There is just one week left until submissions for the final challenge of the year, the Friends and Lovers Challenge are due!

We'll be taking a break for a while after this challenge is posted, so let's try and go out with a bang! If you didn't sign up but have now decided you'd like to take part, just leave a comment HERE.

This challenge is open to graphics makers (icons, headers, wallpapers or colourbars are accepted) and vidders, as well as fic.

Submissions are due on December 13, no later than midnight, US Pacific time.

Important note: Please read all the information on the profile page HERE to ensure that your work meets all the criteria. Don't forget to include the header information and html coding.

For graphics and vids: Please format and host your own work, and send me the links. Try not to upload your work somewhere with your username on it, to help maintain anonymity. Please use the following header;
Fanwork: Specify icons, vid, header etc
Made By:
Timeline:
Artist's Notes:

In order to help maintain anonymity, please do not name your betas.

When your submission is ready, email it to me at alicesprings2@gmail.com

Thanks!

If you're not keeping up with what's happening this Gusmas over at qaf_drabbles, then you're missing out. I await these charming treatlets each and every night.

Go leave Feedback, too, to help keep up the momentum!!!! Muses are SUCH lovers of adulation. And why not? It's so deserved!

Most of you know that I live in CA. Specifically, Davis, which is part of the Sacramento Valley.

I just saw a weather report.

It's snowing.

IN FUCKING SACRAMENTO.

Which is 11 miles from me.

So, I checked our weather.

It says: "Cloudy/rain/snow".

Snow. Here.

Sen Inhofe, how much more proof do you need? Global warming is REAL.

I don't care if it melts or ends up slush. I want to see some snow. It's been years. Sigh.

Happy happy birthday happier_bunny !!
Hope you have a wonderful day!
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Q: How can I have a pretty background and a header in my journal? I used to use the "background image" spot as the place to put my header URL, but if I want a pretty background, like my current snowflakes, I need a new place for my header URL.

I wish you a wonderful Birthday, have a nice vacation and fun with your family

&hearts&hearts&hearts

Title: Fashion Show
Author: frantic_quest
Prompt: Our Gay Apparel

( Fashion )

I thought I'd leave you guys with one of my fave holiday treats! I hope you enjoy them as much as I do every year!

THE TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS by bigboobedcanuck

YEAR ONE

YEAR TWO

YEAR THREE

YEAR FOUR

YEAR FIVE

YEAR SIX

YEAR SEVEN

YEAR EIGHT

YEAR NINE

YEAR TEN

YEAR ELEVEN

YEAR TWELVE

HAPPY RETREADING!

~~~~~~~~~~~


by pfodge (a million thanks!)

Please write me some snow-PORN! Pretty please with Brian and Justin on top!
SIGN UP HERE!

I need to be in bed because I'm leaving early in the morning but I wanted to say good-bye to my beloved flist. Plus, you guys have all been so great about Champ that I wanted to let you know the wonderful, magical news: HIS LIVER PROFILES ARE ALL WITHIN NORMAL RANGES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is most excellent! We both thank you for all the well wishes and support. Hopefully when I get home, his stomach tube will come out!

Now onto porny things!

by pfodge

GO SIGN UP NOW!

GOOD BYE all...I shall see you when I get back!

XOXO

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Title/Series: Working it out (A Thanksgiving Visit, part X)
Author: BookGirl
Prompt: Fireplace
Note: This is direct continuation of yesterday's drabble, found here.

They made love and were cuddling (though Brian would never admit to either) in front of the fireplace before another word was spoken.

“Sunshine, before that enthusiastic welcome I believe I asked you a question.”

“I missed you.”

“I saw you less than 24 hours ago.”

“That does not negate the fact that I missed you.”

Brian looked dubious but soldiered on. “Okay. What about the fact that you have a show in a few weeks?”

Justin wiggled an arm out of the blankets to gesture at the easel in the corner. “I couldn't paint without my muse.”

( Parts II, III, and IV )

Title: On An Open Fire
Author: vl_redreign
Prompt: Fireplace

Notes: Another double, get it while it's hot!

( On An Open Fire )

Honest to god snow.

Squee!

...and it's sticking...

Squee!!

Title: Firebug
Author: wavingcat5 
Prompt: Fireplace
Note: Coming into bushfire season here. This is not intended to trivialise those who lost their homes and lives last summer; rather, those events keep creeping into my thoughts, however indirectly.

‘Shoe brush’ says Brian, glancing at my latest thrift store find. ‘Fire brigade-issue. That’s what the F and B stand for.’
‘Thanks. I never would have guessed that on my own.’ We kiss. Life is sweet now, thanks to Brian Kinney. Who’d have thought?

I notice the initials on the brush aren’t stamped. They’re burnt into the wood. It’s a paradox. Fire department marks its property with fire?

I walk in later to find him fucking some guy and I’m scorched.

I’ve heard sometimes a firefighter is also a firebug.

When I come back, Brian is polishing my shoes.

Hehe, the new theme is "booty". No, not the kind that babies wear on their feet, I mean asses, behinds, butts, or whatever else you want to call it! This theme will run until the end of January. Above the cut you'll find the screen cap for the anonymous icon and below the cut you'll find several screen caps I've included that can be used for this theme. Don't feel obligated to use these if you don't want to, just figured some people may be more willing to participate if they didn't have to look for caps themselves. Hopefully photobucket doesn't delete these but if they do feel free to let me know and I'll have to upload them somewhere else.

Anonymous screen cap:



( Extra screen caps )

Provide the anonymous icon in a comment to this entry. Comments are screened.

Now you artists need to get to work! :D

Here we go! This time around we have 8 submissions for the anonymous icon and I'm thrilled to see a new participant. Thanks for joining us in_ahaze and thanks to everyone else who played this time!

For those who aren't familiar with this little game it goes like this....under the cut you'll see polls for 8 different icons of the same scene. For each icon you need to figure out which artist created it. Good luck!

( Bad as new )

Poll stays open for a week. Good luck and happy weekend!

I recently found out about PS Actions, which is automated effects programs for Photoshop. One of my favorites is the snowglobe, to get graphics like: ( Clicky to see )

Anyway, if any of you graphic makers want me to make you a snowglobe that you can then take and make something with- header, banner, icon, etc- I'd be happy to do so. It's quick and easy with PS Actions. Just let me know what picture and background color you want. This effect may be available on automated effect websites or in other programs, but I don't know for sure. If so, feel free to LOL that my discovery isn't all that special. :)

I can also email you the file, and you can make your own changes.

Dear Writers on My Flist,

Go sign up for the theme at bj_action. Kthnx.

:D

We've even given you a bit of extra time for this on, instead of 48 hours, or a week, you will have 2 weeks. Now surely if you can write porn in 48 hours, you can write a wee little porny ficlet in 336 hours.

What better way to celebrate the holiday season?

Click here to sign-up for bj_action's 13th theme: Snowbound

I'm stuck with my icons for the Friends and Lovers challenge. I tried it several times now for the last few days. Apparently my muse *points icon* is hiding under a big rock or he's on vacation in Timbuktu. I can't come up with any idea.

Give me something to find my muse.

*bats eyelashes* pretty, pretty please


ETA: I just remembered, I made some icons the last few days, but for this theme I have nothing to work with.