Janeites, Again

The festival was bigger and even more fun this year.  I learned a bit about bobbin lace from an incredibly skilled craftswoman, a little about regency hairstyling from a wigmaker from Actor's Theater, and a touch about Regency garments.  The tea, though, was perhaps the best part of the day.  I chose Marianne's Wild Abandon, a green and black tea blend with a floral infusion, along with an irish tea cake with fresh cream and berries.

I'll let the pictures tell you the rest.

{birthday gift for my aunt} 

{an early edition of Godey's Lady's Book--I've looked at scans of its pages, but this was the first time I held one in person.  This is where many American female writers were first published.}

{sugar dish}

{tea from the Jane Austen Tea Series}

{Irish tea cake with fresh berries and cream}

{the Shops of Meryton}

{in a shop}

{on the grounds of Locust Grove}

{Regency reproductions by Gayle Simmons}

{that bow, about two by three inches in size, took eighty hours to create}

{the materials for making bobbin lace}