Friends

i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.

diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.

cooking_club
A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges.

Congratulations to all of you!! ^.^ Here are your awards :) 



( Awards )

Sorry for the lateness. I was sick. Really really sick. *sneeze*

Here are your winners! All of them...xDD ♥

First Place!

Just this once

Second Place!

Victorious

Third Place!

Bad Day

Congratulations to...everyone who participated! Beautiful banners will be up soon enough! ^^;

~Don't forget to enter our currently challenge. We already have one entry and we're kinda hoping that, maybe, this time we won't be forced to extend. >>;~

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( The Cat's Meow )

stepstomarrow
When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot.

taste_buds
Holidays provide a built-in excuse for indulgent entertaining. This all-purpose foodie community covers everything from homemade hangover cures to dinner party menus. Need quick advice? Get five-minute snack suggestions, low-fat ingredient substitutes, and even measurement conversions. Delicious recipes garnished with humorous advice. Yum.

naturesbeauty
Always on the lookout for compelling images, we were delighted to discover this flourishing community of artists who share a love of nature. Honoring the subject with photographs, paintings, sketches, prose, poetry, and other creative works, you'll be simultaneously riveted to your monitor and inspired to run helter skelter towards the nearest wooded dale.

*waves* We have three entries - two of which I'm sure are awesome because they just are - so it's time to close this theme and announce the next one.

Victorious

Just this Once…?

Bad Day

Since this is Week 100 and we've just hit an important marker in our community, I will ask you all to vote for ALL your favorite entries, in the order of your preference. Everyone will be a winner this one time, because it's Week 100. xDD

You have until Wednesday, December 17th to place your votes! Please try to? For the sake of people's work. ^^;

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Now! Your themes for Week 101 will be:

Drabble:

Word Theme:
December 14 - December 25
Omen

or

Fun Theme:
December 14 - December 25
Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never harm me

You have to choose from one or another but both have to be drabbles!

I hope that we have at least three entries once more...to be able to proceed with voting. Just remember that you can always ask for an extension if you feel you need one.

We're a laid back community! ♥

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3rd subject of this post - we now have a new layout and a new profile layout! I can't quite figure how to add the former header to this current lj layout, but never fear! I shall keep on trying.

But on the whole, I think that you guys will love both our new additions! ♥

*rushes in* Might as well...though I'm not sure I really like it. *bites nails*

Title: Bad Day
Author: royalbk
Theme: #Bad Omen
Genre: Comedy
Word count: 1300
Rating: T
Character(s)/Pairing: Sesshoumaru & Kagome
Fandom: Inuyasha
Summary: Together they made a not so ordinary fairytale. But who really needed glorified princes and wilting princesses in the end? SesshoumaruxKagome
A/N: This is the third drabble in my Fairytale Figments collection. You can find the rest on FF.net, even though you're not necessarily missing anything of vital importance yet.

Just developing the relationship

( Bad Day )

Title: “Just this Once…?”
THEME: “A Memorable Event” --- as inspired by our passing of “Week 100”
Author: Sango Shadowphoenix
Word count: 2700. Clearly, a one-shot.
Rated ‘M’ for “Mature.” Or “Many Explicit Sexual Situations.” Your Pick.
Genre: Lemon. Probably a PWP…?
Universe: Alternate
Disclaimer: InuYasha and its characters belong to Takahashi-sensei.

Summary: Kagome’s in a pinch. A pinch she just might as well enjoy.

Dedication: I dedicate my first lemon to ebony_silks, because it was the first writing community I joined, has awesome readers and writers and lurkers, and because it does wonders to get my lazy ass back into gear for writing. So, I humbly give to you, ebony_silks, my first lemon. *curtsy* Please be kind and give me pointers~ Hahaha.
No. Seriously. Tear it apart, and don’t be afraid to spit it back at me, despite that it is “a lemon.” (Actually, this goes for all my works!)

Warnings: Explicit Sexual Content. Proceed if over 18. If not over 18 --- just don’t let anyone catch you. And if you get caught, be smart and take responsibility for your actions. (For example, blame yourself for proceeding despite the warnings, not the person who’s posting on the internet.) *peace sign*

One more A/N: I apologize profusely for the tardiness. And. Despite my best efforts…. I think this might fall into the category of a PWP. *frown* That’s also a first.

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Title: Victorious
Author: Tally Mark
Genre: Humor
Word Count: 500
Rating: G
Universe: Canon
Author's Note: Waugh. I'd planned to submit something much bigger, but at 5000 words plus and still going it obviously won't be finished tonight. So I threw this together instead. Sorry if it's rushed and sucky. :( Part of the Dog at Heart saga.

backpacking
Want to embrace your wanderlust on the cheap? If you're tall on adventurous spirit, but short on funds, this community can help you plan a trip to anywhere. Offering plentiful tips on how to travel light, you can post about bargain hotels and hostels if you're into urban exploration or discuss camping gear and mosquito netting for the great outdoors. Hitch your backpack, pitch your tent, and carpe diem!