#Red ribbon and bells print

[4homestylist]

Christmas Bells Wall Art | Festive Holiday Decor Print

Add a touch of holiday cheer to your home with this beautiful Christmas bells wall art. Featuring classic golden bells, vibrant holly leaves, red berries, and a festive red ribbon, this artwork brings warmth and joy to any space. Perfect for Christmas decor in living rooms, entryways, or dining areas, this piece captures the magic of the season. Brighten up your home for the holidays

GIT IT BUY HERE

[imreaallyasorry]

Oh!!! I was the one who asked about age. I wanted to invite you to the discord server. SADLY, you're too young so you can't go to our nightclub 😔 (I'd suspected it before that you were young so I wanted to make sure pff)

But I suppose you can let this mean whenever you're old enough you can jump in! >:) ... Just not for now 🔫‼️

IM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT!!! Alas, time has beaten me to the punch once again…. 💔💔

[shirecorn]

The two versions of ornaments I will be making!

THEY ARE HERE

Ornament information post

I'm working with a local shop to make ornaments! Here's some specifications for the basic set:

Should be done and shipped by mid december

Optional add-on of damage-free sticky wall hangers to hang them from instead of needing a tree

1/8th inch clear acrylic

Average size is 5 inches tall, including the plastic

Reindeer drawing printed on one side, facing left

Other side printed with their name, drawn in a special font, with an abstract version of the reindeer cut in a silhouette

8 Adult reindeer

1 sleigh

Rudolph has two options: The version that uses his mobility sleigh and a version that just floats.

I was thinking that the ornament set would only have the floating Rudolph, but then i remembered tumblr loved the sleigh.

So the final lineup is 10 or 11 ornaments

Then there's the deluxe version, which has a LOT of fiddling by hand.

Should be done and shipped by Christmas

Same specs as above, regarding size, double sided print, acrylic, etc

Custom metallic red harnesses for each reindeer, applied by hand

Gold rhinestones applied by hand

Gold eyelets drilled into them

Gold rings hanging from the eyelets

A long red ribbon to connect each one, with a buckle on the end

10 mini bells with wire rings to hang between each reindeer

A brief printed instruction page for assembly

There may be room for a version with just the red/gold harnesses and no drilling/ribbon? If there's significant interest in that. Please let me know!

I will work on getting fullsize comps done and then I can take preorders! Keep an eye on my etsy for the listing

[talltalesandbedtimestories]

“(Don’t) Hurry Down The Chimney Tonight” - Dean x Reader

Rating Explicit

Dean x Reader

Tags: Christmas (Holiday) Smut, Red Ribbons, Candy Canes, Peppermint Sensations, Sleigh Bells, Sexy Santa References, Dean is Tied Up, Edging, Oral Sex, 69, Vaginal Sex, Reader is a Naughty Little Vixen, Dean deserves a proper (sexy) Christmas.

Word Count: 2700

Summary: Dean saved Reader from the supernatural on Christmas Eve years ago. Every Christmas since, she has always found a way to show her unending appreciation.

Notes: This smutty little fic is a holiday gift for @jessjad for the 2023 SPNFanFicPond Secret Santa Fic Exchange. I hope you enjoy the reader’s sexy times with Dean.

Big thanks to @sam-is-my-safeword and runawaydr3amer (AO3) for reading the first draft and helping with a great many awesome smut ideas. Additional thanks to runawaydr3amer, who also beta’d this fic and packaged it up nice and shiny. 

Merry holidays!

I'm participating in @jacklesversebingo, and this part will fill my "Edging" square.

Resources:

Collage created in Canva

Pic found on Google (Fanpop)

Song Reference: Santa Baby by Joan Javits and Philip Springer (listen/watch this version sung by Eartha Kitt)

Dean sinks those pearly whites into the flesh of his bottom lip. His top lip pulls up and back into a painful sneer. The usual rosy, pillowy fullness of that mouth is instead taut, whitening under the capture. You laser focus onto the pointy canine denting into the mouth you have debated sitting on since you began this teasing challenge.

jingle

You finish fashioning a sweet little bow with the ribbon. It’s ruby red and velvety soft.

“Well, I think that’s about the prettiest package I ever did wrap.”

jingle

“What do you think, Mr. Claus?” you ask, your voice as innocent and demure as you can manage.

Dean opens his mouth and expels a slow gasp. jingle “Fuck, sweetheart. You aren’t playin’ fair.”

“That’s the whole point.”

You rise from the edge of the bed and take in the entire scene. It’s magnificent. 

He’s magnificent.

Dean is lying atop the forest green comforter of your bed. Naked. Well, not totally naked. A red ribbon - adorned with one single sleigh bell - binds his wrists together and anchors him to the headboard. His arms, jutting out and bent to create a diamond-shaped frame around his face, give you a prime ticket to the gun show. Biceps flex and tendons raise under the skin as he tries to remain as motionless as possible.

jingle

You aren’t a complete heathen. He’s got a fluffy pillow, the same deep green color as the comforter, to rest his head atop. Dean is anything but sleepy. He’s wound up. He stares back at you, the green of his irises electric and flaming with intensity.

You anticipate how sublime it will feel to strum the cords of his neck. Tickle your fingertips down that chest. You imagine Dean ring-a-ding-dinging and cursing himself if you take the time to trace the outline of his tattoo. Circle those perky nipples. Dip into his belly button and follow his treasure trail of baby-fine hair.

You marvel again at the other ribbon that you tied. You’d purchased a couple yards of red velvet at the craft store weeks ago with this in mind. With him in mind. You were ecstatic it had been enough to criss-cross around the crease below that fine ass. It wraps over a slight vee along his waist. The makeshift holiday jockstrap has Dean’s beautiful, now fully erect, cock sporting a bow.

Dean sighs. “Are you done decking my balls?” jingle

You giggle and fiddle with the belt of your robe. It’s red as well, but made of silk. “As we discussed, the end result of all of this is all up to you. Santa.” You flip a switch to turn off the ceiling light. The sconces stay on above the headboard. Two halos figure eight over Dean’s beautiful body, awash in a warm amber glow.

He’s a full print ad of holiday cheer and sinful debauchery.

“You’re being very naughty, (jingle) Mrs. Claus.” Dean licks his top lip—your core clenches at the deep timbre of his scolding. 

You’ve been wet since you both finished Christmas dinner. Since you told him you had one more gift for him waiting upstairs. Since you left him in the bedroom with orders to strip while you changed in the bathroom. Since you pulled out the ribbons. Since you explained that if he was good and could keep his jingling down to a minimum through what you had planned, you’d fuck him into the New Year.

You inhale and shrug, then begrudgingly turn your back to the sight. It takes a few taps on your phone for you to get to the song. You stifle another giggle at the little jingles Dean can’t help as he waits. 

Once you tap the play button, the festive and recognizable melody begins. A barbershop quartet bah-bums a bit before the sultry and smooth vocals of Eartha Kitt take the lead.

You look back over your shoulder at Dean and whisper along with Eartha.

You peel the silky robe off one shoulder then the other. Dean groans when the layer slips down to the floor. jingle

“Shit.” He moans and you grin in satisfaction at the hoped for reaction.

You turn back to face him, adding a dramatic hair flip. You're wearing a sexy little Mrs. Claus outfit. It’s a red velvet dress with a scandalously high skirt and a low-cut halter. White fur lines both the top and bottom. It’s all cinched nice and tight around your waist with a black belt and a gold buckle.

You bend at the knees and lean forward, shoulders folding in and hands resting on your thighs. It gives Dean the perfect vantage to ogle your cleavage. You purr along with the next line and modify the lyrics a smidge.

“Man, I must have been a really good boy this year.” Dean stares in awe, not even caring how much he’s jingling with his squirms atop the bed.

You let it slide for the time being, thrilled at the kid in a candy store grin plastered on his face and the way the bow sways with every twitch of his cock.  

Dean tilts his head to the side. His gaze begins at your red-glitter heels and canvases every inch of skin from ankles to thighs. He pauses, stopping to stare at the hint of flesh under the skirt hem. jin-jingle jingle jin-jingle He pants out, “Mrs. Claus forgot her panties, huh?”

You lift a finger and wiggle it back and forth in the air. “Uh-uh-uh. Remember, really good boys stay still if they want their present.”

