[Ansteorra] Ideas for gifts for Christmas

[Bree Flowers]

In other countries there are BIG merchanting festivals for all
recreators (not just SCA and not just for medieval themed groups).
Apparently there are two big ones annually in England. People come in
plain clothes and they sell wares for all periods from Stone Age right
up to Victorian.And in Scandinavia somewhere someone was telling me
about a "Viking Marketplace" where local craftspeople sell traditional
crafts, many of which date back to our period.

I would totally support an all-merchanting event. Heck isn't that the
main reason to go to the big wars?

~Eve

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Susan Tillery <sutillery at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> In Atlantia, one of the groups holds an annual event called Holiday Faire. It pulls together as many merchants as they can find to simply set up and sell.  They hold other activities too but the main occupation is the shopping.
>
> I haven't seen as many merchants in Ansteorra so I don't know if a group could put together something like that but it was a fun event to go to.
>
> AEla
>
> --- On Thu, 11/11/10, Soldier Grrrl <soldier.grrrl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Soldier Grrrl <soldier.grrrl at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Ideas for gifts for Christmas
>> To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
>> Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 6:25 PM
>> Eve,
>>
>> I'm unlikely to hand friends things with lead in them, and
>> yes, I'd like to see more resources from artisans. If much
>> rather spend my money with artisans and support the SCA.
>> :-)
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Nov 11, 2010, at 6:08 PM, Bree Flowers <evethejust at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 3:06 PM, SoldierGrrrl <soldier.grrrl at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Bree Flowers
>> <evethejust at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Why are all the gift suggestions things you
>> can purchase anyway? Are
>> >>> we not a group that MAKES stuff? Given an
>> evening to work and less
>> >>> than $5 in materials I could make you some
>> lovely trim worth far more
>> >>> than $20.
>> >>
>> >> For me?  I have more money than I do
>> time.  I would LOVE to make all
>> >> my Christmas gifts, and I hope to make *some* this
>> year, but honesty,
>> >> I *like* having resources to spend my money and
>> support others.   I
>> >> don't think there's anything wrong with purchasing
>> things, and don't
>> >> want anyone to feel like their gifts might be
>> thought of as lesser
>> >> because they don't have the time or skill to make
>> something.
>> >>
>> >> In service,
>> >> Helene Dalassene
>> >> Stronghold of Hellsgate
>> >
>> > Helene,
>> >
>> > If you have more money than time, I humbly submit that
>> you'd still be
>> > better off purchasing things from our artisans than
>> wasting hours
>> > combing through thrift stores in search of something
>> that might simply
>> > not be there. I've been to a lot of thrift stores over
>> the years and
>> > have only ever found one thing worth having (my sewing
>> machine, and I
>> > love it dearly, but that was one find in 2 decades of
>> looking).
>> >
>> > The suggestion to make something was simply to say "if
>> you're on a
>> > thrift store budget, you will get more bang for your
>> buck if you make
>> > something yourself".
>> >
>> > Anyway, the thrust of my post was actually the bit
>> about the lead and
>> > non-food-safe vessels. Friends don't give friends lead
>> :) Unless you
>> > are 100% sure that the intended recipient is okay with
>> using
>> > lead-containing items it is a bad gift idea. And
>> please do not do it
>> > for a gift exchange where the recipients are random.
>> >
>> > ~Eve
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