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gallacrafts · 1 year

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🎆 GALLACRAFTS SECOND ANNIVERSARY PROJECT (& Theme 21)🎆

It's MAY now! Which means, the time has come

The Mission (should you choose to accept it):

the 2nd anniversary project is to make crafts which will be turned (if you wish) onto Redbubble merch (t-shirts, mugs, stickers oh my!) that you and anyone else who wishes can buy and wear and use and love every day 🥰

here's how it will work:

The Why: basically every month we have people asking for crafts to become merch, so for this project we thought WHY NOT?!?!

The What: the theme for May will be THROWBACK THEME 2, meaning you can revisit any of the previous themes from two years of Gallacrafts

The How: it's a COLLABORATIVE project if you want it to be, so grab a partner or a group now

The When: posting day will be Sunday 21 May

The Where: we'll work our magic to set up a Redbubble store in June with your designs plus some special anniversary designs we'll put together. the store will be open all of July which is our second anniversary month!

we'll do reminders in May but for now put on your thinking caps and grab a partner or group! -> This is the reminder!

there's also this month's theme This Kiss to keep you busy in the meantime 😘

Frequently Asked Questions

I don't have anyone to collab with, what do I do?

We're running a matchmaking service so send Cherry @too-schoolforcool or Donna @sleepyfacetoughguy a DM if you'd like some help, or alternatively come hang over on the Gallacrafts Discord.

Also, if you'd prefer to work alone, feel free!

What were the past themes?

Fuck U-Up

Breakfast Boys

Choose your own adventure

Family's Family

Secret Santavich

🖕🖕 And especially fuck you

C'mere

Stargazing

Deleted scenes

EMT Ian

I'm fucking gay

You're under my skin

Team theme/we make a good team

I like 'em sweet/gallacrafts after dark

Holiday cards

Wearable crafts

Short King

Big Fic Energy

This Kiss

(psssst you can also check out past themes on the Gallacrafts Blog here!)

I want to participate in this month's theme but don't want my craft on merch, what do I do?

Absolutely no problem! Either contact one of the admins (Cherry or Donna) & let them know, or state in your post whether you wanna opt out. We'll also be double-checking with each crafter who participates that they want to be-merched.

Are you making money off this?

No way. We're able to set the profit margin on Redbubble at zero - so you'll be able to buy the merch at the lowest possible price and we definitely DO NOT make a cut. We'll take screenshots of the process of setting up the store for transparency and accountability.

I don't make digital art, how can my craft be made into merch?

we get it, we're physical crafters ourselves! crafters like us might need to think outside the box a bit on this one

Maybe you might want your Galla-cookie recipe on a magnet?

Maybe you want to make the rooster mug and then put a pic of that on a mug (mug-ception)

The Discord is a great place to ask for help or incubate ideas 💡

#Mod Post #gallacrafts #2nd anniversary project #shameless #ian x mickey #gallavich #ian gallagher #mickey milkovich #theme 21 #throwback theme 2 #gallacrafts second anniversary #gallacrafts theme reveal

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talenlee · 5 months

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Do You Want Invincible Ink Stuff For Decemberween?

Decemberween is coming! Decembeween is oh so near! Decemberween is for giving! Decemberween is almost here! Decemberween, Decemberween, it’s fifty-five days after Halloween!

If you are at all interested in Stuff I’ve Made as products for presents for people in the coming months, I’d like to make this my official opportunity to tell you to go check them out now. It’s November, it’s near the end, if you’re in the Mainland USA or Canada (which my metrics indicate you are), and if you want something to arrive for you over there in order to give it to someone as a gift, now is a good time to set aside some coins and check out the stores for our stuff!

Here, let me show you the kinds of things I make that you may want to spend some money on!

First of all, there’s a bunch of stuff on my most successful store, the Redbubble Store! This is a place where you can buy stickers of the different designs I’ve done, which includes these delightful ones:

And my shirts, which includes these designs that have been popular this year. Well, people have bought them this year. The point is, these are shirt designs I made, and these two designs represent designs people have bought as shirts, and not just as a stickers. I particularly want to shout out the buyer in Germany who bought a Thule Things Infant Onesie.

But hey, you might think ‘Talen? that guy makes games, why is he mentioning t-shirts as his most successful store?’ Well, you can get games too!

Almost all of my games are available at DriveThruCards as print-on-demand. This is a great way for you to grab them, they’re fast and they’re delivered in sometimes as little as a week. I like them a lot, I think they’ll meet your needs really easily again, if you’re in the mainland USA, you can buy them and they’ll arrive in a quick enough time!

If you’re looking for a game in my portfolio to check out, I want to recommend some games that I think hit a certain kind of interest:

Fabricators is a dense, replayable economy game like San Juan, but built out of a single deck of cards, and with a thematic space that doesn’t represent its economy structures as being about Just More Colonial Capitalism.

Good Cop, Bear Cop, is a hidden identity secret role game where players don’t have to talk to each other directly and deal with the ensuing anxiety. It’s meant to be faster and less pure than the games like it, so that players have more room to let the game choices communicate for them.

Dark Signs is a horror-themed strategy game which I’m still incredibly happy with! It’s a strategy game, it works across multiple rounds, and the theme and aesthetic hold together in a way I really like. It’s one of my oldest games now and it’s one I still think is one of the best.

