Green fur (GREEN FUR), Blue skin (BLUE SKIN)

Days 3 and 4 of the Snowflake Challenge were posting and friending people so nothing to show for those on here.

Day 5 is about sharing our non-fannish passions with our friends list.

One of the things that isn't obvious about me is that I hate to just sit and watch tv with nothing else to do. I am fine going to the movies, but when I am at home catching up on the Tivo or something, I usually have to have something to do with my hands. So my fallbacks are either crochet or cross stitch. And since I have given away all my crochet projects and have no pictures to share, you get cross stitch instead. *grin*

These are my two biggest works in progress I have going right now. And when I say biggest I mean in terms of size as well as complexity. The one on the black is Mirabilia's The Dreamer stitched on 25 ct black lugana, and should be approximately 13" x 30" when it's done. I'm planning on hanging it in my bedroom to balance out my copy of Klimt's The Kiss.

The one on the wheat colored fabric is Told In a Garden's Earthdancer while I'm stitching on 18 ct lambswool linen. It'll be about 22" x 27" when it's done. I had started it originally as a present for my aunt and uncle, but they have changed the decor of their house so I'm not sure what I will do with it when it's done *laugh* I put the DVD there to give you an idea of scale on both pieces.

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( A finished piece and a smaller WIP under here... )

And the very silly way you grin

I should be asleep now, instead I am posting my day 6 entry for the Snowflake Challenge. Today's challenge is as follows:

... rec at least 3 fanworks you thought you wouldn't like (because they weren't your fandom or they pushed against your boundaries or you thought you just wouldn't be interested) and that you ended up loving.

This one was harder because I don't have a lot of hard limits where fic is concerned... but taking a look through my Pinboard I think I managed to get a decent cross section of things that fit the bill.

First off, is a pairing that I never would have thought I would like. I love Trek, love Trek fic and I even love the way Spock and McCoy jibe at each other... but I can honestly say I never in a million years would have thought I would like Spock/McCoy. What turned me around was Scarred Beautiful by notboldly. Everyone is perfectly in character and the slow progression of things is pitch perfect. Summary: McCoy had never put much credence in judging people based on their scars, probably because he had more than a few himself.

This one hits one of my strange self imposed limits. Yes, I am in the SPN fandom, and yes I read Wincest. BUT, I don't like and never read any RPS incest between actual siblings, it squicks the hell out of me. I just can't do it. And this fic is one of the only - if not the only - exception I can remember to that rule. It is another case of loving the author and basically devouring any/everything they write. Sorry Neil... but I love this one. Blue_Soaring's I know there's better brothers but you're the only one that's mine Summary: Glamdom. Adam Lambert/Neil Lambert. NC-17. ~6300 words. Incest. Pre-idol. Neil would like to think he's had a remarkably dick-free life when it comes to Adam.

And then there is the most WTF fic I ever loved *laugh* But see, I love cherrybina and I trust her not to steer me wrong fannishly, so when she recced formerdinosaur's The Scenic Route and flailed about it, I had to give it a try. Even though it was South Park fic. Yes, that South Park. BUT don't think I have lost it... it's the South Park boys all grown up and heading off to college. It's an epic story (clocking in at around 100k) about coming of age and road trips with friends and trying to figure out who you are and what you want and best friends and fuck it's just gorgeous. Seriously, if you ignore everything else I have recced, give this one a try. Summary: Summary: The boys embark on a six day road trip to California before separating for college. Cartman is a pain in the ass, Kenny has no future, Butters is in crisis, and Kyle doesn't know how he'll say goodbye to Stan.