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katyasmusings replied to your post “Dallas Stars?”

I'll admit, they're not actually my favourite, you'd already done the Pens and Oilers (Oilers are my proximity team, I refuse to cheer for the Canucks and Flames). My current project is green, so green jerseys = Stars.

fair lmao. i relate to the canucks thing tho: they’re Fake

[olllmaatta]

Dallas Stars?

1. my opinion on your favourite hockey team: ngl i’m,,,Not A Fan lmao idk why soz fam2. favourite player on the team: my probably not straight boy tiles tbh3. least favourite player on the team: don’t?? have one lmao idk enough about the team4. my favourite thing about your blog: v relatable content tbh5. something i would change about your blog (if necessary): can’t think of anything???6. what i love about you: ur tags are  pretty gr87. a player i think you would be amazing friends with and why: idk why i’m thinking about sidney crosby but sid i guess8. am i following you? if not, why not? i’m already following too many blogs so no, sorry :(9. you’re my: treasured follower!!10. should you post this too? if u wanna :)

[klc-journei]

Hestia Trevelyan, my mage Inquisitor grew up with an Antivan governess who she was very close to before her powers manifested, she grew up being told stories of Antiva, and Orlais and the Great Game. After meeting Josephine for the first time, speaking with her felt like getting a bit of home back, and at first she was just intent on making friends with her, but suddenly she turned around after Haven and realized she was head over heels in love with Josie.

Kaaras Adaar has being a Tal-Vashoth merc his entire life. Living on the road is something he’s been used to. So living at Haven and Skyhold, it was nice to know he had a place to tuck out in. And even, feel welcome among people. The Montilyet family extend their manor as a home for him to...big guy just can’t say thank you without being so touched by their compassion.

[snarkymonkeyprime]

katyasmusings replied to your post:Goal for today: 1.  STITCHING.  (and hopefully get...

That sounds like a lovely day! Seeing all your stitching on my dash has inspired me to pick up my cross stitch again, it’s so fun, I can’t believe I put it down for so long!!

So far, I’ve not done any of it but the tea!  :D

And yay stitching!  I feel the same way, to be honest.  :3  Whenever I go for a long time I always ask, “why’d I stop?”

Oh, right; time.

[thegraceinyoureyes]

💫 The first thing I noticed about your blog would be your excellent taste in posts, and now all the lovely Star Wars!

Awhh thank you so much!! And you’re one to talk <3

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[bemusedlybespectacled]

Hi lovely, I've got a somewhat random question for you. In your six selfies (you're adorable as an aside) you're wearing a stunning corset (underbust I think?) in one of them and I was wondering if you had any advice for someone looking at buying one? I've got a few friends who have them so I know some basics, but any advice you have would be fantastic!

Aw, thank you! Okay, the best place for more detailed stuff and product reviews is Lucy’s Corsetry (she has a website, a Youtube, and a Tumblr), but for basic stuff:

I own a Timeless Trends corset and an Orchard Corset corset (the latter is the purple one in the pictures). Off-the-rack corsets are cheaper (still prohibitively expensive, though) and easier to buy, but they’re not really made for you. On the other hand, bespoke (made to fit you) is extremely expensive, like hundreds of dollars. I won the TT one in a giveaway and the OC one was after several (like, they added up to almost 50% off) markdowns. I don’t buy corsets unless I’ve bought them at the lowest possible bargain, and it’s still an expensive hobby.

Don’t buy from Ebay, don’t buy from Amazon, don’t buy from Corset Story or any of its branches, don’t buy from anywhere that isn’t a reputable brand.

You’ll want to take your measurements. The most important measurements are your waist (obviously), your hips, your underbust, and the distance from your underbust to your lap while sitting down. Depending on where you’re buying, they’ll tell you how to take those measurements and if you need others.

