tea berry-blue

From me and liret

Some photos of Chanukkah dinner from Sunday night, and pictures of the barn all decked out!

( Happy Holidays! )

Some photos of Chanukkah dinner from Sunday night, and pictures of the barn all decked out!

( Happy Holidays! )

Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Friday/Saturday	Sunday	Monday

As you can see, I have made six hats in seven days. I am very proud of my hats, although I'm not entirely sure what to do with them, since I don't actually wear hats (they mess up my hair!).

A couple of them will probably be given away. I am also thinking about selling them, although there is no way on earth to sell them for the amount of money they cost to make. If anyone would actually like to buy one, or would think about buying one, let me know how much you would be willing to pay for a hat like these. I might keep the white-and-pastel one for myself. The Tuesday hat is probably going to get tiger ears added to it at some point.

I already have a hat lined up for tomorrow that is going to be someone's Christmas gift!

In that spirit, I would also like to post my Christmas wish list up. As usual, it includes stuff I doubt any of you will get me that is really just what I want from my parents, but also stuff that people can totally mail me or send me online.

( Christmas List )

If anyone wants to mail me anything, let me know and I'll give you my address. I'm going to put up a call for greeting card addresses in the next couple days.

I wish you a happy fourth of July whether you are American or not! If you are not American, you can take it as an Unbirthday wish! Everyone needs more random holiday wishes!

Anyway:

liret:
I am somewhat worried about this rotae's authenticity
she acts like a rotae
but she has a nose
zia_narratora:
HMMM
liret:
and her drivers liscence says [name that is not 'rotae']

I AM CONCERNED WE HAS AN IMPOSTER.

I am in Delaware at my grandparents'. It is both boring and brutally hot. Fortunately we go back to Connecticut tomorrow.

Finally, how many of you are going to San Diego Comic-Con? I will be there with Joey Manley! If you are an artist and want to help out a very good cause, check this out:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=22160190683&ref=mf

Also, please let me know where you'll be and I will try to hook up with you!

I am super gross! Now I go outside and have cold beers. Love you all!

I wish you a happy fourth of July whether you are American or not! If you are not American, you can take it as an Unbirthday wish! Everyone needs more random holiday wishes!

Anyway:

liret:
I am somewhat worried about this rotae's authenticity
she acts like a rotae
but she has a nose
zia_narratora:
HMMM
liret:
and her drivers liscence says [name that is not 'rotae']

I AM CONCERNED WE HAS AN IMPOSTER.

I am in Delaware at my grandparents'. It is both boring and brutally hot. Fortunately we go back to Connecticut tomorrow.

Finally, how many of you are going to San Diego Comic-Con? I will be there with Joey Manley! If you are an artist and want to help out a very good cause, check this out:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=22160190683&ref=mf

Also, please let me know where you'll be and I will try to hook up with you!

I am super gross! Now I go outside and have cold beers. Love you all!

Hey, guys. So I was thinking, I know lots of people from lots of different places on LJ, and some of you know each other and some of you don't.

And a lot of the communities I'm in do Secret Santa type holiday exchanges, but nobody really does them in their personal journals. So this year, I thought I would run one for all my friends, regardless of where I know them from, as a sort of holiday gift to everybody. Everyone will get a nifty gift* from someone they may not even know! Or someone they do know! And it will be fun!

All you need to do to be involved is sign up. You do not even need to be on my friends' list. So, guys, if you want to tell your other friends to sign up, please go ahead and pimp! Just let me know where you found out about this if you are not on my friends list!

Deadline to sign up is December 5

To sign up, copy and paste the info from the little boxy below. Everything will be screened.

<b>Name:</b> <b>Email Address:</b> <b>Do you enjoy any fandoms in particular? Which?</b> <b>Do you have certain favorite characters/pairings?</b> <b>Since this exchange is for people with a lot of different tastes, name a few other things you like (eg, 'dogs,' 'cake,' 'lighthouses')</b> <b>Do you have a favorite color?</b> <b>Do you have any favorite quotes?</b> <b>What kind of gifts would you especially like? Are there any you wouldn't? Good examples of gifts are drabbles, icons, computer desktops, fanart, recommendation lists...Please nothing that costs money or requires big file sharing.</b> <b>Must your gift be of a certain rating/Do you have any other limits on things you wouldn't like? (eg, 'not this pairing').</b> <b>If you're not one of my friends, where did you find out about this/what friend do we have in common?</b>

I will get assignments out sometime next week! The deadline to get your gifts in will be a month from whenever I get them out!

*Notes: I am limiting this to free, internet-only gifts so no one must exchange an address. Fic, art, icons, other graphics, rec lists, and things like that are good!

I know, I know I haven't updated in, like, a week, but I've been kinda foggy-brained ill.

Anyway, this is primarily for the hogwarts_elite crowd and our holiday gift exchance, but if anyone else wants to give me something, I ain't gonna complain!

List is divided by virtual presents (for those of you online who don't want to mail things) and real presents (for RL friends and people wanting to send mail. If you want to send mail, just let me know and I'll give you an address). More than ten things, but I'd rather make sure I have things on here than anyone would be willing/able to get if they want to!

