#happy birthday sherlock holmes

[petite-madame]

Sherlock & John portraits - (2025)

It seems it's the right day to post this 🥳

[niccoguedes]

<3

INPRNT

[mrsmaudieholmesteapot]

And both are my favourites

Spock and Sherlock Holmes are the same brand of “this character has been around for SO long and basically everyone agrees they’re gay or at least some flavor of queer. so much so that they’ve impacted the minds and hearts of GENERATIONS of queer people but for some reason, no matter how many adaptions and spin offs we get in the years since the original work, no one making the official work has had the guts to say it officially ”

[sherlock-is-ace]

Happy Birthday Mr. Holmes!! <3

(not to toot my own horn, but pls look at the whole art project, I worked really hard on it)

[clearwingedmaven]

Alright, in honor of our favorite Detective's birthday... Do you, yourself like Sherlock Holmes? Do you like the stories, or an adaptation of it? (I'm a little behind on the adaptations myself... so, where are you coming from in terms of our giant fandom?) Chances are, if you do: I'll follow you from this post. Let's celebrate this silly detective's birthday together.

[ghostofnuggetspast]

I laughed so so hard at Mrs Hudson and the balloon

@friday411 @helloliriels

[a-victorian-girl]

Lovely!!

Happy 171st birthday to Sherlock Holmes 🎉🎉🎉

[mouse-of-mischief]

I woke up early today especially to say/boast this....

Happy birthday to both Sherlock Holmes and me!

I'm immensely happy to have had this wonderful man stay so alive for 171 years, and have thoroughly enjoyed having his stories kept in my heart throughout my whole life.

[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!

[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.

[johnlocked-swiftie]

Look. There’s a lot of shit happening right now. So let’s take the time to acknowledge the most important thing— Sherlock Holmes’ birthday. That’s right! Delete your news apps, throw a party, celebrate: here’s some photos from mine:

(The code reads: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHERLOCK HOLMES / 🕯️171🕯️ / HAPPY CRIMING SON / LOVE DAD)

[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!

[helloliriels]

Awwwwwwyeaaaah!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE WORLD'S GREATEST DETECTIVE!!!! 🥳

SHERLOCK HOLMES 171 YEARS !!!

[niccoguedes]

SH

[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.”