Unicorns and Lace

Cute stuff!

[momdusa]

Michaels

[rubenesque-as-fuck]

If I may, I'd like to make an important addition from my local Michaels:

[dollsahoy]

Halloween Decor | Michaels

Shop Halloween decor, including: festive garland & wreaths, lights, pillows, blankets, tabletop & wall decor, and trees with spooktacular Ha

[messier51]

my observation from 2 months of kittens

[geitonas]

when you focus so hard you stop focusing

[thetursithan]

A nice shower and the day can begin...

[hoodiedeer]

i just woke up and for a few seconds i thought those were some kind of vegetables being dropped into the sink to rinse off until they kept moving on their own and they still 100% look like weird leafy vegetables

[saigeofseasons]

I've been awake for 17 hours and I deadass thought they were vegetables

[overlordraax]

Video description: a set of parakeets having a shower in a sink, clearly delighted at the water. End description.

[myclericalromance]

i went to a tiny counterserve diner once and accidentally poured sugar instead of salt all over my hashbrowns and was eating them sadly anyways. the waitress took them away and started making me another one and I tried to protest, but she just snorted and said "we're not catholic here". now every time i'm doing something painful out of obligation i think about how that is not repenting, this body is not a catholic establishment, there is no nobility in suffering.

[batsandboba]

every once in a while i learn some wild new piece of information that explains years of behavior and reminds me that i will never truly understand everything about my ridiculous adhd brain

[paradise-sys]

ok what the fuck who was gonna tell me this isnt normal

[resetium]

what the fuck you mean to tell me that the way that i comically slide around things wasn't just me naturally shitposting

[paradise-sys]

maybe the neurotypicals are just trolling us

[positively--speculative]

THAT'S WHY I DO THAT?!?!?

[theocseason4]

Nahhhh not a therapist saying this what do you think you get paid for

[diogenesnuts]

[yuri-alexseygaybitch]

fandom therapist turns out to be high school mean girl more at 10

[fluorescentbrains]

doc davis actually isn’t associated with the tiktok user—and they’re really salty about the video

[thekawaiibutterflygirl]

oh g o d, NO jlsfdlksfdjkjsdfkjlsdfjlksdf BRUH

[seardrax]

Reblog this version. The response of the real doctor is very important as well as the keymash.

[jaubaius]

I came across the original video of the seagull meme! What a glorious day! I never realized it was a video, let alone a full throat and hearty evil villain laugh!

[maneth985]

Based on the memes pics I thought it screamed bloody murder, not laugh like a cartoon villain 🤣

[pacificnorthwestdoodles]

The preschool is buying heirloom sunflower seed in bulk. We’re going to make a ‘Sunflower House’.

How to grow a sunflower house

[pacificnorthwestdoodles]

@bacheloretteofscience THIS WORKS so well!

If you want to get super fancy, do a second ring on the outside of 4’ tall sunflowers then a third outer ring of the 1’ tall teddy bear sunflowers.  If there are any gaps you can interplant with cosmos, amaranth and nasturtiums or (if there are huge gaps) gourds.

[soul-vacations]

My mom used to do this for me in the backyard as a kid- it really works and I always loved it! Spent so many summer days having tea parties with teddy bears in my sunflower house.

[yocogotchi]

Tamagotchi Crochet Case / Cover Pattern

Hi guys!

I just wanted to share this post, because I know a lot of people are looking high and low for a crochet pattern for tamagotchi! (me included when I first started….)

So yup. Here is my pattern - please do not redistribute it without my permission. The pattern is for the case shown in the photo. 

I used a 4ply yarn (recommended hook size is 4mm) and I used a 3mm hook to make the stitches tigher.

I started out with a magic ring with 6 sc.

Round 2: 2 sc in each stitch around (12 sts)

Round 3: 1 sc in first stitch, 2 sc in next stitch. Repeat around (18 sts) [multiples of 3]

Round 4: 1 sc in first 2 stitches, 2 sc in next stitch. Repeat around (24 sts) [multiples of 4]

Round 5: 1 sc in first 3 stitches, 2 sc in next stitch. Repeat around (30 sts) [multiples of 5]

Round 6: 1 sc in first 4 stitches, 2 sc in next stitch. Repeat around (36 sts) [multiples of 6]

-Check if it fits the back of the tamagotchi, if yes stop increasing, if no increase your stitch count; multiples of 7 = 42 sts… and so on)

Depending on your tamagotchi model you might have to keep increasing the stitches, the pattern will keep increasing in multiples.

