Braider Summit
Sep. 15th, 2009 08:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mamagotchaI failed on the photos for this last weekend (I came out of braider retirement to help out at the Ohio Renaissance Festival), but the booth owner got a really lovely shot of all three of us together.
What's really cool is that I've known of both of these talented braiders for years now, and this was the first chance I've had to meet them IRL. What's embarrassing is that it took me so long to realize that Barbara is![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
blk on LJ, whose work I've enjoyed for a while now. It was an absolute honor and delight to braid next to them, to learn from them, to hook into the Braider Gossip Network, and to fall back into my faire self again.
The downside: barely made back my expenses, and a really long drive (8hrs down, closer to 5.5 coming back, due to figuring out how to avoid the worst of the construction thanks to one of the swordsmen).
Still feeling a little addled from the trip...
What's really cool is that I've known of both of these talented braiders for years now, and this was the first chance I've had to meet them IRL. What's embarrassing is that it took me so long to realize that Barbara is
blk on LJ, whose work I've enjoyed for a while now. It was an absolute honor and delight to braid next to them, to learn from them, to hook into the Braider Gossip Network, and to fall back into my faire self again.The downside: barely made back my expenses, and a really long drive (8hrs down, closer to 5.5 coming back, due to figuring out how to avoid the worst of the construction thanks to one of the swordsmen).
Still feeling a little addled from the trip...
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Date: 2009-09-15 05:56 pm (UTC)Also, what a surprise to see my good friend
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Date: 2009-09-15 06:17 pm (UTC)I had a fantastic weekend, and I'm still incredibly happy to have finally met people I've been admiring for years. I'm looking forward to doing it again!
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Date: 2009-09-16 12:22 pm (UTC)???
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Date: 2009-09-17 12:05 pm (UTC)I've met her at a couple of parties, including this camping-and-ice-cream event:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coralinetheblue/3689300460/in/set-72157620839442372/