Hook, Line & Sinker, is another small bluffing game about con artists improvising an optimal plan before the snitch in the party outs them all, it’s cheap, and it plays really quick. If your play group wants things to do while other players are rounding out larger, slower games, grab a copy and jam it in the collection!

Dog Bear is a single book, fast-start RPG that I promote as a way to get people into roleplaying games without any challenges making characters. It’s meant to give you the tools you need to tell a short story about Metal Gear Solid style characters completing a mission, told in flashback.

Our most successful and beloved game, LFG: Looking For Group is a simple drafter where you’re trying to build a team of adventurers to go on a quest, and they all beat each other up on the way out the door.

Sector 86 is a big deck, single deck game where you build your own space station, with a push-your-luck mechanism. It’s a game with a lot of dedicated work in building out the flavour and giving players things to do in the course of their day, with a really simple set of mechanisms for playing the game.

Finally, if you like the microgames like Hook, Like & Sinker, you should check out some of our other microgames, like Cat & The Mouse (a two player stealth game), Senpai Notice Me! (a multiplayer trading game about girls kissing girls), The Botch (a game about ruinously complex failed heists and bluffing your way through it), and You Can’t Win (a simple negotiator game about trying to win tricks in a way that mean you can win the last trick).

But if you’re not in the mainland USA, these shipping rates can get pretty hard and you might not be able to afford them. But if you still want some Invincible Ink games, and if you like craft projects, I’d like to recommend you check out our line of games, for the Print and Play options. These are all priced to be compared to numbers we find funny, like the value of a Tumblr Verified Stamp.

If you’re at all interested in making Print-And-Play versions of these games, you’re going to want access to some printable sticker paper and some cardboard. The cardboard can be anything, like a cereal box, if that’s your jam, and then you apply them together. It’s something that you can do a really nice job of if you take some time to do it.

I really recommend checking out print-and-play games as a sort of craft project. They take you away from the keyboard and screen, and when you’re done, you have something you can play with. There are ways to do fancy edging and corners on your cards with little hand tools like a cheap, ~$12 corner cutter kinda device. Consider that the bigger games can be around 120 cards, which can be a lot of time to make. Don’t feel you need to rush!

Anyway, this is hopefully useful advice for you if you’re interested in the kinds of things I make and think ‘Oh I should do that as a present for someone.’ This is a reminder that now is probably the best time to do that!

If you’re just thinking about giving me money for the media I make on the internet, and you don’t want any of these things specifically, then my Patreon exists and has been running on a consistent rule of not paywalling anything.

Check it out on PRESS.exe to see it with images and links!

#Making

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palepinkgoat · 9 months

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tag game...thursday? Sorry I'm late.

Thank you @celestialmickey @juliakayyy @francesrose3 @rereadanon for tagging me in!

name: Karen

age: (waves to Julia)

favorite season: Summer!

movies or tv shows? It's become all about tv shows somehow.

do you carry a bag/purse? what kind? A tan leather rectangular crossbody (kind of hardcover book size) from Madewell that I LOVE. My friend Miwako gave it to me. She has a bag and purse problem and has gifted me several. I feel like A Real Grownup. My wallet (not like you asked) is a cute small yellow zip up from Fjallraven.

what color is your water bottle? Olive green with stickers! I only just put stickers on it. One says "I want the gun back, Mickey" with a tire iron and flowers, made by @wildxwired and available on redbubble!

what color is your phone case? Clear glitter so one can see my yellow phone. Yellow is my fave color and my daughter cut out some very small drawings featuring yellow so I stuck them in there.

do you sleep in silence or do you need white noise/sounds/music? Box fan, baby.

top sheets: yes or no? No - my husband says it's like sleeping in the pocket of a giant.

you’re in the candy aisle at the corner store, what are you grabbing? Hairbo sour gummy bears

preferred mode of travel (plane/train/car/bus/on foot/etc?): I love driving so much. But I take a lot of planes and I'm always amazed that we can get places so fast in a metal container just...up in the sky.

what’s your phone background right now? Just plain darkish blue. I like to keep the background and Lock Screen just one color/boring view.

are you more of a minimalist or a maximalist? I strive to be a minimalist in some ways but my house would say otherwise.

it’s time to paint your bedroom! what color are you choosing? I'd like to paint it what looks like white but is actually like slightly tinted something else, like pink or blue or lavender. Do you know what I mean? Like you can only tell it's another color with lamplight.

and finally, tell me something that brings you joy: reading cookbooks like they are novels Seems like most of yall have done this so I'll go read yours! Please do it if you haven't and tag me in it so I can see!

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johannesviii · 10 months

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do you have a way to purchase any prints or similar of your work? I stumbled across some of your doctor who edas stuff and have been slowly losing my mind, its fantastic

I used to put some stuff on Redbubble but it was a lot of work and they usually deleted most of the Doctor Who things I uploaded after a couple of days, so I stopped doing that. Sorry.

Alternatively, the 1 dollar tier of my Patreon gives access to a shit ton of larger versions of some of the stuff I made (263 pictures currently). Obviously not everything in the "high res" tag is Doctor Who fanart, but there's still quite a lot of it. So yeah you can grab some of those, convert the files to jpg (they print better than png. You might also want to switch the colors to CMYK) and print them on good paper if you like!

