SCAdian repertoire.  They're all pretty cool looking and really helps give us a sense of unity.

Birthday Gift for Lady Elgiva Wilhelm

Lady Elgiva's birthday was recently and to celebrate her day, I made this girdle book just for her.  The book is a standard sew signature type binding.  I had wanted to do the cover in leather, but I didn't have any thin enough nor do I own the kind of knife used to thin leather out for book covers.  Instead, I opted for a brown suede fabric that from a distance looks reasonably like leather.  Hopefully Lady Elgiva will like it well enough to forgive me the anachronism.

Once the book was done, I thought I'd decorate the front pages with her arms and a bit of colorful vinework.  I Googled the German for "This book belongs to Lady Elgiva Wilhelm, creator of beautiful things" and put that in a ribbon across the pages. 

Here's hoping she can make use of it for many notes about clever things.

Belt Pouch Mock Up

If I learned anything about my kit at Birka, it was that 1.  I do not need to bring my cloak since the event is inside all day and 2. I need a belt pouch.  Badly. 

So many little things - my phone, my keys, my wallet, any of the potentially dozens of little things the kidlet will inevitably ask for/ask me to hold - just need to have a home somewhere on my person.  My first time through the SCA, the belt pouch was about my only accessory.  I don't know why I haven't made one yet though.

I searched around for a design that intrigued me and found these.  They are beautiful, but the maker is in the UK and I have leather in the basement.  I haven't worked with leather in years, so rather than build something I dislike later, I figured I'd do a mockup.  Someone suggested using duct tape covered paper as a "leather substitute".  It's not as thick as leather, but it behaves in a roughly similar fashion. Good enough for doing a mockup of a belt pouch anyway.

House Tokens for Crown Tourney A&S competition

Crown tourney is just a few weeks away and a mention was made that for the A&S competition, folks should bring tokens and vote for their favorites.  I thought I'd whip up some House Fulton tokens.  These are a terracotta colored Fimo clay that I baked in the oven to make little markers.  The design is pressed into the disks using a mold that I made from a bit of the Fimo, baked into a stamp.

Not too bad and they'll get the job done until one of us figures out how to make coins.

Toys for the Kidlet

One of the tricks I've read on SCA with kids is to have special period toys that are only brought out at events.  The kidlet is still young enough that she finds enjoyment in blocks and bowls of water, so I painted up this trio of clothespins to go with a selection of blocks for building castles.  I also painted some smaller pawns left over from our Pandemic boardgame expansion and turned them into goblins who can attack the castle.  Simple, yet timeless.