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my overalls came!!

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I don't know if you have noticed, but they have some serious clothing issues in season 12. Seasons 1-11 we just had Sam and Dean. But now that there's Mary, they can't all wear plaid. Because there would be too much flannel with three Winchesters. I'm being serious. I've rewatched season 12, and there's no episode where all three Winchesters wear plaid. One of them always has to sacrifice the hunter look.

Yeah, they don’t all wear it all the time anyway - Dean’s always had a bunch of stock shirts which are so boring he can wear them all the times he’s going to get killed or whatever gets him covered in blood to the point that he can’t use it any more :P Sam has slightly more variety, I think, because he doesn’t wear as many block colours in general, wears his shirts buttoned up so Dean can get away with wearing a block colour shirt and t-shirt, and Sam’s on the wrong side of the self-imposed class divide so doesn’t wear henleys either, all adding up to him needing at least subtle stripes on his shirts a lot of the time… Sam wearing boring grey in 11x22 should have been a warning something pretty horrific was going to happen to him because that’s Dean’s choice of colour for ���I’m about to have a bad day and I don’t know it yet” which he at least also mixes into his regular wardrobe to add the element of surprise :P

Buuut yeah I bet there was at least 1 time they had a moment where they did all wear plaid and looked at each other and had to work out who had to go change immediately.

Anyway since we have a whole season now, let’s look at Mary because I like looking at Mary :D

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5k GIVEAWAY?!

We genuinely can’t believe it. You guys are so amazing and we’re so happy to be on this journey with all of you, absurd blue hellsite and all. The folks who have told us that they rekindled a hobby, or those that have started new, the wild submissions, and the sheer quantity of people who have made the absurd electrical impulses from our brains into a thing you can hold in your hand brings us joy on a daily basis. 

So what are we giving away?

1. A pattern commission from us. It will be around our standard size and complexity, in .pdf form

2. A mystery needle minder! Prism has been practicing construction in anticipation of the Nat 20′s we’re going to get in, so she’s got a small array of tests that came out very nicely. 

3. A mystery kit! So many mysteries. We’re just getting started creating kits, so you can get your hands on one before they become available. 

4. A gorgeous pattern from @mathysphere. If you haven’t taken a look at their patterns, you should! Right here! The entire pride planet series is amazing. We went with the first of the series for our giveaway:

Fun Fact: Mathy was the very first blog that ever followed us. We were mildly intimidated because their stuff is so dang cool. 

What are the rules?

Current followers and folks who follow us before April 5th (12:00PM Central US time) will be automatically entered into the contest.

For other entries like or reblog this post. Multiple reblogs are allowed within reason and our discretion. Don’t annoy your spacemates. Giveaway specific blogs will be disqualified. We’ll post updates if we think of any. Good luck!

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So happy with his toy

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If I still fits, I still sits

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From http://community.sparknotes.com/2012/09/10/auntie-sparknotes-how-can-i-believe-im-beautiful:

“But this self-esteem-boosting response ("Noooo, you're beautiful!") to appearance-related insecurities is so, so flawed. It presumes that "beautiful," in all its narrowly-defined, airbrushed, whitewashed glory, is something you need to attain to be publicly presentable. And the moment you beat your insecurities isn't when you've bleached, waxed, and treated yourself to the point where you feel pretty; it's when you have the guts to say, "And so what if I'm not?"... and then go do your thing anyway.

You don't owe the world a pretty face. You could be the most lumpy, bumpy, pockmarked, misshapen, and hirsute sonofabitch ever to walk the earth, and you would still be just as entitled to a chair by the pool, a teeny bikini, and the feel of sunshine on your skin as some girl with creamy skin and shiny hair and thighs the size of matchsticks. Look around you, and you'll notice: an awful lot of people aren't beautiful. Some people aren't even borderline good-looking! Does that make them less worthy of love, happiness, and fruity drinks with little paper umbrellas in them? Do you censure and dismiss other people because they're not physically flawless?

Of course you don't. And there are a million great things about you that have nothing to do with how you look. You know this; your friends do, too. And if somebody thinks your goose-bumpy biceps or body hair make you not worth knowing? Screw 'em, because you do not want to be friends with shallow douchebags anyway. This is your skin. This is your body. Live in it, love it, deck it out in a swimsuit that makes you feel like a rockstar. Take your rightful place in the sun.

And if anyone makes a comment—if anyone so much as looks at you sideways—then raise up the arms you're so insecure about... and give them the finger. Twice.

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All of this is so, so accurately my life.

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Ball pythons are all the rage in hair accessories right?  Haha.  Little butter stick noodle wanted to hang out with mom while she started messing with her computer.  To be fair I was gone for four days and had someone else watching him.  XD

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in australia, it doesn’t snow. but we do get jacaranda flowers

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I want to be soft and gentle and kindhearted and warm and loving and have open ears and an open heart and have people know that I care about them and I’ll listen to them

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forever that girl that gets really excited when the sky is in pretty colours