A Second Breakfast Celebration

Happy Second Breakfast! It was a wild party- all the Dwarves showed up, shedding their scarves and hats hither and yon. Even Gandalf dropped by- he left his bag by the bookcase! I hope he remembers to come by and pick it up before the movie premiers- he might need it for his opening scene…

While they were planning their route to take on the Dragon Smaug, I noticed somebody eavesdropping by the door…

Do you see him? Bilbo is such a little fellow, he fits in with the Hallway décor!

 

 

 

Thorin insisted on writing up an Itinerary for the festivities, which Bilbo updated with a few necessary items, namely the Washing Up, which any good Hobbit can tell you is Very Important for any impending adventure preparations!

I suppose you’re interested in learning what they ate whilst planning their epic journey, eh? Well, there were a few things laid out…

Bunting makes a good, cheerful atmosphere for any planning party…

 

 

 

There were Sausages, nicely plump and browned in apple cider…

There was a good dish of gruel (requested by Bombur as an appetizer), and a plate of Cheese and Pickles…

A proper pot of Tea with a plate of Scones for Gandalf- notice that rather ostentatious saque by the bookcase…

A few boiled eggs for the youngsters Fili and Kili, along with a few choice jams, jellies, and mustard …

and lastly a beautiful crusty Beer Bread set out with a full crock of butter was set out for Thorin’s enjoyment.

  Gandalfs traveling bag caused quite a stir-  everyone had to go get his to show of their skills!

 

 

 

A bit of bunting was strung up to give a bit of cheer to the grim proceedings, and Gandalf threw a bunch of maps and travelogues on top of the bookcase when he sat down..

For some reason Bilbo has a model of the tavern The Foot and Fang on his bookshelf…

 

 

 

A few hours later they all took their leave after many “thanks’”  “lovely party’s” and several suspicious lumps in their sacks. Upon closing the door I discovered every last crumb had been swept up and even the heel from the loaf had been taken. Hrrumph! I don’t know whether to be glad- no leftovers to pack away- or despondent- no leftovers for lunch tomorrow! Oh well, at least now I know to make a bit more for next year’s party.

Thank you for stopping by our little Second Breakfast celebration- have a Great Weekend everyone!

Thrifting Adventures

I've been working steadily on the Faerie Mage's house, but its not been very exciting work, just sanding, cutting new doorways, building staircases, etc. So, here's something that was, and is, exciting. Thrifty finds!

I found this beautiful porcelain plate at the thrift store, which is now very happily living on my bedside table. Can you tell that it's a olive, shimmery golden color around the edges? The lighting is bad, sorry. But it is very pretty- the faeries are stumped, they can't figure out how to get it into the house. I've been told in no uncertain terms that I am to make them a set of these for the dining room. We'll have to see about that, so far i've only been working in wood and cloth...

I love old wooden picture frames, particularly if they still have the old glass inserts in them. It was only $1.99! Such a steal. This will have my diploma in it when I get it cleaned up. Surprisingly, the faeries left this one alone. Of course, they were very proud of me when I finished my degree, so I think they "arranged" my finding this, since it was almost too perfect a coincidence that I did.

This week's book is from the library. It is Joan McElroy's Dolls House Furniture Book. What an awesome book! She has a totally different way of putting together wooden peg dolls from anything I've found online, and the uses she has for wooden beads is brilliant! I've already fiddled around with chopping the top third off a tiny half inch bead and hollowing out the inside with my dremel tool. Need some practice before I show the results, but I plan to use the practice ones in the Foot and Fang. Oh! I haven't told you guys about the Foot and Fang yet! It's our rough-and-tumble, Medieval-Dungeons-and-Dragons-Fantasy-world Pub. I'll have to get some pictures of that up, too. Uh-oh, the faeries heard me, and are now venturing out of the workroom to look for it, since I don't have room to store it in here. Greedy guts, aren't they?