The bell jangles no matter how carefully he attempts to reposition himself. “Son of a bitch,” he mumbles and you laugh. “Sorry, sweetheart. I’ll be good,” he whispers soft and sweet.

The heels tap across the hardwood as you walk over to settle beside Dean. You adjust your skirt to let the scant amount of fabric fan over your naughty bits. Being so close to him makes you forget the lyrics to sing along with Eartha.

You rest a hand on his chest. Through clenched teeth, Dean inhales at the touch, the rest of him frozen in place. The bell is silent. Your other hand grabs one of the candy canes you had left on the bedside table. For reasons.

Watching him fight every urge he has to reach out and touch you is fascinating. And the power you have over him gives you a head rush. You continue the tease, twirling the candy between your fingers, then laving the cane’s hook with your mouth and tongue. Dean garners some pity from you as he whines, brows downturned, eyes attentive to your every swirl and suck. You swing the cane close to his mouth. “Wanna taste?”

He swallows. “Wanna taste you,” he states, the hint of hope escaping around the edges of a soft moan.

The thrill of his need quickens your pulse. No other man has loved and adored you as thoroughly and exuberantly as Dean Winchester. You nod. “You will. But, first,” you rub the wet-slick candy cane over his bottom lip, “show me what that mouth wants to do.”

“You know what this mouth can do,” he reminds with a little sass, letting the candy cane tap against his bottom teeth. 

But soon enough, he indulges you. He slips the hook between his lips. His tongue slides out under the curve of peppermint, lapping at the sticky sweet. Again and again. Your breath hitches into your open mouth as you watch, enthralled at the ministrations of that thick and powerful muscle. He sucks the confection in a little farther, pursing his lips. The sounds he’s making, enjoying the treat, are downright pornographic and send any extraneous bell ringing to the back of your hearing queue. The red food coloring coats them like lip gloss by the time you break from the spell of his show. You guess it’s been minutes since Eartha finished her rendition of ‘Santa, Baby.’ The rest of the playlist you created has soft and dreamy instrumentals.

“My turn,” you cajole. You tug on the cane. He relinquishes, but not without some resistance. A little pop escapes his mouth once the hook is freed. You marvel at the progress he made. The hook end is substantially shorter and thinner than when he began.

He sniffs and tilts his chin up in pride. jingle “Your turn with that, or my turn with you?”

The cane slips back into your mouth, your fingers sticky from all the handling. You stand, kick off your heels, and climb back onto the bed on your knees. You grin as you suck on the candy.

His eyes soften. “Be careful, baby. Don’t want you to choke. Well, at least not on that.” He smirks.

He’s right. Safety first. You toss the candy onto the bedside table.

“You are so (jingle) fucking hot in that (jingle) outfit.” He grins and waggles eyebrows in anticipation. “Gonna let me down your chimney, Mrs. Claus?” jingle jingle jingle

The actions in the next few seconds are a blur. You wonder if Dean has some sort of Jedi mind control ability. Because even though you are supposed to be the one making decisions this evening, his seductively god-awful puns find you sitting on his face, reverse cowgirl. 

“You might get the golden ticket to all my secret places if you’re lucky.” Your fingers tip-toe down his chest like a grinch about to steal someone else’s presents. 

jingle jingle jingle

“Fuckin’ hell,” Dean murmurs under your skirt. Hot breath bathes your inner thighs and other areas you hope will soon be explored.

Your hands rest in the little divots created by his pelvic bones while you take his body in and plan your method of attack. You pull on the ribbon and release his cock of the bow. Then, you’re deep throating him like he’s your last meal.

Not one to be outdone at an all-you-can-eat buffet, Dean’s entire face gets in on the feast as well. Nerves respond to the tingling sensation of the residual peppermint on Dean’s lips and tongue. You shiver at the gloriously heightened sensitivity when he pulls back to blow on your pussy. “This is so much better than milk and cookies.” He moans and groans and jingles all the way. 

As much as you’re loving the taste of his precome, the velvet texture against your tongue, and the way the tip triggers a tiny gag reflex at the base of your throat, it’s time to remind him of the consequences of all that noise he’s making. You release the hard length from your mouth and try to concentrate on your own breathing during the absolute virtuoso way he’s eating you out. As much as you’d love his fingers to get in on the action, you know you’d have no control over the situation. You sigh in relief that he’s trying to adhere to some parts of the game. The pitiful, half-hearted ribbon shackling of his hands to the headboard is no match for Dean Winchester.

You steady yourself on wobbly knees and one shaky elbow. A firm grip around the base of his cock makes Dean gasp. He stills after that. In your mind’s eye, you picture the beauty of that mouth and how his luscious pink lips were slick with peppermint. You imagine how slick they are with you now. “Sorry, baby,” he murmurs and you feel him settle back onto the pillow. “I’ll be as quiet as I can. Can you blame me, though? Here I am, under your sweet little skirt, in the dark (jingle)... shit, sorry. But, you can’t drop a five-course meal in front of a starving (jingle) man and not expect him to wanna little taste.”

You squeeze his cock. “That’s part of the challenge.”

“I’m always up for a challenge. You always make me feel so good.”

You groan at the praise he bestows. Without releasing your hold, you shimmy off his chest. Channeling the prim and delicate sensibilities of Mrs. Claus, you crawl along the comforter and settle between nutcracker bow legs. With knees tucked under you and sat atop bare feet you accept him in your mouth again and get to work. 

You take in the sight of Dean inventorying your every action. He’s gripping the top of the headboard with both hands to steady his upper body. You clock that the little stinker has also managed to palm the sleigh ball in an effort to silence or, at the very least, muffle it. You consider that move cheating. But he feels so sublime that you can’t bear to part with him to voice your irritation. He’s also whispering the sweetest filth to you while he watches.

“Damn. Yeah. Those lips of yours feel so good around my cock. You take it so good, baby. Wish I could fuck that pretty little mouth of yours, but I’d definitely jingle-jangle way too much.” A tongue swipe over his top lip accentuates the glossy look of his ruby-tinted mouth in the warm light. “You really are too good to me. You give the best Christmas presents.” He stiffens further with each downstroke. “Aw, yeah. Suck it.” Your rhythm increases. “So pretty. Wanna touch you so bad.” He gasps. “Fuck, I’m gettin’ close.” jingle jingle   

You clamp around the base again and squeeze, freeze mid-swallow - your lips around the tip - as soon as he rings.

Dean squirms and grumbles.

You continue to bring him to the edge of orgasm, then halt. Your jaw is aching along with the rest of your body as time passes.

You’ve fucked Dean up in the best way possible. He’s blissed out, wound up tighter than a spring. You’ve got him begging. But his words grow into admonishments with each successive denial. “You can’t keep doing this, baby. There’s gonna be consequences. Santa’s gonna for real put you on his naughty list. Nothing but coal in your stocking,” he huffs.

You give your mouth a reprieve and stroke him. “Is that all that happens to naughty girls?”

He gnaws at his bottom lip before offering, “You really wanna find out?”

You nod.

The ribbon binding Dean to the headboard shreds with one mighty tug. He pitches the sleigh bell in the air. It jingles as it pinballs around the room. 

You gasp as he cinches those hands under your armpits and drags you up his body. He crushes his lips into yours, tastes you with his tongue. The mixture of your arousal and a hint of peppermint melts you in his arms. Then, a sudden and swift rollover pins you beneath him.

He hovers, tosses your skirt up to your chest, and wedges between your legs. His hard, heavy cock slips into your folds and glides through your wetness. “I could drag this out. Or.” It’s his turn to tease. He notches snug against your entrance. You’re surprised your muscles haven’t pulled him into you of their own accord the way your entire body spasms with need. He whispers in your ear, “Let me be your Santa, baby.”

You gasp, “And hurry down the chimney tonight.”

He groans in victory and slides in, balls deep. He thrusts. One massive hand gathers your wrists together on the pillow above your head to anchor you in place. Fingers of his other hand grip the top of the headboard. Every sway in and out of you gets more frenetic. You’re screaming his name and he’s cursing yours. 

“Good girls do what they’re told,” he states, out of breath, face reddening. His gaze locks with yours. He slows down. Releases your hands. Finds your clit amid the white fur and red velvet. Strums. Angles and hits your sweet spot deep within you with a harsh abandon. “Come.”