After the size fits the back of the tamagotchi, you just have to sc around, and eyeball to decrease the stitches as the front part is smaller. I usually do around 5 sc decrease in each round, but it really depends on how you crochet and how it fits your tamagotchi. If you want to make a hole to fit your lanyard or what not, you will have to trial and error to see which round you have to skip the stitches. I made mine too big, I guess skipping 2 stitches will be enough. To be safer you might want to skip 3 stitches. I skipped 4 :/ if you don’t know how to do this just google “crochet how to make button hole”.

I end my main yarn one round before it actually covers the tamagotchi and add in the furry yarn to have the effect.

To make those cute little ears you start with a magic ring with 8 sc and the next round double it (16 st). Cut it and join it to the cover. 

Do note to make your yarn tail (both beginning and ending) longer so you can sew it in without having to attach new yarn!

Good luck guys :)

[sosuperawesome]

Cherry Blossom Mugs // Kira Call on Etsy

[ericacrochets]

Diglett & Dugtrio (Pokemon) by Rina Mogryna Art

Free Crochet Pattern Here

[mrs-winters]

🎃🍂🖤

[delphinidin4]

[skarlettriott]

50 Days Until Pride Month 2022

[atxthexritz]

So obviously lots of people have gone on about the 'you can't spell pride month without demon' shit, but I wanted to add a little extra flavor, and my awesome girlfriend suggested it fading into rainbows so I went from there.

[gahdamnpunk]

American Girl stories were the best tbh

[that-catholic-shinobi]

Dude, read the books, she and her mom freed themselves in Book 1. We don’t disrespect American Girl in this house

[allthefandomss]

Don’t you dare disrespect Addy, or any of my girls for that matter. American Girl used to be legit. Good stories, good dolls, good movies.

[smugkoalas]

Felicity’s story was set in the beginnings of the American Revolution, and addressed the conflict that she faced when her loved ones were split between patriots and loyalists. It also covered the effects of animal abuse, and forgiving those who are unforgivable.

Samantha’s stories centered around the growth of industrial America, women’s suffrage, child abuse, and corruption in places of power. Also, it emphasises how dramatically adoption into a caring family can turn a life around.

Kit’s story is one of my favorites. Her family is hit hard by the Great Depression, and they begin taking in boarders and raise chickens to help make ends meet. Her books include themes of poverty, police brutality, homelessness, prejudice, and the importance of unity in difficult times.

Molly’s father, a doctor, is drafted during the Second World War. Throughout her story, friends of hers suffer the loss of their husbands, sons, and brothers overseas. Her mother leaves the traditional housewife position and works full-time to help with the war effort. They also take in an English refugee child, who learns to open up after a life of traumatic experience.

American Girl stories have always featured the very harsh realities of America through the years. But they’re always presented honestly, yet in ways that kids can understand. They just go to show that you don’t have to live in a perfect time to be a real American girl.

[chaos-in-the-making]

Dont you fucking dare disrespect the American Girls in my house. ESPECIALLY Addy!! That was my first REAL contact with the horrors of slavery, as I read about her father being whipped and sold and her mother escaping with her to freedom, but also how freedom was still a struggle.

A slave doll. Please. Read the books.

[ironwoman359]

Don’t forget Kirsten, the Swedish immigrant who had to deal with balancing her own culture and learning the english language and customs of her classmates, or Kaya (full name Kaya'aton'my, or She Who Arranges Rocks) , the brave but careless girl from the Nez Perce tribe, or Josefina, the Mexican girl learning to be a healer.

And then there are the later dolls, that kids younger than me would have grown up with (I was just outgrowing American Girl as these came out), like Rebecca, the Jewish girl who dreams of becoming an actress in the budding film industry, or  Julie, who fights against her school’s gender policy surrounding sports in the 70s, or  Nanea, the Hawaiian girl whose father worked at Pearl Harbor.

These books, these characters, are fantastic pictures into life for girls in America throughout the years, they pull no punches with the horrors that these girls had to face in their different time periods, and in many cases I learned more history from these series than social studies at school. And that’s without even mentioning the “girl of the year” series where characters are created in the modern world to help girls deal with issues like friend problems, moving, or bullying. We do NOT disrespect American Girl in this house.

[razzleberryjam]

American Girl is probably going to be the only exposure young girls are going to get to history from a female perspective. This is actually kind of important considering that in history classes we dont really get that exposure. We dont hear about what women felt and endured during these time periods cause schools are too busy teaching us about what happened from the male perspective, which is not unimportant, but we need both. Girls need both.