(By the way I don't mind at all if you only pay 1 dollar for one month, grab every single file you want in the "high res" tag, then cancel the next month after that first dollar is paid)

#replies #patreon

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handsometheo · 2 years

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If your not to busy could u do katagawa jr x reader wholesome content,usually people who write katagawa in fanfics write him cold,and pervy (also I love your work I appreciate it lots❤️)

Ok I'm going to be completely honest, you are my fav mutual <3 I appreciate you so so much!!

I put into headcanons and such because I couldn't decide on what exact kind of thing I wanted to write for it.

Wholesome Katagawa Jr

Pairing: Katagawa Jr x Gn! reader

Reader pronouns used: They/Them/theirs

Warnings: nothing you wouldn't expect in borderlands, mentions of killing

Summary: take a hint.

⊱ ────── {.⋅ ♫ ⋅.} ───── ⊰

Cutest mf

He may be a complete psycho but he also has like the strongest sense of family

Yk?

Like he said Rhys could have been his brother once so he clearly wanted him to be very close and like his family

So when you come along, oh boy, he's starstuck

Like a lost puppy he'll always find a way to come and follow behind you

He hates pda because he prefers every moment with you to be special and for very few eyes to see.

He purrs

You can not convince me he doesn't

When you cuddle with him and start messing with his hair, omg 😍

He loves it sm

Like you

He is hardly ever the big spoon, Idk what's telling me this just trust me on this.

He has hardly any clothing that isn't in the Maliwan colours or is for a formal occasion

So he may sometimes steal some of your clothes (if they would fit)

And when he can't steal something, give him an accessory of some kind that matches the main colour of your outfit

He's a douche

We can't deny that and push that aside

As much as we would like to

So obviously he's a huge prick to everyone in the room

Until you walk in, he literally gets weak at the knees from the mere sight of you

Breathless

Takes a whole second or two to regain his posture

Nobody dares bring it up if they do notice it, unless they've been dreaming of having a few bullets loaded into them

Such a goof

Only around you

He's so silly and tells you all about his day after coming home to you

He'll sit near you and open his arms for you to crawl into

Then he chats about all the annoying things but mainly the things he found funny throughout the day

Then he'll try to get up but if you refuse to let him go, he'll stay

He gets sooo whiny, even though he's faking it.

A constant whine no matter what he's doing

Has like 5 cats

Tell me I'm wrong.

I'm not.

He had 7 but had some weird thing about how 2 of them deserve to be set free so they could live out some weird love story?

I told you he was silly

An oddity really

If you don't like cats it's kinda a deal breaker, sorry babe

If you want any other pets, they will arrive to you in the next 3 hours of you mentioning it to him

Lizard of sorts? Yours

Bird? Yours

Fish? He'll keep the cats away but yours

Movie marathons.

A key part to every relationship if you ask me!

He grabs blanket after blanket and makes an area for the cats, you and him to all sit comfortably

Oh yeah! Forgot to mention

The cats are your kids

You are a cat parent now 👏👏 congrats!

Overall I believe he acts really sweet to his s/o

Just not everyone else

Oh and a HUGE cat lover

8/10

Only 2 points deducted because he cannot cook and should never be allowed in a kitchen

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Sorry it was short! I hope it was good enough!! No this has not been properly proofread

I'm gonna go and keep working on my stories on Wattpad cause I'm planning on writing a new one. A httyd one 😌

Borderlands Masterlist

Httyd Masterlist (NEW!)

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renedemarie82 · 1 year

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List your top 5 albums! What do you love about them? When did you first listen to them?

Ah! A very hard question but I will see what I come up with! (In no particular order)

- Exit by Tangerine Dream

An album I have on vinyl and thought I should mention since I think it’s the one I put on the most. I found this album while looking for the soundtrack to Risky Business which they also did. (I loooooove Love on A Real Train from that soundtrack)

- No Geography by the Chemical Brothers

I found this album during a time when I was obsessed with the movie Logans Run so it’s always been the alternative soundtrack in my head. The night I went through a breakup I listened to the album twice or more through the night while I was drawing, and I’ve found it’s my favorite album to listen to while I draw.

- Please Please Me by The Beatles

My sister and I know the words to every song on the album. The first time I drove on a long trip we blasted it via my car CD player (rip to that car) and it just kind of made an imprint on me as my favorite album by The Beatles

- Strawberry Switchblade by Strawberry Switchblade

It’s their only album so if you ever want to get into their discography that’s basically it. (Besides some unofficial stuff) I love their John Peel sessions that you can find on YouTube, but overall their songs really hit me with their anxious lyrics which I don’t usually grab onto. I discovered them on New Year’s Day nearly a year ago now when I found a sticker of them on Redbubble. Also their sense of style influences me constantly 🖤🤍

- Electric Café by Kraftwerk

Boing Boom Tschak is my constant internal dialogue. A blessing and a curse. I love old 3D animation (because Tron) so the music video by Rebecca Allen really resonated with me. I know the album doesn’t have a theme unlike most of Kraftwerk’s albums but I like the craziness of it all. I think I discovered this album because of someone on Twitter saying that the album came out when he was in middle school.

If anyone else wants to do some soul searching and pick their top five I highly recommend it! I call upon thee.

