Happy Holidays!

How are you? Kids woke us up early (natch) ‘Sherlock’ girl’s fave gift is her microscope set and a 221B Baker Street board game - I remember that game when I was a kid! ‘John’ is enthralled with his ‘singamagigs’ which are slightly, well, no really creepy dolls that open their mouths when you push on their stomachs and sing ‘jingle bells’ and ‘we wish you a merry christmas’.

I was chuffed to get a package from a friend in Oxford with MALTESERS in it, and Xmas crackers, which we forgot to buy this year, (saved)

I hope all of you have a lovely holiday wherever you are, and now to New Year!

*just mentioning, I have a contest going to win a large ceramic mug with my Red Dragon image on it, (inspired by Ben’s role as Smaug in the Hobbit) just reblog the contest post for a chance to win! :D

you can enter at my Tumblr account, or here on lj.

Holiday Cards

The last two years I’ve made origami ornaments as card gifts, these are made from Japanese chiyogami paper, a bit of extra fine glitter, snowflake toppers and cord for hanging. The eight-sided trees slide out of the cards so they can be fluffed up or they can free-stand. The cards attached are also hand-made from chiyogami paper. I made 40 this year! (whew)

Hope you are enjoying your day wherever you are!
(trees when opened)

http://karadin.deviantart.com/gallery/23660486#/d4ga11b

SHERLOCK: John Watson and The Christmas Conundrum 1/3

Author: Karadin
Fandom: SHERLOCK BBC
Principal Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Rating PG
*takes place after series two*
Genre: Humour, Mystery, Friendship
(Can be seen as pre-slash if you put those goggles on)
Sherlock Holmes and related characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock (BBC 2010) created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss
This is a work of fiction; no remuneration is taken by the author.
Illustrations copyright Karadin 2011 all rights reserved.

Synopsis: John Watson takes on the challenge of finding the Perfect Present for the World's Only Consulting Detective and the complications that ensue when he finds It.

Part One of Three That will post from Xmas to New Year's Eve.
word count 4.661
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