Where did I spend my long weekend? Not at the lake, or anywhere like that. Nope, this long weekend, all the cool people hung out at JBA's house.

Saturday the SLARPA fundraiser BBQ, and JBA was kind enough to let us invade his house and burn all sorts of animal flesh. It was a little slow early on in the day, but by 7:00, things were in full swing. The weather was a little cooler than I would have liked, but the died down enough in the evening that we could get a fire going in the backyard, and after that we all huddled around it for warmth and tried to keep from singeing ourselves. (Though, there were a few smart folks who went inside and continued the tradition of the Saskatchewan Kitchen Party.)

Sunday I was back at JBA's house for a big craft session. Almost everyone who will be running something at SLARPcon was there, and we worked on props for the various LARPS. I'm eager to see how things turn out. Shadowrun will require minimal prop-creation, since we still have tons of stuff from the last two Shadowrun LARPS Layne has run, so I actually have a little time to invest into other projects. I spent Sunday wrestling with a sewing machine, and hopefully I can work it well enough that we'll have a few extra props in time for the KC game this weekend...

I also have a demon costume in the works for TY's Nightmare City game at SLARPcon. If I can pull it off, it'll be my most elaborate costume to date, surpassing even the green medusa headpeice I made last year. I really hope it works out, but even if it doesn't, I'm still going to have a hell of a lot of fun making it. I keep thinking of the pile of supplies I have sitting at home, and itching to use them.