#my top five albums #tangerine dream #the chemical brothers #please please me #strawberry switchblade #kraftwerk #electric café #techno pop

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sloggervlogger · 2 years

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Never Underestimate Your Baby Sister Lowland gorilla babies Vuko (January 8th 2020) is wrestling her older brother Louango (May 25th 2018) to the ground at the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park. They still have their white bum spot. There is no definite answer why the little once have this. Some say it's so mum can spot them easily when they are that young. Louango (this is Tamba's son, Tamba is Ambam's sister and Ambam is the brother of Oumbi) is putting his arm around his half-sister, but she's having none of it and pushes him flat into the grass. Not just that, she then sits on him to holds him down. Mind you, Louango is not putting up much of a fight, but what a move from the two year old. She knows what she wants, she's a feisty one. He grabs her shoulder and tries to get away, but his sister is not giving up that easily, she sits on his back instead. Piggybacking on her brother. She only moves when her brother slings both arms onto the back trying to get her off. She runs away, climbs on the log. Louango tries to grab her, but she leaps off the log into the grass. The western lowland gorilla boy reaches over the log to grab some of the plant. Meanwhile Vuko is running through the grass after her mum Viringika. Look at those little legs go. Climbing over the logs and then catching up with mum grabbing her back. At the feeding site, Louango caught up with her again and tries to steal some food of her, jumping after her, but she gets away, bumping in to her mother and in the end she has some food in both hands. #sloggervlogger #sloggervloggergorillas #gorillas Don't forget to subscribe and hit that notification bell for more! Travel, Days out and zoo hyperlapse YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/WatchAndSubTravel Gorilla T-shirts, stickers, hoody's and much more are now available. Shop/Merch links with worldwide delivery: Biggest collection T-shirts, stickers, apparel, homeware and much more rawshutterbug Redbubble https://ift.tt/OJCBl4m #AD #RedbubbleAmbassador rawshutterbug Zazzle: Customizable T-shirts, stickers, apparel, homeware and much more Gorillas https://ift.tt/AG8eJmj Visit my website at: https://ift.tt/Q7nZrfp rawshutterbug photo4me: Quality wall art http://bit.ly/rawshutterbugPhoto4Me Some links above are affiliate links, meaning I earn a commission on final purchases with zero additional cost to yourself. SloggerVlogger

#IFTTT #YouTube #video #animal video #SloggerVlogger

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godesssiri · 27 days

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I'm seriously considering setting up a Society6 shop with public domain images. I've seen quite a few with 10 images (which is as many as you're allowed with a free account) so it's obvious that these people have grabbed 10 public domain images, set up a shop with a free account and are sitting back collecting commissions.

That's not exactly what I want to do. I think I'm going to try a basic paid account ($5 a month) for 6 months, if it doesn't work out I've sunk 30 bucks and a chunk of my time. The reason it would be a chunk of time is: I collect antique books. They have gorgeous illustrations and I often feel sad that those pretty pictures are trapped in the pages of a book and not adorning random things around my home. I took photos of some of the pictures in a set of natural history books and went to one of those sites where you can get your photos printed on stuff like coasters. I love my antique natural history coasters to bits. I'm happy every time I grab one to use. I'm sure other people would want coasters, or makeup bags, or throw pillows, or coffee mugs, or socks with those images - and all the other images in my gorgeous old books. The reason I want to go with a paid account is because it would be SO HARD to chose just 10 images and with paid I can have up to 100. I would take high quality photos from my books (I don't want to risk the spines of my books trying to scan them) and upload them, and of course credit the artist where that info is available or the book when the artist is not listed. If it does well enough I could invest in one of those portable document scanners that don't require me to flatten the fragile spines of my 100 + year old books. I could even use the money to buy more books and call it a business expense.

Has anyone had any experience with Print of Demand sites? I'm leaning towards Society6 because I've heard some not so great stuff about Redbubble.

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jaderimehardt · 2 months

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Printful Product Samples Pt1

Hello! o/

Today I bring to you the Printful Product Samples, Part 1, that I previously promised I'd write on my official wordpress blog. I'm basically copying over the exact post because social media being what it is- it's just good to have things on multiple platforms for visibility.

Trust me though, if you're interested in Printful products- this post will not disappoint 😊

Sizing!

At first, when it comes to ordering these products off of an Etsy shop who Partner's with Printful, it might be confusing what size to get because the sizing sheet they automatically provide is a little... well it's not like other sizing guides. Making it a bit of a guessing game.

They want you to grab a piece of clothing you already own, lay it out, measure it, and then half that measurement, use that size in the measuring chart to determine what to order. I don't even fully grasp this way of coming to a conclusive size because none of the numbers I was getting matched anything in the chart despite how straight forward that seems.

I went searching through the internet to find an alternative sizing guide for everything to basically come to the conclusion that whatever you typically wear- go with that. True to size (unisex clothing).

So, in my case, the safe sizes I usually wear are Small up top, and Medium on bottom. That's what I ordered and these sizes worked perfectly for me in Unisex items. When it comes to male/female specific clothes... ��🏻‍♀️. May have to refer to charts again and do some more internet searching.

Some people with Printful as their Partner have figured out the sizing and have made alternative sizing sheets to put in their shop. This is smart and I'll probably look into doing this into the future if I can find out where they've got this information. But until then I have the default sheets and I hope other people can make sense of it where I couldn't. (I do have a neuro disorder so 🤷🏻‍♀️ I'm just going to conveniently blame it on that, lol)

Quality!

