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Thank you! This helped with my cast garb 🩷

Interesting insights, thanks for sharing. I've done a tiny bit of stage show and lane work MANY years ago. Thanks for giving your tips and sharing your experiences. Hope I can see you in-character at a faire some day!

Love the leafcutter bee leaf hole ! (or caterpillar hole) ONLY native plants can be pollinator host plants ! (moth and butterfly babies, ie caterpillars, can only eat certain leaves of certain native plants they evolved with . That's why: ONLY native plants help to heal the ecosystem. You rock Sprout ! Can wait to meet you at Ren Faire some year. Hopefully 2025.

staying cool is hard in hot and humid Pittsburgh, Pa ren fair, my friend went with her teen daughter on a hot day and she fainted, the medics came over and helped her to the medic tent, long story short she drank some cold gatorade and rested for 30 min, then felt better and they let her leave. I always try pick a weekend when its cooler.

They look amazing can't wait to try to make one

"I love this texture it looks like leaves" -The garment, just being really wrinkled "O<>O" Thrift shopping for LARP is like THE best group activity AND its a great way to make some really unique outfits up~! I carried most of my LARP gear I thrifted with me for YEARS from move to move. I finally need to replace some things (and I finally decided I need more than the basic three outfits for three days + OOG clothes for downtime) so I'm probably going out this week or next to get prepped for the season. Whether new OR old to LARP, the best way to find unique stuff is to Thrift & Craft... It's all about how creatively you can look at the ordinary items around you! That green top would have been just a "meh" top to me before LARPing, but now that I've done this thing for a while I can see the "elven" potential. I still use the thrifted leather jacket I got from a Value Village, even 8 years later! I got it, and the arms were too tight, so I seamripped (over an hour to do omg it was tougher sewn than I realized) the arms off and trimmed the raw edges so they weren't stringy, and now I have this staple character piece that's a passable leather vest! I'm going to update it this year with some patches and other sewn on details, to make it more steampunky... But really, some of the BEST finds for your character can be found in these thrift hauls when you apply some creativity to it! Props also - I found a faux leather fanny pack/pouch with belt loops and a cursive letter H on it, and bought it for 8$(CAD). It's my FAVE herb pouch, lol. It's got that fancy embroidery on it, so it makes my character look a little more fancy when she's herb gathering (It also holds my phone and tissues etc). ALSO don't sleep on the fabric! The drapes, sheets and actual fabric lengths can ALL be repurposed to some pretty neat costuming if you've got the time to do a bit of sewing (you can do basic stitches and hand sewing even if you're new to sewing). With all the beginner friendly tutorials on costume making out there, that blanket with all the fur or that large thick drapery, can quickly turn into a thick cloak to keep you warm or a dress!

Leather Honey products (cleaner and protector) do a really good job of cleaning and conditioning/water repellent.

I did my bosmer cosplay, once, I used red clay, bone ash and fat soap and my native bone jewelry, we Patagonians already are bosmer enough, I even have my own bone and patrified wood bow. The only problem is that I'm fucking huge, like 198 cm, I don't know how much it is on foot fetish numbers.

you abuse youre daughter and thats a fact

Hey Meeka, I know I'm 5 yrs late to the party, but I just wanted to ask; At the beginning of the video you wee in the nasty swamp trial being chased by the abomination of fire. But then at the 30 second mark, you're back in the Tower shard trial. Is that how far back it set you when you die, died? I feel like the swamp trial has me on my last life because like you, he got me. A LOT. And I'm concerned I'm restarting my playthrough from the very, very beginning.

You are beautiful and I think your work is incredible! Congratulations 🧚🏻‍♂️✨

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Hi Question, I'm going to my first festival and I wanted to tip in gold dollar coins but I'm seeing a lot of mixed feelings online that people say theyre a HUGE annoyance vs others love the immersion. What's the general opinion of it from a worker/cast/entertainer's standpoint?

Great video, helpful to folks like me new to prosthetic ears and good advertising for Madhouse FX. However Madhouse FX is not particularly customer friendly with their current business model, which is disappointing.

i had a weird paranormal ? experience with a fairy, i was on facebook video chat talking to me friend who lives in steubenville, oh about 50 min away. My head was itching for about 10 min, then she said i just saw a white thing fly out of you head and it looked like a fairy, it was about 3 -4 inches tall, this was winter, so no bugs, so i put the screen so i could see myself, about 10 min later, we both saw it fly back INTO MY HEAD ???

i am glad you are back, i started watching your channel right after you had your baby, i went to my first renaissance fair, pittsburgh, pa and was fascinated with the fairy actresses. What a cool job. My friend is a part time professional psychic and she believes in fairies/elves and sees them.

Thank you for sharing your story. I’ve enjoyed following you on your adventures. They bring me joy and make me believe (even if just for a moment) that wonder and magic can be waiting around the corner. May your inner light continue to shine even in the darkest of times.

