Civil War Reenactment

Caesars Creek Pioneer Village, April 2022

Dear Sis,

Today was an adventure, chatting and walking around the pioneer village with several ladies from the Amaranth Society, snacking, and watching the kids play the day away.

Here is the kiddo photo roll!

The best photo of the day was taken by Brittany Fredrick!

Eve looked lovely in her new caplet! Having your needle book on hand proved very useful in repairing the trim on Eve’s dress too.

Grant was adorable in his wool frock!

Charlotte didn’t want to take her new yellow gown off. She wore it all the way until bedtime! Her crochet sweater and petticoat were perfect for the damp spring weather. 

William enjoyed playing with the big kids!

Thanks for a wonderful visit! 

Love,

b

U.S. Grant Birthplace Bicentennial

Dear Sis,

Here is a photo dump from a wonderful afternoon at the bicentennial celebration of the birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant, the Commanding General of the Union Army that accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee, ending the United States Civil War in 1865, and our nations 18th president, who lead post-war reconstruction efforts. 

It was hard to choose just two pictures of Eve! She still looks lovely in her sheer dress from last year. We just had to lengthen it a bit by adding another flounce to the hemline.

I love how natural this shot of William looks.

Tiny Toddlers: Charlotte’s new yellow dress was a hit and Grant was adorable in William’s hand-me-down frock with a tuck added to shorten it a bit since William was a bit taller at that age:)

Your new bonnet goes so well with your Fashion Plate inspired Daydress!

This is a great picture of the kids and one of your newest pattern creations Crochet Carriage Bag from Peterson’s 1858.

The fashion bonnet you made for me goes so well with my silk daydress. All it lacks now is so self-fabric buttons down the center front and collar and cuffs. Then I’ll have a frame for the brooch you gave me! Thanks for all your help making my first silk daydress look complete:) Your finishing touches make all the difference!

Our first event of 2022 was wonderful! I can’t wait for the vintage ball game next weekend:)

Love,

b

 

Caesar’s Creek Pioneer Village 2021

Dear Sis,

It’s been a while since we have been to the pioneer village at Caesar’s Creek State Park. There was a lot of change in the few years we’ve been away! Although, we didn’t get many pictures of the children, we finally got some really nice pictures of our dresses. We even saw our long lost friend Dana, in her “one good dress!”

Photo compliments of Jenn’s husband, Brandon.

I love this photo you took of me cuddling Charlotte!

The dying of your dress to amend the bleeding hem tape turned out perfectly! It’s like it never happened… except for the trauma:) Photo compliments of Jenn.

Jenn and I finally have a photo together as well. We were photo bombed by Charlotte and daddy’s don’t always get the full dress, but it’s still a nice picture:)

This picture of Charlotte giving Cooper stink face is priceless! Had to include it too!!!

Love,

b

 

Century Village

This weekend, we attended a local event. I had no idea we had such a nice site close to home. Century village is in Geauga County, and is about 30 minutes away from our home. So, it was a nice easy ride for a day activity with the kiddos.

They usually host the event on memorial weekend, but with covid they rescheduled to August. The site is very nice, they have a general store, apothecary, school, church, railroad station, blacksmith, dressmaker shop, and even more.  I really wanted to spend some time looking around, but with the kids constant snacking we mostly walked outside. You don’t want to drag food into old buildings.

My friend Pamela had mentioned some interest in attending an event. So, she dressed up with us. Thankfully, a wrapper is pretty much a one size fits all, so all I had to do was change the hem. The downfall, is that is a pretty hot dress to wear. So, I starched the heck out of a corded petticoat for her. It didn’t keep her as cool as a hoop, or a sheer dress, but it was the best I had. Everyone seemed to have a nice time.

I ran into some other friends. Debbie and her daughter Beth. And we stopped at their tent for awhile while the kids played and mooched snacks.