I make plushies and most of the time they look cute. Come talk, I need ideas and friends. Pan girl, living in France, writing in English and thinking in Spanish.
@vlindervin7 never put a title so I decided to call this
PERFECT LOVE BECAUSE THEY ARE PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL IN THEIR OWN WAY
But I accept other ideas. Keep reading and then tell me.
If you know what to look for, you can sometimes see the three creatures I'm telling you about today. When the sun is exactly in the middle of the sky or gently kissing the edge of the ocean, and if you know they're there, you can see a dragon, a fairy and a mermaid. The spot is a patch of ocean next to an ancient forest, the edge of the water adorned with rocks. I won't tell you the exact location as I'm simply telling their story, but I'm sure you can envision exactly what I'm talking about.
That's the meeting spot of three creatures in love. I'm sure you think I'm making this up, but I'm not. Promise. At least, not really.
The ones I'm talking about, as previously mentioned, are a dragon, a mermaid and a fairy and they're in love. You might be asking yourself: 'How is that possible?' Well, the answer is quite simple really. The found each other after all three had wandered off from their family and tribe after feeling like the only place they truly belong is when they're alone.
The first part of the trio is our mermaid. The rock at the edge of the ocean and the beginning of the forest grants her a perfect view of the sunset. It's her spot. Her favorite place to go to when she can't deal with the expectations anymore. She's not human, she can breathe perfectly under water, but nonetheless when she finds herself above sea level, it's like she can finally breathe the way she should be able to do underwater. There is a certain order that's to be followed in the mermaid kingdom. Certain expectations that are to be followed, things that aren't to be questioned. But she does. Question them. She has no desire to follow the expectations that were put on her shoulders as soon as she was born, no desire at all to follow the road that's been stippled for a boy when that's -- that's not who she is. Why can't they understand that not everything is a matter of appearance. Is it really that strange that she might be someone else than the world wants her to be. Having to slip into the role of someone she isn't, someone that's being forced upon her, is slowly suffocating her. So, every evening she finds herself here. Looks at the pretty trail of colors the sun leaves behind while going to sleep and tries to tell herself that, even though she can't see the sun, that doesn't mean it's not shining brightly somewhere else.
And then, one day, while she's not sure the wetness on her face comes from her eyes or her dripping hair - they're both salty - a glittering appearance drops down next to her. The creature has wings and her luscious hair seems to be held up by what seems to be a magic wand, her eyes are a green exactly mirroring the deep leaves of the tree behind them.
'Hello', she says, and her voice contains glitter too. 'What's wrong?'
Meet the most talkative member of the trio: our fairy. You would think that because she has wings - beautiful, sparkly wings - she'd be able to go wherever she wants to, but it's not that simple. She has to take care of her big family; her mother can't do everything alone. She loves her family; she really does. But sometimes she dreams of a life in which she'd be able to go wherever she wants, talk to whoever she wants, kiss whoever she wants. She dreams of a life far from this place. But the farthest from home she can go, is the ocean, the edge of that frightening forest she would never dare to cross. Evil creatures live there, she's been told time and time again.
The mermaid looks at her with tears in her eyes and, for some reason she doesn't understand, she tells the fairy exactly what's wrong. She doesn't understand how she can just trust this fairy she's never met before when she can't even trust her own family. There's just something about her eyes glistening in the sun that makes a voice inside her say she would understand. And she's right. The fairy shows kindness and understanding and sympathy. She returns the spilled secret of hidden feelings with her own stories and struggles and fears.
When the sun is entirely under and the stars take its place, the two are forced to head back home. But although it's harder than usual to leave this protective bubble, it doesn't seem as bad now, after they've met each other. They promise to meet up the next day too, when the sun goes down, makes it easier. When the mermaid jumps back in the water with barely a splash, graceful like ever, she can't shake the idea that she just met the most beautiful person she's ever seen. But more important yet, she met someone that could make her laugh and forget reality just by being herself and to her that's such a precious gift. She can't wait to see her again, tomorrow night.