I am so impressed with the quality of these items, that I am in awe. If I were comparing this to RedBubble, it'd be like comparing a 1-ply paper napkin (RedBubble) to a handstitched cloth napkin you typically find when you go out to dinner at a fancy steak house (Printful). The worlds are so far apart, it's crazy. You are most definitely getting what you are paying for and I'm not just saying this because Printful is now my partner.

If I were to buy another jacket with my Octopus designs on it again, I'd 100% go back to Printful for it, getting paid for it or not. In fact I bought all of these out of pocket, I'm not getting anything for this post (sans the items I paid for with my own money).

I did have to color correct most of these images because it's raining outside and the pictures I took downstairs were gloomy and offset by our yellow indoor lighting. And then when I brought the clothing upstairs, my room walls are super red-red and again, offset with yellow lighting. I tried to color-correct to the true-blue that everything truly is.

There are only like, three pictures I didn't touch, and you'll notice them. They're more on the teal side because my phone cannot pick up the true-blue, but the blue is gorgeous. I couldn't get the aquamarine-color in the octopuses arms to show much in these pics, but it is what it is 🫠

This is how they arrived, inside another thick plastic bag. I thought they'd be in a box but at the very least they were sealed in plastic (within more plastic) so they couldn't be penetrated or damaged by rain.

This is my Magus Adventurer Octopus Bomber Jacket - Unisex. Almost all clothing in my shop is going to be Unisex. That's a personal preference of clothing for myself and I feel it's more convenient to post items this way. It's also more equal/fair.

The fabric on this is lightweight, but the stitching is fantastic, as with all of the clothing pieces I got. If you're looking for something to keep you warm, this wouldn't be it, but this is a nice wind breaker and fashion statement.

These photos in particular (are the ones I didn't fix the colors on but the colors are not accurate none-the-less), but they're also very important to show because look at my designs. They're literally printed as the fabric. They're not printed on top of the fabric.

This is very important because that means over time they will not wash away over so many washes, and peel off. Thus extending the life of these pieces of clothing. 💝💙💓

Glowing Galaxy Octopus Legging. Leggings might be one of the few exceptions to my 'unisex' clothing thing, lol. I mean... if you want em, there's nothing holding you back. It just doesn't say 'unisex' in the description anywhere 🤷🏻‍♀️

I want leggings because, again, this a preference in my clothing style - something I wear often. I feel they're versatile, comfortable, have a long shelf life, and they're worth your money if you invest in them. They're also great if you live somewhere really hot and you don't always feel like wearing shorts (says the person who lives in Cali where it's almost always 80-110 degrees).

Again the quality is above what I expected and the stitching is amazing.

(You can see my TekuTiger Logo here 🥰. Fun fact: I'm trying to fit this into all of my clothing.)

Glowing Galaxy Octopus Wide-leg Pants. These are so baggy and the fabric has weight to it, I love them~ 💙

You can never go wrong with a good pair of baggy pants or PJ bottoms. Something like this is what I lounge around in all day when I'm staying in. I'm an introvert so that happens more often than the average person 😅

I know I've said it already but I cannot get over the quality of this fabric. Maybe I'm just not used to high quality fabric, but I've bought many things from Victoria's Secret, for example (yeah I'm one of those girls) and this even beats out VS.

No more VS for me, it's Printful all the way after this.

(My TekuTiger logo is hidden in the pocket on these pants)

This is the bomber jacket again. You can't see it in any of the pictures I've shown, but my TekuTiger Logo is on the bottom hip cuff on the inside.

I think it's cute how I have the option to add my own logo and it's totally hidden from view. If you ever forget my name or where you've gotten my stuff, you can just find my logo again by looking at the clothing article and search me up online again!

I only bought three things this time, but I would like to get more in the future. Most especially some stickers. I need to design more things too. My mind is going 100-thoughts per second, lol.

I'm just incredibly blown away 🤯. Why don't more people use Printful? Is it just lack of knowledge of their products? 🤔 Because these are amazing.

(Last but not least, My shop link: https://tekutiger.etsy.com)

#jade.blog #printful #printful products #etsyshop #etsyseller #octopus #product reviews #clothing

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vampireantihero · 1 year

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The 2023 Great Fridge Debacle (Newsletter)

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic weekend. I’m back with a bit of a story, some plans, and the weekly schedule as promised. As you can tell from the title, the upcoming story involves refrigerators. I’ll get to that in a moment. First, let’s talk about this weeks’ plan.

Here’s this week’s daily schedule:

As you can see, this is a lighter week. I’m really putting my pedal to the metal and trying to make progress on the mood and composition class despite big mental distractions and busy-ness that keeps getting in the way. So, the Twitch streams say we’re going to be working on the mood and composition pieces, but I’m hoping to be further along than what these topics suggest. What I’m planning for is that I’ll be past that point before the Twitch stream is scheduled. However if I’m not past that creative mark by the time the Twitch stream is supposed to go live, then we’ll be working on that thing during the Twitch stream. I’ve been working rather slow the last month or so because of 1) taking the time to do studies in the mid-afternoon in order to improve my skills and 2) fighting a pretty intensive art block from all of the personal stuff happening. You know I’ve been open and honest with you all, and I’ll continue to do the best I can with the energy and resources I have.

