Ach, my puir Visa....
Mar. 5th, 2005 11:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sff_corgi_ljIt was fun going to the Scottish Festival with Debbie, but we didn't end up staying as long as we've done previously -- half the merchants weren't there! None of the kilt shops showed up; the place I got my spectacularly nifty Welsh-flag tote bag didn't come either. With no shade -- really, none -- and the dryness, even a little cooler than normal, it wore thin too quickly. We saw the sheepdog demo, we shopped, we split.
This is for Doreen (and me, 'cause I keep losing it):
Caledonia Pottery
Ancient design in modern idiom
Rebecca Forbes
705 E. Main St.
Lock Haven, Pa. 17745
570.893.6457
rforbes@kcnet.org
This woman makes great handthrown cups, bowls, goblets, jugs, vases... all the traditional selection one might find in practical pottery. Her glazes trend to an incredible peacock blue, through a speckled dark warm blue to black, with occasional excursions to pastel aqua and a sort of olivey-red. She's usually got pieces in blue/blue-greens. On one side of many pieces, especially the drinking vessels, she'll have a plaque with Celtic swirls or zoomorphs... or even a Scottish heraldic lion or thistle.
I think I bought more food items than ever before. I usually pick up a box of Cameron's sausage rolls, frozen; but this year, the inFamous Welsh Cookie Company welshcake booth was back (we cheered each other's Dreigiau Cochion) and I got their 'gift box' of one dozen of each tempting variety they make. Debbie wanted to stop for supper on the way back, so I ended up with a loaf and some miscellanous goodies from the Atlanta Bread Company in Doral, too. OK, I did get a MacMillan clan-badge-embroidered golf shirt 'cause I can wear that at work and a pan-Celtic T-shirt because I wanted the statement.
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By the way, I should have had these people on my list of links from the other post: Crafty Celts. They used to come down to Trimarian Crown events a lot, but I think they've become too busy... because their stuff is REALLY nice.
Check out Wheat Goddesses, too. I haven't seen these in person, found the link by happenstance, but these are really intriguing pieces of creative weaving and folkart. She also has some nice hats -- with period documentation, even.
This is for Doreen (and me, 'cause I keep losing it):
Ancient design in modern idiom
Rebecca Forbes
705 E. Main St.
Lock Haven, Pa. 17745
570.893.6457
rforbes@kcnet.org
This woman makes great handthrown cups, bowls, goblets, jugs, vases... all the traditional selection one might find in practical pottery. Her glazes trend to an incredible peacock blue, through a speckled dark warm blue to black, with occasional excursions to pastel aqua and a sort of olivey-red. She's usually got pieces in blue/blue-greens. On one side of many pieces, especially the drinking vessels, she'll have a plaque with Celtic swirls or zoomorphs... or even a Scottish heraldic lion or thistle.
I think I bought more food items than ever before. I usually pick up a box of Cameron's sausage rolls, frozen; but this year, the inFamous Welsh Cookie Company welshcake booth was back (we cheered each other's Dreigiau Cochion) and I got their 'gift box' of one dozen of each tempting variety they make. Debbie wanted to stop for supper on the way back, so I ended up with a loaf and some miscellanous goodies from the Atlanta Bread Company in Doral, too. OK, I did get a MacMillan clan-badge-embroidered golf shirt 'cause I can wear that at work and a pan-Celtic T-shirt because I wanted the statement.
By the way, I should have had these people on my list of links from the other post: Crafty Celts. They used to come down to Trimarian Crown events a lot, but I think they've become too busy... because their stuff is REALLY nice.
Check out Wheat Goddesses, too. I haven't seen these in person, found the link by happenstance, but these are really intriguing pieces of creative weaving and folkart. She also has some nice hats -- with period documentation, even.
Great thank!
Date: 2005-03-15 07:10 am (UTC)