little fancies

Holy moly i just found out these two got married! They were penpals as children and re-met at a show! I ship it so hard

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hahahah

i think you mean delicate 

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Jenna-Louise Coleman, the fifth full-time companion of New!Who

HOLY EFFING YES
finally someone i can cosplay as without having to wear a wig
and we’re the same height
hallelujahhhhh 

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savagedamsel:

bluetoothtoaster:

Fandom Yarn Giveaway!

To preview my upcoming shop update on etsy, I’m going to do a little giveaway!

The WINNER will be able to choose one of the following:

1) Doctor Who Mini-Skein Pack containing five 10g (40yd) skeins in You Sexy Thing, Sonic Screwdriver, Time Vortex I, Time Vortex II, and Bowties are Cool.
2) Sherlock Holmes Mini-Skein Pack containing five 10g (40yd) skeins in A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, A Scandal in Bohemia, The Final Problem, and 221b Baker Street.
3) Hunger Games Mini-Skein Pack containing five 10g (40yd) skeins in Katniss Everdeen,  Gale Hawthorne, Primrose Everdeen, The Girl on Fire, and Peeta Mellark.
4) One 50g (200 yd) skein in Sarah Jane Smith
5) One 50g (200 yd) skein in Rowena Ravenclaw

(Whatever isn’t chosen will go up in my etsy shop soon after, so be sure to keep your eye out!)

All yarn is hand-dyed by myself on a sturdy 75% wool, 25% nylon sock-weight base. The yarn is superwash, but minimal bleeding is possible due to the hand-dyed nature of the yarn, so caution is urged when washing. All dyes are food-safe ;-)

Unfortunately, there are RULES:
-I’ll ship anywhere in the world.
-must REBLOG to enter, likes don’t count
-but no more than five (5) reblogs, more will get you disqualified.
-you don’t have to be following me :-) but feel free to if you want information on future shop updates!
-you should have your ask box open so I can contact you! If the winner doesn’t respond within 48 hours of notification, another winner will be chosen.
-contest ends at 11:59 PM US Central Time April 8th. Winner will be contacted April 9th.
-questions go here. 

Good Luck!

Julia, these are awesome.

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making shoes to look like the tardis, nbd

kinteru:

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1. Mamihlapinatapei (Yagan, an indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego): The wordless yet meaningful look shared by two people who desire to initiate something, but are both reluctant to start. 
   Oh yes, this is an exquisite word, compressing a thrilling and scary relationship moment. It’s that delicious, cusp-y moment of imminent seduction. Neither of you has mustered the courage to make a move, yet. Hands haven’t been placed on knees; you’ve not kissed. But you’ve both conveyed enough to know that it will happen soon… very soon.
2. Yuanfen(Chinese): A relationship by fate or destiny. This is a complex concept. It draws on principles of predetermination in Chinese culture, which dictate relationships, encounters and affinities, mostly among lovers and friends.From what I glean, in common usage yuanfen means the “binding force” that links two people together in any relationship. 
   But interestingly, “fate” isn’t the same thing as “destiny.” Even if lovers are fated to find each other they may not end up together. The proverb, “have fate without destiny,” describes couples who meet, but who don’t stay together, for whatever reason. It’s interesting, to distinguish in love between the fated and the destined. Romantic comedies, of course, confound the two.
3. Cafuné (Brazilian Portuguese): The act of tenderly running your fingers through someone’s hair.
4. Retrouvailles (French):  The happiness of meeting again after a long time. This is such a basic concept, and so familiar to the growing ranks of commuter relationships, or to a relationship of lovers, who see each other only periodically for intense bursts of pleasure. I’m surprised we don’t have any equivalent word for this subset of relationship bliss. It’s a handy one for modern life.
5. Ilunga (Bantu): A person who is willing to forgive abuse the first time; tolerate it the second time, but never a third time.
   Apparently, in 2004, this word won the award as the world’s most difficult to translate. Although at first, I thought it did have a clear phrase equivalent in English: It’s the “three strikes and you’re out” policy. But ilunga conveys a subtler concept, because the feelings are different with each “strike.” The word elegantly conveys the progression toward intolerance, and the different shades of emotion that we feel at each stop along the way.
   Ilunga captures what I’ve described as the shade of gray complexity in marriages—Not abusive marriages, but marriages that involve infidelity, for example.  We’ve got tolerance, within reason, and we’ve got gradations of tolerance, and for different reasons. And then, we have our limit. The English language to describe this state of limits and tolerance flattens out the complexity into black and white, or binary code. You put up with it, or you don’t.  You “stick it out,” or not.
   Ilunga restores the gray scale, where many of us at least occasionally find ourselves in relationships, trying to love imperfect people who’ve failed us and whom we ourselves have failed.
6. La Douleur Exquise (French): The heart-wrenching pain of wanting someone you can’t have.
   When I came across this word I thought of “unrequited” love. It’s not quite the same, though. “Unrequited love” describes a relationship state, but not a state of mind. Unrequited love encompasses the lover who isn’t reciprocating, as well as the lover who desires. La douleur exquise gets at the emotional heartache, specifically, of being the one whose love is unreciprocated.
7. Koi No Yokan (Japanese): The sense upon first meeting a person that the two of you are going to fall into love. 
   This is different than “love at first sight,” since it implies that you might have a sense of imminent love, somewhere down the road, without yet feeling it. The term captures the intimation of inevitable love in the future, rather than the instant attraction implied by love at first sight.
8. Ya’aburnee(Arabic): “You bury me.” It’s a declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person, because of how difficult it would be to live without them.
   The online dictionary that lists this word calls it “morbid and beautiful.” It’s the “How Could I Live Without You?” slickly insincere cliché of dating, polished into a more earnest, poetic term. 
9. Forelsket: (Norwegian):  The euphoria you experience when you’re first falling in love.
   This is a wonderful term for that blissful state, when all your senses are acute for the beloved, the pins and needles thrill of the novelty. There’s a phrase in English for this, but it’s clunky. It’s “New Relationship Energy,” or NRE.
10. Saudade (Portuguese): The feeling of longing for someone that you love and is lost. Another linguist describes it as a “vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist.”
    It’s interesting that saudade accommodates in one word the haunting desire for a lost love, or for an imaginary, impossible, never-to-be-experienced love. Whether the object has been lost or will never exist, it feels the same to the seeker, and leaves her in the same place:  She has a desire with no future. Saudade doesn’t distinguish between a ghost, and a fantasy. Nor do our broken hearts, much of the time.

