First off, how cool is that suitcase? It's so old looking! And I love the map on the back--I'm a sucker for maps though, especially fake ones. Here's some inside shots:
Now, I'm not the biggest Alice in Wonderland fan (in fact, my only knowledge of it comes from the Disney movie, which I haven't seen in a long time) but I can recognize most of these. I love the little bottles with the "eat me" and "drink me" labels on it, and I like all of the various poems/scientific notes that are scattered around. Some of the various formaldehyded creatures are pretty creepy, but still really cool. There's a little mome rath in a bottle, too. But this is my favorite thing:
The little card guard that is all pinned and labeled, just like a butterfly or something. It's brilliant. You can see the rest of the pictures here, although I wish they were a bit brighter.Anyway, I just wanted to share with you all, and the subject being somewhat geeky I thought it would fit in here. I would totally love to make a version of this for myself, but either Star Wars or Lord of the Rings inspired (of course). In the Star Wars case you could have a little galaxy map, some Kessel spice, maybe some various droid parts, little notes written in alien languages, maybe a crystal from a lightsaber, stuff like that. You can tell I've been thinking about this for a while. Of course it would never look as polished as this, I think this case is just amazing.
In other news, I made a crochet lightsaber today, but I'm not thrilled with it. I might post it here later and see what you guys think, and post a pattern if you guys like it. I think it kind of looks like a messed up beer can, so I'm kind of ashamed to even take pictures of it, but someone may think it's cool, I guess. Anyway, that's all for now, stay tuned! We have a special dude made for the opening of the Clone Wars movie, I can't wait to show everyone!
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I could totally see a Firefly box like this. Postcards from the different planets, maybe passports with stamps from different places, a label from a bottle of Mudder's Milk or a Blue Sun can, fake ID cards to get past Alliance Security checks, some handwritten letters, some chopsticks with Chinese letters engraved on them, a Jayne Hat...
Not sure who I'd give it to, but it would make a great present for a Firefly fan if you had the time/skill to put it together.
Years back one of my friend's actually made me a Slayer's weapons chest. It was a small box, about 2 by 4 inches, with a rounded lid. She'd painted it and inside were a set of small wooden stakes, a wooden cross, and a very tiny bottle filled with water and labeled "Holy Water". I still have it, and have always thought it was a great little Buffy-centric gift.
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