lavenderspark: (kitty)
Listening to music and heard a song that NEEDED an icon. Or maybe I just needed an icon of it. Either way, I made one!



It comes from the song Wicked Women by The Hound + The Fox. They are an amazing folk duo that everyone should listen to. Here is the song referenced, for a taste.

Wicked Women by The Hound + The Fox have a link since dreamwidth won't let me embed the video.

Icons!

Jan. 26th, 2025 05:39 pm
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I've been struggling to feel inspired/creative for quite a while. Nothing has really been grabbing my attention. But today I felt like playing around with some icons I had tried to make before from song lyrics. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.



They're both inspired by song lyrics from The Amazing Devil.

"If you ask me for my fire, just watch me, just watch me, just watch me burn" ~Secret Worlds
"Cos she is so much more than all her scars" ~Inkpot Gods

Concrit always welcome!

Icons!

May. 19th, 2024 07:44 pm
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I finally got PaintShop on my laptop! I had tried using GIMP, but it just feels so clunky and I don't like it. I still have to re-download all my fonts and brushes and things, but I have the program itself, so I made a few icons I had made before that came out a little off.

Amazing Devil lyric icons:

   

Tori Amos lyric icons:

 
lavenderspark: (writing)
photo of poem made with magnetic words

Wrote this the other day. It reads:

Desire surrounds us
In an ocean of fire.
Exploring a fevered embrace.

Delicious dream
Broken by morning.
The ghost of your voice
Haunts me.
lavenderspark: (write)
Did another prompt! This one was just a quick little story. More of a scene than a full story.

The prompt:
A witch cursed your name to be hated for all of eternity. So of course, the first thing you do is willingly give it to a fae.

My Story:
Days after being cursed by a witch for your trickery, you happen upon a powerful Fae. You ask the fae for a favor, something grand, but not too extravagant as to make them question the favor.

They narrow their eyes at you, taking you in. "And what shall you give me in return?"

You pause for dramatic effect, as if contemplating. "Oh, I don't know. I don't really have much."

You see a glint in the Fae's eye, their lips parting in a fiendish grin. "Your name then, it's such a small thing."

You close your eyes, silently calming your glee. "I don't know, my mother gave it to me, it's all I have left of her."

You suppose that's true, you never actually knew your mother. You watch the fae's reaction to this new information. Their pupils dilate, and you swear their nostrils flare just the tiniest bit. You fight back a laugh, covering your mouth as you clear your throat.

"I shall ensure my gift to you will last as long as you live. All you need to do is give me your name." You can hear the excitement in their voice.

You take a deep breath and let it out in a great burst as if in defeat, "Alright. It's a deal."

"Wonderful." The fae's eyes are nearly black and their face all teeth as they lean toward you, "Now, what is your name?"

"Um, my gift? Don't I get my gift first? And no harm to come to me by you after we finish the trade." You raise an eyebrow at the creature before you.

"Right, right. It is done," they waive their hand impatiently. "Once the deal is done no harm shall come to you from me. Now. Your. Name."

You quickly state your name and turn and flee, shouting over your shoulder, "No backsies! The deal is done!" Cackling, you run as far as you can, assuming a new name with the gifts given you by the fae.

Poem!

Jan. 20th, 2023 03:00 pm
lavenderspark: (write)
Finally managed another poem! It started terrible, but it's a bit better now. I'm still trying to work on getting where I'd like them to be, but for now it was just nice to write again.

This one isn't really bad, so I'm not going to put it behind a cut. If you'd like me to hide it, let me know and I'll make a cut.


My laugh slips into a gasp,
Your lips finding the soft skin of my throat.

A moan escapes as your teeth graze
Across my pulse point.

My hand tangles in your hair,
jokes forgotten.

Your lips plotting a path to mine,
Taking full advantage of your surprise opportunity.
lavenderspark: (write)
I haven't written any new ones in a while, life has gotten a bit hectic and stressful. But I realized I hadn't posted these yet, so here are the last few I wrote before I lost the time/inspiration.

NSFWPoems )

Poems

Oct. 2nd, 2022 10:41 pm
lavenderspark: (write)
I've been writing these fairly frequently. I'll put them behind a cut again and just remind everyone that they are very NSFW.

6 Poems )
lavenderspark: (write)
Discovered something new and kind of fell down the rabbit hole a bit.

Scrolling through Tumblr and stumbled across some smutty poetry. While I'm not at all surprised it exists, I had never seen it before. I don't typically write in first person, I find it awkward and usually have to write in third person and then edit it to first. But this just flowed right out like the simplest thing I've ever done.

*Fair warning, they are explicit* Poems )

Icons

Apr. 8th, 2022 01:18 pm
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I've been working on some icons based on The Amazing Devil lyrics. I finally finished three that I like.



"The cracks you made/I filled with mortar" Pray | "Flirting/Wasn't flirting/in the back of a book shop" Wild Blue Yonder | "Write me well my love,/Write me weird" Secret Worlds

Concrit is always welcome! Feel free to use them, credit is always appreciated.
lavenderspark: (kitty)
Staying busy is best, so I went back to my craft schedule and did some painting. Stopped at Dollar Tree and they had these cute little bird feeder kits. I decided to make it look like a fast food place.

