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Saturday, 07 November 2009

  • Thrift finds and A Lady we can all aspire to be like

    Well today I was reading from the book Daughtars of Destiny by Noelle Wheeler and I read about Lady Jane Grey. When my sister and I were in London we got to go to Tower Hill where She was beheaded. Now she was not like King Henry the 8th many wives. She was not murdered just because she was not cared for, she was murdered for her faith.

    Jane was born in 1537 and near Leicester in her father's mansion of Bradgate near Leicester and we actually don't know her exact birthday. She was the eldest sister of 3 and her sister's names were May and Katherine. She was only 17 years of age when she was beheaded. She was strong in her faith, she was grounded in the truth of her Savior Jesus Christ. She was also a diligent pupil.

    Here is a quote by Tennyson about her. "Seventeen- and knew eight languages- in music peerless-her needle perfect, and her learning beyond the churhmen; yet so meek, so modest, so wife-like humble to the trivial boy mismatched with her for policy! I have heard she would not take a last farewell to him; she feared it might unman him for his end. She could not be unmanned-no, nor outwomaned. Seventeen- a rose; rose never blew that equairled such a bud?"

    In the end she was married to Lord Guilford Dudley, Jane only reigned along with her husband 9 days, Guilford's father had died and so the couple had been recently married and were only king and queen nine days. Although, the reasoning for her being beheaded along with her new husband was because Mary and Elizabeth wanted the throne and were therefore, being sentenced to death for high treason and were found guilty. They were removed to the tower after being found guilty for high treason. She wrote on her wall in the tower in latin this,which is in english,

    " Believe not, man, in care's despite,
    that thou from others' ills art free
    The cross that now I suffer might
    To-morrow haply fall on thee.

    "Endless all malice, if our God is nigh;
    Fruitless all pains, if He His help deny,
    Patient I pass these gloomy hours away,
    And wait the morning of eternal day."

    She was strong, she was going to face death, but she did not say that death was bad here in this, she said I will face eternal day! She would be in eternity with her Savior!

    Her husband was beheaded first, when they brought her out after he was dead, she saw his coffin there. And she said this to him," Oh Guilford! Guilford! death is not so bitter that you have tasted, and that I shall soon taste, as to make my flesh tremble- it is nothing compared to the feast that you and I shall this day partake in heaven."

    She said this knowing that enduring that pain was nothing, it was felt like nothing for she would partake of the feast with her Lord in heaven that day and it was worth it! She could endure it. She prayed a prayer before she went out to the block.

    When she laid her head on the block, this is what she said," Lord, into Thy hands I commend my spirit." This was February 12th, 1554.

    Jane Grey was only seventeen, but she was grounded in her faith and her God was with her. I just can't imagine if I had to do that. I can't imagine knowing so much at such a young age, but I can imagine loving my Savior this much. I thought that her testimony as told my this book really was so encouraging and refreshing! I was able to walk where she walked in England and in the London Art Gallery I saw a portrait portraying her beheading before she was beheaded. She was blind folded and ready.

    Just a side note the portrait is not grusome, she is still alive. I think its beautiful actually. When I was in england, I was taken aback by it and it even said in the description in the gallery that she died for her faith in the Lord and that she did not believe in the Catholic church, but was reforming as this was around the reformation.

    Here is the portrait. http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/en_easyart/lg/3/0/The-Execution-of-Lady-Jane-Grey--1833-Paul-Delaroche-300521.jpg

    On a lighter note, I just loved her story so I posted it to encourage. Here are some pictures of my boots that are brown that I got at the thrift store on thursday for only 10 dollars!

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    Here they are! I love love love these brown boots! They are quite comfy and brown! I wanted brown and I got it! they will be so practical all winter and fall. They go with just about anything! A great wardrobe staple!

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    This skirt I am wearing a bohemian skirt I made this past summer using a tiered skirt tutorial that Shannon made over at her blog. ---->http://thoughtsandthimbles.blogspot.com/

    My shirt is a Ann Taylor loft shirt I got for free actually! I do not shop at the Ann taylor loft store. I pick up sweaters and jackets that are that brand used at thrift stores and this one was free from friend's from church. My tee shirt underneath is one I have had for a long time. Can't remember the brand. And there you have it todays outfit. It was comfy to rake the yard with my dad and sister and pretty.