Minutes later, after you’ve both orgasmed, you’re curled into his chest. “That was…” you manage between heavy exhales.

“Yeah, that was awesome.” He kisses your forehead. “Every year, since I saved you from that ghost on Christmas Eve, you find a way to outdo yourself with the holiday cheer.”

“Well, you deserve it. I’m glad you can get away for a little while and get a special treat.”

He sighs. “You know, you don’t have to feel obligated to…”

You rest a finger atop his lips. “How I see it. Guy saves your life one time, you owe him the rest of yours.”

He smiles and pulls you in. “How about we just focus on tonight, yeah?”

You nod. “Merry Christmas, Dean.”

“Merry Christmas, sweetheart.”

[superbnutnight]

I know I said "by the end of the week" but I am a lying liar who lies. SORRY GUYS I SERIOUSLY UNDERESTIMATED HOW MUCH WRITING I NEEDED TO DO TO CONNECT ALL THE SCENES I WANT TOGETHER (SOB).

When this monster is done it's going to be the longest fucking thing I have on my profile. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME?? IS THIS THE POWER OF BEING ASEXUAL?

As an apology take this excerpt which is what I based (this) post off of!

…By the time you're done tying up loose ends, the day is well advanced. You don't think about what this means until you step through the doors to the daycare and you're assaulted by input from all directions. 

It's business hours.

There are children screaming, and the white light pouring from the overhead bulbs is harsh against your sleep-deprived eyes. Somehow you can hear that awful fluorescent buzz of them over the excited screeches, and that whine burrows right under your skin like static electricity. You fucking hate, hate, hate the lights in this building.

There's music blasting through the speakers, and everything is so bright. In the corner of your eye you see the advertisement billboards, rapidly cycling between advertisements for the pizzaplex and random simulated crap, like bubbles or swirly rainbows. For one dizzying moment, you feel like you're in a Casino- not a daycare.

You stand there, frozen, hand fisted around the handle of your red toolbox as nausea coils thickly in your empty stomach.

The Daycare attendant, in his daytime preset, looks up from where he's corralling spilled balls back into the ball pit. Noticing you, he perks up. If he were a dog, his tail would be wagging. 

He literally somersaults over to you, vibrating with energy, and you feel a cold pang of dread. 

Oh god. 

You only have a few seconds to mentally prepare yourself before the daycare attendant is in your face--literally--all grins and glowy eyes.

You think you're going to be sick. 

"HELLOOOOOOOOOO NEW FRIEND!" He exclaims, head spinning in a circle and rays expanding and retracting. His voice is way too loud. He stoops down and grabs the hand that isn't occupied with holding your toolbox and shakes it, and your entire body with it, causing your hat to slip down your forehead. "Wow, it is just so amazing to meet you! Do you know Ollie? What's your name? My name's Sun! Where did you come from? Are you here to stay?" 

Already overwrought with sensory input, the animatronic's hand on your own sends sharp spikes of unpleasant feeling through your skin, making the awful crawling, crackling static kick up several notches. 

Reflexively, almost involuntarily, you yank your hand out of his grasp, shuffling back several steps. 

Sun stills, smile drooping and rays retracting, clearly taken aback. 

You feel bad, but you just can't handle anything touching you right now or you might scream. You know that trying to talk right now is useless, so you dig around in your pockets until you pull out your new ID. 

Silently, you present Sun the shiny card with your new position documented in printed letters at the bottom. 

"Oh!" Sun leans down to examine the ID, before straightening back up. You notice that he doesn't try to lean into your personal space again, and you're relieved. "I guess Ollie isn't coming back…?"

You blink at the nickname, wondering what kind of relationship they'd had. Slowly, you shrug and shake your head. Honestly, you probably know as much about this as Sun does. 

"Well, New Friend, why don't I give you a tour of the daycare, and we can get to know each other a little better!"

Actually, there's nothing less you'd like to do right now, but your pre-made social script has you nodding awkwardly before you can figure out a way to politely refuse.

"Awesome!" The animatronic claps his hands together, bell ribbons jingling merrily, voice right back to the overwhelming cheer.

You follow Sun around like a lost duckling, trying your utmost not to snap at any of the children who stray too close to you when playing. It's not their fault, but in this state, just their proximity makes you all staticy and irritable.

[mrsundays]

TADC GANG REDESIGN

I finally finished the redesigns. It took me a long time, but they are done, and that's all that matters. Now I'll proceed to talk about each of them because if I don't, I'll implode.

I approached the designs with the idea of not straying too far from the original designs, although I can't deny that I went a bit overboard with Pomni's design.

AND NO, THEY HAVE NOTHING UNDER THOSE CLOTHES, ZERO, ABSOLUTE VOID, LITERALLY LIKE A BARBIE OR KEN. But who knows, maybe one day I'll wake up feeling crazy, ahem.

POMNI:

She has undergone the most changes compared to her original design, the most noticeable being the hat. The reason is simple; I find it funny that the hat itself is larger than Pomni, making her look even smaller than she already is, which brings me to the other change.

This Pomni is much smaller than the original, reaching only to Ragatha's shoulders compared to the redesign, which barely reaches her waist.

The third change is the suit. The only things I kept were the pattern and colors, along with the bells on her torso. I liked the idea of giving her a design that constantly makes her appear smaller than she is, with only her head and forearms visible. Now she wears a "tunic" that also serves as a small skirt. In addition, her sleeves and pants are now loose, not to mention a more prominent "collar."

Finally, the pupils - one is red, and the other is blue, both accompanied by black. I don't have many reasons for this; I just liked how the black looked in her pupils when I sketched it, so I decided to keep it in the final design.

Now, a few details or ideas I have:

The bells on her suit make little sounds when she moves. They're not very loud, but somewhat annoying.

Pomni remains just as nervous and anxious, but now a bit more aggressive and impulsive. Why? Who knows.

During the first few weeks at the circus, she develops an intense fear of physical contact. Not only because of the strange sensation her own skin gives her but also due to other events that I can't talk about yet.

She's quite elusive, like a cartoon mouse. This is the only reason she can land punches on Jax without him expecting them.

RAGATHA:

SHE'S THE SAME, SHE'S THE SAME—There are only a few changes. To be honest, I really like the original design, and I didn't feel the need to change much. So, I decided to add a few more things because I enjoy adding silly details that end up saturating things, haha.

The most noticeable change is the white apron. Now it has certain seams all around her body, from her arms to her face, including her neck. Lastly, a small bag hangs behind her with all the tools a seamstress needs, out of necessity, like herself.

Other than that, there are no other significant changes to her design.

Now, with the little details/ideas:

Originally, she was slimmer, but after a small adventure in the circus, she discovered that firstly, she had polyester fiber filling, and secondly, if she added a bit more filling to her arms, she gained more strength.

Yes, she has the kitchen knife/machete, not just to scare a certain rabbit but also to cook meals sometimes with Bubble, the meals they eat after their adventures, with all the affection a ragdoll can give.

She once tried, along with Gangle, to make clothes for Zooble. It didn't turn out well...

Currently, she is the second-longest-serving person in the circus, only surpassed by Kinger. That's why Jax sometimes calls her grandma.

GANGLE:

Same as with Ragatha, her red ribbons and mask are intact, with the only additions being the French beret befitting an artist of her caliber and a small cape that covers the top part of her ribbons. I don't have much else to say; I didn't have many issues designing her—it was just something I thought fit perfectly with her personality.

Little Ideas :D :

As the entire fandom agrees, she's an artist and probably watched a lot of anime before ending up in the circus. Yes, she has one of those pillows with a character printed on it in her room.

Every now and then, she draws the circus members, including Jax, and gives them as gifts. Although she has currently put this practice aside due to recent abstractions...

She has been in the circus for less time than Jax, and despite everything that has happened, she has been enjoying her time in the circus more than she expected.

She can take any form with her ribbons as long as they remain connected to her mask.

Pomni asked her to teach her how to draw. The reason wasn't given, but Gangle gladly accepted.

JAX:

The purple rabbit, yes, he was a bit more complicated. Originally, I had the idea of giving him a shirt with a vest—a contrast between formal wear and his asshole attitude. However, I ended up discarding that idea and decided to go for a 60s fashion style.

