The Time Siren Diaries

My latest fancy in the world of beadwork and stretching myself? My beaded bottles. What are they for? What do you put in them? This s a question I get a lot when I wear them. You can use them for perfume, for holy water if you are a vampire chaser *grin*, or for holding essential oils. I’ve done the first and the latter, but haven’t chased vampires since my story writing days, so I leave the holy water to someone else, though I have been known to carry Moon Water in it. My favorite thing is to tell people to put an eyedropper in it so the contents can be taken out easily without spillage. Their eyes usually light up at that.

Though I haven’t put bead to needle in a couple of weeks, I am working my way back to springing off the ideas that sparked these beauties. I want something that will take less time, but still look elaborate and beautiful. Something in a lower price point for those who long to possess these little goodies, but can’t spare the cash for the big items yet.

Autumn Leaves Beaded Bottle

Autumn Leaves Beaded Bottle - closeup

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This one is my favorite. My artistically talented friends think so too, and that is a great compliment. They love the colors and they are REALLY FUSSY with that in their own work. I got them just right…how AWESOME is that?!?

Pink and Blue Iris Beaded Bottle

Pink and Blue Iris Beaded Bottle - closeup

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My first experiment with doing this type of beadwork came about with this bottle. The colors symbolize Rosemary and all it’s attributes. Rosemary is a “warm, fiery” herb (symbolized by the red beads). It’s appearance is like an evergreen in the year-round, slim, dark green leaves (hence the green – I even found beads that mimic their appearance perfectly!). The flowers are the same color as rosemary flowers, recreated here with small bunches of stone chips. I’ve received a lot of compliments on the perfectly stitched pattern of white and red beadwork on the body. That was a joy to do and I’m really proud of how it came out. The challenge was in creating the strap. That required several redos and nearly made me tear my hair out, but perserverence paid off.

Rosemary Oil Magical Bottle

Rosemary Oil Magical Bottle closeup

Dennis and I always love this convention…oh my goodness. How could I not adore it when I met Peter Davison (my favorite Doctor) in 1995 at The Six Wives of Gallifrey One? Getting the chance to talk to him, one-on-one, for several minutes while no one else was around, launched my interest in finally sitting down and taking another go at understanding a show that had left me very confused and disinterested when viewing it back in my childhood.

Okay, yes, this used to be embarassing to admit, but I didn’t understand British humor until I was in my 30s. It was only because Peter was so incredibly nice and sweet and gentle that I got intensely interested in watching the show. He was so much like my husband, Dennis, that the instant linking to the persona behind the 5th Doctor was completely natural.

That was why I wasn’t worried at all about his beautful daughter, Georgia Moffett, being anything but a reflection of her father. This being her first convention, she said in the closing ceremonies that she had a marvelous time and the fans were wonderful and awesome and fantastic and she thoroughly enjoyed her first Gallifrey experience. Between Dennis and I, we have wonderful memories of her relating her experiences of being the daughter of parents who were both actors, (Her father: “You will always be broke and starve if you become an actor.”), which she said gratefully has not been the case thus far. When acting with her father, upon the director wanting her character to be more flirty with Peter, she replied, “I can’t do that…he’s my father!” Good for her! And two of the most touching things he said to her were, 1. about being in Doctor Who, “It’s your turn now, kiddo.”, and 2. when acting with her, he said he doesn’t always see the women she has become, but sees, “his little girl”. This is the beauty in the heart of the man I have come to adore as my favorite Doctor, that place challenged only by David Tennant, and then, it is a neck-and-neck race.

This being the case, you can only imagine my glee and joy when the Children in Need special, “Time Crash”, aired. If you haven’t seen it, or are wondering who Peter Davison is and was he a good Doctor, let me answer those by directing you to this YouTube video of that very special special:

An awesome Gallifrey this year, with great costumes of Timelords:

A fantastic cosplay of Sally Sparrow and a Weeping Angel from the Tennant episode, “Blink”, a HUGELY popular and scary episode, ranking among the cream of the best of the crop of his era so far:

Am soooo looking forward to next year’s Gallifrey when Peter Davison will be back and we have had the first year of the new Matt Smith Doctor. We also got to preview the brand new trailer for his era:

He already looks promising, though the outfit does look like he mugged a schoolteacher…*sigh* Guess they all can’t be dressed as hot as David Tennant.

We love our cats more than anything. They are very relaxed around us…

Harley, Rhubarb's mom

Bowl 'o Cat (this is Rhubarb)

OMG! My,what skinny, chicken legs you have, David Tennant!
Scary that he is actually better looking than some women I’ve seen at local science fiction conventions, LMAO!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4dUQgIaXGg

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We were afraid that Catherine Tate wouldn’t pass muster as a Timelord’s companion back when it was announced that she was the new resident of the TARDIS. She was known as a comedian across the pond. Happily, we had an open mind and grew to love her performances. This is a great piece with David Tennant and took great coordination in dialogue. Enjoy!

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If you harbor some fantasy about having David Tennant in his underwear, tied to your bed, here’s a taste of what that would look like…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhYkzbT79zs

Notice I didn’t say it was some sort of sick fantasy…hey…bondage can be fun! *evil, wicked grin!*

Here’s a list:

Bleach
Blood Plus
Code Geass
Cowboy Beebop
Death Note
Eureka 7!
Fooly Cooly
Full Metal Alchemist – series and movie
Full Metal Panic!
Ghost in the Shell – all seasons and movies
Gurren Lagann
Inuyasha
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Naruto
Nausicca
Ouran High School Host Club
Paranoia Agent
Read or Die – original and the T.V. series
Saber Marionette – all three series
Samurai 7
Samurai Champloo
Shin Chan
Xxxholic

Yup, I play Farmville. I have gotten a big enough farm and enough coins and Farmville cash that now I want to sit down sometime and really design it. You know, do the landscaping really nicely. I have seen some awesome farms out there and they really inspire me to create my dream farm.

I would love to have you as a neighbor. Please catch me through my Facebook link and tell me you want to be a neighbor.

See you ’round the farm =D