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    A better detail of the pattern on the skirt.

    I had this fabric for about 2 or 3 years and I did some stash busting during the summer and made it using the skirt tutorial Shannon put togeather. It was easy for me considering I am not that great of a seamstress. No pattern, just measuring tape and photos on her blog to help me was great!

    I will post more about a wool skirt I bought and I fixed to fit myself I got last week. A denim shirt dress I am using as a trech coat type thing and how I use scarves quite a lot to make an outfit complete. And how I got a white sweater and its warm and goes with everything. And the best part all of these options are thrifted! Love the thrift store!

    God bless,

    Rebecca

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    The rest of our adventure in London

     

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    The details on this regency gown are just amazing! I don't know if I would have the patience! :)

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    My sister and I both want to the do colonial reenacting sometime! We love doing civil war, but I just love the colonial styles as well and the history is also a high light of our country's freedom.

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    I love the fabric and the sleeves are great! The V&A just had so many great clothes! It was just amazing!

    Oh and get a load of the shoes!!! I am drooling still!

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    Get a load of that heel! I always loved the buttons on victorian boots!

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    This is a civil war period dance slipper. Of course these shoes are english, but during the war the americans got many of their fashion ideas from the english. Beth and I want to reproduce the roset on this slipper on future dance slippers for maybe a ball in our distant future!

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    I am thinking this was my favorite dress to see out of all the dresses I saw in all the museums on the whole trip! I love the sleeves and the bodice detail!! I have always wanted a dress with big sleeves like this! call me crazy! Beth thinks so!

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    I just adore it! Oh my!

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    I believe this gown was Queen Victorias, I am thinking, correct me if I am wrong ladies. I only have a small ammount of pics from this museum as my camera died. I plan to get pictures from Lindsey keen when she has finished doing all the pictures.

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    The front of the dress.

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    I don't have a more detailed picture of this one or a full length as my camera died, but once I get pictures from the other ladies on the trip I will be sure to post them. There were many more clothes I got pictures of with my friend Ana's camera, and Lindsey Keen will be giving CD's to all of us I think. So don't worry. I am sorry its a tease for now.

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    Kensington Palace

    we had lunch in the orangery also here at Kensington the home of the young Victoria.

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    We also had a suprise guest. It was from a wardrobe unlocked. She was wonderful and let Cassie one of the ladies in our group try on her gown! It had taken her weeks and months to make! WOW!

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    Bethany, myself, Ashley and her Mom, we all had a great time and it was so great to meet a fellow blogger for the first time! So good to meet you Ashley!

    We got to go back to the Tower of London on thursday our last day in London. We also went to Suzi's for tea and got to see her private costume collection, but I can't post pics. We also got to see some of the antique clothing collection at the London museum. But I also can't post pics of that either unfortunately!

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    Going into the walled city to see the Tower and the crowned jewels.

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    We saw a guard in the uniform! We did not see any at Buckingham! So Sarah and I practically screamed when we finally saw one! I think he was laughing under his breath at us american girls! lol

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    The tower

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    We were not aloud of course take pictures of the crown jewels! But here is a little bit of our adventure.

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    All of us on tuesday I believe it was dresses in regency attire and other eras and we went on the tube and paraded around England lol and people stared and said how lovely we looked. We were even stopped by security on our way out of the tube because apparently they think a bunch of ladies dressed this way could be terrorists! lol Whatever it was fun!

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    Abby I love her bonnet! and Bethany  who made her dress

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    Ana

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    Amy and Sarah

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    Me I was ready, I had my gloves and I even made a reticule and I even had a shawl and Courtney did all of our hair! I was great! Oh to dress like that daily! it would be wonderful! This is the ice blue dress bethany made by hand for me.

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    Here we go back into the city after getting off the tube!

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    Ana and I as we well I have not told you yet where we were going, that day we went to the fan museum and had tea there as well! It was great!

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    Bethany and Abby and Amy and Amanda Beth! Love her blog!

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    A garden that was next to the museum.

     

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    Of course only one of the many fans in the museum!