The beret was something I seriously considered almost at the end of his design, and at least in my opinion, I think it works well with the rest of his clothing. I had to keep the jumpsuit; it was too characteristic, so I had to work around that piece, leading to the integration of the turtleneck sweater.

And finally, I made him furrier, and yes, he has a tail—a fluffy tail that he doesn't let anyone touch.

Now, you know what's coming:

See that pocket on his jumpsuit? It serves as a hammer space, so if he wanted to, he could store something comically huge there.

He's the best at carnival shooting games. No one has managed to beat him even once. The only one who used to give him competition was Kaufmo.

Don't tell anyone, but he has Gangle's drawing saved. He thinks it's a cute detail, but no one can find out, okay?

Before Kinger's wife's abstraction, he used to play chess with him or accompany him on bug-hunting missions, mainly with the goal of finding one to bother Ragatha.

Once, Zooble called him a furry. Jax locked himself in his room for three days because of that comment.

ZOOBLE:

Zooble… was the main reason I took so long with this. I spent days trying to think of any changes, anything—giving them clothes, didn't like the idea; maybe changing their form, nope; a total redesign… no. And so, I was stuck for days until I decided to change absolutely nothing. They're perfect as they are.

But, but, but in the end, I made a few small changes. I decided to play with the idea that Zooble is a toy with removable parts, and none of the parts are from the same toy brand; some aren't even made of the same material, with their right arm being the prime example, a ragdoll arm with filling, something similar to Ragatha.

Also, now they have a built-in voice box in their torso. You just have to pull that light blue thing on their chest, and you'll hear a phrase that varies between "I love you," "You're the best," and "Friends forever."

I won't repeat myself with this, huh:

They were the one who had been in the circus for the shortest time before Pomni's arrival.

The limbs they have now are not the original ones; it took some time for them to find a combination that was comfortable to move with.

They strangle Jax at least twice a week; it has become a habit.

They dislike the lake, mainly because they don't have aquatic parts, making swimming very difficult for them. Plus, they have lost some parts at the bottom of the lake. Caine returned them, but something tells them that the ringmaster gave them duplicates.

KINGER:

He's perfect, simply that. His original design, despite being simple, I think is one of the best in the series. But I had to do something, so I decided to add two very small things.

First, a ring. No need to explain; I think it's quite obvious what it refers to.

And second, a belt to highlight the excellent figure he has, even if that belt isn't his…

Don't bug me, you already know what's coming:

Sometimes, he hums a song when lost in his thoughts, but it seems like some parts of the melody are missing.

He has managed to create a small encyclopedia with data on all the bugs he has captured, even with drawings made by Gangle at Kinger's request.

He knows what you are.

He takes long walks around the lake on his days off, perhaps in an attempt to revive memories of a better time, although he says he does it in search of an aquatic specimen to add to his collection.

Sometimes, Caine challenges him to an arm wrestling competition. Oddly enough, he effortlessly manages to beat the AI.

[girlsgirl06]

WHAT'S YOUR STYLE?

DISCOVER YOUR STYLE!😉

Fashion is very important. Being well dressed makes the personality more beautiful and strong.

The way you dress tells a lot about you. You might have noticed the type of outfits you wear, you feel the same way. For example: When I wear that oversized baggy clothes I feel so cool and become kind of very open and confident. And when I wear beautiful dresses I feel like I'm the princess. So you understand our clothes create a great impact on us and our behaviour.

So dress for not getting attention but to feel confident and pretty. Dress for yourself, not for others. Dress the way you want to.

Now, let's have a look on some of the most trendiest and amazing types of style. Observe each style and find which style matches your vibe☺️

1. CASUAL/ STREET WEAR/CHIC STYLE

Casual/Street style or Chic style is about being a little simple like pair of jeans and top or shirts, like anything that's comfy.

2. DARK FEMININE/FEMME FATALE/ ELEGANT

A Dark Feminine or Femme Fatale is a woman who styles mostly in black, red or dark colours. Her style is so elegant and classy. She often wears backless dresses or Blazers with a pair of heels accessorizing with beautiful jewellery. She dresses like she's the queen.

3. SOFT GIRL/GIRLY GIRL

A Soft girl style is very cute one. She often wears floral dresses or anything of floral print, skirts, a-line dresses etc. She mostly chooses colours like white, pink or pastel light colours. This style is more about being cute and girly. You can also add cute stuff as accessories.

4. TOMBOY

Tomboy style is one of the most savage styles among all. It is all about wearing oversized shirts, tshirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, baggy jeans/trousers accessorizing with caps, beanies, headbands, shoes, chains, studds etc. This style is more about being a cool girl.

5. Y2K

Y2K which is one of the most trendiest styles nowadays is a recreation of 2000's fashion. Wearing dresses and jeans underneath, styling skirts with oversized tees, bell bottoms jeans and accessorizing it as much as possible.

6. COQUETTE

Coquette style includes Ribbons. It is accessorizing ribbon on hairs or on clothes, mini skirts with cute crop tops. This style is very similar to soft girl style.

7. COTTAGE CORE

Cottage core is also similar to soft girl style. Wearing light colour outfits, mostly floral print, accessorizing with bows and pretty necklaces, bracelets, earrings etc. You can add crochet bags, baskets if going on trip, long skirts and cardigans.

8. OFFICE SIREN

Office Siren is also recreation of 2000's style. It is a classy and attractive style. If you wanna be looked up as a classy, elegant, smart and charming woman at office or wherever, you should go with this style.

9. DESI CORE

Desi core is an Indian girl's style. Wearing Indian traditional outfits like kurtis, lehengas, sarees etc. Accessorizing with Indian jewellery like jhumkas(earrings) or bangles etc. I'll make a detailed blog on Desi Core as it's one of the most beautiful styles.

Your style makes you known. Wear more of your style, buy clothes according to your styles. Remember buying expensive clothes is not the point, buying the clothes that matches your vibe and style is more important. But also remember to spice up your personality by switching the styles. So do have more than one style, it will make your personality mysterious and interesting. You can also make a mix of styles to look more stylish and fashionable. For example: You can have that Femme Fatale look with a bit of soft girly style.

You can find the inspo of your style on the best app of all time PINTEREST❤️

I hope I made it easier to find your style. Dress well, Vibe well😉

Thankyou for reading my blog ❤️

[digi-dest-stories]

after seeing the amazing digital circus asks i got inspired by it too

how would be like a fem! tamer and her 4 partner digimon ((my team based on my oc who is a alt character on the game digimon masters online)) a male wizardmon and his half lil brother terriermon and half lil sister lopmon and their adoptive middle sister meicoomon;

for mysterious reasons got sent to the digital circus and they are currently stuck in there at the moment, and not only the tamer herself got turned into an avatar character (a pink toon plush bunny version of herself with a tutu skirt over her shorts and a fake daisy flower hairclip on her hair, white toon gloves, and a lacy collar with a tiny bell and a rose quartz hexagonal druze on her neck);

but also her digimon as well (her wiz he got turned into a scarecrow looking plush sheep version of himself but with some features that makes him a bit similar to orko from he-man and vivi from ff9 because his shawl and cape got replaced by a scarf with a silver skull shaped jiggling bell and oversized wool sweater lilke robes over his jumpsuit, white toon gloves, his hat got some star printed patchworks on some few parts of his hat, he is bare footed exposing the cute hooved feet he got, and the sheep/lamb jiggling bell collar with the same bell matching the scarf one under it;

her meicoomon became a plush cat version of herself but she is an inbetween toki-doki and beanie boos plushie mainecoon cat doll with a purple and lavender ribbon on her head, a lavender cat collar with a heart with skull and cross bones, white toon gloves, and a tiny jiggling bell and a frilly purple and violet tutu skirt;

and terriermon became a big eared terrier mix sanrio styled dog plushie version of himself with a blue and orange dog collar with a lil bell on it too bedsides the star shaped liscence and ID tag on it and a matching orange and blue helicopter baseball cap,

while his little twin sister lopmon in other hand, she is also a sanrio styled plushie but as lop bunny rabbit version of herself instead, she wears a ribbons tied as pigtails on her ears (one lemon yellow and other fuschia pink), white toon gloves, a hot pink and lemon yellow polka dot frilly ballet skirt and a red ribbon collar with a heart shaped tiny bell);

but for also mysterious reasons not only the tamer and her 4 digimon remembers who they truly are despite loosing 45% of their memories for awhile, but also they are fully immune to abstraction, can (eventually) cure an poor abstracted individual, and the digimon can digivolve and degenerate/de-evolve but their stages aand others are different while in this state and forms; as well like their tamer they also got new perks and skills in this form.

how they would react the gang as they investigate their quest on this other but wacky, fun, crazy, and yet different with lots of secrets including terrifiying ones, circus like digital world?