Next week, I’ll go back to planning new merch and getting stuff up into the Redbubble store and the website store. I’m once again thinking about whether or not to source limited run prints of some of my art, but I’ll talk more about that once we get to that point. For this week, I want to get the class to you all. My goal is to have it finished by the end of the week, but I don’t want to write a long message apologizing if I don’t hit that goal, so we’re planning a different, easier video for the end of this week. I’m hoping to start uploading Youtube videos at least once a week for you all, so this is my push towards that goal. If I wind up not getting the video done, then I know that’s too ambitious and I’ll stay at bi-weekly uploads. I’m trying to find a balance, still.

The 2023 Great Fridge Debacle

In other news, let me paint you a picture depicting a harrowing tale of overwhelm, unplanned purchases, and luck amidst insane misfortune.

Alright, so maybe not that dramatic, but it was definitely a stressful situation that I don’t ever want to repeat again. As I mentioned last week, my theatre troupe is back in full swing, and we’ve been having rehearsals. That means I work from about 9am to 5:45-ish, eat, and then we’re at rehearsal by 6:30pm and usually there until around 9:30pm. So on Wednesday, we get home from our rehearsal and I decided I wanted some ice cream. I go to pick up the carton, and the bottom is just… Liquid. Straight defrosted ice cream. Cue the panic. We go into the fridge and try to adjust the temperature. Our fridge is only about 15 degrees below room temperature. So, we made a snap decision. I bought the cheapest fridge that fit our needs that could come in the shortest time window.

Luckily, Lowe’s was having a sale that happened to be ending at 2am the next morning. Luckily, they offer haul away service. Luckily, we live in Wisconsin, so it’s cold outside— it was about 20 degrees that day. Also luckily, my husband can be forgetful over certain things, and we had some frozen jugs outside full of water from the summer months when he typically gardens. So, we grabbed some of the jugs, wiped them down, and put them in the fridge/freezer. And get this — it actually worked. None of our food spoiled. It was interesting watching the techs bring the new fridge in and take the old fridge away, because they had to take the doors off to get it inside. I’ll have it sitting on my credit card for a while. Where our fridge lives in our kitchen makes it so that one door won’t fully open. But that’s all okay— we have a working fridge.

Ultimately, it’s only March and I’ve had enough excitement in a negative way to last me the next five years, but I’m hoping that the rest of the year has this weird string of luck for us. I don’t know what the cards hold for the future, but it’s alright. This week, I’ll leave you with this — no matter what the universe throws at you, if you handle it with grace and stride, and lean on your support systems, things will be okay.

Take care of yourselves. Drink your water. Do what you can. I love you all.

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tiamatskk · 2 years

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Violet & Primrose (February Month Flower) -- continue

The fairy was curious why the boy wasn't coming. She went to his house to see the imprisoned boy. She was furious, but before she did anything to his aunt. The boy begged her to stop. The fairy heard the boy, so she made the cruel woman depth in her nightmare and unlocked the door. After that, she led the boy to where they felt most at ease, the Primrose patches. Under the light of the stars, the tiny winged girl saw the bruise on the boy's face, she touched it gently, and the boy twitched slightly. So the fairy let go of his face. For a moment, the silence covered them. With hope in her eyes, she offered, "Do you want to live with me?" she said with an empathetic voice. "I can…?" the boy answered with a hopeful tone. "Yes, but…" she paused, "I have to turn you into my kind." she looked up and waited for his response. The boy was speechless and contemplated to himself. "Then, that means…" the blushes creep on his face, "I can live with you forever?". Now the color red also flushes through the fairy's cheek. "…yes," she answered shyly. The boy smiled brightly. He picked the small Violet flower that grew not far from the Primrose patches and wreathed them into a ring. Then he placed it nicely on the petit crown of the fairy. As they walked through the luminous door that led to the fairy realm, the boy whispered in his beloved little ear. "I love you." with a surprised expression. The fairy beamed merrily as the shining light enveloped them and disappeared. When the story has ended, the elderly fairy looks around to see his grandchild, all fallen asleep. He chuckled, his wrinkled hand grabbing the blankets to protect them from the cold of the night as his soulmate walked in. They look at each other with a warm grin as they slowly carry their cute little winged grandchildren to their beds.

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rowaelin month day ten

rowaelin month day ten -- single parents. masterlist // buy me a ko-fi // redbubble

The morning truly couldn’t have been going worse. Aelin had woken up to the nanny telling her she’d come down with the stomach flu. Aelin wasn’t cruel enough to tell the poor girl she had to work through it; instead encouraging her to drink as much water as she could and get some much-needed rest. Evangeline had apologized profusely, but Aelin was having none of it. She reassured her that she could figure it out.

It turned out she couldn’t. Her mother and father both worked sixty hours a week. Aelin knew that her mother would take a day if Aelin called, but she couldn’t bring herself to make the call and disrupt her week. Evie’s father had died in a car crash before she was even born. Everyone who was a viable option worked full-time jobs, leaving her three-year-old in her hands. She could call out, but she had a mountain of a workload that she’d left last night, reassuring herself she would get it done today. Everything she needed was at her office, so working from home was out of the question. All signs were pointing to an impromptu “bring your child to work” day.

The CEO of the company was a good friend of hers, and Aelin knew that Dorian wouldn’t mind seeing his goddaughter toddling around the office. In fact, she knew that he would eventually steal her away for a snack time at some point so Aelin could get some work done. It would likely be a snack that wasn’t mommy approved, but she would give him a free pass today.

