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O my stars & garters, it's been a time since I've done a linkspiral, hasn't it? Well here, have a huge, supermassive fannish, fashion & lovely linkspiral, lovecakes!
☂ A surprise wedding reception as shown to us by Katie of Color Me Katie! I adoreadoreadore such an idea & if my state hadn't decided to be such a humiliating blot on civil rights, I might have contemplated doing something like that myself!

☂ Ingrid of Fashion is My Muse writes about an enchanting visit to an embroidery school/atelier & the work she created whilst there. Schools devoted to embroidery! I can hear all of the princesses & Lolita devotees swooning now!

☂ The effervescent miss Gala Darling shares with us fifty amazing alternatives to the traditional 'dinner & a film' type of date - o, if only I could try just one of these out with someone! & she borrows a line from Withnail & I! O, GALA, MY DARLING! ::sighs happily::

☂ Now some, if not most of you, know I'm a considerably serious dieter, but even I couldn't resist teasing you lot with this delicious confectionery post from Luphia loves . . . of course! Dieter damsel, yes, but sweets are rather lovely to look upon, no?

☂ A lovely set of posts have been posted recently over at NineteenTeen which are all about flirting with props! In order: Flirting with Props, Part One: Handkerchiefs. Flirting with Props, Part Two: Gloves. Flirting with Props, Part Three: Fans. Flirting with Props, Part Four: Parasols!

(which reminds me - summer is nearly upon us & I must replace my parasol & acquire a decently elegant fan for my handbag! & if you didn't think I used a parasol when weather permitted, then you must not know me very well!)

☂ Violet Blue is, aside from one of my favourite local personalities/sex blogger & author, is back & beautiful, motherfuckers. ♥♥♥ I loved this post, so naturally, I'm including it here. (& nope, not worksafe, folks!) Seriously. She's pretty damn inspirational to me. I love her work.

☂ Carrie of Wishwishwish introduced me to Nothing Elegant. As a paper & stationary addict, I am just in love with . . . everything in that shop! I WANT IT ALL. Fab writing gear, wouldn't you agree, loves?

Cloud Watching from Skye of the princess portal brings us this lovely post at her new blog. ♥♥♥

(this morning the sky was full of cotton ball clouds after the rain of last night. Cloud dreams, cloud girls, o, I wanted to stop to take pictures of it. It was a perfect Wednesday morning sky.)

☂ Gala Darling's being a complete dollface by showing (& asking what in ours!) what's in her bag!

(goddammit, I want her Gauloises! You can't get them here in California, apparently. What?! & I must do a similar post over at From Out of the Rain.)

Neighbourhood glamourbombing by Katie of Color Me Katie!

(I do think this will be a summer project for me, my darlings. Stars, hearts, quotes, jewels, all over the city! & I heartily encourage you lot to try & do the same!)

☂ This post is so stunning that it needs no introducing - Still Water as given to us by Skye of the lost princess.

Dreamy & chic as posted by Tina at Luphia loves is . . . oooo, I just want to slip inside those pictures & live in that misted, hazed wonderworld.

(do I dare save these pictures? they could be lovely icons . . . )

Introducing... Isobel Oval!

I ♥ Gala's mind. Such posh lushness!

the dream cookies of Color Me Katie - o, pleasepleasePLEASE, someone, figure out how to make such lovelies! I'd break my diet just for a few!

& o, I swoon over the last picture - yes, a perfect lipstick!

Moondust from the lost princess.

(I wish I had the ability to leave shimmer everywhere I went. Leaving it on one's sunglasses, from one's eye makeup isn't quite the same, alas. Not heavy shimmer, but light, soft trails of it, so if you needed to find me, you would literally, only have to follow the stars.)

☂ the lovely miss [livejournal.com profile] marah_sarie did an amazing bit of fanart featuring Zoe Heriot in a Star Trek uniform - CHECK IT OUT, FOLKS!

& you all TOTALLY know Zoe would rock one of those uniforms. O yes.