First of all those descriptions are kinda adorable

Second of all:

They'd be very confused at first. They thankfully have each other, and Ragatha, who explains to them what the circus is

It's rough trying to adjust to new, slightly different bodies. But they manage to help each other out, even though they can't remember everything

Interacting with Abstracted is kind of terrifying at first, not gonna lie. They'd like to avoid that happening to anyone as much as possible (they don't know that they can't be abstracted, at least not at first)

Digivolving was an interesting experience. A bit chaotic, as the Digimon now had to adjust to newer forms, on top of fighting enemies (if in battle) or Jax (because he's an asshole who messes with them)

They don't like Caine. They avoid him as much as possible, which is sadly kind of impossible

They all share a room with one another, sharing a bed because they want the comfort of being near one another. If someone is missing, they won't sleep until they're found the missing

Along with Pomni, they are looking for an exit. But, unlike Pomni, they don't have moments of insanity because they have each other

And that's all I got

[tetsunabouquet]

Can't Help Falling In Love With You Chapter 9

Masterpost

Midorima's heart was pounding so hard he feared it would break his chest. You had casually asked him out the other day, texting him that you'd like to try to go out for a simple, casual date to test the waters. Obviously, Midorima immediately accepted the proposal. When discussing the details, he had promised to pick you up and you had expressed some worry, wondering if he was okay going to the worst area of Tokyo. A person could call Midorima many things, but a coward wasn't one of them. The first thing he noticed, was how much filthier things seemed to be on this side of the city. You could tell by entering the area that there seemed to be an aura of hopelessness and people had stopped caring. Criminals didn't immediately started crawling out of the woodworks though, it was relatively quiet in the area right now, the sole exception being the honking of a car that Midorima suspected had broken at least one traffic law at its speed. He rang the outside bell of the shabby apartment you lived in. Not long after, you came outside, dressed in a casual but elegant yet feminine style, looking as foreign to the background as he did. He recognized the hair ribbon you were wearing from school though. "Hello, is it okay if I call you Shintaro? It's weird to be on a date and call you by your first name." You stated as you greeted him and Midorima's head was spinning from the way you pronounced his name. "Of course, nandayo!" He blurted out with a slight blush. You smiled warmly, "You can call me Y/n too." Midorima nodded, still red faced as he gestured towards the cart that Takao often drove him around in. "Today, I will be your driver." You giggled at the sight, and shook your head. "You're kidding me!" "I'm not, nandayo. If you wish to test the waters to date and be in a relationship with me, you should be aware that I will spoil you as you deserve." The sweetness of his answer made you giggle once more, and it was then, when you looked into the cart and spotted a scarf with adorable kitty paw print, and following Oh Asa out of curiosity due to Midorima you knew your lucky item of the day was a clothing article with cat print. "I'm already wearing my cat print socks, but it's wonderful you thought of me." You said, picking up the scarf and wrapping it around your neck. You sniffed the material and it smelled fresh and new. "It was only right, nandayo. Now get in, we're going for the best lunch you've ever had."

You were surpised that you got Midorima to actually laugh at one of your jokes, he seemed to have something so reserved and stoic sometimes that it surprised you he did have a sense of humor. Sure, it felt like a bit of a reversel of the gender stereotype, with you making most of the jokes and he being the one laughing all the time, but you didn't mind. You felt embarassed about Midorima paying for everything, and in a surpsing move of emotional intelligence, he had ordered simple croissants and your favorite blend of tea alongside his own. Definitely not pricy enough to make you feel guilty. Midorima definitely was more then he let on, and you really liked it. "Though," Midorima said as he recovered, "I would certainly not mind if I could put Takao on a space ship." Now it was your turn to laugh as you imagined poor Takao being sent off to Mars. "Do you really think he's that annoying?" "Yes, but the unfortunate thing is that he grows on me like a disease nandayo." You hiccuped from the giggles once more, your eyes getting watery. "Well, you really do seem like you're getting corrupted by fungi," You said, stressing on the 'fun' for a pun. Midorima snorted. "As if I can help it when the fungi is this stubborn." "Let's hope your next lucky item are cleaning wipes." You continued to joke around as if you were on crack, something about the light, goofy mood just being electric. You realized then, that without a doubt, you were actually falling for Midorima.

[zerogate]

On premonitions of death

In the early sixties, a French historian, Philippe Ariès, who had already written a radical book about childhood, became deeply occupied with the manner of our dying. Ariès never held a university position. For thirty-five years, he ran the document department of a research institute devoted to tropical fruits. Occasionally, he was mocked by more credentialed academics as “the banana seller.” He read Latin on the train to work. Ariès wondered whether France’s funerary customs—the pious walk to the graveyard; the veneration of tombs—were age-old or more recently invented. He investigated the digging of Paris’s great modern cemeteries, in the late eighteenth century. During his research, Ariès glimpsed an earlier, tantalizing world of reused graves and mingled bones, where men and women responded differently to the end of their lives.

Once he began studying old rites and the verses of medieval danses macabres, Ariès found that he could not stop. With his wife, Primerose, he began to visit the national archives, where they spent three years of weekends reading old wills, from the nineteenth century back to the sixteenth. He gave himself to the story of death. “There was no turning back!” Ariès recalled. “I had lost all freedom; from now on I was totally caught up in a search that constantly expanded.”

Ariès came to the conclusion that, over the course of a thousand years, death had become increasingly private, to the point of invisibility. In the process, it had grown wild. In the early Middle Ages, death had been more commonplace, a simpler and more collective act. “We all die.” It was the sign of a good life to know that the end was at hand. A bell would ring by itself. A man would hear three knocks on the floor of his room. An inscription from 1151, in Toulouse, told how the sacristan of Saint-Paul-de-Norbonne “saw death standing beside him,” made his will, prayed and died. In Arthurian legend, King Ban watched his castle burn, fell off his horse and looked up to the sky, beseeching, “Oh Lord God . . . help me, for I see and I know that my end has come.” I see and I know. Ariès italicized the words. Gawain, Arthur’s nephew, is asked: “Ah, good lord, think you then so soon to die?” He replies: “Yes. I tell you that I shall not live two days.”

[...]

Ariès was fascinated whenever a fragment of the old ways survived. In 1959, almost twenty years before Ariès published The Hour of Our Death, a retired shoeshine named Malete Hanzakos began to prepare for the end of his life in Bucyrus, in northern Ohio. Hanzakos, who was known as Mike, migrated from Sparta, in Greece, to New York City after the First World War. He settled in Bucyrus in the thirties, where he cleaned shoes, grew vegetables and drove his paneled truck through red lights, stopping when they turned green. He never married or spoke much English. At the age of seventy-seven he suffered no more than the usual aches and pains. In the last year of his life, Hanzakos chose a cemetery plot, had a headstone engraved (except the final date), tended his grave, ordered flowers for his funeral (tied in a ribbon of white and blue, the national colors of Greece) and wrote an obituary for the local newspaper, which refused to print it while he was still alive. He could have been reading from The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying, written by Jeremy Taylor, an Anglican vicar, in 1651: “Death hath come so near to you as to fetch a portion of your very heart; and now you cannot choose but dig your own grave, and place your coffin in your eye.”

On Boxing Day, Hanzakos asked his sister, Constance, and her son and his family to drive down from Michigan to see him. They ate burgers at the LK Restaurant in town, inspected his grave, which he was proud of and which upset them, and then all crammed into Hanzakos’s one-room apartment under a machine shop. The shoeshine handed out some jars of vegetables that he had canned and a few envelopes of cash. When his nephew tried to refuse the gift of his old shoe brushes, Hanzakos said, “No, boy, I don’t need anything any more,” took a step toward the kitchen table and fell to the floor. He was dead before the doctor arrived. 

