Frozen Charlotte corpse doll. So-called after a girl who froze to death being driven to a ball. Wildly popular with C19th children as they only cost a penny & came in their own tiny coffins - with a message. They were also baked into cakes as a surprise.
insane how people think i can just do things. "can you mail me this?" and get killed by the post office desk workers?????!!!?
For added context, people who don’t remember the 1980s, there were a serious of deadly shootings carried out by postal workers against their coworkers.
It was mostly covered by the media as a joke, as I recall.
ALT
post office scary
i've been having Thoughts™ about creativity and crafting and art and artisanship and skill, and i'm curious about what the rest of y'all think, so please have this poll:
Do you feel creative when you engage in your fiber craft?
Yes; I design my own patterns.
Yes; I mostly/entirely follow someone else's patterns.
Sometimes?; When I follow patterns - no, when I create patterns - yes.
Sometimes?; When I follow patterns - yes, when I create patterns - no.
Sometimes?; Unrelated to pattern creation/following.
No; I design my own patterns.
No; I mostly/entirely follow someone else's patterns.
NUANCE BUTTON; prepare for an essay in the tags/replies!
The yes/no/sometimes/NUANCE is in direct answer to the "Do you feel creative" part of the question; the stuff after the semicolon is just a General Statement of How You Generally Craft. (full disclosure: i knit, so i think in terms of patterns, but if you partake in another fiber craft and there's a better word for "following someone else's design/instructions," insert that there instead!)
~feeling creative~ is defined however you want it to be. (this is why i'm asking the internet at large this in poll form--i'm trying to untangle some of my own thoughts about what makes me feel creative, and what that looks like across my life/hobbies.) if you'd like to elaborate in reblogs/tags/replies, please do!
assumptions i made with these options: if you design your own patterns, you probably also have done quite a bit of making other people's patterns. if you mostly follow someone else's patterns, you may have dabbled in trying your own, but not enough to feel like you're qualified to claim "pattern designer" (hi, it me). please answer with your heart regardless! you can explain as much or as little as you'd like, i'm just after General Trends and Vibes, here!
please reblog! i want to hear from as many people as are willing to play!! thanks y'all!!!
How do you address yourself in your mental dialogue?
First person (e.g.: I shouldn’t have done that)
Second person (e.g.: You shouldn’t have done that)
Third person (e.g.: They/She/He/etc. shouldn’t have done that)
It varies/combination of the above
Secret other way? Please explain in the tags
Please vote and reblog to spread to a wider audience. I’m very curious about this.
how much live theatre* have you seen?
i have never seen live theatre (& i have no intention of seeing it)
i have never seen live theatre (& i WANT to)
i have seen 1 to 5 shows
5 to 10 shows
10 to 20 shows
20 to 40 shows
40 to 60 shows
60 to 80 shows
90 to 100 shows
100 to 150 shows
150 to 200 shows
200+ shows
*by live theatre i mean plays, musicals, operas, ballets, concert versions of musicals, staged readings, & things of that nature. EDIT: YES this includes amateur, local, kids, high school, & community theatre. almost every show i've seen has been local
if you want, list the names of the shows you've seen in the tags!
