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chocolatepotMy deaccession meeting yesterday went very well: Everything Must Go, except for this tasseled sash that I thought was some kind of drapery piece but one of the two committee members who actually came recognized it as belonging to Newton Martin Curtis. (It had a paper tag on it saying that I had been in a box marked Curtis, and my reading was that that was a reference to the donor, but he'd been involved with setting up our NMC exhibit and remembered how there had been some of his stuff that nobody could find at the time. NB we were meeting in the same room as the exhibit and I still didn't make the connection on my own. But this morning I saw the sash in the photograph of him with two other officers, and I folded it up and put it in the display case with his epaulettes and scarf and medals.
Watching this June Carter/Johnny Cash movie on Netflix. It's not terrible but not that great, either, in comparison to Walk the Line. Orite, it's called Ring of Fire. But June's wearing a long line bra and girdle under this wiggle dress, so points for historical accuracy.
It's so cold. Reconsidering my 1920s reception dress plans - what would be a good idea to do for warmth over a sleeveless charmeuse 1920s dress? I guess I do have a fleecy wrap I could throw on while we eat ...
I got an email from someone coordinating the Ottawa English Country Dance ball on the 7th, asking if I wanted to go to sell. I can make it, but I asked a few questions before answering solidly - I have to pay $18.90 for each copy (although I think that's the institutional price, and my price is $17.50), so I want to know about how many people will be there. The registration fee for just the ball (its actually a Friday-Saturday event, and I'd do the whole thing but I have to work) is $40, do they want me to pay that to just go and sell or do I get a discount for just hanging out and selling? Or do I pay the whole amount and get to dance despite not attending the workshops? I'll have to get a motel room for the night, so I have to sell a certain amount to cover that ... It's hard, entrepreneurship!
Actually, looking over my contract it says the publishers will pay for me to do promotional stuff, "all reasonable expenses" anyway. I'll have to send the publicist/marketer an email asking about what's reasonable tomorrow. And maybe I'll write to my editor to see what she thinks about the 18th century book. :3
OH NO, MOTHER MAYBELLE JUST DIED. Tears, tears. The costumes in this are pretty ... I want to say fabulous because they do such a good job of hewing to the year, but obvi after 1965 or so my feeling is just "no". It gets very hideous.
Somebody said on FB that they "disagreed" with a couple of my patterns. What does this mean? The dating? The pattern pieces? What??
Oh, I found out what promo stuff was happening. Sabine said she doesn't do reviews (NO I wanted to give you a free one!), there are some magazine reviews coming up, and they sent my other blog reviewer ideas to the people in the US and NZ, but apparently they haven't decided yet? Or maybe she just doesn't know. I want to find out.
Sue also showed my book to the head of an 1812 reenactment group who asked me to do a lecture at their Battle of Ogdensburg reenactment in February. That means that after this ball I need to go back to that checked cotton long-sleeved dress so I have something wintry. Ooh, and a spencer or pelisse and headgear. I need to change the bodice of the dress from gathered to darted, though,I don't think the gathers work for me. Crap, I have to fix my corset before this ball. And I still don't really have a chemise that works for my evening dress, or even a petticoat, I think.
Watching this June Carter/Johnny Cash movie on Netflix. It's not terrible but not that great, either, in comparison to Walk the Line. Orite, it's called Ring of Fire. But June's wearing a long line bra and girdle under this wiggle dress, so points for historical accuracy.
It's so cold. Reconsidering my 1920s reception dress plans - what would be a good idea to do for warmth over a sleeveless charmeuse 1920s dress? I guess I do have a fleecy wrap I could throw on while we eat ...
I got an email from someone coordinating the Ottawa English Country Dance ball on the 7th, asking if I wanted to go to sell. I can make it, but I asked a few questions before answering solidly - I have to pay $18.90 for each copy (although I think that's the institutional price, and my price is $17.50), so I want to know about how many people will be there. The registration fee for just the ball (its actually a Friday-Saturday event, and I'd do the whole thing but I have to work) is $40, do they want me to pay that to just go and sell or do I get a discount for just hanging out and selling? Or do I pay the whole amount and get to dance despite not attending the workshops? I'll have to get a motel room for the night, so I have to sell a certain amount to cover that ... It's hard, entrepreneurship!
Actually, looking over my contract it says the publishers will pay for me to do promotional stuff, "all reasonable expenses" anyway. I'll have to send the publicist/marketer an email asking about what's reasonable tomorrow. And maybe I'll write to my editor to see what she thinks about the 18th century book. :3
OH NO, MOTHER MAYBELLE JUST DIED. Tears, tears. The costumes in this are pretty ... I want to say fabulous because they do such a good job of hewing to the year, but obvi after 1965 or so my feeling is just "no". It gets very hideous.
Somebody said on FB that they "disagreed" with a couple of my patterns. What does this mean? The dating? The pattern pieces? What??
Oh, I found out what promo stuff was happening. Sabine said she doesn't do reviews (NO I wanted to give you a free one!), there are some magazine reviews coming up, and they sent my other blog reviewer ideas to the people in the US and NZ, but apparently they haven't decided yet? Or maybe she just doesn't know. I want to find out.
Sue also showed my book to the head of an 1812 reenactment group who asked me to do a lecture at their Battle of Ogdensburg reenactment in February. That means that after this ball I need to go back to that checked cotton long-sleeved dress so I have something wintry. Ooh, and a spencer or pelisse and headgear. I need to change the bodice of the dress from gathered to darted, though,I don't think the gathers work for me. Crap, I have to fix my corset before this ball. And I still don't really have a chemise that works for my evening dress, or even a petticoat, I think.
