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Sherlock Christmas tree tutorial
So many people asked about the ornaments on my Sherlockmas tree, so here's a tutorial, so everyone can have a Sherlock tree of their very own.
Materials needed:
Printer
Paper Mache ornaments
Mod Podge
black craft paint
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Happy decorating!
Cosplay for Houses part 3
It's beginning to look a lot like Sherlockmas!
My exercise room is finally finished!
Every consulting detective needs his very own fireplace, even if it's fake. Here's mine all dressed up for Sherlockmas. The beautiful portrait of Sherlock hanging above the mantle is by the very talented 
foxestacado
Here's a Christmas tree that even Sherlock would appreciate.
Crime scene tape for ribbon.
Even the skull was feeling the holiday spirit.
I couldn't resist dressing up my Baker Street door.
Hope everyone has the happiest of holidays, Happy Sherlockmas!
Cosplay for Houses part one-
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Anniversary
22 Happy Years and Counting!
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It's beginning to look a lot like Baker Street :)
Cosplay for houses part 2
I finally finished another part of my Cumber Cave. I'm slowly filling up the place. I got my mom's old recliner, it makes a great replica of Dr. Watson's chair. The wonderful Baker Street sign was given to me byakemi42. Thank you babe! I added a few posters, Sherlock's periotic table, the standard "Keep Calm", and a poster of the solar system, since Sherlock deleted that information from his brilliant brain.
The ultimate in home protection! A harpoon!!! Of course, it needed a bit of fake blood to
make it look perfect.
Now this was a great find *G* I was going through my attic and remembered that I had a yard lamp, still in the box, it has been in my attic for about 10 years. So I had the great idea of turning it into a floor lamp, it took about 20 mins to rewire it. I added a
flicker bulb and now I have my very own London gas lamp. *squees* It looks amazing!
Thanks everyone for all the Pandas! I started sending them out to people, and then my LJ kept saying I wasn't allowed to send to anyone's name I put in. They must have had a limit *pouts* and I had a whole list of people, I wanted to send them too.
Other than playing around in my girl cave, I've been up to my eyeballs with helping my youngest with homework every night. Private school is very different from public, and she's getting about 4 hours of homework a night. It's been very stressfull for both of us. Her grades have improved, but they've been earned with lots of tears and misery on her part. Of course when she's upset, I'm upset. I keep telling myself that her education is worth it, but some days, I just want to say fuck it, and put her back in public school. Needless to say, when I'm stressed, I get very antisocial and bitchy, so I tend to stay away from LJ to save everyone from my whining. Hope everyone has been well.
221b Baker Street Cosplay for house part 1
http://dixiebell12.livejournal.com…
221b Baker Street tutorial
http://dixiebell12.livejournal.com…
Red Phone box door
http://dixiebell12.livejournal.com…
I finally finished another part of my Cumber Cave. I'm slowly filling up the place. I got my mom's old recliner, it makes a great replica of Dr. Watson's chair. The wonderful Baker Street sign was given to me by
akemi42. Thank you babe! I added a few posters, Sherlock's periotic table, the standard "Keep Calm", and a poster of the solar system, since Sherlock deleted that information from his brilliant brain.The ultimate in home protection! A harpoon!!! Of course, it needed a bit of fake blood to
make it look perfect.
Now this was a great find *G* I was going through my attic and remembered that I had a yard lamp, still in the box, it has been in my attic for about 10 years. So I had the great idea of turning it into a floor lamp, it took about 20 mins to rewire it. I added a
flicker bulb and now I have my very own London gas lamp. *squees* It looks amazing!
Thanks everyone for all the Pandas! I started sending them out to people, and then my LJ kept saying I wasn't allowed to send to anyone's name I put in. They must have had a limit *pouts* and I had a whole list of people, I wanted to send them too.
Other than playing around in my girl cave, I've been up to my eyeballs with helping my youngest with homework every night. Private school is very different from public, and she's getting about 4 hours of homework a night. It's been very stressfull for both of us. Her grades have improved, but they've been earned with lots of tears and misery on her part. Of course when she's upset, I'm upset. I keep telling myself that her education is worth it, but some days, I just want to say fuck it, and put her back in public school. Needless to say, when I'm stressed, I get very antisocial and bitchy, so I tend to stay away from LJ to save everyone from my whining. Hope everyone has been well.
221b Baker Street Cosplay for house part 1
http://dixiebell12.livejournal.com…
221b Baker Street tutorial
http://dixiebell12.livejournal.com…
Red Phone box door
http://dixiebell12.livejournal.com…
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And the news just keeps getting better *G*
I got my youngest into private school! 