I'm pretty sure that there are older stories of fae with wings, but no real description of them in most cases. Swanmaes and similar did have wings in some versions where it was a swans wings there, though they are swan based fae. Sylphs and a few similar ones are often described as having wings, many times with gossamer as the description for them...though they're more of air spirits that cross over into fae stuff. A lot of the time the wings are in association with what the Faerie was specifically tied to, so ones like gnomes or selkies wouldn't have wings, though one tied to the air might. A chunk of the issue is that a lot of the folklore and stories originate from a LOT of different places and then were associated together into a more singular grouping, often shifting context at the same time. Satyrs and fauns, for example, are associated as fae creatures, but originated a divine creations from the greeks/romans as forest spirits, then, later, began being viewed as fae as well. There are also limits to what was actually written down and learned since there were hundreds or thousands of variations of the lore for some types that were condensed as time went on with bits lost or replaced by a semi-similar description.

You have quite the broad range of skills both technical and artistic. Respect.

Sprout is so good with kids…. This video is so sweet it is making my teeth hurt. Thanks for making this Grumpy Gnome smile.

Sprout is a brilliant character and this is a great way to explain her to the public.

I have watched several of your videos before I made an account so I could comment. Wanting to express my opinions to folks like you was why I did it. It takes real courage to put yourself out there in the public eye. To remain in the public eye takes iron skin. I took a break from it for 5 to 6 years, deleting my social media accounts. The reason I tell you that is that I want you to understand I empathize. I have seen some my interviews edited in a way to reframe what I said, both in my hobbies as well as professionally. Your Sprout videos are what brought me to your channel. Sprout is an absolutely brilliant character and you play her amazingly well. You literally bring the character to life and she is pure artistic genius. Your work on her is inspirational. From their I found you to be not only a beautiful artist but also generous in sharing your time and knowledge with people. Your insight into the Renn Faire community, which I have very little experience of has been fascinating. My background is more historical re-enactment and fantasy larping in Europe (more recently) as well as the SCA in the States (back in the 20th Century). So I appreciate being able to learn from your videos and be inspired. I think the world is a better place for you and your artistic expression. This Grumpy Gnome is wishing you and your family the very best.

Glad to see you back. <3 I never really liked the way those shows took advantage of people. They often forget about the humanity of their subjects in favour of making the most controversy as possible. I'm glad you were able to meet one of your dreams and that you got out of the bad headspace. Personally, while the outfit is cute, you look way better in your normal clothes; confident, happy, just generally shining and brilliant. You looked so uncomfortable in what they chose for you. The worst part about those shows is the way they almost backhandedly shame their subject's personal preferences and act like their transformation is making them "normal." The self you show us here on youtube is wonderful and don't ever let anyone change you. <3

how are you doing now gorgeous? <3

hello good to see you again

Genuinely interesting, thank you.

Hello gorgeous <3

I’m in Australia and my rate is over $100/h as a fairy Australians don’t tip However we don’t really have renaissance festivals. So it’s more community events and street festivals

I'm so sorry for you your my favorite fairy and I'm sorry this has hurt you so much I wish you the best

Yeah but you're only getting like 16-20 hours tops a week.

I love your content and all you do

As someone who’s never went to a Renaissance festival before this is very informative. Thank you!

A lot of the negativity is coming from people who are just jealous tbh. What a blessing to make so many people happy and at the end of the day when you close your eyes for sleep, you’ll see smiles, not computer screens. This is coming from a “normie” who admires what you do. Cheers!

Ngl the longer you went without any numbers, the stronger the image of you taking us back to your fairy nook and showing us the stack of bottle caps and plastic trinkets that you were paid in. This is just a bit, no disrespect!

Any fantasy (or other) book recommendations? My fav books so far this year are A Marvelous Light by Freya Marske and it's sequel, they are fantasy romances with some fae

When people say "Real Job" they usually mean non part time, sustainable for a career that will pay you an income to be self sufficient and perhaps raise a family on with actual benefits. Whey you say a "professional fairy" it's really under the umbrella of a costume performer. Which can be everything from A Cosplayer at a convention, to a Strip o gram, to a top tier gig at Vegas in an on stage performance with a 10 year contract. In my opinion "real jobs" are industries that people need. For example, you're always going to need doctors, lawyers and plumbers. People don't need a pokemon store or a cat clothing designer

Any job that allows you to put food on the table and a roof over your head, is a real job. Those people will probably tell you that movie actors don't have real jobs.

You do the work you should get the benefit what ever you do

I can only imahine, especially in hot sun and rain.

I must ask: did you create the character and hire her out to Ren Faires? Or how did this work and can this be applied to any character within the Ren Faire Space.

Good to know ❤

Glad you have worked out the stuff you were going through and your back❤

Excellent information. Love this channel!

Important information for everyone!

You’re just so cute! 🥰

It’s good to see you again

One of the unfortunate things with it is that so many RenFests seem to be lagging behind in payment methods if nothing else. ORF really needs to upgrade their wifi and even just cell service because it's the one place that I've tended to run out of cash and I don't have the time to wait in line multiple times a day at their ATMs. I'm quite happy at places there that have working credit machines... I've also noticed that a lot of the wandering entertainers also end up with issues because it's hard for most people to tell between cast and wandering entertainer there for things...stage shows have an easy thing there for telling them apart (And I tend to go for merch more than a direct tip there because it tends to be more of something to remember the faire by). Additionally, I think you might be in a further problem area as most of the fairy stuff tends to be more aimed at kids who don't have the money in the first place to tip...

I’m a big fan of your show it’s so nice to see you again❤😊

hello ,nice to see you

Hello gorgeous <3 I'm glad youre uploading again, how are you doing?