☂ & last but in NO WAY LEAST, [livejournal.com profile] hoshinekoyasha did one hell of a Charley Pollard picspam, bbs! GO. LOOK. I COMMAND YOU. YOU WILL OBEY ME.

(my personal favourite is this particular drawing - a lovely rendering of miss Charley Pollard!)

'. . . but it proved to be a wet, ungenial summer . . . ' were it not so late, & I not so lazy, I would rise, make myself tea, & write of things to be done on this sort of night in my diary.

1:01 AM Jun 3rd from web


I do wish it was raining again tonight. If it was, I would write in my proper diary for a bit by tealight, or just lie down & enjoy the silence. Silence is so rare in my life, I think. Yes, I don't generally want it; as it can make one so uncomfortable, but there is the rare occasion where I do want it.

I like to work by candlelight, generally. Little lighting suits me well, unless I need the overhead lighting. I don't know why, really, but v. little lighting suits me & helps me create better, somehow. I hate harsh, bright lights.

[livejournal.com profile] wordsindreams sent me a lovely package recently! She's managed to convince me to see the film version of Master and Commander, instead of reading the books first, as I would normally do & I'm rather looking forward to it! (though one day, I will read the books, of course. It'd be something of a sin to only see the film!)

I've also been attempting to tidy the tea & time room a bit - it's become a pit, really, hasn't had a real cleaning in ages.

& just as I find my sewing table, I find that I have no space for any more books. Literally, piles & piles of them are on my sewing table, because I've not figured out where to put them!

Perhaps I can use Marwood's carrying case - I don't take her anywhere, & she doesn't leave her table, so perhaps her carrier can hold some books for me.

& I may repost bits of my linkspirals at From Out of the Rain soon, but I would like a bit more content up first. I'm just being shy & reticent about posting anything - I'm always convinced everything I do is simply rubbish.

Date: 2009-06-04 10:47 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] kisstheviolets.livejournal.com
oh, what absolutely beautiful links! ♥

Date: 2009-06-07 07:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] riverdresses.livejournal.com
Aren't they just? ^__^

Date: 2009-06-04 01:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nentari.livejournal.com
I love the Master and Commander movie - it's possibly the slashiest thing I've ever watched. I've read the first three books afterwards and absolutely loved them (there's a character that makes a debut in book 2 who is so horrid and so well-written as such that I found myself hating her with eery intensity), but I'm still more biased towards the movie, which is really unusual for me.

Date: 2009-06-07 07:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] riverdresses.livejournal.com
Oooo! ::bounces:: Usually, I HAVE to read a book or series before I see the film, but since the whole series is seventeen books long, I THINK I can sort of get away with seeing the film version first. (but I'll still read a few of the books, if not all of them sometime! :D) & also, it has aTON of overlap with the Horatio Hornblower series, which is another fandom of mine, so I've simply GOT to read or see some of it! ^-^

Date: 2009-06-04 02:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blueleopard87.livejournal.com
Oooh, the Master & Commander movie is SO good! I hope you enjoy it when you see it! :D

Also I am inspired! I think this weekend I'll try and make those rainbow cookies- I'll let you know if they turn out! ^^

Date: 2009-06-07 07:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] riverdresses.livejournal.com
I've heard such lovely things about it from so many of you - & of COURSE, it's Age of Sail! I think I shall quite like it. :D :D

Also I am inspired! I think this weekend I'll try and make those rainbow cookies- I'll let you know if they turn out! ^^

PLEASE DO! ::bubbles:: I want to knooooow. ♥

Date: 2009-06-04 07:55 pm (UTC)
lilyofshalott: (Charley Dalekhug (bramblyhedge))
From: [personal profile] lilyofshalott
I adore your linkspirals—they're so very pretty! ^_^

Master & Commander! I too haven't read the books . . . but I did listen to the audiobook of the first one, which is the one the film is mostly based upon. I love the film though, especially Dr Maturin: he's a physician, a naturalist, AND he plays the cello! (I've noticed that in non-medical films/shows I tend to have a thing for doctors . . . another case in point: Simon. ^_^ )

And the soundtrack! ::swoon::

CHARLEY PICSPAM! (That needed to be capsed.) And it has a "full-size" poster version of the TARDIS I Want to Believe icon I have! (This has now been saved to my computer.)