OMG, you just can't imagine the relief I feel at this very moment. I have been worried sick about her going to a public middle school. The public elementary was okay but our Middle School, is one of the worst ones in the state. I've cried all the way home, happy tears are a good thing! Hayley left Faith, and Laney starts Faith, LOLOLO Just when I thought I was finished paying them :)
*grins like an insane person* You remember when I said my hubby is the best hubby in the whole wide world, it's time to repeat it again *G*qui_quae_quod was supposed to go to England next May, with her mom, but her mom doesn't think she'll be strong enough to go next year and has decided to wait til 2014. Qui was very disappointed, so being the friend that I am, I suggested (Begged and pleaded) to go with her this year and then she can go with her mom in 2014. So I asked the hubby if he minded if I stuck him with the kids for 10 days and fly off to England with Qui, he just gave me the look and said "go have a great time". *squees & dies*
WE"RE GOING TO ENGLAND in FEBRUARY!!!!
We were going to go in May, but it's cheaper in February, way cheaper, it doesn't interfere with Misti-con, and most importantly SHERLOCK will be filming from Jan to April. So you can bet your magnifying glass that we will be trying our best to hunt them down. We also plan to hit every single Sherlock film site, London, Dartmoor, Bristol, and Wales and hopefully see a few friends along the way. I know we'll probably freeze our asses off in Feb, but I look great in a coat, and a scarf hides a double chin, so the pics will be fabulous *G* Now all I have to do before I go is, track down Benedict home address and the film studios in Cardiff.
April - 221B con in Atlanta! I'll see tons of you there and much Sherlocking will ensue. Hopefully Qui and I will be able to pass around pics of us licking Benedict Cumberbatch while we were in England.
May - I'm free for Misti-Con and I'll be going if I can get my "partners in crime" to go. Hopefully I can talk Sbrande and Qui into going, I just can't go without them. It just wouldn't be con, it would be like trying to tell a joke without a punch line, it would really suck.
Aug/Sept - Dragon con!
If the Mayans are right and we all go boom in December, I'm going to be so pissed!
Yeah, I know I need to do a con post, I'll get to it eventually.
OMG, you just can't imagine the relief I feel at this very moment. I have been worried sick about her going to a public middle school. The public elementary was okay but our Middle School, is one of the worst ones in the state. I've cried all the way home, happy tears are a good thing! Hayley left Faith, and Laney starts Faith, LOLOLO Just when I thought I was finished paying them :)
*grins like an insane person* You remember when I said my hubby is the best hubby in the whole wide world, it's time to repeat it again *G*
qui_quae_quod was supposed to go to England next May, with her mom, but her mom doesn't think she'll be strong enough to go next year and has decided to wait til 2014. Qui was very disappointed, so being the friend that I am, I suggested (Begged and pleaded) to go with her this year and then she can go with her mom in 2014. So I asked the hubby if he minded if I stuck him with the kids for 10 days and fly off to England with Qui, he just gave me the look and said "go have a great time". *squees & dies*WE"RE GOING TO ENGLAND in FEBRUARY!!!!
We were going to go in May, but it's cheaper in February, way cheaper, it doesn't interfere with Misti-con, and most importantly SHERLOCK will be filming from Jan to April. So you can bet your magnifying glass that we will be trying our best to hunt them down. We also plan to hit every single Sherlock film site, London, Dartmoor, Bristol, and Wales and hopefully see a few friends along the way. I know we'll probably freeze our asses off in Feb, but I look great in a coat, and a scarf hides a double chin, so the pics will be fabulous *G* Now all I have to do before I go is, track down Benedict home address and the film studios in Cardiff.
April - 221B con in Atlanta! I'll see tons of you there and much Sherlocking will ensue. Hopefully Qui and I will be able to pass around pics of us licking Benedict Cumberbatch while we were in England.
May - I'm free for Misti-Con and I'll be going if I can get my "partners in crime" to go. Hopefully I can talk Sbrande and Qui into going, I just can't go without them. It just wouldn't be con, it would be like trying to tell a joke without a punch line, it would really suck.
Aug/Sept - Dragon con!
If the Mayans are right and we all go boom in December, I'm going to be so pissed!
Yeah, I know I need to do a con post, I'll get to it eventually.
