Thanksgiving Sale Preview

     Just a quick post. These are the things that will be in my Thanksgiving sale. It is all stuff from my collection, other than the jump which I made for a Breyer video workshop. I find that I still have more stuff than I want to have so I am looking to rehome a bunch of things. I often list stuff from my personal collection in my Black Friday sales, but that takes up a lot of time. So I figured this year I would post an album of things I have available, on Thanksgiving (it's scheduled, it will go live at 6:00pm ET) on my studio page on Facebook. The entire album, all available items, will post at 6:00. No waiting for things to post, it's happening all at once. I will answer questions if I can, but it's Thanksgiving and I very likely will still have people over at 6:00. Everyone is welcome to shop in the Thanksgiving album as soon as it goes live and right up until I take it down, which probably won't be until I finish invoicing things after the Black Friday sale. Or maybe I will just leave it up. Though if I leave it up there will be some different rules. I don't always get notifications when people comment on my studio posts so I might not see them if I am not looking for them. 

    Anyway, if you have any questions about a particular item, now would be a good time to ask it. I am not sure if I will have time to answer questions once the album goes live on Thanksgiving because I will likely have people over and/or be very tired. I am tired just thinking about Thanksgiving. So please, ask questions now. 

     Some basics for the sale, which hopefully will cut down on questions people need to ask. If you claim anything, please message me with your full name (especially if it is different than the name you use on Facebook), your email address, and the country you live in. If you are planning on purchasing items in the Black Friday sale you can wait until after that sale to message me that information. Please send it in a PM to my Studio page on Facebook, even if you are positive I have the information. It saves me a lot of time, and time is something I don't have much of, so I will really appreciate it. 

     All purchases will be invoiced through PayPal. You do not need to have a PayPal account to pay a PayPal invoice. All payments are due by Friday December 5, 2025. If you need time payments please let me know that right away and for time payments I need half paid by the 5th with the rest of the balance due within 30 days. 

    If you still have questions please don't hesitate to ask. 

                            

Trinket Trading

      I really enjoy renaissance faires and I am glad I finally started going to them. I had never been until this year and then I went to several different faires. Most of them I went to more than once. I think I always wore something different, even if it was just a bit different. This dress I wore once before, but with a different corset. This was the day we went with my friend Aly and her kids. It was definitely a ton of fun. I love going with different people. 

     One of my favorite things at the faires is trinket trading. At the Connecticut Renaissance faire, which was the last one I went to this year (several times) they had organized times for trinket trading. You gather at a specific spot in the faire, at a specific time, and then one of the fairies opens the trading. Some people don't seem to understand how trading is supposed to work and they would try to trade only for things of similar value, or they would say that this thing they had to trade could be for multiples of someone else's things. That's not how trading should work. 

     The basic idea of trading isn't trading at all, it's gifting. You bring little trinkets of some kind with the idea of gifting them to people. If you really like someone's outfit or they did or said something that added to your enjoyment of the faire, that is reason enough to gift someone. And also just trading in general. I collected so much random crap that I have no interest in. But I never said no to a trade, I never said no, your trade isn't worth my trade. I always said thank you (which is appropriate). I had a woman trade me the pop top off a can. I said thank you, added it to my stash and let her choose one of my trinkets. For me, trinket trading is about the connections. Sometimes you get a chat with someone who is also out enjoying the faire. Sometimes you get to see a cool costume up close. Sometimes you get to make a child super happy. All of it is fun to me. 

     These photos are of most of the trinkets I got this year at faires. Elecktra took a few things from me at some point (because she liked them, and for me it's not about getting or keeping the things) but this is most of what I collected. Some of the things will go on my Yule tree, because they are super cool and I think they would be perfect for it. Some of the things I will keep and look through every now and then. Some of the things I will put in a stash to bring to faires for trading in the future. Sometime I may also do a post with some of the trinkets I have made to trade. 

Semi-Live sale explained

    

 On Instagram, and my studio page on Facebook, I have been posting some photos advertising my Black Friday semi-live sale. The details already given were that it is going to be Friday, November 28, 2025 at 3:00pm ET. And I promised there would be more details to come. So here we go. 

