#happy birthday sherlock holmes

[inkonice-main]

"Were I London, I should not soon forgive myself, stealing him away in such a fashion." -Katie Forsythe, A Hymn to the Endlessly Falling. Happy Birthday to London's One and Only! The most character to ever character! Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective and literary legend.

[holmesoldfellow]

Origami Deerstalker: How-To

Happy 170th Birthday to Sherlock Holmes! In honor, I thought I'd try and make a tutorial for a rudimentary origami deerstalker hat

This hat is a modified version of the Old Scholar hat found in the book "The Art of Chinese Paper Folding for Young and Old" by Maying Soong. It is available on the Internet Archive, and if my instructions are unclear at any point, I recommend referencing the original instructions on page 50, and maybe even doing a test run with those instructions first to better understand what I'm doing here. However, also feel completely free to comment or message me about any questions you have.

You will need a square piece of paper. I used a post-it note for my photos, which as you can see fit my Smiski quite well, but the original instructions recommend a 20 inch piece of paper to fit a small head. Consider the flexibility of your materials and how loose you want it.

Step 1

Fold and crease your paper in half both diagonally and lengthwise. Then, fold along your lengthwise creases, pushing in along two opposite diagonal folds. This should flatten into a smaller square.

Step 2

Fold only the upper layer of paper upwards, not quite meeting the corners and leaving a small border of space.

Step 3

Fold the upper layer along the middle of the shape, creating a lip. Fold this lip under and inside the shape to hide it.

Step 4

Fold the uppermost layer of paper downwards. Fold the lower corner of the layer up, about a third of its length. Fold the layer back upwards.

Step 5

Flip over your paper and repeat steps 2, 3, and 4 on the other side. This will create the side flaps of the hat.

Step 6

Fold the top layer in half lengthwise, bringing the right and left corners together, and repeat on the other side as well. The two sides we have not folded yet should now be visible.

Step 7

Fold the uppermost layers of paper on either side up and in half.

Step 8

Crease the top corner of the upper layer down to meet the bottom (at the fold made in Step 7). Unfold, and fold again to bring the top corner to the crease we just made. Fold again at our initial crease.

Step 9

Fold the upper layer of paper to create a fold between the corner and the middle. Make a small fold to bring down the top corner of the upper layer of paper, about meeting the visible lip from Step 8.

Step 10

Fold the upper layer down. Bring the corners on either side to meet in the middle and crease them in half.

Step 11

Unfold and bring the corners to meet the crease we just made. Then, fold along the crease again. Fold the bottom of our top layer back up along our horizontal fold.

Step 12

Flip your paper over. Repeat steps 8, 9, 10, and 11 on the other side. You have now made your brims.

Step 13

Open your hat up from the bottom. Congratulations! You have made an origami deerstalker!

Again, if any instructions were unclear, checking the original instructions may help, but also feel free to reach out to me. If you make one, I'd love to see it! Happy Birthday Sherlock Holmes!

[cringelock]

there’s so much to talk about here

[bakerstreetbabble]

Happy birthday, Sherlock Holmes! Maybe...

I found this article about the presumed birth date of Mr. Sherlock Holmes interesting, Of course, there's nothing new here for most Sherlockians: Watson (or Conan Doyle) never told us exactly when Sherlock's birthday was. The topic apparently never came up. Still. it's fun to speculate when the great detective may have been born, as well as why he seemed so fond of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. So, even though it may all be just speculation, many happy returns on this Epiphany and your birthday, Mr. Holmes!

[niccoguedes]

SH

[topsyturvy-turtely]

When Sherlock came home from his trip through the city, he found an envelope. He had been out alone, because John has had daddy-duties with Rosie at home. Now the envelope immediately caught his eye. John had written his name on it. His husband had obviously tried his best to write it in a nice manner. Long, precise letters. No flourish – that wouldn’t be John.

‘Happy Birthday, Sherlock’,

it simply said.

Too intrigued to walk over to the hook, he threw his belstaff over a stool and took the envelope in his hands. Sherlock carefully bent it. Not a card – which would make sense, since John always insisted on getting him a present for his birthday; No, it was paper. Did John print something out? He brought it to his nose. It smelled clean, almost sanitary, a hint of John and… was that Mycroft’s smell? Sherlock frowned – why would birthday wishes from his husband smell like his brother? It was obvious, this envelope had to be important – John even had made the effort to put a paperweight on it, far away from Rosie’s stool, so she couldn’t get food on it.

Too curious what was inside, Sherlock finally did open the envelope – with the laid out ready paperknife. (So much preparation for a simple Happy Birthday letter? No, this was something else entirely, but what?)

Not in the mood for more deductions, Sherlock pulled the papers out of the envelope. And stared. For a long time. When he remembered to blink again, he did so exactly seven times, rapidly and consecutively. His hands started shaking. Sherlock almost couldn’t believe it, but his eyes actually filled with tears.

Suddenly he felt arms wrap around his waist from behind. "Happy Birthday, Love.", John whispered into his back.

“John I-“

John hummed.

