End Of Trail Pics from Sarah Bernhardt

[Sarah Bernhardt]

Hi Everyone,
Arrived home Monday evening from EOT. We left from Manhattan Beach, CA on Thursday morning and arrived in Moriarity Friday afternoon. We participated as Conventioneers on Saturday and part of Sunday, then headed back home. Even in that short time period, we had a wonderful time and I was able to meet some new Alley friends. The weather was great, I don't think it reached over 90 degrees on Saturday even though there was rain and a thunderstorm in the afternoon that lasted approximately 20 minutes. Sunday was a cooler day and was quite windy.
It was such a pleasure meeting so many Alley Cats and Tom Cats. You are all wonderful and I was so happy to meet you in person. I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted and some will be close to some others that you have seen.

The first picture is of the long dirt road that took you to Founder's Ranch.

Hugs and :kiss ,
Sarah Bernhardt

[Sarah Bernhardt]

The long dusty trail.............

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Our welcome:sassmarshall to END OF TRAIL

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A lot of trailers and motorhomes............

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The large tent is where they have most of the evening events.........

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Some more distance photos.............

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Another..................

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The Main Entrance...............

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This cowboy just cracked me up in more ways than one (if you get my drift!)....teehee

[Sarah Bernhardt]

OOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPSSSSSS He's sideways...... Need to go back and turn the pics around. Will be back in a few minutes.....
Sarah:go

[Sarah Bernhardt]

Okay, I'm back.....
Another view......

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Here is the lovely Sweet Violet. She is true to her name and makes beautiful clothes..........

[Sarah Bernhardt]

Check out her hat and all the detail she puts into her outfits. She even has beautiful vintage jewelry that belonged to her great grandmother. I'm sure her great grandmother would be very proud of her.

[Sarah Bernhardt]

I meet Boss Lady.....

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Did you notice the photo in the background where Boss Lady was standing? It is our own dear Belles!!

Here is a street scene..........

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Here is a photo of me in my new outfit that I made. Of course.....Truly Victorian patterns....

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Here is my other half.... Tom Foolery, U.S.M.

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He was so cute, he was getting a donut for a treat...

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Did you see his boots and gun?
Here is his side kick....

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This is Bonnie. Do you remember her from the SASS Convention. In 2004 she held a wig seminar and in 2004 & 2005 shared a booth with Katie Bar the Door, selling hairpieces.

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Isn't her necklace beautiful!

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Now some photos from Saturday evening.

I call him the Space Cowboy....

[Sarah Bernhardt]

Of Course, Miss Lizzie Marie............

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Full length..........

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This is Wildcat Kate....
She entered the costume contest. Unfortunately, I do not know who won.

[Sarah Bernhardt]

Here is a full length view. The lace was beautiful. She said it was made by a friend.

[Sarah Bernhardt]

Here are some Alley Cats.
Jady, Sarah Bernhardt, Cayuse Kate, Lizzie Marie and Firecracker Fannie
One day I will get a ballgown made!

[Sarah Bernhardt]

Another pic of the Alley Cats........

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Our dear Miss Clancy from downunder. What a fabulous gown! Look at all the detail.

[Sarah Bernhardt]

One more of Clancy....

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I will post more later...........
Hugs,
Sarah Bernhardt

[Lazy K]

Wildcat Kate won the best Lady, Sawyer won the best gentleman and the one you called Space Cowboy (Sundown) and his wife won the Silver Anniversary.

[Coffee Em]

Sarah, what excellent photojournalism this is! Closeups, full-length shots, long shots of the site--almost feel as if I could find my way around. And your new ensemble is lovely; what a nice combination of fabrics.

Violet, of all your splendid walking dresses, that's got to be my favorite. Well, that and your mom's plaid one with the criss-cross ribbon trim...

Boss Lady, yummy pleated salmon trim! I like those colors together.

Clancy, your evening dress looks as if it, and you, just walked off the set of The Buccaneers. Where did you find tafetta to match your hair, for heaven's sake?

Big happy sigh. Post some more!

[Garnet Rose]

Here is the lovely Sweet Violet. She is true to her name and makes beautiful clothes..........

She certainly does! The precision sewing in the details on that dress! Amazing! Thank you, Sarah, for giving us the backview in addition to the frontview and closeup view!

[Sweet Violet]

OHMYGOSH!!!! Great job on capturing Founder's Ranch!!! Gosh, I wish I would've thought of that!!! Thank you! What great memories came flooding back!! And awesome pictures of beautiful people!!! I really enjoyed meeting you and your handsome husband!!!

Thank you Garnet Rose and Coffee Em!!! I really like that outfit too!!! It was actually fun to make!!

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Absolutly stunning photos...ohhhh wow everybody has done such a lovely job of capturing the event for all of us less fortunate ( all jokes of Kidd not being fast enough or getting what I wanted to see aside, he knows I tease him because I adore him!:kiss )

Lizzie's dress was beautiful ..goodness can she wear red...sigh I wish I could pull off red....

Everyone looks so amazing and glamorous!

Back to work for me! fun stuff to share comming up soon! I lost my pink bodice wait till you see what we have done to the skirt! photo day is comming!! :chick

[Clancy]

[QUOTE=Coffee Em]
Clancy, your evening dress looks as if it, and you, just walked off the set of The Buccaneers. Where did you find tafetta to match your hair, for heaven's sake?

QUOTE]

Em i found the floral fabric on my solo trip to the garment district last November, $2 per yard, it smelt musty like it had been packed away for ages. I had to wash it 3 times to get the old smell out of it.

When i bought the fabric it was not intended for my EOT dress, but somehow it kept telling me to use it.. When i decided to use it i had to ask dear Fleur for a favour and I sent her a sample of the floral fabric and asked her to get me some bronze and she matched that to the sample.

Only when i started pleating did i realise i didnt have enough, so i thought about using a contrast fabric that i found here, its a deeper bronze tafetta. I was also lucky enough that Fleur managed to get the remaining 6 yards of silk left that i purchased so i could finish all the pleating.There is approx 13 yards in the silk alone in that dress.

I never realised it matched my hair until i saw the photos. I actually have two bun pieces in amongst all that hair, most of it is mine, the buns were just used to add extra height.

[Coffee Em]

Well, that dress is worth any amount of time spent pleating, and plenty of emergency trans-Pacific e-mails as well. Brava! :bow

[Nellie Blue]

:gg :bump :go

[Madamekat]

SB, your natural toned 1890's outfit is gorgeous!! Which skirt pattern is that?

Sweet Violet, once again, has blown me away!

[Sarah Bernhardt]

Hi Madamekat,
Thank you for the compliment, the skirt is TV297 (1898 Flared Skirt). I used the same skirt pattern this year with TV's latest jacket pattern.

[Allie Mo]

Sarah B,

I love that costume! You and Tom are a handsome couple!

[Duzy Wales]

Stunning, I am constantly amazed at the talent on this Alley! :bow