It would be okay, she reassured herself as she struggled to get Evie to cooperate with getting her tiny arms through her yellow long-sleeved shirt. She was mumbling in an indecipherable language as Aelin nodded along, chiming in here and there like she understood every word. The reality was that she only understood a handful of words. One of them was juice, so Aelin made a mental note to make her a full cup of juice for the car ride to the office to keep her happy.

It didn’t take long to brush her hair into the tiniest pigtails to exist, with two little orange bows holding them in place. By the time she was fully dressed in her fall garb, complete with a tiny gray vest so cute that Aelin wanted to cry, she looked like a baby Gap model. Without a doubt, everyone at the office would be cooing over how precious she looked the second they walked through the door.

“Where going?” Evie inquired, her little head tilting to the side as Aelin packed her go-bag full of snacks and an outfit change just in case.

“Momma’s gotta go to work today, baby. You get to come, too. Do you want to see Uncle Dorian?” At the mention of Dorian, Evie’s eyes lit up as a broad smile pushed her chubby cheeks up until her eyes squinted closed. Aelin grinned and kissed her cheeks until she giggled wildly. Thank the gods that Evie was in a good mood today. Some mornings she woke up on the wrong side of the bed, fussy as all get out while Aelin tried to push along their morning. Thankfully today, she was full of smiles and giggles. It would make everything much easier if she cooperated.

After grabbing a sippy cup full of apple juice and shoving the bottle in her bag, making yet another note to put it in the fridge in the break room when she arrived at the office, she swooped Evie into her arms, and they were on their way.

Upon arriving at the office, Aelin was right. The two receptionists immediately fell in love with Evie’s tiny pigtails and her outfit. They cooed over her bright eyes, twins to Aelin’s own. It took longer than usual to make it to the elevator, where even several men commented on how adorable she was. It brought a smile to her face, but it dropped when she thought of her office neighbor.

Rowan Whitethorn was the hardass of the office. She was pretty positive that he hated her, and there was nothing she could do to change his mind. They spent their days arguing back and forth about anything and everything. Some days she was sure that he only did it to get a rise out of her.

Aelin had never seen him smile-- he only scowled. His assistant was constantly rushing around, losing his damn mind trying to meet all of Rowan’s demands in a day. More than once, she’d caught tidbits of his conversations with Aelin’s own assistant, the poor boy begging to swap just for a single day. Aelin could only imagine what Rowan would say about Evie being such a workplace distraction. She was positive there would be complaints about her squeals and giggles that he would hear through the wall.

There was truly nothing she could do, though. Too much needed to be done at work to take a personal day, and Evie was typically well behaved enough to be occupied until her mom got off work and could pick her up.

As she made her way down the hall, everyone oohed and ahhed over Evie. Aelin thanked everyone for their compliments, her heart spilling over with joy. Until she saw Rowan in the kitchen while she put away the juice. He was making coffee and, upon noticing Evie in her arms, an emotion she couldn’t quite place flickered over his face.

“I didn’t know you had a daughter,” he said, eyes going from her pigtails down to the boots on her tiny feet.

“There’s a lot you don’t know about me.” She closed the fridge door and left the kitchen, gone as quickly as she had come. When she arrived in her office, she shut the door and put Evie down, watching as she ran straight for the couch and flopped over the side with a giggle bubbling out of her lips.

The single mother took a few minutes to take Evie’s toys out of her bag, even laying a few puffy snacks out on the table for her to snack on while she played. She went straight for them as quickly as Aelin sprinkled them out of the container. Aelin chuckled as she watched her for a moment, hands on her hips while she decided she was okay to sit at her desk and begin her work.

Evie was surprisingly self-sufficient while Aelin started her daily tasks. She played with the toys her mother provided and munched on her treats. Aelin heard a lot of babbling and a slew of giggles, a loud squeal pulling her from her work as her door opened.

Dorian leaned in the doorway, giving her a running start until he followed, darting across the room to scoop Evie into his arms. He spun her in circles with her legs flying behind her. She was laughing in a way that she only did with Dorian. Aelin seldom got that sound to come out of her daughter, but somehow, she wouldn’t change it for anything.

“I heard tales of a little princess fighting dragons in my office,” he said to no one in particular, but Evie seemed to understand that she was the princess. If there was anything that she liked in this world, it was being called a princess. She understood that word more than anything because Aelin read her fairy tales of princesses every night. Tangled was constantly on their TV, only to be replaced by Beauty and the Beast. They utterly enchanted her, and everyone in her life was constantly calling her a princess. She loved it.

The giggling continued while he tickled her sides and blew raspberries on her belly until the shrieking got so intense he made a face at Aelin and merely brought her into a tight hug as he said, “Sorry. Nanny out today?”

“She’s got a stomach bug. I had no other options; I’m really sorry.”

“You don’t need to apologize. You know I love any chance I get to see her. I’m not going to penalize you for being a mother, Aelin.” Evie was chomping her teeth near Dorian’s face, causing her best friend to laugh and hold her at arm’s length. “I’ll even take her across the hall for a bit so you can get more done.”

“You’re a lifesaver,” she replied, sighing and leaning back in her seat. Aelin really did have so much to do, to the point that she couldn’t even bring herself to tell him he didn’t have to do that. She would take whatever help she could get.

