Today is Father's day around here.
And, somehow, I remembered! (I have a foggy brain lately, but this I managed to not forget. Maybe I should thank my planner!)
It's scary, though, because I am not a good gifter. Sometimes I am just spot on and give the best gift in the world, and others... others it would have been better to just pretend I'd forgotten. It's that bad.
But as I had two bad gifting days this year (already!) towards Partner, I wanted to put a big effort in today's. It took lots of thinking, but I think that I found something that he'll like.
So, what have I prepared?
First, skipping his diet. I know it doesn't sound like a nice thing to do, but he needs some diet-free days (as everybody does), and what better that using them to celebrate something? Also, this way I can bake something for him (rainbow muffins!) and cook some of his favorite foods (homemade pizza!) before I forget how to do it. And I also promised a microwave mug-cake to him for breakfast. So there's my reason.
And then, this...:
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| Cthulhu f'thagn! |
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| Look what it says! |
(At first I was going to use this pattern from Cthulhu Crochet...
but then I started changing it so much that I ended up not following it
at all. But hey, I'm giving credit where credit is due, and it sparked
my crafting, so there!)
...and this matching card, that Oath and I did together:
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| Oath played along with my crafty intentions until I pressed his hand onto the paper... |
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| ...so I had to do the rest alone. |
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| Ain't he a cute little fella? |
The explanation? Partner likes Lovecraft, and Cthulhu is (in my opinion) quite a charming fellow. I've been crocheting Tiny Cthulhus for friends, and he asked for one some time ago... but I decided to go one step further and make a special (and not so tiny!) one for him.
I specially like the arcane symbol in place of the heart (on the amigurumi) and of the "A" in the word Father (on the card). That makes up for the words being completely off-center on both places.
Fingers crossed he'll like it too!
Oath's mom
Aw, I hope the card and creature were a huge hit as well as all the great food. Happy Father's Day to your partner. Thankfully, I don't have to think about that until June around here.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jean! He really liked it. In fact, he's displaying the card on our entry mirror! (we have a thing for displaying photos and special cards there). I am relieved I do not have to think about Father's day again until next March, I spent a lot of time wondering what to do and what to make!
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