Crafts

Oct. 17th, 2018 01:39 pm
lavenderspark: (flowers)
I've wanted to make a Halloween wreath for years. Specifically a Maleficent wreath after seeing a couple online that others had made. This year I finally bought all the items I wanted and put one together.



Unfortunately it's thicker/wider than anticipated and won't allow the outer door to close. Andy says he can take the top glass out, but he hasn't done it yet and I couldn't get the screws to turn to do it myself.

I finally finished the baby blanket I've been working on for a friend. I have to figure out when to get it to her as they'll be moving in a few weeks.



It's only the second blanket I've ever done and the first star.

I don't have anything else I'm working on at the moment. Kiley picked out a costume from the store this year, though I may make her a magic orb (she's going to be a witch) and she wants some creepy make up.

I'm trying to find a pattern for a poncho to make for myself, but can't find one I like.

New fanfic!

May. 9th, 2018 02:51 pm
lavenderspark: (frame)
Annnd, more fanfic...! I tried to not write this. I waited a week before sitting down and writing it. It wouldn't go away! But I had so much fun writing it the first day and then I had to finish it.

Riddles on AO3 and on FF

It's a Gotham fanfic. Zero plot, just Riddler/Lee. And fun with riddles, word play, innuendo...
lavenderspark: (shock)
Baby Blanket As you wish

I started this blanket almost a year ago and it has given me SO MANY problems, but it's finally done and now I can mail it!

I'm washing it now to make sure it holds together, then I'll be boxing it up to mail it tomorrow!

Icons!

Feb. 1st, 2017 02:37 pm
lavenderspark: (hair)
So I've been watching Emerald City on NBC and the colors and scenery are amazing along with the characters and story. I hate waiting for Friday to watch a new ep. :(

BUT all the prettiness has inspired me to start making icons again! I've posted some banner sets on Tumblr, but since it likes to stretch images, it really isn't a good place to post icons. They come out all pixelated and weird. I'm sure there's a setting to fix that, but I don't know where it is.

I also figured out how to add more/new fonts to my graphics program! So I actually have some variety in my font choices now! Incidentally I also figured out how to add new brushes, textures, etc. Now I just have to find some that are compatible with Corel, not sure if the ones for Adobe will work or not. Of course, I should probably figure out how to use the brushes, textures, etc. I already HAVE before I get new ones...

Anyway... Here are some icons!

lucas mirror BWlucas mirror Disturbolucas mirror SE brownlucas mirror SE

I was inspired by the challenge at [livejournal.com profile] total_icontest of "mirror". I don't know that they're anywhere good enough to be in any kind of challenge, but it gave me some much needed direction!

Ev CJ friendEv FriendEv Decode friend
I think the last one is my favorite. I know the font is a little too small for icon size, but it's so perfect for her and for this image, I can't help it.

And these are the sets I've already posted on Tumblr, so I apologize if you've seen them already.
Large Size Sets )
And while I don't expect it, since I'm leaving this post open to the public...if you'd like to use my icons, you can, just please leave a comment and credit me. :)

Elsa Cake

Sep. 15th, 2016 10:02 am
lavenderspark: (hair)
Also, here's this year's birthday cake. I posted last year's Rainbow Dash cake, but can't find the entry now. :/

Collage 2016-09-15 09_59_46

Sadly all the frosting melted off the sides in the heat during the party. We had planned to put it in the cooler, but my cake tray is too big for our cooler. :(
lavenderspark: (hair)
I downloaded a bunch of images from the British Library yesterday (they have lots of new free images from books that are out of copyright) and spent today playing around with them a bit.

I have no idea what to do with this, but the titles of these booklets needed to be put together. Trashy romance novels of 1892!

Romance covers 1892

I didn't do anything except arrange them in what I thought to be a fun order. :)

I found a few illustrations that just begged to be colorized, so I played around a bit and figured out how to use the watercolor tool! It would work much nicer if I had a fancy drawing tablet, but I thought they turned out pretty nice.

water color kitty 300
Belle and the Dragon 300 Ha, didn't realize that there was a giant hole in the middle of the dragon one. Oops. It kind of looks like a heart though!

And then I did them in actual icon size. The dragon one loses some detail, so I don't think I'd ever use it as an avatar icon, but the kitty looks super cute in any size!

water color kitty 100
Belle and the Dragon 100

New Icon

Apr. 19th, 2016 10:41 am
lavenderspark: (hair)
Still can't figure out why GIMP ruins my images when making GIfs. I tried to download a plug-in, but it didn't show up in my software. I don't know what to do and the GIMP comm on here looks dead. :(

On the plus side, when making icons, they're tiny, so you can't really see how messed up the image is.

anbertree1

Screen caps from screencapped dot net and shanarachronicles dot net.

Icon set

Sep. 25th, 2015 12:59 pm
lavenderspark: (flowers)
Trying to play around with my program some more and learn how to better do some things.

Killjoys icon set )

Song lyrics are "Dark Paradise" by Lana Del Rey
Screen caps from [livejournal.com profile] yamiinsane123
lavenderspark: (flowers)
A friend back home is having a baby in October and I had started to make a blanket lovey back in like May or something. But then in August I found out she's doing the nursery in a Nightmare Before Christmas theme. I had been having issues with the blanket (I couldn't decide on a stitch that I liked) so I decided to scrap that idea and I made a little Zero instead!

PCO9

Now I just need to get it mailed off.

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