Cumber Cave update
Finally making some progress on my Cumbercave (Place to go to think dirty thoughts about Benedict Cumberbatch). I've got the window seat finished except for a tiny piece of trim. Curtains are hung and most of the pillows are made. The window seat goes across the entire back wall, 8ft, so it's a perfect place to sleep and dream dirty dreams about.....you guessed it, Benedict Cumberbatch *G*
I got my bison skull in, I still need to paint him black. Yes I know I put his horns on facing the wrong way, but they pull right of, so it's an easy fix. You might notice that it's sitting on a mantel piece! Yes, my fake fireplace is almost finished! I just need to get a painted fire to put behind it and figure out how to attach it securely to the wall.
I got the cabinets in, and painted and distressed. You can't tell but above the cabinets, I will have a fake concrete facade to match the walls beside my 221b door. I also plan to add an evidence wall, you know with crime photos and red string. My hubby sort of freaked when he found Autopsy reports printed out, but they'll be perfect for my wall. I just can't put anything to graphic, I have a 12yr.
Speaking of the 12yr, I caught her wearing my deerstalker and her coat. The oldest loved HP and now the youngest likes Sherlock, how fitting *G*
I finally got a few of my T-shirt & Iphone case designs up on Red Bubble. I still need to add the Cabin Pressure ones.
http://www.redbubble.com/people/di…
Hope everyone is well, I'll be seeing a bunch of you in 35 days! Con Season baby!!!!
I got my bison skull in, I still need to paint him black. Yes I know I put his horns on facing the wrong way, but they pull right of, so it's an easy fix. You might notice that it's sitting on a mantel piece! Yes, my fake fireplace is almost finished! I just need to get a painted fire to put behind it and figure out how to attach it securely to the wall.
I got the cabinets in, and painted and distressed. You can't tell but above the cabinets, I will have a fake concrete facade to match the walls beside my 221b door. I also plan to add an evidence wall, you know with crime photos and red string. My hubby sort of freaked when he found Autopsy reports printed out, but they'll be perfect for my wall. I just can't put anything to graphic, I have a 12yr.
Speaking of the 12yr, I caught her wearing my deerstalker and her coat. The oldest loved HP and now the youngest likes Sherlock, how fitting *G*
I finally got a few of my T-shirt & Iphone case designs up on Red Bubble. I still need to add the Cabin Pressure ones.
http://www.redbubble.com/people/di…
Hope everyone is well, I'll be seeing a bunch of you in 35 days! Con Season baby!!!!
221b Baker Street door tutorial
Yes I admit it, I finally went around the twist, but damn I'm having fun *G* Here's my new addition to my exercise room. 221 Bathroom door *squees*
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Finally finished it!
It took me at least a month but I finally finished my British phone box door for Sonia's home away from home/exercise room. *squees* Not bad considering I've never used a chop saw before, but it was practically blond proof and I still have all my fingers. The corners are mostly straight :)
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Pic spam and thanks you.
Hopefully everyone had a safe and wonderful holiday.
I ended up with a few uninvited guests, but no unwelcome dogs this year. We ended up with 31 people on Christmas Eve, but no fights broke out, and no one was burnt or maimed, so I'll call it a success. With my family, you just never know. Everyone finally left around 8, so I enjoyed the rest of the evening snuggled up on the couch watching The Vicar of Dibley, while the hubby played Skyrim.
The kids woke us at 8am *groans* and we exchanged gifts. My hubby got me a Ipad, and a farting hippo (Abbey's farting hippo from NCIS). So now I can use my Ipad to facetime, and blame all the farting noises on the hippo. After the kids were finished complaining, I went back to bed until it was time to eat lunch with my parents. Then I spend the rest of the day with my pants unbuttoned wondering why I ate so damn much. I hope I never see another ham or turkey ever again!
I'm sad that this Christmas season went by so fast, but kind of glad too. After Christmas means time to start planning for con season *squees*
Now some pic spam
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I ended up with a few uninvited guests, but no unwelcome dogs this year. We ended up with 31 people on Christmas Eve, but no fights broke out, and no one was burnt or maimed, so I'll call it a success. With my family, you just never know. Everyone finally left around 8, so I enjoyed the rest of the evening snuggled up on the couch watching The Vicar of Dibley, while the hubby played Skyrim.
The kids woke us at 8am *groans* and we exchanged gifts. My hubby got me a Ipad, and a farting hippo (Abbey's farting hippo from NCIS). So now I can use my Ipad to facetime, and blame all the farting noises on the hippo. After the kids were finished complaining, I went back to bed until it was time to eat lunch with my parents. Then I spend the rest of the day with my pants unbuttoned wondering why I ate so damn much. I hope I never see another ham or turkey ever again!
I'm sad that this Christmas season went by so fast, but kind of glad too. After Christmas means time to start planning for con season *squees*
Now some pic spam
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