My Bedlam

A mix of things I love and things that inspire me. Will change over time. I can also be found on AO3 under Tuatara_Cda. mybedlamasylum.blogspot.ca.

[writing-prompt-s]

Every mythical creature has a natural counterpart meant to balance them out. Elves and dwarves, werewolves and vampires, etc. Humans have just discovered they too have a counterpart.

[fullcravings]

Ooey Gooey Fudgy S’mores Pie

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Easy Salted Caramel Sauce: Hostess Gift, or Just for You

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Apple Pie Cheesecake with Cinnamon Syrup

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Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

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Chocolate Chip Cookies and Milk Cake

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Eton Mess Ice Cream Clusters

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Taiwanese Castella Cake

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Homemade Pancake Mix

[stahsm]

Overlock Stitch by @clothes_reetzy

[thatisuseful]

Damn, that's useful

[fluidstatick]

Finally a hand sewing tutorial on a hemline that isn't just the ladder stitch! the ladder stitch disappears when you tighten it, but it's not meant for hemlines because it breaks really easily! The overlock stitch is more stable, so it holds much longer, and it won't pucker or warp the fabric!

[starfoozle]

Heatwave Recipe Recommendations

The heat’s been brutal this summer but we still gotta eat! If you’re like me, heat might suppress your appetite, and the last thing any of us want is to sweat over a hot stove and oven when it’s already boiling outside. Here are some of my favorite hot-weather recipes to keep hydrated and fed with when the weather is unbearable! (All recipes should be un-paywalled).

NYT’s best gazpacho (lives up to its name!!)

Persian cold cucumber soup (if you like tzatziki you will like this!)

Eric Kim’s cold noodles with tomato (infinitely riffable Korean flavor profile — for a creamier and less brothy take, try these cold sesame noodles too)

Vietnamese chicken and herb salad (this is an excellent time to get a rotisserie chicken so you don’t have to turn the oven on)

Radish sandwiches with butter and salt (and in a similar vein, if you dig this flavor combo you should try this Polish cottage cheese dip on some good rye bread or even crackers)

It’s still a little early in the season, but you can never go wrong with a BLT (or, if you don’t eat bacon, try this tomato furikake sandwich in its place)

Infinite iterations of pasta salad! You can use anything you got but here is a template I like.

Assorted dense bean salads. This back pocket canned salad is a weird combo of jarred ingredients but it slaps, this hoagie-inspired one is super satisfying, and cowboy caviar is a classic for a reason.

Poke bowls! Canned tuna mixed with some kewpie mayo and sriracha is a budget-friendly riff on the usual ahi and makes everything taste like a spicy tuna roll, but use whatever proteins you like, this is more of a loose template.

Please feel free to add some of your own favorite summer recipes in the replies and comments! We’ll get through this together. 🤝🤝🤝

[flintandpyrite]

If you can buy pre cooked or canned beets at the store, chłodnik (beet yogurt soup) is a great choice. You can leave out the radishes if you can’t get them.

I also love sardines on fresh bread and butter with assorted vegetables. Buy the fanciest canned sardines you can afford but even regular ones are pretty good. Plus, very healthy!

[fullcravings]

Baklava Croissant Bread Pudding (with Honey Buttermilk Syrup)

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Coffee Chocolate Cake

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Brown Butter Blueberry Crumble Cake

[neechees]

I'm making a list of some beadwork artists on etsy (+ a couple other sites) because I was sick of seeing ai scams made from Moniyaws so here's a list of authentic, Native made beadwork from real Native artists and their tribes if you're in the market for some beadwork. Feel free to add yourself if you're an ndn artist!

Kiwewin Beads (Cree)

RonnieReneesboutique (Diné)

BeadinByCourt (Sac & Fox)

WhisperingWindsShop (Cheyenne River Lakota)

SweetgrassCrafts (Cree)

BlueSpruceBeadwork (Mi'kmaq)

MahtheyzhaweyArts (Ponca and Choctaw)

BiidaabanStudio (Ojibwe)

BeadworkByMegh (Metis)

BearRiverCreations (Washo/Lakota/Oneida/Cheyenne)

pihpihcewbeadwork (Cree)

Gitxsanmysticcrafts (Gitxsan/Cree)

YellowBearWoman (Cree)

SweetGrassByHeather (Cree)

DearFears (Chahta)

Kauyumarishop (Wixárika and Mexica)

WabanakiBeadwork (Metis/Abenaki)

Indigannette (Metis/Inuit)

OdeiminandSage (Ojibwe)

beadworkbytayy (Choctaw/Chickasaw)

MemengwaaBeads (Ojibwe)

KatawashishinBeads (Metis)

StrangekatCreations (Metis)

GreensCraftsStudio (Algonquin)

SpiritSistersbyLisa (Inuit)

BorealForestBeads (Cree)

LoveAlaskaDesign (Aleut/St'at'imc)

ThornyBeadwork (Dakota)

BougieBascan (Athabaskan)

TheSunkenMoon (Occaneechi Saponi)

SimplyNizhoni (Navajo)

NativeNerdery (Potawatomi)

IbaabiwinWiigwaas (Odawa & Potawatomi)

also, non-etsy:

Mathosapabeads (Lakota)

Chulalusa (Chahta/Cherokee)

NeepinMoon (Cree)

sleepymakwabeads (Ojibwe)

[beautifulscreaminglady]

holy FUCK David Tennant is going to be in Only Murders in the Building

[tuataracda123]

I think the casting department does this kind of stuff on purpose to mess with us! ✊🏻❤️

[ejzah]

Me: Settles down to watch a show that’s been off the air for 5-10 years and no one’s talked about for at least half that time.