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[Casey&Coni]

Merry Christmastime, everyone!

I had a dear friend of mine ask me a question about what would be a good
Yule Revel gift.  As I finished up the list of the things that popped into
my head I thought perhaps there might be others out there that could use it
as well.  Tempio- like many other groups out there- limits its gift limit to
$10, so I based my list on that price.

Hope this helps someone out there...

Dieterich- Black Belt in Shop Long Fu


>You asked:
>
>>I don't think I will be able to make anything but what kinds of things can
SCAers
>>use for
>>under $10.
>
>
>Acrylic paint
>Material (esp white for veils/shirts)
>Feast gear
>Artificial sinew
>Duct Tape
>A hat
>Embroidery floss
>Needles
>Gesso
>Wood
>Books on art in the Middle Ages
>Embroidery hoops
>A belt blank
>Books on heraldry
>Books on armor
>A seam-ripper with the little light on the end
>Candles
>A lantern
>Knitted mittens
>Good paper (ask for 'elephant paper' at a paper shop)
>A piece of good leather
>Paint brushes (ten bucks can get the good ones rather than the cruddy ones)
>A length of trim
>A length of lace
>A basket
>Some ostrich plumes
>Some pheasant feathers
>A pair of good scissors (Ginghers on sale in Temple right now for half
>price)
>A tape or cd of dance music
>Sheet music for recorder
>A recorder
>A nine-mens-morris game
>Dice (no respectable late period persona would be without them)
>A nice period looking buckle
>Rivets for armor
>A strap-cutter
>A rawhide mallet
>A brick of beeswax
>A hydrometer
>A wine thief
>A package of corks
>Patterning paper
>Soap
>A nice brooch from your local Goodwill or Salvation Army
>A book on brewing or vinting
>A dremmel tool accessory pack
>A camp stool
>A deck of rennaissance style cards
>A yeast culture
>A period cookbook
>A book on basic sewing skills
>A pouch
>A body hammer
>Buttons
>Hooks and eyes
>Good thread
>Some antler
>A cows horn (for either a drinking horn or a hunting horn)
>A brass kickplate
>A yard or two of buckram
>A t-square
>A rosary
>A cross
>A cup or mug
>A sketchbook
>Tracing paper
>Blank tapes
>A brewers log
>A block of carving linoleum
>A draw knife
>A piece of rattan
>Some 550 cord
>Tentstakes
>A banner pole
>Seeds for different herbs
>Lamp oil
>Beads (especially pearls... you can get a strand or two of real freshwater
>pearls under $10)
>
>
>That should give you something to chew on.  BTW, with this list you can
>really do some neat things: imagine getting a nice brooch ($5.25) wrapped
in
>a yard of nice heavy white cotton for an arming cap ($3.00) and tied off
>with a yard of trim left over from an old project ($1.50) and decorated
with
>four nice buttons off a Goodwill shirt ($.25).
>
>See you there!
>
>Casey
>
>

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