Written By Ida
Sept. 24, 2018, 4:36 p.m.(8/28/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Khanne
I can hardly take credit for a design you so perfectly described, it was like having it right before me as a guide to create them! I could not have managed that swirl without your assistance and I must say, they are one of the more detailed pieces I've ever attempted. I truly could not be happier that you love them! You always have incredible design ideas that both challenge and inspire me. For that, I am quite grateful.
Written By Ida
Sept. 18, 2018, 6:10 p.m.(8/16/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
Oats and steel is actually a very popular breakfast food in the Oathlands.
(Dammit, I knew you'd never let me live that one down)
(Dammit, I knew you'd never let me live that one down)
Written By Ida
Sept. 18, 2018, 6:07 p.m.(8/16/1009 AR)
I have perhaps said this a few times lately, but must note how absolutely humbled and touched I am by the most recent kind words about my work. I've been inspired recently for some reason; pictures just come into my head and I have to put them to metal. Really, it started with the announcement of Random Gift Days approach and just hasn't stopped. I don't like when the shop is empty, but I also don't wish to overdo things. But I get away from the point.
Thank you from deep in my heart for the generous and kind entries. They have always been worth so much more to me than silver and I am very, very grateful for them.
Thank you from deep in my heart for the generous and kind entries. They have always been worth so much more to me than silver and I am very, very grateful for them.
Written By Ida
Sept. 18, 2018, 6:01 p.m.(8/16/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
Honest to anything, I can not recommend skewering chocolate with hairpins enough. I mean, it's /brilliant/! When you share it with someone in one of those romantic moments? Even better. You are my dearest friend, platonic wife, neighbor, and so much more. Really, I should experiment with some sort of curved hairpins that you can stab with and wear as a headband instead.
Also, I visited your shop looking for my favorite hammer. I'm not /sure/ you took it, but I mean... Usually that's the case. Though it's entirely possible in the flurry of crafting I've been doing lately, I just misplaced it. In any case, those matching iridescite emerald earrings and collar you have for sale? Oaths and steel, you've outdone yourself with those. Truly, it's some of your most breathtaking work. It's really all I can do not to snatch them up for myself - and just yet might if they sit any longer.
Also, I visited your shop looking for my favorite hammer. I'm not /sure/ you took it, but I mean... Usually that's the case. Though it's entirely possible in the flurry of crafting I've been doing lately, I just misplaced it. In any case, those matching iridescite emerald earrings and collar you have for sale? Oaths and steel, you've outdone yourself with those. Truly, it's some of your most breathtaking work. It's really all I can do not to snatch them up for myself - and just yet might if they sit any longer.
Written By Ida
Sept. 16, 2018, 9:13 p.m.(8/12/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Amari
I will always feel honored and humbled in regard to kind words about my work. That said, House Keaton have been exceptionally generous in their patronage, generosity, and overall kindness to me over the years. It is not often someone mentions a creature, real or imagined, that I can not get out of my head. I knew I had to make Hawkbear and that only one person should get to claim the piece as their own. Truly, Lady Amari created it and I just bent it to metal.
Written By Ida
Sept. 16, 2018, 3:36 p.m.(8/12/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Luca
There are few honors as great as when what you love to do is not only liked, but mentioned in the whites for as much. I am both so happy and humbled almost beyond words. Almost because clearly, this is all full of words. The apprentices who often man the counter while I work have some new instructions, though no few of them tend to swoon and get starry-eyed when you visit; hopefully they'll manage to remember despite that.
Written By Ida
Sept. 15, 2018, 7:28 p.m.(8/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Jace
I am honored by the kind words you put to your whites about the wares in the shop. If you ever need a dagger to match the sword, it's on the house.
Written By Ida
Sept. 11, 2018, 3:03 p.m.(7/28/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edain
I am exceptionally honored and humbled that you might put Sir Daemon and I among those you might consider living heroes. I am not sure I deserve that kind of regard, but also don't want to seem disrespectful or questioning my High Lord. That /you/ think as much is something I am very grateful for.
Really, I'm reminded that it's maybe been too long since Sir Daemon and I had occasion to ride into danger on the back of a war elk. Maybe.
Really, I'm reminded that it's maybe been too long since Sir Daemon and I had occasion to ride into danger on the back of a war elk. Maybe.