Virtual:
--A Twin-Peaks-related desktop that is still easy to see my icons on.
--A rename token.
--Fanarts! Mainly of Erins charries, but I know most of you don't know them. Sooo other fanarts from things I like are good too! But I can give descriptions and links to people if they want to do this!
--Twin Peaks icons
--Pushing Daisies icons
--A pretty userinfo, preferably Twin Peaksy but Snickety or Pushing-Daisiesy or just with cool stock you think I'd like is awesome too.
--Lemony Snicket icons (text ones, please)
--Pretty pictures of late 19th-early 20th century art
--Easy crochet patterns
--Easy dress patterns
--Links to your favorite art tutorials
--Links to yummy Photoshop brushes
--.mp3s of music you like from post-2001
--Any Adobe CS products you have an additional installation for
--Same for Poser
--Same for any art software you would recommend
--Amazon giftcards
--A Pro Flickr account
--Fictional letters to fictional characters that I can reply to.
--Introduce me to a friend on your flist whom you think I would like!

Tangible:
--DVDs of your favorite movies. I am a terrible reader and will doubtful read recommended books even if you give them to me. But I watch movies voraciously.
--The above goes for trade paperbacks of comic books as well.
--Sketchbooks.
--Art supplies: any kinds.
--Yarn. Even the leftover extra skeins you bought from previous projects. I will find ways to use them!
--Fabric scraps.
--Rag dolls or other dolls that I can make clothes for.
--Ancient cookbooks
--Anybody have a used but decent tablet they're getting rid of?
--CDs of music you like from post-2001
--Pretty stationery
--Odd bits of jewelry or clothing that are good for costuming. Especially pirate costuming.
--Cool costumey makeup
--Small batch beer, rum, or bourbon
--Green, mint, jasmine, lavender, or rose teas. Bagged, not loose.
--Weirdass hair products.
--Nice socks
--Visits!

Unrealistic Crap:
--A new tablet
--A new iBook
--A new Invision license
--A Canon digital anything
--Clothes from Moresca
--A new leather biker jacket, brown leather, like my worn out DKNY one.
--Leather boots, women's size 8.5, all kinds.

I think that's all. <3 you all!

I know, I know I haven't updated in, like, a week, but I've been kinda foggy-brained ill.

Anyway, this is primarily for the hogwarts_elite crowd and our holiday gift exchance, but if anyone else wants to give me something, I ain't gonna complain!

List is divided by virtual presents (for those of you online who don't want to mail things) and real presents (for RL friends and people wanting to send mail. If you want to send mail, just let me know and I'll give you an address). More than ten things, but I'd rather make sure I have things on here than anyone would be willing/able to get if they want to!

Virtual:
--A Twin-Peaks-related desktop that is still easy to see my icons on.
--A rename token.
--Fanarts! Mainly of Erins charries, but I know most of you don't know them. Sooo other fanarts from things I like are good too! But I can give descriptions and links to people if they want to do this!
--Twin Peaks icons
--Pushing Daisies icons
--A pretty userinfo, preferably Twin Peaksy but Snickety or Pushing-Daisiesy or just with cool stock you think I'd like is awesome too.
--Lemony Snicket icons (text ones, please)
--Pretty pictures of late 19th-early 20th century art
--Easy crochet patterns
--Easy dress patterns
--Links to your favorite art tutorials
--Links to yummy Photoshop brushes
--.mp3s of music you like from post-2001
--Any Adobe CS products you have an additional installation for
--Same for Poser
--Same for any art software you would recommend
--Amazon giftcards
--A Pro Flickr account
--Fictional letters to fictional characters that I can reply to.
--Introduce me to a friend on your flist whom you think I would like!

Tangible:
--DVDs of your favorite movies. I am a terrible reader and will doubtful read recommended books even if you give them to me. But I watch movies voraciously.
--The above goes for trade paperbacks of comic books as well.
--Sketchbooks.
--Art supplies: any kinds.
--Yarn. Even the leftover extra skeins you bought from previous projects. I will find ways to use them!
--Fabric scraps.
--Rag dolls or other dolls that I can make clothes for.
--Ancient cookbooks
--Anybody have a used but decent tablet they're getting rid of?
--CDs of music you like from post-2001
--Pretty stationery
--Odd bits of jewelry or clothing that are good for costuming. Especially pirate costuming.
--Cool costumey makeup
--Small batch beer, rum, or bourbon
--Green, mint, jasmine, lavender, or rose teas. Bagged, not loose.
--Weirdass hair products.
--Nice socks
--Visits!

Unrealistic Crap:
--A new tablet
--A new iBook
--A new Invision license
--A Canon digital anything
--Clothes from Moresca
--A new leather biker jacket, brown leather, like my worn out DKNY one.
--Leather boots, women's size 8.5, all kinds.

I think that's all. <3 you all!

Since my uncle's grandchildren were at their dad's for Christmas this year, we actually had a proper meal.

I made these pamplemousse cocktails out of Gourmet magazine that were delicious but not very pretty, so no pics of those. It was pretty much pomegranate simple syrup, honey, grapefruit soda, vodka, limes, ans sage (instead of mint, that was my change to the recipe, sage is really, really good in mixed drinks).



( lots of photos of food )

More updates later! Work is...quiet this morning, though. I think there are only four or five of us here.