riverdresses: (stock • at the bottom of the garden)
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.
riverdresses: ([film.w&i] withnail+marwood ;; in bed)
ASDFTGHJKL;'LKJHGFDSA O MY FUCKING CHRIST, MY COPY OF THE WITHNAIL & I SOUNDTRACK ARRIVED TODAY!!!

I came home, in an inexplicably bad mood, to find a card from [livejournal.com profile] geeky_webmaster (o, thankyou bb! & I adored reading your letter! ::kisses::) & a little package that felt vaguely CD-shaped. I assumed it was The Dreamers soundtrack, which I also have on the way, but I opened it & it was the copy of the Withnail & I soundtrack that I ordered last week.

MY DAY, IT WAS MADE.

(now hopefully my book will arrive tomorrow, opleaseopleaseoplease!)

Also, I've become addicted to listening to Violet Blue's podcast open source sex. (it can be subscribed to on iTunes, which is where I get it, or found here & NO, that site is not worksafe. Just a warning!) VIOLET BLUE, MARRY ME, FOR YOU BRING THE GEEKINESS & AWESOMENESS TO THE SUBJECT OF SEXY THINGS.

One in particular also, I think, revived my interest in getting back to work on my Sarah/Romana/Eight fic. A PLUS FOR THE LADY VIOLET. Seriously, I love her.

I'm also thinking of doing two things: a) a nice, big, link-stuffed Jamie McCrimmon picspam. BB IS NOT GETTING THE LOVE HE DESERVES & WHY THE FUCK AREN'T PEOPLE WRITING MORE TWO/JAMIE PORN? (I went through eleven pages on Teaspoon & found a bit of nice smut, but THERE.SHOULD.BE.MORE.)

& b) a friending meme! Specifically, a Classic!Who friending meme. (I thought of doing an audio friending meme, but I'm not sure how that would pan out. So I'll combine them because, well, to me? One through Eight are fucking classic Doctors, people. DON'T EVEN ARGUE.) We need something to get through the year with, so we should be making new friends. ::nods::

Though does Alt!Nine count? I don't think he does, alas. So he doesn't get included. (OMG I want to see Scream of the Shalka so bloody badly.) But yes, CLASSIC!WHO FRIENDING MEME, COMING SOON TO AN LJ NEAR YOU.

& lastly, how about a few fabulous links for you bunnies?


Scans of the 1965 Edward Gorey illustrated book 'The Recently Deflowered Girl'

Saving these scans tomorrow when I have a decent connection again. O, Edward♥ (my favourite is 'Deflowerment at Seance' - that would be a dream come true! But I'd not ask for Rudolph Valentino - Lord Byron or Percy Bysshe Shelley would be more my speed, thankyouverymuch.)

TuTu Crazy

Instructions on making your own tutu!! Something I NEED to do, as I don't have one & the only place I knew that sold them is no longer around. ::sadface:: Can't you darlings just imagine me sitting in a chair, eagerly typing away on Marwood, whilst wearing a fabulous maybe fannish-inspired tutu? (hmm . . . but WHAT fandom would it be if I went that route? ::ponders::)

The M.A.C. Hello Kitty makeup & accessory collection went live today. NOW RUN DOWN TO YOUR NEAREST M.A.C. STORE OR MAKEUP COUNTER & BUY, BUY, BUY, PEOPLE!!
(& would you lovelies believe I still have a fandom-fashion influence post to write up? Such a scatterbrained girl, I am, such a scatterbrained thing!)

Actually I might have two - my go-go boots would play a role in it if I did! Hmm.

(p.s. - it would be great if I stopped being a lazy arse & got back to work on my Marwood fanmix. Dude, I FAIL.)
riverdresses: (four ;; ::grins::)
Two things darlings, as I work on my inspiration:fashion:style:icons post:

i. [livejournal.com profile] verav, my package arrived safe & sound today! O, so much nummy sugar goodness! Thankyouthankyou! I opened a package of chocolate & it's just yummy! I'm assembling yours in time, but I can't promise it will be as amazing as yours is!

ii. This was in my inbox tonight.