Written By Ida
Sept. 8, 2018, 6:34 p.m.(7/22/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Gerard
I will say what I often, oh so very very often, to my brother Austen: if you don't come back, I will come fetch whatever conscious remnants I might of you, from where ever they may be, and then kill you myself. Any possible missing people who may be related to your not returning after such an occurrence would simply be coincidental, at best.
Written By Ida
Sept. 6, 2018, 1:38 p.m.(7/18/1009 AR)
I hope to restock the shop once more before Grayson Gift Day. More birds? More griffins, in gratitude to the House for which Gift Day is named? Maybe roses again. Or the musical note themed stuff. I'm debating.
Written By Ida
Sept. 2, 2018, 7:21 p.m.(7/6/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
Look what your husband has done now. Just /look/.
I suppose there are far worse things than being reminded of one's excellent choices, but I may need you to come over and hide that copy. Maybe in a pie. Under Austen's bed.
I suppose there are far worse things than being reminded of one's excellent choices, but I may need you to come over and hide that copy. Maybe in a pie. Under Austen's bed.
Written By Ida
Sept. 2, 2018, 7:15 p.m.(7/6/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Talen
You are, surely, one of the most impressive knife-throwers I've had the opportunity to watch, if even briefly. Indeed, your highness, I imagine one of these years we might manage to find ourselves in a ring at the same time.
Written By Ida
Sept. 2, 2018, 7:10 p.m.(7/6/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Hadrian
Thank you, Marquis Hadrian, for an intriguing invitation and rousing bout. It was an honor, first and foremost, and I am grateful for the opportunity you offered!
Written By Ida
Sept. 1, 2018, 6:49 p.m.(7/4/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Perronne
DOOMSTICK. That is the best possible name!
Written By Ida
Aug. 31, 2018, 7:02 a.m.(7/1/1009 AR)
I think I will stock some chairs in the shop along with swords, daggers, and hairpins. Grayson Gift Day fast approaches after all!
Written By Ida
Aug. 25, 2018, 5:29 p.m.(6/18/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
Sooo...what you're saying is that I can probably count on not finding pies under Austen's bed for awhile, yes?
Though I will see if Matron Teldra will add some tarts to my weekly basket just for you!
Though I will see if Matron Teldra will add some tarts to my weekly basket just for you!
Written By Ida
Aug. 25, 2018, 5:22 p.m.(6/18/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Gerard
And just when I thought I could not possibly love you more, I read the whites and am proved wrong once again.
Written By Ida
Aug. 19, 2018, 8:04 p.m.(6/5/1009 AR)
I feel like I am one of few people in the city who did not attend the Gala, which I regret, of course, but I'm terrible at parties. My thanks to Lady Monique for allowing me to contribute and I have no doubt everything I have heard surely pales to experiencing the event in person.
I get to add Aunt to my title! Truly, Joscelin and Oliver's child, or children of course, will be the best trained, best dressed, best armed in the city. Maybe in Arvum. While I mostly kid, surely they will have an entire Guild to call their aunts and uncles! And I've every plan to spoil them terribly, because that's what the best aunts do, right? I could not be happier for them both. Yes, even for Oliver.
Gerard and I did some planning for what will be our new living quarters and home. I am not one to gush, but oaths and steel. I tried doing some planning on my own and wasn't succeeding very well. When he joined me and said one thing, it inspired another and we just worked so well together on it. Which is good, since that is probably helpful in a marriage and all. I sometimes still marvel how easily my days are brightened.
I get to add Aunt to my title! Truly, Joscelin and Oliver's child, or children of course, will be the best trained, best dressed, best armed in the city. Maybe in Arvum. While I mostly kid, surely they will have an entire Guild to call their aunts and uncles! And I've every plan to spoil them terribly, because that's what the best aunts do, right? I could not be happier for them both. Yes, even for Oliver.
Gerard and I did some planning for what will be our new living quarters and home. I am not one to gush, but oaths and steel. I tried doing some planning on my own and wasn't succeeding very well. When he joined me and said one thing, it inspired another and we just worked so well together on it. Which is good, since that is probably helpful in a marriage and all. I sometimes still marvel how easily my days are brightened.
Written By Ida
Aug. 13, 2018, 5:57 p.m.(5/21/1009 AR)
It has been a pleasing few days in the forge. Even though I'm not actually taking commissions, there are a few people I would never say no to.