[star-linedsoul]

These books were such a crucial part of my childhood and shaped my love of history, which still ensures today. These books can be a young girl’s first lessons in diversity and cultural awareness (hopefully burying that insensitive “we’re all Americans” tripe) and looking at history from more perspectives than just that taught in school. They also are an example of how women have ALWAYS been part of history, which some people would rather us not believe.

I think Kit and Kaya were the newest American Girls when I started “aging out” of the books, but hearing about some of these kinda makes me want to revisit them!

[breezeinmonochromenight]

I wasn’t gonna say anything, but you know what?

Nah.

OP (of the tweet thread) was either a actively trying to start shit or is just a huge fucking moron. Probably both.

I’d like to point out that the company that makes American Girl dolls actually doesn’t skimp when doing their research and they don’t make the dolls with the intent to be offensive in any way:

[physicsandfandoms]

And they departed from the norm in Kaya’s doll to fit her culture! The other dolls all show their teeth, and Kaya does not because that is considered rude in the Nez Perce culture!

It is absolutely true that these books covered the stuff in history that was absent from our history books. I still distinctly remember reading about Addy being forced to eat bugs she missed on tobacco plants, and that started me out from a different perspective and made it easier for me to know to reject the sanitized version of the slave trade we’re taught in school. And these books are targeted at ages 8+, which is a pretty critical time for developing your own thinking and morals.

[lunacorva]

Reblogging for general awesome

[hey-marlie]

when i was in 3rd grade i was reading the Meet Addy book at school & a couple boys made fun of me for reading a “doll book” - my teacher overheard & started reading Meet Addy to the class after every recess. everyone became extremely invested & by the end of the year we had read the entire collection of Addy books & did a presentation on the civil war at the end of the year that we all presented to the class one by one.

i think back on this & realize that as third graders we were talking about how awful slavery was & because we were simply innocent kids without any societal or institutional influence yet, all of us could kept saying “why would you treat a HUMAN like that ?!” this one girl for her birthday invited all of us for her party & she got the Addy doll - every single one of us (boys included) held her & was in awe of this doll - it was such a touching experience.

i went back home about a year ago & ran into my third grade teacher in the grocery store. she said that year opened up a whole new teaching structure for her. she now reads american girl stories to her students starting day one of class every day to calm them down after recess & she’ll get through maybe four or five sets of books a year. she has the dolls in the room with packets on information from the doll’s time period that her students can “check out” to take home for weekends to care for them.

we oftentimes overlook how powerful toys can be in influencing young children & american girl honestly knew that kids could read intense moments in history & synthesize the issues to learn how to be a better person. my grandma bought me my first doll, molly, when i was only six & the dolls became a huge part of my childhood. when i turned 21 a couple years ago - we were living in minneapolis - she took me to have lunch for my birthday at the american doll place in the mall of america & bought me the Addy doll for my birthday. it was such a powerful moment i hasn’t expected.

i’ve since gotten rid of majority of my childhood toys, but i still have every single one of my dolls & all the books that i plan on gifting to my future children.

[iamthecutestofborg]

I’m white and my first real introduction to slavery and the underground railroad was Addy. She was a young girl like me I could connect to and care about her story. American Girl does a great job of making history relevant to kids.

[boldlygoing-nowhere]

Also American Girl sells all sorts of books unrelated to the dolls. The Care and Keeping of You books were super important as I started puberty and were the most comprehensive, non judgemental account of what was going to happen.

They also have “the smart girls guide” series which covers topics like crushes, worry, middle school, drama and gossip, sports, friendship, the digital world, communication, money, confidence, etc.

[iamthecutestofborg]

Oh I had those too and I loved them!

[fishfrommars]

I want to say I think there was an American Girl Doll magazine series that came out, but don’t quote me on that. there were lots of helpful girl guides that used the American girls as examples for doing good or learning lessons or trying to understand why girls did what they did

I learned a lot of my core beliefs from these girls.

I remember being very invested in Molly, Addy, and Kaya. Mostly cuz I look like Molly, and the other two had a lot of information on two of my favorite time periods. But I owe a lot of my personality to these lovvely girls

[dragonqueenzoyaa]

yo don’t forget my girl Caroline. Her father was captured by the British during the war of 1812 and she basically learned how to sail and rescued him herself.

[janeslandrys]

omg yeah i love caroline

[beggars-opera]

I can confirm that they really do their research - during the creation of Caroline the company called a museum I was associated with and quizzed them extensively about what sort of food kids would have eaten at the turn of the 19th century.