“The Man Who Died on Time,” the story of Hanzakos’s foreseen death, was published by Life magazine in early 1960. A few years later, it caught the eye of George Engel, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Rochester, in upstate New York, who collected such stories. Like Barker, Engel was gripped by cases of people who appeared to have dropped dead because of some surfeit of emotion or certainty about their fate...

In the sixties, Engel collected 170 cases of sudden or eerie deaths, which he mostly found in press reports. He organized them into eight categories, including “on loss of status or self-esteem,” “during acute grief” and “after the danger is over” (a handful of people often die this way after earthquakes). Like Barker, Engel wanted to expand the frontiers of psychiatry and to pay more attention to the physiological impact of our emotions. In 1980, he wrote a landmark paper advocating a new “biopsychosocial model” for medicine that would take into account not just the bodies of patients, but also their minds and the societies in which they lived. He was a man with time for the nocebo effect.

And, like Barker, Engel was also compelled by forces that weren’t entirely rational. On July 11, 1963, Engel’s twin brother, Frank, who was also a distinguished doctor, died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of forty-nine. The two men had been exceptionally close: indistinguishable as boys; rivals and, more recently, collaborators as they pursued their medical careers. They called each other “Oth,” as in “Other.”

After his brother died, Engel became convinced that his life was also running out. He saw death standing next to him. Then a magical notion took hold: that if he could survive the calendar year after his twin’s passing, then he would live out a normal life. “I was fully aware of the irrational nature of this idea, but nonetheless found it impossible to dispel,” Engel recalled. On the afternoon of June 9, 1964, just short of eleven months after his brother’s death, and a few hours ahead of an awkward meeting which, like John Hunter, he was in no mood to attend, Engel suffered the heart attack that he had been waiting for. He was in his office in Rochester. It was not fear that he felt. “My reaction to the attack was one of great relief. I not only escaped the unpleasant meeting, I no longer had to anticipate the heart attack; the other shoe had fallen, so to speak,” the psychiatrist wrote, in an extraordinary paper, in 1975. “I felt serene and tranquil. The waiting was finally over.” I see and I know.

--  Sam Knight, The Premonitions Bureau

[trenchcoatsbi]

heyooo! it's vale! i've been wanting to request this for a bit but haven't ever gotten around to it thanks to my nerves, but i'm feeling bold enough now so i'm sending it!

i was wondering if i might be able to request some art of me and my sons (tommy and wilbur)? if three characters is too much, just the two of them would be fine too obviously (/gen). prelude to this: it's gonna be a long ask because i'm gonna have to describe their appearances, and i'm so sorry about that. luckily i've already described myself in the past so i won't have to do that again haha!

my canon's tommy was an albino crow elytrian fledgeling; he had platinum blond hair with white feathers scattered throughout and small white wings— he was generally really pale, and his eyes were sort of a periwinkle color. he often wore this red poncho/shawl that came down to about his elbows and was embroidered around the hem with floral details, a white tanktop, and khaki cargo shorts. he also wore a jingle bell on a string around his wrist (the bells were a cultural thing for us). wilbur was a caramel crow elytrian; he lost his wings in death, but still had some light brown feathers scattered in his hair and small antler nubs. he had gold eyes and pale brown hair. he usually wore a mustard yellow button-down shirt under a navy blue peacoat, a pair of green-tinted sunglasses, and a wide-brimmed navy blue sunhat with a cornflower tucked into the ribbon around its brim. he also wore a jingle bell on a ribbon choker. important to note that my canon's wilbur also had a case of talipes ("clubfoot")— it was his left foot specifically, and he often used a carved wooden cane to assist him with mobility. both of them, like me, had bird legs and tails!

feel free to leave this in the inbox for as long as you need to, or just lmk if no one is up to taking it— definitely won't take offense/feel hurt, i get that it's a big ask! also sorry to like, dump a bunch of info about both of them. i miss 'em! anyways, thank you as always!! -🌾🪶

Heyy Vale. Sorry this took a hot sec but uh I had a moment trying to figure out what to draw. I eventually just started streaming me trying to figure this out to my friends and they did a lot of brainstorming with me until we landed on the boys goofing around during a family photo thing. There were more fun options but I think this one that I ended up on is nice. I like to think they got more formal nice photos earlier on in the hypothetical photo shoot and by this point were just joking around and not posing or anything anymore.

Anyway uh I like scribbling on top of printed photos so I added some lil things in the alt where I turned my usual border into a kinda frame thing? lmao idk I was just goofing around by that point. Hope you like these Vale! it was really fun trying to figure out how to draw your sons! They were also pretty fun to draw aside from me taking years to figure out colors. I really do not know what I'm doing with coloring and always just bully them into working together with overlay layers lmao -za

[meesa2021]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Hand Crafted- ‘Ho Ho Ho!’ Paw Print wine bottle lantern.

[ivyfox-illustration]

Golden Retriever Metal Christmas Ornament Your favourite breed art print - head or body conformation - groomer gift - Other Breeds Available - dog breeder gift - regional specialty or national specialty prize gift idea Artwork by Ivy Fox Illustration Follow Ivy Fox Illustration on social media https://m.facebook.com/IvyFox.illustration/ https://www.instagram.com/ivyfox.illustration/ Find your dog breed: Personalized Pet Portraits: https://ivyfoxillustrates.etsy.com/ My website: https://ivyfoxillustration.com/ Art Prints Merch Original PaintingsMetal Christmas tree ornaments are durable and will bring holiday cheer for years to come. Print your festive designs on both sides of the white aluminum base, and we'll print them in high resolution with a glossy finish. Their surface is scratch and chip-resistant, so they can be stored together in the famous Christmas decoration box. Choose any or all of these four shapes – bell, tree, round, and oval. Note that there's one ornament per pack, and it already comes with a separate red ribbon for hanging. .: White aluminum base with a glossy finish .: Available in 4 shapes - Bell, Tree, Round and Oval .: Scratch and chip resistant surface .: Print on both sides .: Each ornament comes with a separate red ribbon for hanging .: NB! Each pack contains a single ornament Size chart Shape: Round Oval Width, in 3.50 2.36 Height, in 3.50 2.99 Thickness, in 0.03 0.03 Contact Email: IvyFoxIllustration@ gmail(dot)com ———— Tags and other miscellaneous info: ———— Ivy Fox Illustration Ivy Fox dog art Museum of the Dog American Kennel Club Showsight - Where Champions Are Celebrated American Dog Fancier InfoDog Best In Show The Canine Chronicle AKC Gazette best pet portrait artist watercolor fine art unique art Akc meet the breeds Westminster kennel club dog show national dog show crufts grooming intergroom superzoo petquest groom expo dog sports well bred dogs purebred preservation breeders ethical breeders breeder of merit akc grand champion Ch – Champion of Record – earned by gaining 15 points in conformation wins. Points awarded is determined by the number of other entries the winning dog defeats. A dog must win at least two majors (by winning at two different shows under two different judges where there are enough entries defeated to equal 3-5 points by the AKC point system. OTCh – Obedience Trial Champion To earn an obedience title, the dog must have a passing score of 50% of possible points or better, and an overall passing score at three different competitions under three different judges. CD – Companion Dog (First Level Obedience Competition, basic obedience exercises) CDX – Companion Dog Excellent (Intermediate Level Obedience Competition, more advanced obedience work) UD – Utility Dog (Advanced Level Obedience Competition, difficult obedience work, including hand signals) UDX – The highest obedience degree AKC presently awards TRACKING TD – Tracking Dog TDX – Tracking Dog Excellent VST – Variable Surface Tracking HERDING HIC – Herding Instinct Certificate HT – Herding Tested PT – PreTrial Tested HS – Herding Started HI – Herding Intermediate HX – Herding Excellent HCh – Herding Champion AGILITY NA – Novice Agility OA – Open Agility AX – Agility Excellent MX – Master Agility Excellent NAJ – Novice Agility Jumper OAJ – Open Agility Jumper EAJ – Excellent Agility Jumper AKC Unofficial Titles CGC – Canine Good Citizen ROM – Register of Merit – A dog or bitch must earn a number of points specified by the DPCA rules, and also meet the numbers of champion and major pointed progeny required by DPCA. The requirements for bitches are less than the requirements for the dogs because males have the opportunity to produce a far larger number of offspring. ROMC – Canadian ROM ROM/C – designates that the dog has earned an American and a Canadian ROM. TT – Temperament Tested TC – Temperament Certified AOE – Award of Excellence-A dog must meet qualifications in conformation, obedience, and also be OFA´d to earn this award. New competitions are being added and rules for competitions change, for the most up to date rules and regulations, check with the AKC and the DPCA. Miscellaneous American titles often seen on pedigrees and in advertising. BIS – Best in Show at an All-Breed Show in conformation. BISS – Best in Show Specialty (where only dogs of the same breed are competing in conformation) BOB – Best of Breed BOS – Best Opposite Sex BOW – Best of Winners (best between Winners Dog and Winners Bitch in breed conformation class competition) WD – Winners Dog – the winning dog overall of the regular classes of his sex. WB – Winners Bitch – the winning bitch overall of the regular classes of her sex. RWD/RWB – Runner up to the winners dog and bitch, if the winner becomes ineligible for the award then the runner up will receive the points awarded from that show. Special – A dog that is already a Champion that is competing for Best of Breed only. A Champion cannot compete in the classes where points are earned (because a Champion has already earned them!) RTD – Registered Therapy Dog TD I- Dog has passed Therapy Dog International´s testing HEALTH CERTIFICATIONS OVC – Ontario Veterinary College OVC Hip Certification – A dog may be preliminary screened at a younger age, but will not receive a certification unless the dog is at least 18 months old. It was told to me by a tech in the radiology department of OVC that they consider hips to either be bad, in which case they are rated on a scale from 0 – 4, with 4 being the worse, or they are “good” in which case the animal will receive a certification number (if 18 months or older. Therefore they do not follow the U.S. rating system which includes “FAIR”, Good, Excellent”. Their exact words were “the hips are either GOOD or they are NOT. OFA – Orthopedic Foundation for Animals OFA Hip Certifications – dogs within a specified range of normal hip x-rays are certified OFA-Excellent, Good, or Fair OFA – Elbow Certification – Certified by OFA for normal elbows on x-ray, only one grade recognized as normal. Check with OFA for proper procedures and positioning for hip and elbow x-rays. A dog may be preliminary screened at a younger age, but will not receive a certification unless the dog is at least 24 months old. OFA is also now doing certifications for other canine health concerns such as normal thyroid levels, check with OFA for accurate data and rules concerning these. CERF – Canine Eye Registry Foundation-dog is certified to have normal eyes. Re-certification must be done annually. vWD – Von Willebrands Disease free-meaning the dog has been tested and found free of vWD, a bleeding disorder, vWD free ratings also are often given with a percentage listed. For the best information on Von Willebrand´s Disease, contact Dr Jean Dodds, who is the leading research specialist in blood disorders. Dog show prize idea