The fairy, fluttering her wings faster than she normally does, lets herself be carried by the wind. She feels weightless. The mermaid is the cutest, kindest, most interesting person on this earth, she's convinced. It does not hurt that she's nice to look at. So, so nice. Pretty, and elegant and from the moment she saw her she's wanted to kiss her, and she'll want to until the end of time she's sure. She really tries not to do this, but she's already in love and despite the wings on her back, she keeps on falling.
For two weeks now, the third part of our love story has been hiding nearby. You'll have to forgive them for lurking, they're very shy and awkward, you see. It's the dragon. They were engulfed by the darkness of the their forest, not wanting to come out in the light, but still wanting to admire the pretty sky and inhale the ocean air. They were simply sitting there when suddenly something blocked a part of the sunset for them. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a mermaid. The dragon wasn't sure if the girl was wet from the sea or if they were crying. If they had to guess, they'd say it's both of these option. There is something about the mermaid that intrigues our dragon. Something soft and vulnerable. They're hit by a suddenly desire to go up to talk to her and they might have, if it wasn't for the fairy that took their place before they had a chance to work up the courage. Whatever, they probably wouldn't have found the courage to just go up to her anyway.
They do not like strangers, especially fairy strangers. A fairy is a princess' friend and the dragon is the princess's enemy, destined to be defeated by some wannabe savior prince who can declare himself a hero after. A real hero would've been someone who found a way to rescue the girl and keep the dragon alive. You know, talking gets you a long way. A dragon guarding a princess is never there by their own will. Not that it's happened more than maybe a dozen times in all of their history, for the record. And not at all in the last sixty years. But despite all that, fairies and dragons have been taught to hate each other, which our dragon never thought was particularly fair considered they've never even met a fairy in real life. Well, up till now anyway.
So they've been watching them for the past week and they think the mermaid is so beautiful and looks like the sweetest creature ever, although her voice is sometimes so soft it doesn't carry all the way to the dragon. And they think the fairy, who's voice is loud and enthusiastic, makes them laugh more than anyone, their laughter muffled and kept quiet so the two girls don't hear.
And so maybe they still aren't courageous enough to actually go up to the duo, their views on fairies have changed forever. Someone so bright and funny and interesting... how can she possibly be the enemy? It doesn't make sense in the slightest.
So they stay hidden and try not to think of what their parents would say if they saw them hidden like this, not tough like warriors, the ancestors of their sort. They'd shake their head and scoff, but the dragon can't bring themself to care. Not when they can't stop looking at the two beautiful girls in front of her.
They stay hidden until the day they don't. Until the day they accidentally make some noise; dragons aren't exactly known for being gracious. It's a small noise, so soft the girls probably wouldn't have heard it they were talking, but they had been silent for a while and because of this, when the dragon moved too violently, they heard.
Immediately, the fairy jumped up and made glitter appear around her hands, clearly gearing up for a fight. The defensive stance doesn't get better when she notices it's a dragon that's been hiding. Something that resembles fear appears in her eyes. 'What do you want?', she asks.
The dragon holds up her hands to show them they mean no harm, and before they have the chance to say it out loud, the mermaid steps in with a: 'It's okay'; directed to the fairy. The dragon she asks, nothing but kindness in her voice: 'Why were you hiding?'
And then the word tumble out of her mouth in quick succession. 'I know it sounds weird but I've been watching you guys all week. I usually come here to be alone cause being a dragon comes with certain expectations. Like, I have to be tough and ruthless and a fighter all the time, except I don't wanna be those things! So I come here to get away from that. But then you were sitting here and I started listening to you and I don't know, you seemed so nice so I kept doing it. I'm sorry if that's creepy. I can leave now if you'd prefer. I'm ranting, sorry, I'll shut up.'
