Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Bristol Renaissance Faire - 07/27/2025

 On Sunday, July 27th, 2025, we traveled to the Bristol Renaissance Faire near Kenosha, Wisconsin. This was the fourth weekend of the 2025 faire season, and the theme was Cottagecore.

Still photos are courtesy of the effervescent Chad Britt. Thank you, my friend!

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Making a Druid Corset

 Hello friends and welcome back to Our Basement Workshop.

My wife Jenny recently created a Druid character for an upcoming D&D campaign, and we’ve started working on an outfit so that she can also portray this character on future ren faire adventures.

So, sit back and enjoy the build process... 



Saturday, July 19, 2025

Making a Pouch for Ren Faire!

 For the past couple of months, my wife has been after me to start posting videos of the creative process. So that's what this is.

In a few weeks, my parents, two brothers and their wives will be accompanying us to the Sterling Renaissance Faire in upstate New York. My sister-in-law asked me to make a leather kidney pouch for my brother's garb.



Monday, July 14, 2025

Bristol Renaissance Faire - 07/13/2025 (Time Traveler & Steampunk)

 On Sunday, July 13th, 2025, we traveled once again to the Bristol Renaissance Faire.

The theme for this second weekend of the faire season was Time Traveler & Steampunk.



Monday, July 7, 2025

Bristol Renaissance Faire - 07/06/2025 (Opening Weekend)

On Sunday, July 6th, 2025, we traveled to the Bristol Renaissance Faire near Kenosha, Wisconsin.  

On the first Sunday of each faire season, GSM Bristol conducts a Memorial March in remembrance of all those who have passed away over the previous year. Having lost our son Adam just six months ago, we made it a point to be present.