Tasseomancy

Pagans have their rituals. Rituals I am often invited to, not because I am pagan, but because I tend to associate with people who are.

That's fine. The pageantry at these events can be most impressive- and the psychology behind it makes a fair bit of sense.

The problem is that in my world view, dressing nicely in clean clothes is about as formal as you get.

For some reason, wearing you Sunday Best in the middle of the woods with a bunch of godless heathens sticks out like a sore thumb. Couldn't say why.

So I daydream about what my personal regalia should look like.

Handmade sandals. I have the leather just waiting. Same with the tacks and glue. The pattern is made, and I even cut one of the arch supports.

Beaded Wrap Pants. I like the color brown. Big fan of it really. I dyed my wrap pants brown, and I have sepia tinted fresh water pearls I plan to sew onto it. I also want to include some Alexandrite beads.

Alternatively- a brown skirt. Less bead work, more embroidery.

A white peasant blouse. Cliche? Sure. But I have fond memories of such blouses. Wore one at my wedding that a dear friend now owns. Wore another one to a friends wedding. And it looks good.

Speaking of fondness for clothing items, it should be fair to point out that I have this total infatuation with these adorable seude shoes.

The folks who have those also have an amazing Hobnail jacket.

Jackets and vests. When I was a teen, I had a beautiful forest green seude vest. I'm more into patchwork now, but I never lost my love of vests.

For adornment, I have my wedding ring and two necklaces, one is a simple wooden emblem, the other is a leather pouch filled with goodies. Of course, I'm still working on that charm bracelet. I need to make my ear rings too. Plain gold hoops. Of course I still have my nose screw. I'm commissioning a necklace of a circle made from a horse shoe nail. A pair actually, one for me and one for my love.

I think I also need some over the top socks. Something dreamy and dusky. Maybe some hand warmers too.

And we can't forget my hat. I have a pin for my hat, but I can't seem to find my squirrel fur for the decoration. I have a neat scarf, but I still want to finish off some head scarfs, braid ribbons, and some ribbons for the hat itself, maybe even a few feathers.

So there you have it. My idea of fancy pants.