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    Bethany, Sarah, and I outside the museum

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    The american civil war time period fans, they are from the 1860's but are english, they are very big, that was the periods distinction in fans. I bought a fan from the museums gift shop, but its too small, but I use it at reenactments anyway. I think its not so bi of a deal compared to not having period clothing and hair styles etc. Its small compared to the rest of my outfit. I am farby in my fan taste! lol

     

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    I think these are some of the civil war fans. Not sure though. Can't remember.

     

     

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    We had tea in their lovely tea room!

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    My fan I got in the gift shop! lol

     

     

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    Me myself and I

    My gown is also voile!

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    Bethany, don't you love the tucks at the bottom of her gown. Its voile by the way!

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    Our whole group outside! Aren't we lovely!

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    On our way back! I love this picture of them walking. So lovely!

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    I love Katrina on the lefts bonnet she made and her whole outfit!

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    All of us on the escalater in the tube! We were a spectical! lol

     

    In Christ,

    Rebecca

    I will be posting the pictures from Bath tomorrow or Monday! I also am going to post about my thrifting lately and my music later this week as well. I thought I would catch up on old news like England. Enjoy and God bless!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    And finally what you have waited for.....

    Well I have finally realized that I have not posted the pictures from my sister and I's trip to London and Bath England this past September! We had a wonderful time touring with Jennie Chancey and all of our new friends from the Sense and Sensibility patterns forum. Jennie has great patterns and we loved getting to meet her! I have told you all before that we go and help out Jennie's mom Mrs. Need quite a lot since she lives in West Virginia only 2 hours from us. So we wanted to meet the daughtar we had practically met on the internet and talked to her mom, but not her yet. we also were quite interested in studying antique clothing and going to the Jane Austen festival! It was a dream and I still can't belive it really happened! So here is the story of my adventures with my best friend Beth my sister in England.

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    We were picked up in the London airport by our tour guide named Nigel! Yes Nigel! He had a great accent and was very wonderful at telling all of London's history on our tour we took around the city in our bus excuse me I mean Coach!

    Then we stopped off at the hotel to get all of bags and stuff in our rooms. We were a group of 25 so here is all of us in the hotel!

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    You can see Beth next to me in the blue scarf, she has red hair and I have brown hair. My new best friend Ana is right there in the front with the tan bag. I had not met her yet here! But she is such a dear and we call each other at least once a week if possible now! She lives in Alabama.

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    We also stopped off at Buckingham palace to take a look. We did not get tickets in time online to take a tour but this was fine for me. I was so glad to see many other things while we were there. We were in London 7 days and you can only do so much in so little time.

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    Then we went and saw the Church called St. Pauls it was beautiful!

    Then we were aloud to have free time. So Bethany and I went with our new friend Sarah Arnold on the tube(metro in plane english right?) to the tour of London were I know its unpleasant many people were beheaded. It ended up at we ate lunch sitting next to the tours and never went inside that day because we talked for hours with Sarah getting to know her and she told us her testimony of finding Jesus. It was wonderful.

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    Beth and I in front of the walled city and the tour of London is inside. We did don't worry go and see it and the Crown jewels our last day in London with Sarah and Ana.

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    We got some sandwhiches and we were set to talk and talk. We were tired and jet lagged so this was great to take a rest and just go and tour the tour our last day instead, which was a free day so we had the time.

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    Eating lunch in front of the tour. Beth took all pics by the way, she was there.

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    Here she is with Sarah in front of this ginormous you know those time thingys! lol

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    They call trash litter or rubbish in England! lol Just had to add that.

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    And no this is not the London bridge! Its the other one that gets mistaken for being the London bridge. Unfortunately I did not get a pic of the London bridge. Oh well. Don't remember the name of this one either. lol

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    This is the Big Ben and its actually not a clock, its a bell tour by the way!

    The next day was friday and we toured the Globe where shakespeare's plays were done way back when with the rest of our group. It was wonderful! On wednesday we got to see the play As You Like It. I was not permitted to take pictures unfortunately during the play. But here is the Globe tour.

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    Waiting to take our tour in the museum building, no this is not the Globe itself.

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    The door to the inside of the Globe was huge!

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    It was huge and beautiful!

