Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day Four and Five

[tjs_whatnot]

Today is all about two for the price of one! First, two challenges.

The first one: Comment to someone you haven't ever interacted with before or introduce yourself to someone you've interacted with and friend/follow them.

I decided to check out my first Doctor Who community, doctoreleven and poke my nose into people's comments and whatnot. I'm really not good at that and I don't know how it was perceived. I hope the community continues to thrive, but I imagine it is heading towards the swan song of preparing for 12. I always join things too late. :(((

Anyway, enough of that. For today is Day 5:

In your own space, talk about a creator. Show us why you think they are amazing.

And here is where you get your second two for one. For I will be shouting the praises of two creators that together are Wallflower Arts.

Individually they are kath_ballantyne who is an amazing artist (seriously, scroll down on that Master List... SO MANY FANDOMS!) and photographer (KANGAROOS!!) (pssst, she also does art commissions. I've bought things from her... they are glorious and if you scroll down too far, NSFW!) and iamshadow who is an amazing writer in many fandoms (Harry Potter, Avengers, White Collar, Doctor Who and Fortysomething to name a few).

They're awesome on many individual levels, but together, they fight crime are glorious and have so many complimentary talents.

Emma and Ruth live with their pets in a tiny pre 1870's cottage in the remote mining town of Hill End, central west NSW. Surrounded by books, wool, fruit trees, animals and the beautiful red clays and Australian Bush there is much to inspire them. They both use creating and art as a way to deal with chronic illnesses and disability and to bring beauty and happiness into the world. The need to create has always been a part of both of them and their focus at the moment has been on knitting, spinning, needle felting, crochet, photography, dyeing and beaded jewellery.

Seriously, they do it all! Embroider! Crochet! Knit! Felt! SPIN THEIR OWN FREAKIN' YARN--ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!? And what's best--they SELL THEIR STUFF FOR EXTREMELY REASONABLE PRICES!! Especially when you consider the crap ton amounts of HOURS devoted to each thing!

*And because they're into fandom and because they're awesome, you can commission them for just about anything. Whovians, want a felted TARDIS? They're on it. Collars, want a fedora and handcuff embroidered bag? They're on it. Sherlockians, want an ugly jumper? They're on it.

*Disclaimer: Those are just examples. I am not speaking for them or their availability to make ALL THE THINGS. I'm just suggesting that you give them a try. You won't be sorry!

ETA: Oh, oh, almost forgot, here are some more places you can "follow" or "like" them:
On Tumblr
On Facebook

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Comments

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

I am hoping/praying doctoreleven continues to continue post Time of the Doctor since anyone who was there loves Matt and Karen and Arthur and Alex and and and so it's always valid in terms of their future work. That said, I'm trying to establish doctor_twelve so feel free to join in there NOW. (Operators are standing by)

And yes, Wallflower Arts rock.

[tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com]

That said, I'm trying to establish doctor_twelve so feel free to join in there NOW. (Operators are standing by)

TOO SOON, COOPER, TOO SOON! ♥♥

I'm just kidding. I'm sure I'll love him... I'm just not ready to find out. When does the next series start?

They do. SO MUCH! I wish they weren't so far away!

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

They just started filming the new series today. Rumour has it that it'll be starting sometime in late August/early September, but nothing official yet. Then again, the BBC likes to wait til about 48 hours before a show airs to start promoting it. LOL

Usually the shooting period is about 6 months give or take, so...yeah. Hearing some good rumours about things so far since there are three separate directors in Cardiff right now doing production/pre-production, prolly with 1-2 episodes each.

[tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com]

w0w. Okay. That's good. For some reason I had May in my head... Is that when they sometimes come back after Christmas... or is there really no rhyme or reason to any of this?

August or September gives me LOADS of time to prepare. YAY!

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

Series 1-4.plus 5 and 6 all started the Saturday of Easter weekend in the UK so usually late March, early April. Iirc the special Planet of the Dead aired that weeks nd too.

Series 6 was split in two, with the second half airing in August or early Sept. And S7 started at the same time for the first 5 stories (thru Angels Take Manhattan), then the Xmas special, then the last 8 starting at Easter again.

The rumour is that S8 is running uninterrupted for 13 or 14 episodes starting in late August/early September. So.plenty of time.

[tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com]

Cool. I think I'm going to rewatch Squishy Face's time and then go back... A friend tired of seeing my grieve thought what I needed was to start from the beginning... so I watched two episodes of 9. (I know, that's not really the beginning, but closest to the beginning I'm willing to go right now. *g*) and it wasn't... horrible. Nine wasn't anything like I'd imagined him to be.

We'll see.

But first, MORE SQUISHY!

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

There's always.time for Squishy Face.

I love the first series/Time of 9. Enjoy! I might suggest checking out the TV Movie because I love Eight too.

[lelek.livejournal.com]

Oooooh, thank you for the rec! Their stuff is amazing! *_*

[tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com]

No problem! Aren't they awesome! SO MUCH LOVELY!

[capitu]

They are truly amazing. <3

[tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com]

So very!

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[kath-ballantyne.livejournal.com]

Oooh thanks hon. So much.
*squishes*
But yeah, we totally are able to make all the things. Though knitted things that are big or complex will have to wait until Ruth has finished knitting two scarves. Everything else I'm happy to start on.

I really should put this list in my Masterlist.

Some examples of fandom stuff:
Patterns for most of these aren't ours or weren't originally and we've adapted them.

Knitted and Crocheted:
We've also done a plush Arthur from Merlin http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallflowerarts/5742575799/
Umm I've never seen Supernatural but someone wanted a bear with this on their chest http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallflowerarts/5623985206/
A cat bus, Totoros and soot sprites http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallflowerarts/8163917929/
A squishy Dalek http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallflowerarts/4580933567/

This embroidery is a fandom mash up. Keire_Ke drew gorgeous pics of Erik and Charles from X-Men First Class as My Little Ponies and Winterhill wrote the fic for it in a Reverse Bang. I embroidered a new piece of Keire_Ke's art for Winterhill as a birthday present http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallflowerarts/8149489692/

The rest of these are totally my designs. Embroideries based on my sketches:
Ron Weasley embroidery http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallflowerarts/8035823920/
A tiny Hobbit hole http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallflowerarts/8035801925/
X-Men embroidery of Charles's chair with Erik's cape and helmet. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallflowerarts/10620045215/

A needle felted Doctor Watson. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallflowerarts/7079149757/

[tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com]

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ALL THOSE THINGS!

Seriously, I am often in awe of you two. OFTEN! ♥♥♥