AnneLine Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 (Get one of your parents to buy the cigar for you, I guess.) CarterMia, you could do this one and say you were St. Francis in his Brother A** costume... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaTherese Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 The saint idea is a nice one. Although I'd end up in a habit again in all likelihood.... Wouldn't it be fun to try to make a St. Clare or St. Colette costume as accurately as possible? Just don't use a knit winter shirt for a wimple and then another knit thing for a veil and then end up in a warm building for a test.... Trust me, it's not fun. I'm sure that proper habits consist of reasonable materials that are not warm knits unless the monastery is in Alaska or something. But... hm.... What other female saints are there, who aren't religious, that I could do? And, Carter, I wish I could give you input as far as costumes, but the only ones I remember are being a nun last year and being a lamb crawling around on the floor behind my brother, who was a shepherd, when we were both small children. (And I liked following him around anyway, so it was perfect.) So I don't think I can be of any help there.... Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Well.... tell me a little about things YOU enjoy doing, and I'll try to find you a saint.... I enjoy stuff like this, and it can be VERY fun. I was St. Elizabeth of Hungary one year -- she was a queen (literally!) and a Franciscan Tertiary... so I wore the princess stuff AND a Franciscan cord, and carried her emblems -- a basket of bread/rolls and roses. The story is that the royal family got SO TIRED of her giving away all the food in the kitchen, they forbade her to do it any more. When they found her carrying a basket, they demanded to see what was inside. What was inside was bread for the poor... but when they opened the basket, all they found was... ROSES! Now THERE is a good costume! :) You could be St. Lucy with a plate with 2 olives... her statues always have her carrying her eyeballs as they were plucked out.. (you could blacken your own eyes into orbs....) Or of course, you can get a ton of bandages, bandage yourself like a mummy and go as .... St. Lazarus! Have some fun with this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 You are more than entitled to being wrong :-P Allow me to clarify. I disagree because you are wrong. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaTherese Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Hm. Well: I play viola and sing. (St. Cecilia, but I don't know how I'd do her. I have the feeling that she might have adopted me about ten years before I converted though.) I'm studying linguistics. (St. Jerome, but he's male. No.) I like Franciscans. I have a nightgown that looks kind of like it could pass for a dress from the 19th century or so if I wanted it to and tied something around the waist, that I was thinking could be fun to use. (I made it myself, like all of my dresses and skirts. And a few of my shirts.) I love paintings and poetry and I get way too many migraines. (That's just random, but hey, if they say anything that could actually be pertinent.... And I just looked at the wall and my head hurts a little bit right now.) Also, I go to a Protestant school and the only occasion I might have for wearing a costume on Halloween would be a) just being weird and wearing it all day or b) a Harry Potter themed dance.... So, this might just be a kind of fun thing to think about but totally impractical to do. Then again, it could work. And I just had an idea.... What about St. Clare before she was invested? What about directly before? That could be easy enough, just wear my nicest dress (weather permitting) and pair it with some jewelry. Hm.... What do you think? The beauty of that is that it could look totally innocent and normal to everyone, except for the fact that it's highly unusual for people to walk around college campuses in nice dresses for no particular reason. (Okay, so by "nice dress" I mean a very simple pink linen dress that I made last year and adjusted to fit me very well. I like it, but I'll bet that St. Clare had better.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Hm. Well: I play viola and sing. (St. Cecilia, but I don't know how I'd do her. I have the feeling that she might have adopted me about ten years before I converted though.) I'm studying linguistics. (St. Jerome, but he's male. No.) I like Franciscans. I have a nightgown that looks kind of like it could pass for a dress from the 19th century or so if I wanted it to and tied something around the waist, that I was thinking could be fun to use. (I made it myself, like all of my dresses and skirts. And a few of my shirts.) I love paintings and poetry and I get way too many migraines. (That's just random, but hey, if they say anything that could actually be pertinent.... And I just looked at the wall and my head hurts a little bit right now.) Also, I go to a Protestant school and the only occasion I might have for wearing a costume on Halloween would be a) just being weird and wearing it all day or b) a Harry Potter themed dance.... So, this might just be a kind of fun thing to think about but totally impractical to do. Then again, it could work. And I just had an idea.... What about St. Clare before she was invested? What about directly