"don't eat me" >> cookie cutters

#that awkward blogging moment when you photograph a banana on the floor because lighting is inadequate on the counter

First, let me explain the banana thing – in my house, bananas are widely and deeply loved. For one to ensure that she will have the banana for breakfast the next day, she must carve a message into the prey itself to fend off other predators. All it takes is a careful fork tine and a slight indent in the banana's skin. ;)

My brilliant plan worked. I did eat the banana today, just saying.

Aren't these cookie cutters the cutest things? I got all of these for about $12 at an old-fashioned country store that sells candies, candles, and other neat things like twig pencils (which I also bought!). Clearly among my favorites are the hashtag, the t-rex, the hand (TenToo, anyone? Any Whovians out there?) and, of course the bow tie.

*faint shouting from the Eleventh Doctor about how bow ties are cool*

What's your favorite cutter of the bunch? :3

*this post inspired heavily by the lovely Sarah. I hope you don't mind I borrowed your style!*

Hello Again!

MY GOODNESS I REALLY LOVE DRAWING DRAGONS AND DALEKS

Also, I drew a portrait of Phil. :3 Y'all recognize him, right? (top right corner)

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Sending classic snail mail to a cousin! And of course I decked out the envelope. :D

... You're allowed to decorate the back of these things right??

Included in the letter is a diagram of what the Tenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver looks like. (My cousin isn't a Whovian and I was telling her that my sister received one for Christmas. ;)

Also, a bit of parchment paper with good memories from Thanksgiving (the last time we met) written on it (conveniently blurred for privacy ;) I hope she likes it!

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Currently obsessed with my Eleventh Doctor-model sonic screwdriver. X3

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And now, just to celebrate the pure, sweet laziness of the upcoming weekend:

Kovu (Superman-positioned brown one) is already deep in preparations. ;)

(Don't worry – he could breathe. I checked. :)

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!! I am >>SO<< looking forward to it!!  :D

2016!!!

Happy New Year!

So, I know I haven't been posting for a while – I've been so creatively busy with writing (dude. I've, like written something with actual plot? and an actual ENDING?? and... plot? 8| ) but I'm slowly getting back into this. I'm hoping that I'll blog more in the new year.

And actually, more changes to the blog have been happening behind the scenes of all the new funky colors. XP So... things are still in flux, but I'm really enjoying the whole process. I also can't decide at ALL on a color palette, but this is what my rapidly-switching mind likes at the moment: kind of a mustardy-yellow with darker-and-lighter grays.

Eh? Yeah? No?

Anyways, have a great year, everybody! Farewell, 2015 (and thanks for all the fish! the memories) and hello 2016!

Meet Gamma!

First things first: by gosh golly goodness, where have I BEEN all this time?? XD

Wait a sec, I know how to jazz up the ordinary snores of life a bit...
Okay, I haven't blogged in forever because I have been scaling mountains of bountiful knowledge! (Read: homework) I have been taming wild beasts that roam the Carpetlands! (Read: Playing with my two cats) I have been on a wild untamed adventure with imaginary friends to slay a dragon! (Read: reading the Hobbit) I have been creating a Dalek out of styrofoam and cardboard! (Read: No, actually, that is what I've been doing!)

Ladies and gents, meet Gamma.

YAAY! :D He's my little Dalek that I've been working on for ... oh boy, I can't remember... but a LOT of weeks now. He's constructed entirely of craft items (wire, styrofoam, polymer clay, cardboard)

Here's a breakdown of his crafty anatomy:

Also, I forgot to get a picture of this, but he has a clay stick in his neck piece and a hole in the bottom of his head dome that allows his head to swing around.

Hmm, let's try a rough blueprint in Seashore...

Hopefully that made sense? Ah, well.

I really like him. :)

Good thing is, Gamma isn't all gung-ho with the 'Exterminate!' business. He's a rather polite Dalek, for a Dalek.

Before I go: Shout to Kate, who inspired me to make Gamma. Kate, I wish I could meet your levels of crafting brilliance. Truly. The Doctor himself would be inspired by you.

Thanks for reading! Gamma is anxious to hear your thoughts on him. :)

>>Your friendly neighborhood Embers<<

One of My Favorite Things – Tag

So, I just made up this tag called One of My Favorite Things, because I thought it would be really fun. :D

Here are the rules:

• Link back to the blogger who tagged you

• Take some pictures of your favorite thing in your room

• Explain why that certain thing is so special to you

• Tag five other bloggers

Here's mine. Introduuccccinnnnnggg... Phil!

Phil is my dragon skull. :) (He's made of resin, sadly. XD)

He's actually a trinket box, so his jaws can open up to reveal a tiny little compartment. 

But the DETAIL on this little guy is incredible. I couldn't help going all paparazzi on him because every angle just gets cooler and cooler.

Even a section at the back where the spine would connect!

Right, anyway, the reason Phil is so special to me is because I had been drooling over his Amazon page (by the way, yes, you can buy your own Phil if you want! Link to Amazon here) for weeks, and I was planning to buy him myself. One day, though, my mom handed me a cardboard box and casually mentioned that it was a new lightbulb for the piano lamp (Haha, smooth lie, Mum. Our piano lamp-light hasn't worked for years. XD) and that I should open it. I was suspicious but barely dared to hope until I slid out the styrofoam packing and saw him look up at me.

He now resides on my bookshelf, sandwiched between Doctor Who DVDs and Fox Bowl.

...Poor Fox Bowl. S/He doesn't have a name nearly as unique as Phil's.

Now, I tag:

• Lady Emily

• Clara

• Becca Whitlock

• Caroline Fiol

• Storyteller Fiol

Hope you guys have fun with this! I know I certainly did. X]

SUCCESS

YAAASSSSSS

Finally, finally, I am starting to like my blog again! Oh boy, the emotional stress of such a thing... is ridiculous, let me tell you. I'm so happy to finally be inspired enough to write out a post! Oh, just wait for me to change the entire thing in less than a week probably... but oh well. :) I love it as it is now, so we'll see how long this sticks! Thanks for bearing with me so far! I am so fickle-minded, huh?

So... in order to break the ice with this new font and blog layout, I will now make some weird sounds with my mouth (keyboard?) including wackity wong, blurpity blubbery, and wacky wonderfulness :D

Thanks, David Tennant for the inspiration of that particularly eloquent last line.

I'm so happy that I'm weird XD

Guess What?

Because sometimes, we need a reminder

:)

Go out there and be inspiring, yo.