Captions Anyone?

 I've seen a couple of blogs would have caption contests, so I thought I would give it a try here and see how it goes. Who knows: if it goes well, I may do this more often. I have two pictures here...

Picture #1

Picture #2

You can have a caption for one picture or both, but make sure you specify which picture you are captioning. And as always, keep it clean.


God Bless,
 

Sense and Sensibility Week Has Started!

Head over to Miss Georgiana Darcy for the start of Sense and Sensibility week! It's going to be a fun week! I can't wait to see what Maria Elisabeth has in store for us!

God Bless,
 

Mid-Voting Progress for Suggestions

 Here is the mid voting progress for the suggestions for the 2nd Period Drama Tournament! As of last night, the polls so far has been...

Esther Summerson (Bleak House) -- 28 votes

Bella Wilfer (Our Mutual Friend) -- 12 votes

Lizzie Hexam (Our Mutual Friend) -- 9 votes

Madeline Bray (Nicholas Nickleby) -- 7 votes

Kate Nickleby (Nicholas Nickleby) -- 9 votes
Lorna Doone (Lorna Doone) -- 5 votes
Mirah Lapidoth (Daniel Deronda) -- 10 votes
Gwendolen Fairfax (The Importance of Being Earnest) -- 5 votes
Cecily Cardew (The Importance of Being Earnest)  -- 5 votes
Dorothea Brooke (Middlemarch) -- 1 votes
Eleanor Tilney (Northanger Abbey) -- 18 votes

Meg March (Little Women) -- 18 votes
Jo March (Little Women) -- 19 votes
Beth March (Little Women) -- 15 votes
Amy March (Little Women) -- 15 votes

Marguerite Blakney (The Scarlet Pimpernel) -- 11 votes
Lady Violet (Downton Abbey) -- 10 votes
Anne Taylor Weston (Emma) -- 14 votes
Deborah Jenkyns (Cranford) --  6 votes

Helen Graham (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall) -- 2 votes

Catherine Earnshaw (Wuthering Heights) -- 3 votes

Tess Durbeyfield (Tess of the D'Urbevilles) -- 2 votes

Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing) -- 8 votes

Portia (Merchant of Venice) -- 3 votes

Diana Barry (Anne of Green Gables) -- 16 votes

Tzeitel (Fiddler on the Roof) -- 6 votes

Miss Browning (Wives and Daughters) -- 9 votes

Miss Phoebe Browning (Wives and Daughters) -- 10 votes

Sara Stanley (Road to Avonlea) -- 5 votes

Ada Clare (Bleak House) -- 13 votes

Edith Adelon (The Inheritance) -- 6 votes

Louisa Musgrove (Persuasion) -- 3 votes

Lucie Manette (A Tale of Two Cities) -- 3 votes

Agnes Wickfield (David Copperfield) -- 12 votes

Esmerelda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) -- 2 votes

Amelia Sedley (Vanity Fair) -- 1 votes

Catherine Linton (Wuthering Heights) -- 3 votes

Beatrix Potter (Miss Potter) -- 16 votes

Felicity King (Road to Avonlea) -- 4 votes

Cosette (Les Miserables) -- 4 votes

Peggy Bell (Return to Cranford) -- 8 votes

Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House On The Prairie) -- 15 votes

Emily Byrd Starr (Emily of New Moon) -- 6 votes
Bathsheba Everdene (Far From the Madding Crowd) -- 2 votes
Lucy Honeychurch (A Room With A View) -- 2 votes
Sara Crew (A Little Princess) -- 9 votes
Mary Lennox (The Secret Garden) -- 8 votes
Queen Elizabeth, wife of George VI (The King's Speech) -- 4 votes
Dorothy Stanbury (He Knew He Was Right) -- 3 votes
Bessy Higgins (North & South) -- 11 votes

Olivia King Dale (Road to Avonlea) -- 5 votes

Hetty King (Road to Avonlea) -- 2 votes

Roxanne (Cyrano de Bergerac) -- 3 votes
Wenneveria (Pendragon: Sword of His Father) -- 1 votes
Buttercup (Princess Bride) -- 14 votes
Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn) -- 3 votes
Charlotte Lucas (Pride and Prejudice)  -- 9 votes

Danielle De Barbarac (Ever After: A Cinderella Story) -- 9 votes

Maid Marian (Robin Hood) -- 13 votes

Caddy Jellyby (Bleak House) -- 4 votes

Lady Dedlock (Bleak House) -- 9 votes

Miss Buck (Upstairs Downstairs) -- 8 votes

Lady Maud Holland (Upstairs Downstairs) -- 9 votes

Lady Agnes Holland (Upstairs Downstairs) -- 7 votes

Lady Persephone Towne (Upstairs Downstairs) -- 2 votes

Mrs. Thackeray (Upstairs Downstairs) -- 6 votes

Rachel Perlmutter (Upstairs Downstairs) -- 3 votes

Ivy Morris (Upstairs Downstairs) -- 9 votes

Mrs. Isobel Crawley (Downton Abbey) -- 3 votes

Gwen (Downton Abbey) -- 3 votes

Daisy (Downton Abbey) -- 5 votes

Mrs. Elsie Hughes (Downton Abbey) -- 9 votes

Mrs. Patmore (Downton Abbey) -- 11 votes

The Top Ten Contestants So Far!

