#hand-made products

[cozylittleartblog]

400% sure he would love steven universe

[somecunttookmyurl]

guys i need you to know that like.

if you see a charm you like on somehing i've made and you're thinking to yourself "aw damn i love those earrings but i don't have pierced ears i'd love it on a necklace though" or "yo that's so cute but i don't wear necklaces i wish it was a phone charm" or whatever

just ask me. it's no inconvenience to me to put charm A on component C instead of component B i promise. there's no custom order charge. whatever it is will be the same price as whatever other equivalent things i've made already.

that's the beauty of making stuff and not being a factory production line. i can just make something else

as i'm typing this i'm reminded of a guy who came by the stall next to mine a few weeks ago (crafty dark aunty. she's on facebook. she's cool) lamenting to his friend that he loved the little dragonfly charms on a pair of earrings but only wore single earrings and also didn't like the additional bead. so Babs just piped up like "i can take the bead off right now and just sell you a single earring, if you like"

he looked at her like this was some sort of witchcraft like. bestie if you put 2 things on a piece you can just as easily remove one of them. a new earring can easily be created to replace the one you are taking.

[welcometogrouchland]

I love Steph's origin as told in the Secret Origins 80 page giant- I just overall think it strengthens her character by giving her a lot of pathos and adding to her heroism (which isn't something writers were focused on in her actual intro in detective comics #647 since she was just meant to act as a plot device back then) BUT there is one tiny detail in it i will begrudge, and that is the portrayal of her having a minor love at first sight moment for tim

Secret origins 80 page giant, ID in alt

(or well, technically this was their second meeting in that story (the brick was the first) so...love at second sight?)

Mostly because Stephanie showed no interest in her introduction and only showed romantic feelings towards Tim AFTER this moment here:

Robin (1993) #4, ID in alt

Straight up the progression here goes:

The adventure in 'tec where they first meet -> Tim investigating the same crime scene as Steph -> she beats him up not knowing it's him at first, apologizes but says he shouldn't have scared her -> he remembers her/the moniker she goes by -> they talk about plot for a few pages -> Stephanie starts flirting

Robin (1993) #4, ID in alt

Which...is so fascinating to me and says so much about Stephanie. She highlights the fact that Tim "remembered" her. Like. Steph. Girl. This is our bar? It's sweet but kind of speaks to how much Stephanie is ignored at home/how little and sporadically she's shown interacting with her peers (and rarely ever the same kids twice). Her idea of peak romance is just...being on someone's mind even when you're not there.

Kind of also adds layers to Steph's proclivity towards jealousy later on, a manifestation of her insecurity and loneliness (though don't get it twisted, she's not written this way bc Dixon and co think it's an interesting character flaw, they wrote it bc they think it's an inherent character flaw of (particularly young) women/girls, which is very apparent in how he approaches Ariana's character as well from what I've read)

Also the fact that Steph becomes so smitten for Tim almost immediately after this is (a few issues later she aggressively flirts with him during AN ACTIVE HOSTAGE SITUATION. WHERE SHE'S THE HOSTAGE) again is kind of a mixture of kind of funny and sad. One boy is nice to her once and she's fully ready to wife him. Girl you are deranged (affectionate) (concerned)

[ducktracy]

i know it’s kind of redundant given that a lot of my blog functions as a historical archive in itself, and especially my reviews where i try and post every bit of production art i can find coinciding with the short being reviewed, but i’m seriously considering starting a side blog of exclusively posting LT production art because there have been too many times where i’ve seen some production art, went “i love this!”, forgotten to save it and never found it again. much to ponder

[danieyells]

I've also amended Jin's home screen dialogue post to have all of his voicelines on it! Once again pinging @mayoigotokurousagi for this as well as @karmablacks who asked me to put in the rest of them.

Masterpost is also updated. How tf is it almost 10pm. What did I even do today. I think I slept until like 2pm. Like Jin does.