before? That could be easy enough, just wear my nicest dress (weather permitting) and pair it with some jewelry. Hm.... What do you think? The beauty of that is that it could look totally innocent and normal to everyone, except for the fact that it's highly unusual for people to walk around college campuses in nice dresses for no particular reason. (Okay, so by "nice dress" I mean a very simple pink linen dress that I made last year and adjusted to fit me very well. I like it, but I'll bet that St. Clare had better.) I know just the thing that represents all of these perfectly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartermia Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 My mom just told me that the library is having a Hobbit Tea Party (OMGOSH!!!! :dance5: ) so I am going to make an Elvin queen dress for that. You know I love to read, I play the piano, clarinet, sing, sew, quilt, embroider, riding bikes, playing volley/basketball, and not doing homework. Is there a saint that enjoyed all those things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresaThoma Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I love the idea of St Clare right before she was invested. You might try a thrift store for a nice dress, you can get them quite cheaply there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyAnn Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I like the St. Clare idea too...plus she's the patron saint of embroiderers and needleworkers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 And Clare is part of my Secular Order name! (not that I am partial or anything!) But she made a conscious choice to dress in her most beautiful finery to go out in the evening to meet her Beloved and Francis and the Brothers. How romantic is that???? You could even use the fancy night gown and add a flower crown with streamers (very period)... be sure you have shoes you can 'step out of' and long hair if you can pull it off!!!! (you could even use a wig if you don't have long hair) And you could carry a palm branch, if you wish, because even though clare wasn't a martyr, she received a palm from her Bishop that morning (it was Palm Sunday) and that was her final sign that she should elope that night! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYpnkxFejM8[/media] This is a full Francis of Assisi video that starred Dolores Hart as St. Clare. Shortly after this, Dolores also, eloped...to Regina Laudis. ;) The section on St. Clare's vocation/investiture in the habit shows up at about 55 minutes or so into the movie. It's not the best movie (it's kind of slow to say the least!), but may give you some ideas... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22JkCXwqRiA[/media] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaTherese Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 That nightgown isn't fancy at all. It's just very simple, but pretty. And I don't think it would work, at least because if I was to look for something that would look really pretty on me it wouldn't be dark green. But the flower crown.... That might be fun. If I can afford it, that is. But there are ways to find cheap stuff at the Dollar Tree or something. (I don't know if the Dollar Tree is in Seattle, but there's got to be something.) And a nice dress at a thrift store.... I could always adjust it by hand if I needed to. Thanks, you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaTherese Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Carter, I can't think of anyone who I know enjoyed all of those things, but St. Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians, and I'm sure she did some amount of needle work since she was female. Also, she made a private vow of virginity, and although she got married (I think it was arranged or something like that) she maintained her virginity and her husband and some others converted because of her. I don't know how you'd do her specifically if you wanted to, but I'm sure there are others around who would have ideas.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartermia Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 Hmmm... I might be able to wear the Elven Queen dress for St. Cecilia and the Hobbit thingy :think: It is going to be dark hunter green with gold on the edges, it is going to look kind of medieval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyAnn Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Sounds like that dress could work for St. Clare too... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaTherese Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 I just went to a thrift store with a few friends and bought a long sleeveless red dress, a black scarf to wear over it because I really don't think bare shoulders fits the concept of St. Clare (I mean, I'm not sure if the dress and scarf combo is really a great fit for St. Clare at all, but I'm confined to 21st century stores, no sewing machine nearby, and being on a college budget and schedule.), and a couple of pretty necklaces (I didn't think the ones I have would necessarily work with the dress). I might try to make a flower crown, and I might not. I'd like to, but I'm not sure if it would fit with the dress.... We'll see. (And I bought a butter dish. But that's another topic.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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