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Click to embiggen. Apologies for crappy phonecam pics.

Embroidered on pancake mix bag, mostly variegated thread. I stabbed myself but good in the finger at one point, but the bloodstain is hidden under the Arctic Ocean.

(Awesome Nicholas and Danny keychains made by mechturtle, who is awesome.)

Care Bears bookmark.

Mine was quiet.

nitasee likes pictures of ghosts -- old painted walls of advertising that have fallen into disrepair. Got this for her at lunch today:



Click to embiggen. Former typewriter store on 11th Street, now a YMCA and condos. Painted at eye level, about the size of a movie poster. We used to go there for Smith-Corona cartridges and adding machine tape. It shared a block with Trade-A-Tape (the comics store, still in business a couple blocks away, and better than ever) and the legendary Dirt Cheap (renamed Twisters in the Eighties, bought by the Homers chain, no longer part of Downtown at all).

Also, if you accidentally hit the photo button while you're putting your phone away, cool stuff can happen:



But usually it doesn't.

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Red Heel socks (they come in blue as well as brown), microfleece dishtowel uniform, wool felt details. Rag and poly stuffed for weight. The background is the perfectly revolting Lansing Days Inn, which, I am happy to say, we were able to vacate after the first night. I tried to straddle the Nimoy-Quinto line with the face.

Not technically a Christmas toy, Doris is a sock doll I finished...um...New Years-ish? She's 4 or 5 socks, plastic safety eyes, a flaming orange bridal applique up one leg, some pompoms, and a strip of fake fur. Oh, and buttons. Several of her parts are from the amazing Stupid Sock Creatures book -- find it on Amazon, or visit stupidcreatures.com and take a gander at the gallery.



Doris, Pointy Dog (by Uglydoll, added collar and badge) and Sharkey. They live on the sofa. ( details )