[helloparent]

20 Independence Day Activity Ideas for Kids.

Independence Day is more than simply a holiday; it's a chance to teach children about the history of their country and to celebrate it. Here are some independence day activities for kids. These exercises improve cognitive and creative abilities while promoting patriotism. A collection of pleasant and instructive enrichment activities is provided below.

1. Understanding Independence: A Historical Overview

Give a quick overview of Independence Day's historical background to start the day. Describe the significance of the day, mentioning important people and occasions that contributed to the country's freedom. This provides a significant context for the upcoming events.

2. 20 Independence Day Activities for Kids

Here are detailed descriptions of 20 educational and fun independence day activities for kids:

1. Flag Hoisting Ceremony: 

Organize a flag hoisting at your local school or community center. Teach children the proper flag etiquette and the meaning behind the flag's colors and symbols.

2. Patriotic Parades: 

Have children create their own parade floats from cardboard boxes, decorate their bikes with flags, or dress in national colors and march around the neighborhood.

3. Crafting National Symbols: 

Provide materials like construction paper, glue, and scissors for kids to make their own national symbols such as flags, national birds, or floral emblems. This ties into independence day crafts for kids.

4. Independence Day Themed Puzzles: 

Create or print puzzles that feature national heroes or significant historical events. These puzzles can be tailored to different age groups to ensure that everyone is challenged and engaged.

5. DIY Patriotic Badges: 

Using cardstock, markers, and safety pins, guide children to make their own patriotic badges that they can wear throughout the day. This craft helps develop fine motor skills and allows for personal expression.

6. Create Firework Art: 

Mimic fireworks with craft materials like glitter, paint, and black paper. This safe alternative to actual fireworks lets kids unleash their creativity and safely celebrate the excitement of fireworks.

7. Freedom Speeches: 

Encourage older children to write and deliver short speeches on the meaning of independence. This fosters critical thinking and enhances public speaking skills.

8. Documentary Screening: 

Select age-appropriate documentaries that explain the history and significance of Independence Day, followed by a discussion to deepen understanding.

9. Patriotic Sing-Along: 

Organize a sing-along of national songs. Provide lyrics and maybe even some musical accompaniment to make this activity festive and fun.

10. Historical Skits: 

Have children act out significant moments in history using simple costumes and props. This activity can be both entertaining and educational, as kids learn through performing.

11. Liberty Bell Crafts: 

As a preschool independence day craft, guide kids in making Liberty Bells from paper cups and tin foil, discussing the historical importance of the bell.

12. National Hero Biographies: 

Assign each child a national hero to research and present. This could include dressing up as the hero and explaining their role in the nation’s history.

13. Patriotic Bookmark Crafting: 

Kids can create bookmarks using red, white, and blue ribbons and cardstock, decorated with stars and stripes. This is a simple craft that encourages reading and keeps the patriotic theme.

14. Flag Mosaic Art Project: 

Children can tear up pieces of colored paper to create a mosaic of the national flag. This is a fantastic group activity that promotes teamwork and discussion about the flag's meaning.

15. Independence Day Time Capsule: 

Children can fill a time capsule with current year items, letters to their future selves, and their thoughts on independence. Decide on a future date to open it, perhaps on a significant future Independence Day.

16. Design Patriotic T-Shirts: 

With fabric paint and stencils, let children design their own T-shirts. This activity allows for personal expression and develops design skills.

17. Host a Cultural Food Day: 

This encourages families to bring dishes that represent their heritage, which promotes cultural diversity and understanding among children.

18. Map the Freedom Trail: 

For those in countries with 'freedom trails', mapping them out can be both fun and educational, tying geography with history.

19. Freedom Flowers Planting: 

Plant flowers in the national colors. This activity teaches kids about plant care and the importance of nature in national symbolism.

20. Make Tri-Color Bracelets: 

Use beads in national colors to make bracelets. This helps improve fine motor skills and serves as a wearable expression of national pride.

3. Tips for Organizing Independence Day Activities for Kids

Plan ahead to ensure you have all the necessary materials. Tailor activities to be age-appropriate and engaging for all children involved. Encourage participation from parents and community members to make the day more impactful and memorable.

4. Choosing the Right Materials for Independence Day Crafts

Always opt for non-toxic, safe materials, especially when working with younger children. Consider environmentally friendly materials to teach sustainability alongside national pride.

Conclusion

Kids' independence day activities are a great way to honor and teach children about the history and ideals of their nation. In addition to making the celebration more enjoyable, these activities foster a sense of patriotism and duty. Engage in these Independence Day activities to see how young minds are developing.

Check: Preschool in Wagholi, Preschool in Noida

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Unique Gift Wrapping Paper Themes: From Vintage to Modern

Gift wrapping is not just about concealing a present; it’s about enhancing the anticipation and joy of giving and receiving. The right wrapping paper theme can elevate the entire gift-giving experience, reflecting your creativity and thoughtfulness. Whether you prefer a vintage charm or a sleek modern aesthetic, here are some unique Gift wrapping paper supplier themes to inspire your next gift-giving occasion.

Vintage Themes

1. Classic Newspaper Print

Why It Works: Newspaper print wrapping gives gifts a nostalgic and sophisticated look, reminiscent of a bygone era. It’s also an eco-friendly option if you repurpose actual newspapers.

How to Style:

Use twine or jute string to tie the package.

Add vintage-inspired tags or postcards as name labels.

Incorporate dried flowers or herbs for a touch of elegance.

2. Antique Maps

Why It Works: Antique maps evoke a sense of adventure and history, perfect for travel enthusiasts or anyone who appreciates vintage aesthetics.