[maironsbigboobs]

re: elf servants

I think generally there are servants in royal/noble households simply for practical reasons and they generally fall into 2 categories: specialised servants (think, stewards and messengers and scribes, masters of horses or kennels, that kind of thing) and servants who help with the upkeep of the household (cleaning, repairs, cooking and also the apprentices and assistants of specialised servants)

specialised servants are probably quite prestigious roles and fields of industry in their own right, and they are considered full members of a household, and probably are closely linked to the person they serve - it's as much a political and social statement to be Finwe's chief scribe as it is an economic one

but the second category are more associated with the house than the family living in it - for example, Finwe's palace in Tirion would function both as a home and a diplomatic and administrative centre, it would be impossible for him to rule and keep up with chores himself. But Fingolfin's personal home would probably not have any full-time servants - when there more people than usual to feed or house then professionals might be hired, but for the most part I imagine the day to day is done by the family (made possible by the fact elves sleep and eat less than humans)

IRL domestic service (at least in the 18th century) often functioned as a kind of prep stage for adult life (for women in particular, but gender is probably not as big a factor for elves) and I could definitely see this in Valinor - domestic servants being 80% elves between 50-100 who haven't chosen an apprenticeship or similar in another field who are earning extra money to set up their own households, getting experience outside of the family, meeting others in their own ae cohort, learning independence etc. It's a job that comes with the offer of room and board + the wages a king/prince/lord can provide. Not glamorous, but not terrible.

The other 20% is made up of professional servants - experienced elves who are genuinely like the work and are contracted workers as much as a builder or gardener might be. Some of them might be independent and others part of businesses set up by other elves who are really into cooking/cleaning etc.

In Beleriand the situation (for the exiles at least) is probably very different, though I think there would be attempts to adapt the system - but there aren't as many households that need servants and there aren't as many young elves.

[altraviolet]

iced lemon pound cake vibes

heh. pound cake

[im-just-a-simple-tailor]

I‘M DONE!!! 🪐🌍☄️🚀⭐️💫

6 hours of hand sewing the lining plus more uncounted hours for pattern making, cutting, hemming and pinning and like 6,5 episodes of Fellow Travellers later, I’m finally done, just in time for Terrible Influence Tour on Wednesday (:

[lunasilvis]

"Hey Michelle, what have you been up to?" ☝️

[gncrezan]

born to be a wealthy patron of the arts forced to be working class

[hellishgayliath]

Felting progress today

I recently watched some tmnt shorts the other night in a discord group I'm in and i felt inspired to try and make cucumber mikey in that one rise short. Him silly :3 he so cute

And it also gave me a use for the mikey head i had already made a good while back (gotta make him his lil blep)

I gave him the markings i usually draw on him and made his mask removable :3

Manage to make the arms so far, symmetry is a fickle thing to uphold in felting. Im still trying to find a way to make hands and feet in a way that's easy and that works for me cuz they a lil hard to make since they're small. Might do the legs tomorrow

Then the cucumber, which is still a work in progress, i use white for the base since its the most amount of wool i have then lay some greens on top. I am lacking in dark greens tho so i might have to order some more to get the colour im looking for. I'm hoping by the end of this i can sew his arms on in a way that im able to make them move and he can do his lil dancey dance

Also rip my needle. Not the first to break and definitely not the last lmao Good thing i have extras. When you're invested in this kind of craft, ALWAYS have an extra supply of needles, they will break even if you think you're being careful, it still happens.

So yeah! That's all I managed to get done today :D

[trainingdummyrabbit]

so hey. Hey. *gently grabs you* I just got into In Stars And Time and oooouuughhhh the. The Trauma. The Parallels to Angie and the others. ISAT has a prologue called START AGAIN that you should check out first to get a good grasp on it though but ooouuughghghg

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WHO IS THIS BEAST AND WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP INFLICTING THEM ON ME (<- knows who the beast is and why people keep inflicting them on me)

[mariocki]

The Nesting (Massacre Mansion, 1981)

"It may come as a surprise to you that a physicist could even contemplate the existence of paranormal phenomena."

"But you admit to the possibility."

"I admit the possibility of the unknown. I admit that science is only beginning to understand its own discoveries. But I do not believe in evil spirits or painted phantoms in windows."

[myplace2fangirl]

They’ve loved each other for over 15 years.

[pineapplefulfillseveryneed]

Sparkstember day 22: The Seduction Of Ingmar Bergman✨