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    We all walked up the stairs to get a view from the balcony where in Shakespeares time all of the richer people would have been. All of the poor people would have been standing in front of the stage. We stood for the play on wednesday night, except for Jennie and Matt and a few of the ladies in our group. Obviously Jennie being pregnant did not want to stand. But it was great for all the rest of us to be scushed! No I mean to be able to be right next to the actors, we had a great view and could hear easily. No mics mind you! All just there voices!

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    Our tour guide was Kitty who is in the black and white and the white hat. She had a great knowledge of the times of Shakespeare and was very informative.

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    We were right down there in front of the stairs wednesday night for the play!!

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    My sister Bethany is in the front row with the red hair. I am in the back with the curly brown hair and blue shirt and grey sweater on the far left.

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    They had a model of the Globe in the museum.

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    We saw on the time line in the Shakespeare museum next to the Globe, that they had the Geneva Bible on the time line! Thought that was cool!

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    Of course I was thrilled to see all the period instruments of the time!!!

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    Next our group was given a costume try on of some of the clothes from their shakespeare production of one of the plays. All I know is this costume is for Cecilia, not sure what play its from. But Courtney from our group was used as the person who got to try on the clothes!!

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    Putting on the skirt and tying it to the corset.

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    All done!

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    Isn't she beautiful!

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    Lol here is some of our group trying to figure out how to get to somewhere! I am not sure which day or where we were trying to go! But the bus map was confusing! lol

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    Still trying to figure it out! lol I think we might have been trying to go to a market that day.

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    On sunday we were going to go to Westminster Abby for church in the morning before we went to the Tab, but we were late and could not go inside the Priest would not let us come in! But it was beautiful to look at the outside.

    We did go to Westminster Cathedral for the last 20 minutes for so of the service.

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    I don't have a whole thing of that church unfortunately.

    But we did go to the whole service at the Tabernacle, it was a reformed church and everyone was so friendly and it was great! I enjoyed it and the sermon and music were so encouraging!

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    The outside of the Tabernacle was beautiful, but I can't find a picture of the outside! This is the church Spurgeon went to so that is why it was so significant! They remodeled the inside unfortunately in the 70's!! So the outside is old, but not the inside.

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    We got pictures of the group of us outside the Raphael Light exhibit. We did not want to stand in line for 3 hours to go in, so we went to get ice cream instead and then hit the London art gallery and portrait galleries.

    We also went to the Victoria and Albert Museum and that was one of the high lights for both Beth and I in London besides new friends and the London museum where we got actually look at and study antique garments that were not in cases on tables and on manicans up close. I am not aloud to post pics of those garments unfortunately for copy right reasons.

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    Here is a beautiful regency gown that was in the V&A! Love it! the embroidery was wonderful!

    For some reason my computer is not letting me upload more pictures. I will try later to upload for clothing and more of our adventures in England. Don't worry you will get the whole story!

    God bless,

    Rebecca

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

Thursday, 05 November 2009

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    Sorry for the lack of blogging

    I have been pondering lately my use of the computer. I have for a long while been on the computer for hours upon hours daily for many months since I got a facebook way back last year.

    I have started to limit myself after seriously praying and seeing that I was not spending enough time reading god's Word and praying and I was not getting daily chores, school, sewing, practicing my voice and piano music and many other things I wanted and needed to do. I have since been limiting myself on getting on the computer and its helped me a lot! I have been less stressed in regards to school and getting things accomplished. I have been cutting out and sewing a quilt, I have finished a quilt and have it basted and ready to go for the next reenactment to sew and I have gotten all of my christmas presents planned for the most part for this year. I am even almost half way finished with them. I have also gotten lots of school work done and gotten to talk and spend more time with family.

    This video of Joshua Harris's sermon from a couple sundays ago really made me question why I was on the computer so much and if it was getting in the way with my relationship with God.

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     I think it still is in some ways, but I am still working on not coming on facebook or reading so many blogs so much during my day and neglecting prayer and Bible study and other things.  This is still an issue for me and I had been reading a lot in my Bible trying to see if I really was spending too much time on the computer and I kept coming across versing saying to turn away from evil and to turn away from idols many times this past week and I even heard it at my own church in a sermon, from my father, from friends, and from this past weeks sermon at another church, and I came to the conclusion that I was putting read blogs and facebook before my relationship with God. So I have been trying to spend more time in the word than on the computer. Its hard and I am not saying the computer is evil. I just think as God has showed me it can become an idol even when used for good things.