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fishingboatproceeds:

SOMEONE PUT LIPSTICK ON AND KISSED THE BUS BUT SHE ONLY KISSED HANK. #hurtfeelings

Hahahah, awww. Don’t worry john it was probably just The Katherine.

cumbercrieff:

GIVEAWAY

In celebration of reaching a follower milestone (well, at least in my eyes) I am having a giveaway!

Ever wanted a Sherlock and John matching earring set? Or maybe a Mystrade necklace? Well here’s your chance!

There will be three winners, who may choose from either:

-an earring set

or

- double sided necklace

The winners get to choose whatever they like on them, any characters, any fandoms, anything!

To win:

• I will only officially count reblogs, not likes.
• You don’t have to be following me.
• You may only reblog this a maximum of 3 times, I don’t want to cause any annoyance for other user’s dashboards.
• I will ship anywhere

This giveaway ends on the 6th of February, winners will be chosen at random on the 7th of Feburary, so please have your ask boxes open.

Good luck :D

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lucycaboosey:

you know how on the shampoo bottle it has directions right

lather rinse repeat

i don’t repeat

I THINK OF THIS EVERY TIME I WASH MY HAIR

hahahahahah

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teagypsy:

The first 5 pages of a kids book I wrote for Henry Green entitled ‘What is a Nerdfighter?’ where I attempted to explain Nerdfighteria to a 2 yr old. 

I really loved working on this! It took me over 45 hours to paper craft all the illustrations and bind it, but I was able to put the original into John’s hands at the Tour De Nerdfighting Atlanta stop. 

Horse from talking to every single Nerdfighter in the 800 person line, he seemed very grateful, but dazed. He and Hank are some of the most honorable people I have had the pleasure to meet. They stayed for hours just to make sure every kid knew they were important. They personalized every book, they took the time to look you in the eyes.

To make this effort, John had to leave Henry at home for over a month. I felt like if I could show Henry a smidgen of the care that his dad has for all of us, and that we have for all of him, then Henry might understand why we borrowed his dad for so long.

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This is beautiful! What wonderful technique and passion.

1) Put your iTunes on shuffle. Give me the first 6 songs that pop up.

1. Kind of In Love by The Avett Brothers

2. Life 2: The Unhappy Ending by Stars

3. Any Fun by Coconut Records

4. It Takes Two from Hairspray

5. Your Body Is a Wonderland by John Mayer

6. Life on Earth by Band of Horses

2) If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?

Amelia Earhart

3) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.

“What is that smell?”

4) What do you think about most?

Aesthetics

5) What does your latest text message from someone else say?

“Whoops!”

6) Do you sleep with ____ or without ______ on?

It depends on circumstances.

7) What’s your strangest talent?

8) Girls…. (finish the sentence); Boys…. (finish the sentence)

9) Ever had a poem or song written about you?

Probably.

10) When is the last time you played the air guitar?

Last time I listened to Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance.

11) Do you have any strange phobias?

Snakes, people in my house without me knowing

12) Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose?

Not unless you count tissues.

13) What’s your religion?

Methodist Christian, technically.

14) If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?

Walking somewhere.

15) Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?

Both.

16) Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?

The Format, if I had to choose just one.
Runner-up is The Avett Brothers.
But there are so many good ones to choose from. 

17) What was the last lie you told?

