It's okay, I've done it before.

One of my prompts over at the Boys of Summer on hd_fanart was picked up by the wonderfully talented and uber-fantastic-in-real-life savagesnakes.

All is Summer Here is just simply stunning.

Thank you so much again for this, my lovely friend!

THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING MY BIRTHDAY SPECIAL

Please, please, please tell me if I've left your name off this post. I've tried to keep track, but my kids keep stealing away my fandom notebook to draw pictures of zombies and the list got a bit jumbled up.

So, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for the

Mentions, Glittery Posts & PMs!
leo_draconis, moon_foot, cinnatart, girlofavalon, tari_sue, sesheta_66, alaana_fair, subtlefire, besamislabios, wincest_drarry, alisanne, valinorean, jtsbbsps_dk, elkica, megyal, brinimc, lady_of_clunn, leela_cat, kittie8571, nicevenn, ladyoneill, yggdrasilian, scarletladyy, njphelps, goldylost, lijahlover, fireflavored, treacle_tartlet, themostepotente, blamebrampton, delphipsmith, sabinefrappe, lilyginny27, sassy_cissa, beren_writes, mayfly_78


Paid Time, Cupcakes & V-Gifts!
Anon???, sra_danvers *besos*, aigooism, joan_waterhouse, leo_draconis, cleo_jay, geneva2010, deathlydragon, fancypantsdylan, cassie_black12, steamyaffair, moonlitdark, bryoneybrynn, nenne, winterstorrm, winter_june, starry_diadem, veritas03, faithwood, noeon, teganscrush, kitty_fic


Tweets!
I reckon I might have got birthday tweets from everyone who follows me *hugs*, and I also got birthday shout-outs from my darling DH kids: James (who shares my birthday along with HBC), Hugo, young Lily, & young Snape.
And I got a sweet birthday Direct Message from my favourite Paralympic athlete (see icon) *melts*
Oh, also dysonrules sang Happy Birthday to me on Facebook, but I think that’s best forgotten.


Ecards!
Mostly from guys named Dan or Harry, but there was one in there from demicus, and one from kilter, as well. All were bloody brilliant!


Stuff!
citrus_lime drew me this sweet little picture, which is WS!
savagesnakes drew me this sweet little picture, which is very much NWS!
bleedforyou1 wrote Hiss & Slither, ssssweet NC17.
Darling cleo_jay and cassie_black12, my muse and conscience, got me DVDs and CDs from my Amazon Wish List.
groolover sent me THE most wonderful kissing copper card and I shared a birthday song with the spring-birthday fen!
A fantastic mug and face-to-face lunch with the wonderful (and gorgeous) being_here.
HUGE thank yous to everyone who contributed to snitches_n_smut this month, with special mention to alaana_fair, who not only drew me stick-art, organised the the concept of H/D Support! A masterlist is on its way (with thanks to vaysh11).

There are rumours of other things in the works. I wait with bated breath...

How can a girl not love gift-art?

alaana_fair has finally given in to her deep-seated (and oddly never-discussed) desire to produce quality stick art, and I urge you all to race over to view and comment on this masterpiece.



And in a completely different vein, citrus_lime drew me some flowers. And Harry holding them. FOR ME!!



Massive post of thank-you-squee-age to materialise in the near future.

OMG, once again, I'm in Pottercest heaven!

LOOKIE what I've got - James/Albus Severus art from citrus_lime! (NWS)

Look at that bum! Look at those eyes! Look at the trousers round the ankles! Look at those shoulders and that collar bone!

Look at me reduced to a puddle of fangirl goo!

Thank you so much for the gorgeous art, my lovely friend!

This beautiful work was all gifted to me over the last month and I am eternally in awe of and grateful to these wonderful artists. Some of these are links, some are behind cuts, since not all are posted or are posted in flocked LJs. Please enjoy.


The sweet dirty_darella drew my boys dancing, something that is such a kink for me: Waltzing. The suits are gorgeous, and their hair and eyes are to die for.

And then she drew them together on a broom. How did she know I liked that? *is amazed with artist's capacity to mind-read* Just look at Draco's expression - perfect.

( Sharing a Ride )


The incomperable quimvaa drew me everyone's favourite spit-and-polisher:

( Fifi Draco )


The elf-tastic kitty_fic gifted me with some hilarious H/D elf dancing (scroll down to the bottom).


And have you seen that little sketch I got at hd_holidays? IMHO, it's the best thing in the fest, and I cannot, cannot stop looking at it.