Somewhere during her rant, the fairy lowered her arms, clearly realizing the dragon was harmless, although her eyes haven't let down their guard yet. The mermaid however, has a softness in her eyes and is smiling at the dragon, trying to tell them it's okay. 'Don't worry. You can stay. And your ranting's pretty cute'
The dragon blushes. The fairy sits down, a considerable distance away from the dragon. Our dragon doesn't know what it is about the situation, but they feel intimidated and more safe than ever, at the same time. It's a little awkward at first, but then they all start talking about their lives and feelings and realize that, even though the situations are vastly different, they're going through very similar things and they can relate to each other. It feels so good to talk about what's going on inside them, to let it out and to have someone there who can respond with sympathy and understanding.
When the sun is fully under, the fairy has moved closer to the dragon and is laughing at one of their jokes. The mermaid has her head on the fairy's lap. They're all touching one way or another, entwined not only with their bodies, but with their minds now, too. A connection destined to last forever.
At the end of their night, they part ways again, with a new promise to meet up the next day.
The three go back to the lives they'd rather escape, already waiting for a day that hasn't started, to end.
The following evening finds the three creatures at the edge of the ocean and the forest again. And the night after that. And the one after that. And the one after -- well, I think you get it.
It starts off with a deep friendship that brightens all of their lives, although secretly they've all dreamed of taking it another step further. But none are brave enough to actually take it. Until one day, the fairy slips up and reveals what's hidden inside. Instead of taking it back and saying she didn't mean it, she stays strong and tells the two others the truth. To her immense relief and enormous joy, they tell her they feel the same.
When they part that night, their relationship has morphed into something deeper, more romantic, more intense. There will always be people who won't understand or who won't want to understand, but that doesn't matter. It doesn't matter because it's not for other people. It belongs only to them and they're the only ones that should be happy. And they are. They're exactly where they're supposed to be.
So when you go to this place, the right one, at the right time, maybe you'll see three creatures entwined and in love, making the universe a brighter place one sunset at a time.
Guess who is in Spain, doing an Erasmus and finally installed?
Me. I am in Spain, so this is going to go slow. Sorry :c
I have so many thing to do so and a whole city to visit, I will try to create and upload at least once a month in the future. Because for a few days, I have some things in stock to upload/
Anyways, in a few minutes I will upload a collaboration I did with @vlindervin7
Holà!!!! Me llamo Mariel, vi que haces tus 🐙 y otras criaturas en fieltro! Vivo en francia tambien y ando buscando donde comprar las telas para producir mis criaturas @maielines en insta! Disculpa que te molesto con mis preguntas! Vivo en Dijon y si no es en las mercerías todo público no veo dónde comprar fieltro de buena calidad !!!!! Espero no molestarte y si tenes un ratito p contestarme te lo agradezco!!! Saludos!
Hola!
El mejor fieltro que tengo locompro en Rougier&Plé y en Mondial Tissus. Los dos tienen unabuena variedad de colores aunque en términos de calidad, me gusta mas compraren el segundo.
Si no tienes la posibilidad decomprar en ninguno de estos dos lugares, hay una técnica muy simple para sabersi el fieltro es de buena calidad:Agarra un pedazo de la hoja del fieltro y tira suavemente con sus pulgares, sise estira mucho no te lo recomiendo. Esto quiere decir que el fieltro rápidamentese gastará y le aparecerán pelusas, generalmente estos fieltros son delgados.Si al contrario, el fieltro se estira muy poco, es de mejor calidad ya que es másgrueso y será mas resistente.
So, I have some news. My Etsy shop will close at the end of this month and there will be very very few updates from now on.
Next year I will be on Spain as an Erasmus and I have so many things to do before I go ;-;
I might reblog some old things and with some luck, I will be able to make some new things but don’t worry, I’m not going to disappear ｡^‿^｡
(Yes, I’m definitely not ready for this and at the same I really look forward to. I’m a bit scared too and also sad because I will not be able to go the two conventions I ALWAYS go in my city and uveigheirgrfde, I wanted to buy drawings and cry over so talented artists ༼☯﹏☯༽ )
Isn't this beautiful ? I absolutely loved it! ヾ(*´∀｀*)ﾉ
Cosmic show it to me a few days earlier and it inspired me! I replicated them and used them on one of my space buns. You can even see them on my me-at-the-pride octoplush!
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dededos