About 3 years ago I ran across a blog about a hat. Doesn’t sound exciting, but the hat just blew me away. It’s a beautiful and complex 13th century cap called St. Birgitta’s huva.…

Photos and drawings of female medieval headdress including Cylinder Hat, Hennin, and High Towering Headdresses. Read on to find out more.

If you put a group of bookish virgins up against a monster bent on devouring the world, what do you get? Something approximating salvation, right?

or more properly, Dress after the Borum Eshoj Woman. CA CONTEXT At GW, Gwen and Glenna both wore versions of what they called the Bronze Age bog dress (though Glenna's was more of a 'bog bikini'...she's very cute), and since...

Teffania's medieval dress and other crafts diary. Wherein I discuss 12th C clothing, 12th C daily objects, fibrearts especially narrowwares, renaisance dance, medieval and renaisance cooking, the odd research project (eg seal tags) and anything else medeival I feel like. Eventually most research projects wind their way back to either my love of the 12th C and/or narrowwares, although sometime the route is very ineresting..

Outdoor Party Ideas for an Under The Stars 11th Birthday Party Planning a birthday party under the stars can be a delightful experience of creativity and fun. Imagine transforming your backyard or local park into a magical galaxy for a night. Party venues for such a theme are most enchanting in open spaces, where the twinkling stars can be a natural part of the decor. Think soft fairy lights, glow-in-the-dark balloons, and a telescope station for a mini astronomy class. Don't forget to set up a

There are many good reasons to name your daughter for the Anglo-Saxon Warrior Queen Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, daughter of Alfred the Great – but here are the two most important reasons:1. Your daughter will be named for a warrior queen who, after her husband died, took over to rule from 911 to 918 AD, during which time she fended off Vikings and proved herself a talented ruler respected throughout the land.2. Your daughter will walk through life with the satisfaction of having not one, but two of those fun little a and e combination letters in her name.Name your daughter Æthelflæd (or maybe just...Ethel) and she will never surrender to any man – especially not a Viking.