UPDATED 1/24/09

Here are my personal 50 items for the A&S50 persona challenge.

Done

1. Create and perform period poem #1 — “There is a Fair Fort”
2. Create and perform period song #1 —“The Lion of the Strand”
3. Make set of wrapped braids — 1) red, 2) gold, 3) taupe
   
4. Make Norman court gown
   
5. Make Norman girdle
   
6. Make period tunic #1 for son
   

To be done

1. Complete persona questionnaire from An Tir’s Culturewiki
2. Write paper on elf charms
3. Create 10+ period journal entries for Caitlin
4. Draw up plans for prosperous farm
5. Collect 20+ pictures of Northumberland
6. Collect 10+ pictures of period farm and household implements
7. Create and perform period poem #2
8. Create and perform period song #2
9. Create and perform period story #1
10. Create and perform period story#2
11. Collect 10+ period stories
12. Write paper on period folklore and the supernatural
13. Write a Day in the Life in 3rd person
14. Write essay describing the funeral for Caitlin’s husband
15. Make Judith of Flanders dress
16. Make Judith of Flanders headrail
17. Make cap (for under veil)
18. Make working/war dress #1
19. Make working accessories (veil, belt/girdle?)
20. Make working/war dress #2
21. Make working/war dress #3
22. Make Norman court mantle
23. Make Norman wimple and veil set
    
24. Make braid casings
25. Teach class on Anglo Saxon costume
26. Teach class on early stories and storytelling
27. Read Gale Owen-Cocker’s Anglo-Saxon Dress in England and post book review
28. Weave trim for Judith dress
29. Embroider trim for Norman dress
30. Make period tunic for son #2
31. Make leggings for son #1
32. Make leggings for son #2
33. Make period shoes for me
34. Make period shoes for son
35. Create annotated timeline for Caitlin’s life
36. Learn Old English for translation
37. Learn Old English for original writing
38. Learn Old English for speaking
39. Make period bed covers for war
40. Create period encampment by studying interiors and furnishings
41. Learn period handwork techniques
42. Hand-sew one complete outfit using period stitches
43. Make bardic book that can take additional pages
44. Handwrite songs, poems, stories for book