I need to post more exciting things on my blog. And stop neglecting my poor paper journal (which hasn't been written in for about a year ::pats it:: ).

Date: 2009-06-07 08:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] riverdresses.livejournal.com
O, thankyou sweetcake! ::pinkens:: I'm glad someone enjoys them! :D

Master & Commander! I too haven't read the books . . . but I did listen to the audiobook of the first one, which is the one the film is mostly based upon. I love the film though, especially Dr Maturin: he's a physician, a naturalist, AND he plays the cello! (I've noticed that in non-medical films/shows I tend to have a thing for doctors . . . another case in point: Simon. ^_^ )

O, YAY, another recommendation! ^-^ (I HAVE to see this soon now - you'll all eat me alive if I don't!) & o, I too, seem to fall for doctors of all sorts in my fandoms, it seems - medical doctors, doctors of archaeology, scientists Time Lords . . . heehee! & she also sent me the soundtrack for it, so I have THAT as well! :D

(& it might interest you to know that I did a mix for Simon a couple of years back! I hope to repost it at [livejournal.com profile] teasplash eventually)

CHARLEY! ::squeals & twirls about in fangirlish glee:: O, I saved a fair few pictures to my hard drive as well! Our Charley is love. ^^

Meeep, I've not written in mine own paper diary since maybe February? How disgraceful of me! & there ARE things I want to put into it!

(& I ♥♥ your icon!)

Date: 2009-06-07 07:59 pm (UTC)
lilyofshalott: (Eight chocolate (ka_iconage))
From: [personal profile] lilyofshalott
But of course!

I'm pondering watching M&C tonight—depending on what might be on Masterpiece and if there is anything else on (as I won't have a Netflix envelope waiting for me quite yet).

(YAY! I *must* take Penny to the library at some point so I can acquire your mixes.)

Charley's my favourite! I haven't listened to the audios in a while, though—it's because I wanted to re-listen while I work on my Charley scarf, which *still* hasn't been started yet (though I do have the yarn & needles!). But first I need to finish Murray the Cuddle Dalek. He's been appendage-less for over a year :(

I *must* write in mine—I'm going to try to do so either tonight or tomorrow. Oh, you might be interested to know that I was actually able to write down a long, rambly (LJ) entry I composed in my head as I was walking back from shopping without forgetting it all! (I think it's about two posts back.)

(Me too! [livejournal.com profile] bramblyhedge made it for me for last year's [livejournal.com profile] tardis_day Gift Swap. ^_^ )

Date: 2009-06-05 09:31 am (UTC)
usuallyhats: The cast of Critical Role sitting round a table playing Dungeons and Dragons (two brig jo)
From: [personal profile] usuallyhats
Master and Commander is a really really great film, I love it tremendously. And the books are excellent too!

Date: 2009-06-07 08:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] riverdresses.livejournal.com
I'm SO glad I have holidays right now - I can see it anytime I wish! I can't wait to do so. :D & I SHALL read a few, if not all of the books one day as well. ♥

(::waves at your icon:: All my love to long ago.)

Date: 2009-06-07 06:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] girlknees.livejournal.com
i think you'll like this post: http://community.livejournal.com/sunshinecaves/11919.html
and the community too!

Date: 2009-06-12 08:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] riverdresses.livejournal.com
O, thankyou love!

& I quite do!

abandon hope all who enter here

Elizabeth (Betsy). Twenty-two, almost twenty-three, but perpetually seventeen. Whirls back & forth between vulgarity & delicacies like a dervish proper & has been known to disappear for months on end. Worshipper of Carroll, devotee of Lovecraft & BPAL hoarder absolute. Destined for the madhouse.

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