I have a long (>10 inches) torso and wide hips compared to my waist (roughly an 8 to 10 inch difference naturally, depending on if I’ve gained weight around the middle recently). So my ideal corset is a longline corset, with a “dramatic” silhouette and a wide hip spring. One day I might get this gorgeous thing and actually be able to close in the back. Other people have different measurements, so you’ll want to find the right corset for you, not what looks nicest on the model.

Wearing a corset should never be painful or make it horribly difficult to breathe, but it’s not exactly easy. For one thing, wearing a corset tightly works on your stomach kind of like a lap band does: it makes your stomach smaller, so you feel fuller faster. You can bend your knees, but you can’t bend at the waist, so you have to do this sinking-gracefully-to-the-floor thing to pick things up. And put your shoes on before you put your corset on, unless you want to try new and inventive yoga maneuvers to tie them.

On the other hand, you start sitting very straight with excellent posture with very little effort, which looks impressive. And walking, especially walking down stairs, suddenly feels very floaty and effortless. And it looks great regardless of whether you wear it as underwear or outerwear.

You can put a corset on yourself, but you’ll need at least one body-length mirror and a lot of flexibility. I can do it, but I can also do up my own zippers. It’s easier when someone else does it because they have more leverage.

Start slow and work up. Don’t try to tightlace all at once. Don’t trust stores that try to tightlace you all at once. It’s bad for you and it’s bad for the corset.

Sorry, this is super long. :D But that’s some of the stuff I didn’t know when I started!

[imaginesteverogerss]

Imagine Steve post-Avengers knitting around the other Avengers (in the tower) and refusing to explain what he's making to anyone, despite everyone's repeated attempts to find out, cue Christmas and everyone opening their gifts from Steve and finding knitting (up to you if Steve is a good knitter or if everything turns out slightly questionable!)

Steve trails yarn everywhere and it drives Tony crazy. There’s yarn on the floor, hidden behind the throw pillows on the couch. He trips over the knitting basket at least three times in as many days. For all the yarn there is, it’s surprisingly hard to actually find Steve knitting. Which isn’t to say they haven’t all caught him at it. They have. It just tends to be like spotting a very jumpy cat. One second, he’s there with his needles. The next, the only evidence of him being there is the yarn sliding along the floor as he runs away.

Clint claims to have found him squinting at a Starkpad one day before he noticed Clint and pulled his disappearing act, but JARVIS refuses to share with them any of Steve’s search history.

None of them really have family and only Steve’s religious in anything more than the loosest sense of the word, so they spend Christmas together. Pepper takes care of the food because only Bruce and Steve cook much, but Bruce’s specialty is curry and Steve hasn’t pushed himself out of his comfort zone and no one really wants what they cook for Christmas. Pepper buys so much that there are leftovers even after Thor and Steve have stuffed themselves. And then it’s onto presents and the revelation of what Steve’s been doing with all that yarn.

Natasha gets a black pompom hat with a red google-eyed spider on it and immediately spends ten minutes tilting her head to make the spider watch each of them. Pepper gets a luxuriously soft white scarf, to keep her warm on all her business trips. Thor and Clint each get a pair of convertible gloves, Thor’s imitating the patterns of his armour and Clint’s tightly knit so that there’s less chance of snagging on his bow and arrows. Bruce gets a scarf as well, deep purple and longer than he’s tall, just in case he ever hulks out while wearing it. Bruce doesn’t bother to tell Steve that the Hulk really won’t care about being cold. Tony is the last to open his gift, a sweater patterned after his Iron Man suit. There’s a loosely knit cyan circle at the centre of the chest and he pulls it on to admire the light of the arc reactor glowing through.

Everyone else’s presents seem a little less personal in the light of how long Steve spent on this and he’s more than a little smug about it.

“I give the best presents,” he declares.

“Pride is a sin,” Tony replies. This is a fact. It doesn’t make Steve any less smug.

[that-was-sparta]

New tank for Cato today! Accidentally broke my other tank while cleaning it last night. (Filter on its way)