    What is a semi-live sale? For many years I held live sales. I had a lot of complaints that people didn't have a fast enough connection to ever snag any of the things they wanted. So a couple of years ago I moved to the semi-live format. What happens is I publish a list of items I have for sale with photos. Then, to make it super easy for everyone, I publish a list of exactly what time each item will be listed for sale on the day of the sale. The schedule is usually separate from the photos of the items and will be again this year. Then, on the day of the sale, items will post at their scheduled time and will be available to claim. I will also go live on my studio page on Facebook. 

    *This part is really important* You do not have to watch the live portion of the sale to claim anything. 

     People seem to enjoy watching me sort things into bags as people claim, and there is a good amount of interaction. I often end up telling stories of some kind, I sing the alphabet (to put the claim bags in order, obviously), and I sometimes have trivia with prizes. I do not know if I have the energy to do trivia. I may or may not award prizes for random reasons. I haven't decided if I can manage that just yet. It is also possible that I will pull out the prize wheel that I brought to Breyerfest last year (and maybe this year, I honestly don't remember) but first I would have to find where I put it, and the prizes. 

     So how does it work? Let's say that mystery boxes are going to be available at 3:00 according to the schedule (they will be). When the photo pops up on my studio Facebook page, if you want to claim a mystery box, you just need to comment the word "mine". That's it. If you are the first person to claim (or if I have more than one of the thing, as with mystery boxes) I will love (heart) your comment. That is how you know you got it. The beauty of this is 3:00 is 3:00 for every computer. You do not have to have the fastest connection, just the fastest fingers. My suggestion is, if you know an item you want is coming up, obsessively refresh. That is how I have managed to claim things I want from similar sales. 

      I do have something a bit different for this year. Every year, during my live sale, I post a bunch of things from my personal collection that I have decided to sell. I will still be listing a whole bunch of stuff for sale, but I will do that on Thanksgiving. I haven't decided what time yet, but I will post photos of the items that are from my personal collection. Probably sometime in the evening. That way if people want to shop after dinner, there are things available. I know I used to love to buy the newspaper on Thanksgiving to look at the Black Friday sales fliers. Anyway, the Thanksgiving sale will have no live portion (I am cooking and definitely don't have time for that!) but photos of the sales items will go live at whatever time I decide, maybe in batches, maybe all at once, and they can be claimed. Anything claimed during the Thanksgiving sale will be invoiced AFTER the Black Friday sale (either Friday night or Saturday morning). All items from the Thanksgiving sale and the Black Friday sale will ship together. 

     I think that is about it. I will be posting the Thanksgiving sale preview and the Black Friday preview posts early next week. The schedule for the Black Friday sale will likely be posted either Wednesday or Thursday. Please let me know if I missed any important points or if you have questions! Thanks for reading!

Dolls (sale!), Dancing, and more Dolls

      I have not been dancing nearly enough lately. I have been in more pain and have just not been feeling super when I dance. The last time I danced was near the end of September and I took a break until this past Wednesday. I finally went to a class and stayed for a couple of dances at the social. But I still kind of took it easy. I didn't feel super fantastic after the dances, but not as bad. Which was promising. My friend Roshay (the one I made the doll for) was hosting a social dance yesterday at a new place. It was local, super affordable, at a great looking venue, and had a free salsa lesson. I don't love salsa but I do love how Roshay teaches. And I wanted to be supportive of my friend. I feel I should get bonus points for having an outfit that perfectly coordinates with the host's outfit. I kind of want to steal his rhinestone hoodie...

     The lesson was incredibly fun and the social dance was fantastic. I saw a lot of friends I haven't seen in a while and I was feeling quite a lot better after my dances. I think I am getting back to normal after whatever was going on with me. I still hurt, but that just reminds me I need to stretch and do my physical therapy. Those are things I really need to make time for. 

    The other day I posted a bunch of dolls for sale on Facebook on the Model Doll Makers group. I have a lot of dolls in the studio and I feel I am getting slightly overrun. So I am offering them, through the weekend, at discounted prices. And since it is a holiday weekend I am counting Monday as part of it. The dolls are brand new and ready to go. Shipping is $10 to US addresses for up to 3 dolls. I will ship internationally, contact me for a quote. Feel free to email me with questions or purchase inquiries, fieldofdolls@gmail.com. Or you can send me a message on Facebook. Prices are below the photos of each doll. 

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