How to Style:

Secure with rustic string or leather cord.

Attach a mini compass or travel-themed charm.

Create custom tags with the recipient’s initials stamped in wax.

3. Floral Patterns

Why It Works: Floral patterns have a timeless appeal and can be tailored to suit different occasions, from birthdays to anniversaries.

How to Style:

Pair with lace ribbons or satin bows.

Attach a small bouquet of fresh or dried flowers.

Use vintage brooches or buttons as decorative accents.

Retro Themes

4. 80s Pop Art

Why It Works: Bright colors, bold patterns, and quirky designs make 80s pop art wrapping paper fun and eye-catching.

How to Style:

Use neon-colored ribbons or metallic strings.

Add stickers or patches for an extra pop of color.

Attach a small toy or gadget from the 80s as a nostalgic touch.

5. Retro Comic Strips

Why It Works: Comic strips offer a playful and whimsical wrapping paper option that appeals to all ages.

How to Style:

Secure with colorful washi tape.

Create custom speech bubbles with personalized messages.

Use themed stickers or miniature action figures as decorations.

6. Vintage Holiday Themes

Why It Works: Classic holiday motifs like Santa Claus, reindeer, and old-fashioned ornaments create a warm and festive atmosphere.

How to Style:

Use red and green plaid ribbons or natural twine.

Attach jingle bells or miniature ornaments.

Include a vintage holiday card or postcard as a tag.

Modern Themes

7. Minimalist Monochrome

Why It Works: Sleek and sophisticated, monochrome wrapping paper fits any occasion and appeals to contemporary tastes.

How to Style:

Use black, white, or grey ribbons for a cohesive look.

Add geometric shapes or metallic accents.

Attach a simple, elegant tag with a clean design.

8. Geometric Patterns

Why It Works: Bold geometric patterns create a striking visual effect, perfect for modern and artistic gift presentations.

How to Style:

Secure with solid-colored ribbon that complements the pattern.

Use geometric-shaped tags or cutouts.

Incorporate metallic or holographic accents for added flair.

9. Scandinavian Chic

Why It Works: Scandinavian design emphasizes simplicity, functionality, and natural elements, creating a clean and cozy aesthetic.

How to Style:

Use kraft paper or plain white wrapping paper.

Tie with natural twine or simple cotton ribbon.

Decorate with sprigs of greenery, pinecones, or wooden tags.

Eco-Friendly Themes

10. Natural Kraft Paper

Why It Works: Kraft paper is versatile, eco-friendly, and offers a blank canvas for creative decoration.

How to Style:

Use biodegradable or reusable ribbons.

Decorate with hand-drawn designs or stamps.

Attach eco-friendly elements like dried orange slices or cinnamon sticks.

11. Plantable Wrapping Paper

Why It Works: Plantable wrapping paper embedded with seeds provides a gift that keeps on giving, transforming into flowers or herbs.

How to Style:

Secure with compostable twine or ribbon.

Include planting instructions as part of the tag.

Decorate with natural elements like pressed flowers or leaves.

12. Recycled Fabric Wraps (Furoshiki)

Why It Works: Inspired by the Japanese tradition of Furoshiki, fabric wraps are reusable, beautiful, and versatile.

How to Style:

Use scarves, tea towels, or fabric scraps.

Tie using traditional Furoshiki wrapping techniques.

Add a brooch or fabric flower for a decorative touch.

Themed Gift Wrapping Ideas

13. Personalized Photo Collage

Why It Works: Wrapping paper with a photo collage of memorable moments adds a deeply personal touch to any gift.

How to Style:

Use an online service to create custom photo collage wrapping paper.

Attach a matching photo tag with a special message.

Secure with a ribbon in the recipient’s favorite color.

14. Interactive Wrapping Paper

Why It Works: Make the unwrapping process fun and engaging with interactive wrapping paper that features puzzles, coloring sections, or hidden messages.

How to Style:

Include colored pencils or markers as part of the gift.

Design sections that reveal clues or messages when scratched off or colored in.

Add a playful tag with instructions for the interactive elements.

15. Food-Themed Wrapping Paper

Why It Works: Perfect for foodies, wrapping paper featuring images of favorite foods or recipes adds a delicious twist to gift giving.

How to Style:

Pair with twine or ribbon that complements the food theme.

Attach a small kitchen utensil or gourmet ingredient as an accent.

Create custom tags that look like recipe cards.

Choosing the right Gift wrapping paper supplier theme can transform a simple gift into a memorable experience. Whether you prefer the charm of vintage styles, the fun of retro designs, the elegance of modern patterns, or the consciousness of eco-friendly options, there's a theme to suit every occasion and recipient. Use these ideas to inspire your next gift wrapping project and make your presents stand out with creativity and thoughtfulness.

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How to Personalize Your Christmas Tree Decorations for a Memorable Holiday

The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes the cherished tradition of decorating the Christmas tree. For many, this tradition represents the heart of the festive season, a time when families come together to create something beautiful and uniquely their own. If you're a holiday enthusiast or a home decor lover looking to add a personal touch to your Christmas tree this year, you're in the right place. In this blog post, we'll explore how to personalize your Christmas tree decorations to make your holiday celebrations truly memorable.

Why Personalize Your Christmas Tree Decorations?

Personalizing your Christmas tree decorations offers several benefits:

Creates Unique Memories: Personalized ornaments can commemorate special events, milestones, or family traditions.

Adds a Personal Touch: Custom decorations reflect your personality and style, making your tree uniquely yours.

Enhances the Holiday Spirit: Personalized decor can make your home feel warmer and more inviting during the holiday season.

Key Elements of Personalized Christmas Tree Decorations

To personalize your Christmas tree decorations effectively, consider the following elements:

1. Custom Ornaments

Ornaments are the heart and soul of any Christmas tree. Choosing personalized ornaments can make your tree stand out and hold special meaning year after year.

Metal Ornaments

Our metal Christmas tree ornaments are designed to be durable and bring holiday cheer for years to come. Here are their unique features:

White Aluminum Base with a Glossy Finish: Ensures high resolution and vibrant colors.

Available in Four Shapes: Bell, Tree, Round, and Oval.

Scratch and Chip Resistant Surface: Allows for safe storage with other decorations.

Print on Both Sides: Offers more space for your festive designs.

Red Ribbon for Hanging: Included with each ornament.

One Ornament per Pack: Each pack contains a single, high-quality ornament.

These metal ornaments are perfect if you're looking for something that will last through countless holiday seasons.

Wooden Ornaments

For those who love a rustic, charming look, our personalized wooden ornaments are an excellent choice. Here’s what makes them special:

Material: Made from solid wood for a classic, rustic feel.

Magnetic Back: Allows for versatile placement on metal surfaces.

Red Ribbon for Hanging: Adds a festive touch and makes hanging easy.

Six Different Shape Options: Provides a variety of options to suit your style.

These wooden ornaments are perfect for adding a cozy, homey touch to your holiday decor.

2. Themed Decorations

Choose a theme that resonates with your family or personal interests. Whether it's a winter wonderland, vintage Christmas, or a contemporary chic theme, having a consistent theme can tie all your decorations together beautifully.

3. Family Heirlooms

Incorporate heirloom ornaments and decorations passed down through generations. These pieces add historical value and sentimental significance to your tree.

4. DIY Ornaments

Get creative and make some DIY ornaments. This can be a fun family activity and allows you to add a truly personal touch to your tree. Consider using materials like felt, paper, or even baking gingerbread ornaments.

5. Personalized Tree Toppers

A tree topper is the crowning glory of your Christmas tree. Personalized tree toppers, such as custom-made stars, angels, or monograms, can add a unique finishing touch.

Tips for Decorating Your Personalized Christmas Tree

Start with the Lights: Always begin by stringing the lights around your tree. This provides a glowing backdrop for your ornaments.

Balance Your Ornaments: Distribute your ornaments evenly around the tree to ensure a balanced look.

Layer Your Decorations: Place larger ornaments deeper within the tree and smaller ones towards the outer branches.

Add Garlands and Ribbons: Incorporate garlands and ribbons to add texture and depth.

Finish with a Tree Skirt: A tree skirt can complement your theme and hide the tree stand, giving a polished look.