Thank you again, all of you, and best wishes for a colourful New Year!

I can barely express my thanks for all of the wonderful gifts I've been given. I only need to look at my LJ to be reminded of how much sharing this fandom means to me, but I want to say thank you for even more holiday bounty.

This icon (along with the fic I recc'd previously) were fantastically-inspired gifts from leo_draconis, who's orchestrated so much wonderfulness this holiday *blows kisses*.

I also received wonderful nursey and Dan icons from the lovely bleedforyou1, a new LJ friend *hugs*.

I've (or rather, my lucky children) have had more RL cards from alovelycupoftea and softly_sweetly, who's gift of ST movies I'm still delighting in getting through. (I know, I have no taste:)

Virtually, I've also received a lovely card from dirty_darella (H & D looking so cute in their pyjamas!), and a family of Christmas bears and other great v-gifts from yumekutteikt, cassie_black12, moonlitdark, leo_draconis, arineat, cinnetart, being_here, frayach, thepretender501, and demicus. I can only echo dysonrules when I say how ridiculously happy getting these makes me.

cassie_black12, my soul-sister, gifted me with lovely smelly things for my bath, lovely gifts for the kids, and a huge amount of time and money to visit me whilst I was feeling poorly. I cannot tell you how grateful I am for your friendship.

I also got a nice phone call from Mr Nursedarry last night (who had to work, but still got a Christmas dinner). He'll be home now in less than a month. *throws confetti*

nicevenn organised hd_seasons stocking stuffers (click on the link below) which consisted of the Most. Wonderful. Gifts. Thank you so much to everyone who created the fic, art, and media. *am still amazed at the sheer quantity and quality of them* They have brought me so much joy today, it's almost criminal. Ginormous armfuls of love and chocolate go to sabinefrappe, uniquepov, nicevenn, quimvaa, dirty_darella, kjp_013, khasael, ficreader76, and kitty_fic. I'll be reccing these again when they're reposted on individual LJs after the 1st.



Note: there are three - yes, three - pages. Click on Next for the other pages, as they're not linked.


If I've left anything off, please do call me on it. We've had a lot of trouble with the post due to weather, so if you've sent something via snail-mail and I've not yet mentioned it, chances are it's not yet arrived *sob*

More wonderful things to say thank-you for:

* cleo_jay, the awesomest fen wife to the universe (but mainly to dysonrules), sent me a gorgeous scarf and a work-out-tastic CD for when I get back to the gym - my asthma is keeping me home this week whilst the docs try to get it sorted, so no aerobics for me for a bit.

* My favourite incestuous artist/writer, thilia, sent me the HAWTEST James/Teddy Christmas card which had me warming up nicely. And thank you so much for the DVD, BB!

* Not only did the wonderful joan_waterhouse send me a lovely card, she fixed my yaoi-tastic Twitter background, so my two boys are back in focus *hugs hugely*

* Thank you, thank you to bleedforyou1 for my wonderful new slashy/nursey icons! I love them!

* My leo_palooza present posted yesterday and OMG it's from leo_draconis! And it's mind(and other bits)-meltingly HAWT!!! I don't know how she knows me so well, really, it's scary - *snerk* Go read Wand At the Ready. And sit in front of a fan whilst you're doing it!

I'm still off sick, as kids are just now getting better and I still have this stupid head-cold and cough. Huge love to cassie_black12 for giving me a bit of a break last weekend, braving the snow, and playing with my kids whilst I could get on with things. Being sick sucks. Worse is being sick whilst my friends are here cause I can't appreciate them and I hope you didn't have too boring a time, Cassie. We'll make up for it in London in Feb with accioscar, when we're off to see these Merlin and Sir Leon chappies (I vaguely know who one of them is:).

If nothing else, I'm writing/beta-ing like a fiend and whipping my rec list into shape. Okay, I'm mostly reading the stuff on the rec list, but I'm thinking about getting it sorted.

thilia has killed me dead. Again.

My guilty pleasure is James/Al (what, really? Yes, shuddup).

I never imagine them past the living-in-the-moment stage because, let's face it, it ain't never gonna work. But that's what makes James/Al SO DAMN WONDERFUL-HAWT!!!

Just look what she's given me as a Christmas present

Definitely NWS. I mean it!

He was just about to sneak out without anyone noticing, was just about to get away...

But the chance to share

one

more

kiss

was just too tempting.


Slipping Away

OMG! So beautiful... *hugs tightly*