“I-” Sherlock fought for words through that knot of emotion in his throat. Before him, in his hands, he held adoption papers for Rosamund Watson-Holmes.

John squeezed him tighter. “Are you okay?”

Sherlock nodded, trying to hold back the treacherous sentiment. Then it won him over and he sobbed. The great detective turned in John’s arms and wrapped his husband in the tightest embrace, he had ever given.

“I- I am Watson’s father?”, Sherlock needed to hear it from John’s mouth. He wasn’t sure why the documents in his hands were not enough, but he needed to hear it from John.

“Officially, as of today. Congratulations, Sherlock.”, John’s voice was so soft and full of love and Sherlock knew: He would protect his Watsons with his life and more.

“I don’t know what to say, John. Thank you. I love you.”

“That’s all I need to hear, Sherlock. I love you too. How about you go upstairs and say goodnight to your daughter?”, John loosened the hug and looked up at Sherlock. His eyes the softest color of blue. Sherlock saw so much love, trust, and pride in them, his own teared up again.

"Come with me?”, Sherlock asked softly, grabbing John’s hand.

“I’ll always be with you, Love.”

They shared a soft, emotional kiss. Then the proud fathers finally walked up to their daughter’s room.

a fluffly little parentlock ficlet in celebration of the birthday of the one and only William Sherlock Scott Holmes *bows dramatically, pointing at the him*

page dividers kindly provided by @musingsofmyown - thank you lovely turtle 💚

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[threepatchpodcast]

Episode 139: 10th Anniversary

It's Sherlock's birthday, but it's also the 10 YEAR anniversary of @threepatchpodcast! We're celebrating with an old-school 4+ hour episode full of reminiscing and drunken shenanigans.

Featuring:

A celebration of a decade of Sherlock fanworks with @emmagrant01, @merindab, @bluebellofbakerstreet, Iwantthatcoat, @themrsscience, and @songlin

A look back at the Setlock era with @penns-woods, Geny, and @foxestacado

Drunk history of TPP with @emmagrant01, @sundayduck, @kelly-mads, and @suspup

Our favorite ever top tens with @themrsscience, @hpswl-cumbercookie, and @suspup

Plus more staff memories and behind-the-scenes stories from the last 10 years of podcasting!

Stream or download on our website or wherever you catch your pods!

Art by @foxestacado

Reblog to help us celebrate a literal DECADE of monthly podcast episodes about fandom!

[oc-character-development]

It’s the 6th January so Happy pseudo birthday Sherlock Holmes! The only character I actually like that shares his birth month with me. We’re only just over a week and 145 years apart in age…..Also he’s fictional and I’m a real person but eh 🤷‍♀️

[midnightsfantasy]

Happy Birthday, Sherlock Holmes 🥳 🎂

Aaaaaaaand to celebrate this momentous occasion, here’s two lovely fics celebrating Sherlock’s birthday!

The First of Many by Solitary_Endeavor (E, 2,780 words, 1/1 Complete, Established Relationship, Birthday Sex, Virgin Sherlock, PWP, Bottom Sherlock, Top John)

Summary: Written for a holiday gift prompt: How about John giving Sherlock his very first blowjob for his birthday (for convenience, let's say they got together at Christmas or New Years b/c ROMANTIC). Sherlock is a Total Mess and john really Gets Into It.

The Only Available Transportation by blueink3 (T, 5,379 words, 1/1 Complete, Insecure Sherlock, Birthday, Family, Caring John, Fluff and Angst, Post-Season 4, Parentlock, Misunderstandings)

Summary: It’s possibly the desperation that’s seeped into his voice despite his best intentions, or perhaps it’s just a mother’s intuition, but she knows that whatever he’s calling about is Serious, hangover be damned. “What’s happened?” she asks, tone soft and as comforting as a hot cup of tea on a cold winter’s night.

“Mummy,” he begins, voice catching. “I think John may be moving out.”

[trishthepotato]

Happy birthday Sherlock Holmes ❤🎉🔎

[sherlock-nanowrimo]

I didn't plan my London trip around Sherlock's birthday, but it's a nice coincidence. What I've done so far:

My personal fave is the Christmas goose with the blue carbuncle. Hoping to hit other sites on Monday! Happy birthday, my darling.

[contact-guy]

He was a man of habits, narrow and concentrated habits, and I had become one of them.

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, the Creeping Man

[isolabellz]

the reunion we didn’t get to see

[inahochi]

*sherliam flirting* ˎˊ˗

dedicated to lynn (@courtesanofdeath); happy birthday! ♡

[4thelneyj0nes]

This was them in baker st. today BY THE WAY in case youre wondering…

Anyway, happy birthday Sherlock Holmes 🎉🎊🥳🕺🏽

(This was part of a Secret Santa exchange with @nic0tinepatch, shes an artist too check out her stuff!)

[friday411]

🎂Happy🎂 🎂Birthday🎂 🎂Jeremy!!!🎂

Many have played Holmes, it is true Basil, Benedict, Lee, and O'Toole... But Jeremy Brett's As good as it gets He IS Sherlock Holmes through and through!!!!

-=<+>=-

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