    So I think from now on I will be posting still on here, but only periodically. Probably not more than once or twice a week at the most. I have missed blogging and I think with not getting on facebook as much and shortening the blog list of mine which I frequent I will have more time to blog and still carry on with my life. So tomorrow I will be posting the thrifty adventures I have had the past two weeks or so. I have gotten my fall and winter wardrobe to where I want it. I have brown winter boots, brown I call my 40's pumps, and brown flats, all thrifted except for the brown flats and a wool skirt and a white sweater. I have had all of these things on my list for a while and I was so happy to get them all for a fraction of the original price. It really helped myself and my family out financially and I think it blesses others to dress modestly, in a feminine way, and care about my appearance.

    So I will post about my thrifting lately tomorrow.

    As another thought I have been so enjoying my musical studies lately! I went to the music store on wednesday and I got some new christmas music for piano and an italian voice book! I was so excited to start singing in italian again! I am also excited to be learning my favorite psalm set to music. psalm 37, it is the song from the opera Elijah by mendalson I believe. I will post more about all the peices I am studying and planning on studying in the future. I am also in a choir at Patrick Henry College here in virginia and I love it. Today I was informed that I am in the final 6 young ladies who will be trying out again for the solo in a song for our christmas concert this year. I am so excited! next week the 6 of us will sing for our choir director and then the next week we will find out who go the solo. The song is called Once Upon A Holy Night. Here is a video of the song, the same version our choir is singing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV-PVY8vhxc&feature=related

    Tomorrow I will post about my music and thrifting adventures! God bless!

    Rebecca

     

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

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    I put this picture at the top by accident, but I love this picture of my sister Beth and my dad with her. She made his outfit and her own, she is quite the seimtress, I sew some due to her patience as a teacher.

    Here are the photos from the Gettysburg 4th of July reenactment 2009 that my mother, father, sister, and I attended along with our friends from the ACCS reenacting group. here is the ACCS website www.underonebanner.com

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    Here is the camp, we hung out here with the Wilcox's and the union band that they are apart of. Here I think my mom in the pink dress, Bethany's creation and my dad are talking with friends.

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    Mom in the pink and Dad with the plaid pants eating.

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    I love this picture of my dad with his smart outfit made by Beth.

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    Here our friend Caleigh is teaching my parents how to do the civil war style waltz. My dad insisted he learn to dance with all three of his ladies!

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    I love thsi one of my mom and dad both in sink togeather!

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    Dad has big eye about something.

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    The sunset of starting in this photo.

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    And the happy couple for the world to see there wonderful attire made by Beth.

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    And here dancing with Beth, I did all the photos, so there are none of me with Dad.

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    This one and the one of Beth looking up at the Dad are my favorites!

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    Here they are in the barn at the real dance!

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    During the day, making sure we drink enough water!!

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    Lunch is served!

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    We were all going to the Wilcox's wedding renewal.

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    Beth lost here hat in the process! lol

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    My good friend Lindsey took this photo of Beth and I on our picnic on friday. The reenactment was a whole weekend. We got up there thursday and came back sunday night.

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    Bethany and some of the girls ready to go on the picnic!

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    We head off to the picnic!

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    Our picnic before we had to move due to the live morter rounds they were going to fire for the battle! We did not want to be in the middle of war zone! literally! No real bullets, but still dangerous.

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    Beth and Caleigh sewing away, while Hannah in the pink is relaxing! lol

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    Lindsey caught me like a dear in the headlights in this photo! lol

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    Abby Caleigh's little sister was just waking up from her nap.

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    my Dad with Timmy! too cute! Dad's hat was little too big for him. lol

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    The wedding renewal of Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox.

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    A very happy bride and a proud groom!

    There I posted some of the many pictures from the event. I will probably post more in the future from this event, but for now here is a little taste of the 1860's life.

    In Christ and for his covenants,

    Rebecca

     

     

     

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