Isabella's Project Diary

  Rice with Raisins This is one of those meals that we'd probably be more likely to eat for breakfast today than just anytime of day dur...

  Taken from Medieval Cookery This is honestly one of my comfort foods when I've done medieval Lent in the past.  It's a good, hardy...

  Taken from Medieval Cookery This morning, I tried to make almond milk with my new fangled Christmas gift of a soy milk machine.  It worked...

  For Lent this year, I will only be doing the medieval meals on Wednesdays and Fridays.  I found out, the hard way, that too much almond mi...

  This one is another basic black facemask with a bit of purply magentaish lace edging across the front.  I'm going to make another one ...

I made this back in May and forgot to post it.  Self-drafted out of a sari I found at a thrift store last year. Although the paisley ...

Detail of the Weyden Triptych Many years ago when I first started the SCA, I learned about the above painting of Mary Magdalene.  Like ...

In part one , we looked at various paintings that show the poor were anything but monochrome. Now, we'll look at writings and archaeolog...

So, I ran across a post on the superiority of chemical dyes over natural dyes that stated the lower classes didn't even have access to c...

This is a super picture heavy post but, hopefully, it will be helpful! Please, if you use any of the images, make sure to credit me and fee...