Yeah, that's right, I'm talking about Phantom of The Opera. I'm talking about The Phantom and Christine (in her "Think of Me" dress, natch), and Movie!Raoul. BAM. What.
Oh, maybe that's too high-falutin' and fancy for you? Try these geeky motherfuckers on for size:
Minecraft puppets like WHAT WHAT.
Last year, I got tired of spending five hundred dollars of money I couldn't afford on a bunch of plastic crap my kids didn't need and wouldn't even play with past January. So, I started making homemade Christmas. They still get a few purchased items, like books, movies, and stuff I can't actually craft with my own two hands (like the Portal Portal Gun my son was desperate to have), but for the most part, if it's from mom and dad, mom made it with her own two chapped, bleeding, callused hands. These puppets are part of a larger gift for the kids to share, a puppet theatre that still needs painting, sanding, and a curtain. But I don't want to talk about that because it's the fucking 18th of December.
I would seriously buy those off you. Please!?! I came here for FSoG recaps, and stayed for the minecraft puppets. How messed up is that? You should make t-shirts.
ReplyDeleteMy sister and I are addicted to your recaps and were just discussing how much time we have INVESTED in this trash (I don't want to admit to wasting). Obviously, you have invested more than anyone. I swear between reading the book, reading your recaps, and recapping your recaps/reminiscing with my sister... we must have read this nonsense like 3 times over! Anyway, awesome job, thanks so much for all you do for us little people.
I feel your pain on the crafting nonsense. I'm crossstitching, and I'm not even fucking done with the TARDIS -- the first of four -- yet.
ReplyDeleteWhat you need is a picture of Kili from the Hobbit movie to keep looking at as you work. Seriously, I've got one as my laptop wallpaper and every time I fell overwhelmed with my essay I'm supposed to have written by tomorrow evening, I just have a quick peek and it perks me up no end.
ReplyDeleteI thought my celebrity crush days were well and truly over and then Aiden Turner came along. I think I had a sexy dream about him the first time I clapped eyes on him on Being Human, then it was further cemented as him as the caddish artist Dante Rossetti. Google Desperate Romantics. He is so bloody sexy as is the mini series. Can't wait for The Hobbit!
DeleteAnd on the subject of your puppets and Xmas gift strategy, good on ya Jen! I hope I have it together next year to do the same thing. Every year I go overboard and I'm over it!
This is SO COOL. I wish I was half this crafty. Your kids are very lucky!
ReplyDeleteThose are awesome! And I can sort-of relate. I'm making several people chainmail jewelry for Christmas, and I still have sooo much coiling/cutting to do...
ReplyDeleteI highly recommend Tally's Treasury for learning awesome geeky crafts. 'Tis where I learned to needle felt (it's art, made by stabbing things! How cool is that?!)
http://tallystreasury.com/
I am pretty familiar with needle felting. In my spare time I do commissioned pieces and I'm currently working on a collection of sculptures just as kind of an art project. :D Needle felting fucking rules.
DeleteAlso, I'm going to have to make those dino gloves.
DeleteI love these! What a creative idea! Way awesome.
ReplyDeleteI have 22 nieces and and nephews. It's been a long time since I have been able to afford to buy presents for them. I've been making ornaments for them for years now. At first I thought they would only appreciate it when they were older and were decorating their own first Christmas tree. However, the kids liked them better than the bought presents from their richer Aunties and Uncles. I think kids recognise love in their gifts. Maybe they really do like me best.
ReplyDeleteWe had a puppet theater when I was a kid. My mom made new puppets every year based on books or movies we loved that year. If they have the joy in the dramatic me and my siblings had, it is the perfect gift!
I also give away candy I make. In the last two weeks I've made three pounds of caramels, six pounds of fudge and dipped 250 Buckeyes. What's a Buckeye I hear. It's a delicious peanutbutter ball dipped in chocolate and just about the best thing about being from Ohio, and there are a lot of great things about being from Ohio.
DeleteSo I feel your pain. And not to sound superior, I got all my stuff done last weekend. Who am I kidding, I totally want to sound superior!
I've been reading the blog for a while (because it's fantastic! I love your sense of humor!) but am only now commenting to say, WAY TO GO! I knit most of my Christmas gifts and while it means crazy gift-making deadlines, it still beats shopping.
DeleteYour puppets are great!
I've been doing handmade gifts for my family for a couple of years now, too. Lots of knitting and sewing with just a little swearing.
ReplyDeleteThose are so cute! For the past few years I've always given handmade gifts to my niece. She has so many toys, I wouldn't know what to get her anyway.
ReplyDeleteHow do you find time to be a super mom AND write so many books? Teach us your ways!
ReplyDeleteIn the spirit of "nothing serious week", please see this and prepare to laugh so hard you cry http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/the-25-funniest-autocorrects-of-2012
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