Super Fantastic Compliment Posters

I firmly believe in giving compliments as often as possible. Sometimes, people (both guys and girls) think I am flirting with them, and sometimes, I actually am! However, I think it is just an easy, small way to make someone's day, and spread good karma into the world.



Now, as a lover of all things fantasy, pretty much nothing is cooler to me than dragons. So, telling someone that they are as cool as dragons is about as good a compliment as it gets. Why stop with "Hey, you're decent" when you can say "Hey, you are more awesome than anything in the real world, we have to move over into super powerful magical creatures to compare with your awesomeness."



I do realize, from long experience, that probably not all of you are going to truly love and appreciate these posters. Fantasy is long been firmly lodged in the "geek" spectrum of life. And, that's okay. You like what you like, and I like what I like. I would be willing to bet, however, that someone you know is a closet dragon-loving geek just like me. We are all over, just like aliens. And unicorns.

Speaking of,



All of these posters can be customized with colors, fonts, and text. They are available as the popular 11"x17" poster size OR as a 4"x5" greeting card on heavy cardstock paper- affordable and easy to display, but totally unique and professionally printed. I'll be giving one to my cousin who loves reading for Christmas... oh, and my other cousin who likes computer games... and my husband who is as cool as dragons... and my old roommate that likes unicorns....

Find them here:

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Steampunk Owl

He is a clockwork owl: part owl, part machine, and all gentleman.


Gustav Clockopunk

I made him from brown fleece, with a patterned cravat and pin-striped shirt. He has a wool felt vest with detailed trim and pocket. I have him a pocketwatch eyeglass monocle, linked to his vest with a chain and flower pin. He looks quite distinguished, doesn't he? He is about 7 inches tall and 4 inches wide.









Steampunk is my newest obsession: it's a fusion of beauty with machines, vintage and modern, form with function. It's a style with its roots in literature: a genre called "speculative fiction" where authors answer a basic question: "What if history had gone a different way?" What if technology were different, what if our machines were run by steam or clockwork, what would the world look like? What inventions wouldn't have been made, and what would have been made differently? I like "What if" statements. That is the core of creativity. And if you tie in history, science fiction and fantasy, you get Steampunk.
(Or as Erin says, "What's it called again? Clockopunk?")

Some steampunk websites to check out if you like it:
http://thesteampunkhome.blogspot.com/
http://www.steampunktales.com/
Max Quick Series: The Pocket and the Pendant
The Golden Compass series


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