Her door was left open as he took Evie out into the hall, Aelin noticing that they weren’t going in the direction of his office but rather toward the kitchen. Her eyes rolled as she swiveled in her chair to face her computer and really dive into her work, leaning forward and exhaling a deep breath, willing herself to focus.

Quite a bit of time passed, and she was able to get a considerable amount of work completed. All of her emails had been caught up when Dorian edged into her office and cleared his throat. Aelin looked up, half expecting Evie’s outfit to be ruined by chocolate, but her little ray of sunshine was nowhere to be seen.

“Where is she?”

“I… may have taken a phone call and looked away for two minutes, and she vanished.”

“What?” Aelin was on her feet in an instant, rushing across her office and out into the hall. “What the fuck do you mean? How long has it been?”

“Since I lost her and started looking for her? Half an hour. I was scared to tell you.”

“My daughter has been missing for half an hour, and you’re only just now telling me? What the fuck, Dorian?” She hit his chest rather abrasively as she shoved past him, eyes scanning every room while she ran down the hall. How she was able to do it without toppling over in her heels, she wasn’t sure. All she could feel was the panic from her heart pounding in her chest to the shaking of her hands. The roaring in her ears made everything else sound muffled and distant, like she was standing at the edge of white water rapids. Even with her hands in fists so tight she could feel them shake, nausea building up in her chest.

“Evie?” She called out, a tremor rising in her throat that caused her voice to sound shaky and weak. Tears were pricking in her ears as she turned to run back to her office. She would call down to security to see if they could scan the cameras, and call reception to see if anyone had carried her out. From there, she would--

Her heart stopped beating when she glanced into Rowan’s office. It was the office directly next to hers, and behind his desk, Rowan held a snoozing Evie. Her little fist was gripping the lapels of his suit jacket, and he seemed relaxed while he flipped through papers with one hand.

“What are you doing with my daughter?” Aelin asked, stepping into the door. A few tears of relief slipped down her cheeks, and she was quick to wipe them, lest he make an asshole comment about it.

“I told that little shit to let you know I had her,” he murmured, barely glancing up from his papers. “I think that’s the final straw. He genuinely can’t do the most basic of tasks, I--”

Rowan paused when he looked up from his work. Something soft flashed in his eyes for a split second before he continued, “She was laying on the couch by the kitchen when I found her. She babbled something about Dorian, I think, and when I looked in his office, he was on the phone arguing with someone. You looked busy, and I know you have a lot to do, and when I picked her up, she let out the biggest yawn I’ve ever seen. By the time I’d walked back to my office, she was asleep. I told my assistant to let you know. I’m sorry that he didn’t, and I’m sorry that I didn’t follow up with an e-mail or a phone call. You just seem like you could use the help so you could get work done. I’m sorry.”

Not only was it the most that Rowan had ever said to her in a single conversation, but it was the kindest she’d seen him be to anyone. He wasn’t complaining about the little bit of drool coming out of the side of Evie’s mouth and soaking into his jacket. He was just holding her like he was so at ease with the situation and truly didn’t mind.

“You don’t wear a ring, and I’ve never heard you mention a significant other. Divorced?”

“Widowed,” she replied, sitting in one of the leather chairs in front of his desk. Again, his face softened as he looked down at Evie.

“She looks just like you. She’s beautiful.” Ignoring the implications of that comment, Aelin smiled softly.

“Thank you. She is… everything to me.”

“I… I have a daughter, too. Briar. My wife died two years after we were married. Briar is six now, but Evie is… so much less temperamental than B was.” Aelin tried not to let the shock show on her face. Shock that Rowan Whitethorn was a father and shock that they shared a sad history. The curiosity to ask how she had died was strong, but she wouldn’t ask. Sometimes she hated it when people asked how Sam died. It was like opening a wound all over again.

“Oh, she has her days. Don’t let this fool you,” she laughed, dragging her fingers through her hair. “I didn’t know you had a daughter, either.”

Rowan flipped his computer screen so she could see it, and she was welcomed by a smiling little girl with stunning green eyes and brown ringlet curls. Her heart squeezed at the image, Rowan holding her in his lap and grinning so wide he had dimples. Rowan Whitethorn had dimples.

“She’s absolutely adorable.”

“She is.” Aelin smiled again, looking down at her hands and twisting the ring on her left finger that her parents had given her when Evie was born. It was her birthstone.

“You can keep working if you want to. I’ve got her.”

“She’s not bothering you?” There was hesitation evident in her voice as Rowan looked down at the sleeping girl in his arms. He smiled, brushing a few wild strands of hair back against her head.

“Nope,” he said firmly, looking back at Aelin. “Really. You must have a lot to do if you didn’t just call in a personal day. She’s sleeping. It’s okay. I’ll bring her back when she wakes up.”

“I-- okay. If you’re sure.”

“I’m positive.” Aelin chewed on her fingernail for a moment before she nodded and stood, walking across his office and toward her own. Aelin paused in the door, looking over her shoulder at the man with such a harsh reputation around the workplace. This man seemed entirely different, a man that was brushing his thumb against her daughter's side while she slept with his shirt in her tiny fist. He seemed so utterly relaxed while he adjusted their position in his chair to keep working. It was almost out of character, his offer. But she wasn’t going to complain.

Rowan Whitethorn may have been the hardass of the office, but maybe he had a soft spot after all. @rowaelinscourt

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