Prince Edain Valardin - I had made His Grace a rather simple arming sword not long after arriving in Arx. It's an old piece and I've grown so much as a smith since forging it. Still, it holds history, a story of its own, and the marks of use. Well-cared for by His Grace, it needed a bit of a professional looking over. There was a wash of nostalgia I probably didn't expect, but should have really. She is back in fine fighting condition and I hope will continue to serve His Grace well.
Sir Gerard Dastrid - My husband-to-be in an amazing man. I could write paragraphs about him easily, I think, and I still marvel at my fortune. He brought me some diamondplate to fashion into a sword and oaths, that metal and I have a tumultuous history. Forging something that could mean life or death for the knight who has taken my heart? Haven't felt that striking knife of worry since I made my brother Austen's blade. I could have done better with it, I think, but his compliments and kind words about the weapon (and me, too) put my concerns and disappointment to rest.
Princess Alis Valardin - A special project that I won't discuss here, but diamondplate once again, which...well. See above. The item came out wonderfully though, I think, and her words when it was delivered made me so proud to be one of the smiths for House Valardin, I think my heart literally swelled.
I passingly recall entries from Mistress Yasmine Rovashani, one of the Guild's famed models, and others about perfect happiness in moments of our lives. I suspect this is one of those moments in mine and I hope the gods know how grateful I am.
Prince Edain Valardin - I had made His Grace a rather simple arming sword not long after arriving in Arx. It's an old piece and I've grown so much as a smith since forging it. Still, it holds history, a story of its own, and the marks of use. Well-cared for by His Grace, it needed a bit of a professional looking over. There was a wash of nostalgia I probably didn't expect, but should have really. She is back in fine fighting condition and I hope will continue to serve His Grace well.
Sir Gerard Dastrid - My husband-to-be in an amazing man. I could write paragraphs about him easily, I think, and I still marvel at my fortune. He brought me some diamondplate to fashion into a sword and oaths, that metal and I have a tumultuous history. Forging something that could mean life or death for the knight who has taken my heart? Haven't felt that striking knife of worry since I made my brother Austen's blade. I could have done better with it, I think, but his compliments and kind words about the weapon (and me, too) put my concerns and disappointment to rest.
Princess Alis Valardin - A special project that I won't discuss here, but diamondplate once again, which...well. See above. The item came out wonderfully though, I think, and her words when it was delivered made me so proud to be one of the smiths for House Valardin, I think my heart literally swelled.
I passingly recall entries from Mistress Yasmine Rovashani, one of the Guild's famed models, and others about perfect happiness in moments of our lives. I suspect this is one of those moments in mine and I hope the gods know how grateful I am.
Written By Ida
Aug. 6, 2018, 5:12 p.m.(5/3/1009 AR)
I have the greatest army of friends. I call them an army because there are few such fierce people who I get to count myself among, to laugh with, to share their joys and tragedies, and to pick up after months - even years - of not seeing them like no time has passed. These are people who I would kill for, if they asked, and probably not even question as to why first. When they are wounded of flesh or heart, I ask who might need to be harmed to pay for it. I've always been told by them, no, this will heal, and have had the true pleasure of seeing some of those hearts once broken, mended again, flesh healed and scarred over, and on we go. They have ridden those same sort of ups and downs I have had in my own life, always offering the same. They are an army, an extended family, and I could hardly name each one, though I am certain they already know who they are. They are treasures that I probably take for granted, but love them and hope they understand and forgive me if I do. I have lost some of these people in a way that doesn't allow trying to catch up again. My heart aches now and then for those, but how lucky I am to have been able to call them friend when the world allowed.
The kind words, the brief ones (you know who you are), and even the lovingly sarcastic ones since noting in the whites that I am to marry again, remind me how very, extremely fortunate I am for every one of them. I am blessed beyond measure and do not say that enough, though hopefully this goes a little way toward that. Thank you all for keeping me in your lives despite my faults, and for wishing both Gerard and I great happiness. I think we've managed the latter, at the very least.
The kind words, the brief ones (you know who you are), and even the lovingly sarcastic ones since noting in the whites that I am to marry again, remind me how very, extremely fortunate I am for every one of them. I am blessed beyond measure and do not say that enough, though hopefully this goes a little way toward that. Thank you all for keeping me in your lives despite my faults, and for wishing both Gerard and I great happiness. I think we've managed the latter, at the very least.
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