[Ravensfort] royal gift ideas

[Berta Allen]

Mistress Lorraine,
Would it be possible to please ask if we may print & copy this for hard copy handout's too? It is a great list, thank you!
 
regards,
Chrystal

L T <ldeerslayer at yahoo.com> wrote:
Her Grace Cateau has given me permission to post this list

Lorraine

Belts with hand cast findings, buckles and tips > (leather belt
with little rose medallions or studs)
Pins or necklaces with roses on them.
Velvet hand bag with rose on it
Armor/fighting stuff (basket hilts, rattan, leather)
Hoods/coifs
Cloak clasps
Small boxes for personal insignia (personal jewelry box)
Gauntlets or gloves (both for fighting or dress wear)
Glass pearls for beading
Handmade paper or hand bound book with blank pages
5 to 7 yards of trim
5 + yards of fine fabric
Veils or snoods
Little embroidery kits
Rose themed jewelry
Small pieces of finished embroidery, which could be used to decorate costumes
Feathers
Bags of buttons (metal or hand caste - avoid plastic)
Small stork scissors
Stationary kits
Small box with armor repair kit - tape, rivets,leather thongs
Embroidered bath towels (or can embellish with nice trim)
Stained glass with a Tudor rose 
Small, framed pieces of illumination and/or calligraphy
Personalized period games / game boards (use kingdom arms or current Crowns or both)
Set of Bocce balls with personal arms on the balls
Oversized hangers
Extra long, deep clothes hanging bags
Cloaks
Wool wrap (3 yards of 54 ¡V 60 inch wide fine wool,finish edges with fringe or beading) can be
used as a wrap, ground cloth, etc.
Garters - inkle woven or leather
Embellished throw pillows with personal arms/kingdom arms
Leather pouches, small purses
Personalized mugs, goblets or dishes
Shower/bath kit (mesh bag with wash cloth, sponge,soaps, toothbrush, tooth paste, baby powder,
ect.)
Practical items like travel sized soaps, lotion,Kleenex, personal battery powered fan, lip balm,
throw in the ice box neck bands
Carved drinking horn
Fans - feather ones, silk, wooden

For largesse: 
Quality necklaces, rings, pins or brooches
A stack of handmade hankies for giving out to emotional award recipients
Strands of semi-precious stones (amber, garnets, fresh water pearls)
Art specific items: ie. Painted needle cases for seamstresses, bottles/jars of spices for cooks,
real quill for scribes
Inkle woven belts
Pilgrim badges - hand caste pewter

Big gift items:
Wooden ice chests
Wooden writing desks
Foot stools
Small table
Large wooden box with hand forged hinges and clasp
Feast box
Boxes for holding coronets or crowns

Special Suggestions:
Special suggestion: really nice enameled jewelry or medallion to commemorate our first year
siding with Trimaris.

Specifically designate using gift tags, if gift is for largess, regalia or for Crown to keep as a
personal item. Some gifts made as regalia can be reimbursed by Ansteorra. Personal gifts cannot.

Use kingdom colors for personal gifts or the current Crowns personal arms. 

If making period items, include a > documentation/explanation sheet. How was the item
used in period? 

Include the name of the artist(s) who made items as well as what Barony or group they live in. 

What not to give:
While the effort behind things like homemade
chocolate, candles, soap, lotions, and alcohol are
appreciated; they aren't necessarily the best gifts.
The chocolate, soaps, and candles don't keep well on
the heat, and things like lotions and alcohol leak and
ruin all sorts of stuff if they aren't sealed
properly. Nevertheless, we always got TONS of all of
the above. Not all of these sorts of things are bad,
though - period comfits make good gifts/largesse, as
do things like mulling spices or bath salts - all of
which can be transported without leaking, melting, or
spoiling. 





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