18) Do you believe in karma?

Yes, definitely.

19) What does your URL mean?

Well, it’s “little fancies” as in the things I blog and reblog are small things that I enjoy.

20) What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?

21) Who is your celebrity crush?

Lady crush is Natalie Portman; I don’t really have a specific man crush, but I think a lot of the men in Hollywood are attractive.

22) Have you ever gone skinny dipping?

Yes

23) How do you vent your anger?

Yell, usually, and cry.

24) Do you have a collection of anything?

I used to collect polly pocket dolls, but I’ve outgrown that one.
I like collecting entertainment things like movies, video games, and records.

25) Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online?
Both are fun, but it depends on who I’m speaking with.

26) Are you happy with the person you’ve become?

Yes, to the extent that I still hope to grow more.

27) What’s a sound you hate; sound you love?

Hate: alarm clock noises

Love: 

28) What’s your biggest “what if”?

What if I would have gone out of state for college?

29) Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?

I do, but I try not to think about them because I get freaked out.

30) Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.

Right: Wii controller

Left: air

31) Smell the air. What do you smell?

Nothing, my nose is stuffy

32) What’s the worst place you have ever been to?

33) Choose East Coast or West Coast?

West? But I like both

34) Most attractive singer of your opposite gender?

Scott Avett

35) To you, what is the meaning of life?

To love and be loved.

36) Define Art.

My definition of art is the process and/or end result of creative expression, involving intentional aesthetic decisions.

37) Do you believe in luck?

Yes and no. That’s a tricky one.

38) What’s the weather like right now?

Kinda cold. It’s dark out.

39) What time is it?

8:01 PM

40) Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?

Yes and yes.

41) What was the last book you read?

To completion: The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
Currently reading: One Day by David Nicholls 

42) Do you like the smell of gasoline?

Not particularly.

43) Do you have any nicknames?

Em, M&M, Emmy

44) What was the last movie you saw?

In theaters: Young Adult

On DVD: Tangled

45) What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?

Ankle sprain? I think. I’ve been pretty lucky with injuries so far.

46) Have you ever caught a butterfly?

Yes, and then I let it go.

47) Do you have any obsessions right now?

Doctor Who

48) What’s your sexual orientation?

Straight

49) Ever had a rumor spread about you?

Yes, but it was dumb middle school stuff.

50) Do you believe in magic?

I think its fantasy, but I would be so stoked to go to Hogwarts.

51) Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?

Only for a short time, then I let it go.

52) What is your astrological sign?

Leo.

53) Do you save money or spend it?

Both, I love shopping but I love having money just in case I need it.

54) What’s the last thing you purchased?

New nike running shoes.

55) Love or lust? 

Love.

56) In a relationship?

Yes :)

57) How many relationships have you had?

Three or four depending on if you count them as being real.

58) Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

I can try, and look like a fool doing it.

59) Where were you yesterday?

Outlet mall in Gonzales, LA.

60) Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?

Yes, part of my oatmeal bowl is pink.

61) Are you wearing socks right now?

No, but I wish I was because my feet are colddddd.

62) What’s your favorite animal?

Kitty.

63) What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?

Tease them.

64) Where is your best friend?

At work.

65) Spit or swallow?(;

Heheheh not going to answer this one

66) What is your heritage?

1/4 Polish on my paternal side, mostly Euro stuff

67) What were you doing last night at 12 AM?

Just got home from the gym.

68) What do you think is Satan’s last name?

69) Be honest. Ever gotten yourself off?

70) Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?

Chyeah.

71) You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?

Save the dog, duh

72) You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?

a: tell everyone, they should know

b: travel and have fun

c: yes, but everyone is afraid at some time in their lives

73) You can only have one of these things; trust or love.

Why? Why can’t I have both?

74) What’s a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?

75) What are the last four digits in your cell phone number?

creeper

76) In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?

77) How can I win your heart?

give me chocolate

78) Can insanity bring on more creativity?

sometime

79) What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?

80) What size shoes do you wear?

7

81) What would you want to be written on your tombstone?

82) What is your favorite word?

83) Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart.

84) What is a saying you say a lot?

85) What’s the last song you listened to?
You or Your Memory by The Mountain Goats

86) Basic question; what’s your favorite color/colors?

Purple, Navy, Silver

87) What is your current desktop picture?

a graphic design joke:

THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS #000000 AND #FFFFFF.

88) If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be?

89) What would be a question you’d be afraid to tell the truth on?

90) One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do?

call my mummy hahahahahaha

91) You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?

92) You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?

93) You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

94) You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?

95) You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?

greece

96) Do you have any relatives in jail?

not anymore

97) Have you ever thrown up in the car?

na

98) Ever been on a plane?

ya

99) If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say?

there are too many questions on this survey, i’m getting bored

100) Give me your top 5 favorite blogs on Tumblr.

superdupertimemachine, kittehs4eva, audreyhepburncomplex, thedailywhat, and effyeahnerdfighters

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