(the following is an anonymous gift)

6 months of paid account time have been added to your LiveJournal account
"lost_her_sway".


MEEEEEEP! O, I MUST know which of you jellybeans gifted me so! I want to shower you with love & thankyous & kisses! But if you insist on remaining anonymous . . . then THANKYOU SO VERY MUCH!!

Okay, back to to work in Photoshop. (gah, I suck at this.)
riverdresses: (daniel jackson ;; awesome ;; stunned)
So, guess which flaily little miss just finished watching Memento Mori? O, yes it was me! OMG . . . it was just SUCH a wonderful episode! It had Cameron/Vala in it! IT HAD DANIEL/VALA OMG DANIEL YOU SIMPLY MUST GET TOGETHER WITH VALA! & OMG VALA! ::flails & squeals some more:: I just . . . o, I just wanted to hug her so much! Hug her & brush her hair & eat ice cream with her, really.

& HEE! Daniel & Vala were totally on a date, no matter what Daniel keeps telling everyone. O Daniel, you're so silly! ::ruffles his hair:: & OMG CAMERON CAN RIDE A MOTORCYCLE. DUDES. MOTORCYCLE & CAMERON OMG YAY! He & Vala are so having sex on a motorcycle, I fully intend to write that! & Waitress!Vala - AWWWWW! SO. CUTE. I could have popped from just her adorable smile! & I liked that she snaps her gum!

O, & CAMERON BEING HANDCUFFED TO THE BED BY VALA IS WIN. & SHE STUFFED A TWINKIE IN HIS MOUTH. ::giggles:: Vala, you are just so bad! & I LOVED how they found Cameron in the room - nekkid, handcuffed to the bed & surrounded by sweet wrappers. ::DIES:: He looked vaguely like some mild pimp or something. ::gigglesnorts::

& in the same SG-1 vein of squee, 200 is just OMG AWESOME FUN. I actually broke my rules of saving all my commentaries to watch after I finish season ten & watched both commentaries for 200 back to back. Dorothy!Vala IS AWESOME. But Farscape!Daniel? PWNS. (Srsly, I can't BELIEVE how loud I screamed 'OMG THEY'RE DOING A FARSCAPE SCENE OMFG!!' It was LOUD. Then I screamed 'OMG DANIEL AS JOHN & VALA AS AERYN!' Yes, it was AWESOME.)

O, & The Pegasus Project. If Daniel in Atlantis is Daniel Disneyland, then that makes SG-1 on Lantea Betsy Paradise! Because ZOMG JOHN & RODNEY & RADEK & ELIZABETH & CHUCK INTERACTING WITH SG-1 & DANIEL BEING ALL ADORABLE & SWEET & ZOMG JOHN & RODNEY ALL BUT COMING OUT & SHOWING SG-1 THEIR GREAT BIG LOVE.

& also, Daniel in The Pegasus Project - when they first arrived on Lantea & Daniel got his first look at Atlantis . . . it's only a moment, but in just that second, I saw the old Daniel Jackson - the dreamer, the idealistic spacefae I knew & adored. He was right there & I was so thrilled. Srsly, folks, Daniel belongs on Atlantis.

O, & INARA BEING VALA'S DAUGHTER IS SO AWESOME. & her strangling Daniel with her mind? O YEAH.

& now, I have a poll for you all! It's short & fannish, so have fun!

[Poll #1109539]

I'm fond of Jigsaw Falling Into Place myself, but that's because I adore the song. If I don't use that for Vala's mix, I may use it for a future Daniel/Vala mix I want to make - it's a really nice song for them I think, especially in Memento Mori.

♥♥♥♥

My mummy brought up the mail today & there were Christmas cards in there from [livejournal.com profile] spacemonkeyluvn, [livejournal.com profile] rhombal & [livejournal.com profile] caithream! & OMG [livejournal.com profile] laii, I GOT THE JAYNE HAT! & your note totally pwned, you know. ::huggles all of you:: You're all just so sweet to have sent me cards & in [livejournal.com profile] laii's case, my Jayne hat! I can't wait to wear it. ::SQUEEZEHUGGLES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU::

I STILL can't believe Christmas is so soon!

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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