Esther Summerson (Bleak House) -- 28 votes

Jo March (Little Women) -- 19 votes

Eleanor Tilney (Northanger Abbey) -- 18 votes

Meg March (Little Women) -- 18 votes

Diana Barry (Anne of Green Gables) -- 16 votes

Beatrix Potter (Miss Potter) -- 16 votes

Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House On The Prairie) -- 15 votes

Beth March (Little Women) -- 15 votes

Amy March (Little Women) -- 15 votes

Anne Taylor Weston (Emma) -- 14 votes (tied)

Buttercup (Princess Bride) -- 14 votes (tied)


Don't see your favorite contestant in the Top 10 and haven't voted yet? Go and vote for your favorite!

God Bless,
 

Poll Results (Non-Tournament)

 I really should have put these up sooner, but here are the results from the two non-tournament polls.

Would you be interested in following a blog dedicated to the Period Drama Advice Column?

Yes - 28 votes

No - 8 votes

Thank you for voting in this poll. I've decided not to start up an entire blog for the Period Drama Advice Column, but I might do an event here at Elegance of Fashion for the Period Drama Advice Column. Stay tuned for that!

Which decade did most of your favorite period dramas come out?

70s - 2 votes

80s - 2 votes

90s - 37 votes

2000s - 34 votes

2010s - 2 votes

Thanks for voting in this poll!

I might not put up a non-tournament poll for a while due to the tournament, but maybe one day in the future!

God Bless,
 

Suggestions Poll Up

 Sorry it took longer than I thought to put up this poll. It was a bit of a busy day today. Because I put it up so late, I extended the polling time until November 9th. Go and vote!


God Bless,
 

I'm An Inspirational Blogger Award

I was awarded the "I'm An Inspirational Blogger Award" by three bloggers! Thank you Miss Laurie from Old-Fashioned Charm, Miss Dashwood from Yet Another Period Drama Blog, and Abby from Newly Impassioned Soul.

Rules

1. Be sure to post the award on your blog, for all of your readers to admire!

2. You will need to link back to the person who nominated you!

3. Make sure you tell your readers 7 random facts about yourself!

4. Also mention your favourite hobby, colour and food!

5. Pass this award on to your 10 inspirational bloggers! (You can choose the person to nominated you!)

Got #1 done, since you all are reading this post :-D

I'll redo #2. Thanks Miss Laurie, Miss Dashwood, and Abby! Be sure to visit their blogs!

Old-Fashioned Charm

Yet Another Period Drama Blog

Newly Impassioned Soul

#3. 7 Random facts about myself! (With pictures)

1. I enjoy Christmas at any time of the year. As a matter of fact, I really want it to be Christmas right now! I like the overall feel to Christmas: it's a joyous time in which we come together to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Christ.

2. I'm planning on double majoring in Computer Science and Accounting. I really enjoy helping people out with the computer, and to me Accounting is like a big puzzle that I enjoy doing.

3. I love historical fashion (as if you all couldn't tell!). I like to study it in my free time. I've studied fashions from 1700 to 1900, though I'm becoming more and more interested in Edwardian fashions. My favorite fashion era has to be the Regency Era!

4. I started to play the piano in January of this year. I'm currently trying to learn an easy version of Moonlight Sonata, but I also try to go into my Jane Austen music book and try to play some of the songs in there.

Tatting

5. I enjoy puzzles. I really enjoy Sudoku puzzles, but I also like crossword puzzles. A couple times when I was sick, my parents would buy me a book of puzzles to help pass the time; it helped!

6. I taught myself how to sew, embroider, tat (a form of lace making; see picture to the right), cross-stitch, and some crocheting. For sewing, I watched my grandma sew one time when I was younger and I picked up on it quickly; so my mom bought me a kid's sewing craft book and I've been sewing ever since (though now I sew clothes and historical costumes instead of craft items). For embroidery, tatting, and crocheting, I just found books in Hobby Lobby or JoAnn Fabrics and taught myself through the books without observation.

7. When I do watch TV (which is getting less and less often now-a-days), I like to watch older shows. One of the shows I like to watch is Bonanza.

#4. Favorite Hobby, Color, and Food

Hobby - I have a number of hobbies, so I don't think I can pick just one. I'm just going to list my hobbies here:

* Computers

*Sewing

*Video Games

*Embroidery

*Tatting

*Blogging

*Historical Fashion

*Photoshop

*Reading ("I am not a great reader, and I have pleasure in many things." - Elizabeth Bennet)

Color - I really like Blue. It's a very mellow color and easy on the eyes. It's not wild, but mild.

Food - I really like half of the Bacon Turkey Bravo sandwich and a cup of French Onion soup from Panera! Mmmmmm!

Hey! Someone had the same idea as me!

#5. Nominate 10 Bloggers

Here we go: 10 Blogs to Nominate.

1. Austen Efforts

2. Austenitis

3. Beautiful Blank Pages

4. But when a young lady is to be a heroine

5. Elegance of Drama

6. Miss Georgiana Darcy

7. Newly Impassioned Soul

8. Regency Delight ~Jane Austen, etc.~

9. Story Girl

10. Yet Another Period Drama Blog

 God Bless,