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Fanbinding account of @Stefanyeah Secret Belgian Criss Cross Fan <3 Bookbinding Blog: hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book_cryptid

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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Progressing on the Under Ostentiferous Stars bind. :D #bookbinding #fanbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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The Spine is Spining!
Finally sat down to do the spine for my Under Ostentiferous Stars. And finally I've found something to round my spine stiffeners! 🙌🏻 I also remembered to pretty up the inside. So if you peak into the ...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Almost forgot to post my new and finished BuJo. #bookbinding #BuJo #BulletJournal hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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New BuJo finished!
It is done! Just in time. 🙌🏻 I found cloth that came coated from the outside in our little local craft store. It's not very resistance to pressure, though. Put the two coverboards over each other to d...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Finally Printed! Whooo! #fanbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Finally Printed
Aaaand, with the fancy endpapers having arrived I lacked any apology to procrastinate the printing chore. All printed, A4 quarto gooooooo! And only one of then ten sheet batches had to be reprinted, b...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Aaaaand, it's done! 🎉 #sewing #TravelersNotebook hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Gig Purse Finished!
I've finished the gig purse thing. First, the booklet had to be made, so I have something to measure the rubbers against. Hammer time! Well, the hammering of the eyelets had already happened. Only needed to attach the little metal thingies that keep the closing elastic inside. ------------------
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Work on the cover has begun. My second time doing bias binding looks a little better than the first time. I even got one corner done really well. :D #sewing #TravelersNotebook #Upcycling hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Giving an old Bag a new Purpose
#sewing #TravelersNotebook #upcycling Did some foldy-squeezy testing with the SnapPap and decided it would work fine as inside material. Also, Mum found an old bag I used to use a lot somewhere, so I'...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
#Sewing #TravelersNotebook Much despair happened, but I am happy with this now. :D hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Second Attempt: Success!
#Sewing #TravelersNotebook The second attempt is finished and I'm happy with it. :D Turning it inside out went so much easier and quicker as with that snappap variant a few days ago. :D Decided to do ...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Just a quick little longstitch. Nothing hard, surely nothing would go wrong. Right? Right? #bookbinding #fanbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Just a Quick Little Longstitch
#bookbinding #fanbinding Nothing big, just a quick one. The signatures were already printed. So I finally cut them. And did a quick longstitch before the dogsite. Yeah, well… The holes were a little c...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Since the books have arrived where they belong, I can now post photos. :D #fanbinding #bookbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Fandom Trumps Hate 2025
#fanbinding #bookbinding Finally my bind for Fandom Trumps Hate 2025 has not just been finished, but also arrived in it's new home! Thus, I can post photos and the video. :D My auction winner only wan...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Unexpected Mini Supply Haul hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Material Haul
Had an unexpected trip to the mall and went to Tedi and the craft store for some supply shopping. (I was holding back on some things. Please be proud.) Some metallic and flowery papers from Tedi. I've...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Reposting with working link. And here it is, the pretty photos and a little video. #bookbinding #fanbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
No glamour shots of the finished books yet. (Need to edit and upload the video still.) But a last progress post, because of course, I still had to do some fixing before being done done. #bookbinding #fanbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Before we get to the Glamour Shots
The very chonky number three didn't want to play nice with the glue. I do think rounded and in-boards would've worked so much better than this flatback where the textblock is also only attached with t...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Getting closer to finishing binding this trilogy! A little update and an early recap of mishaps. #bookbinding #fanbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Dragon Rider Progress
Did some progress for my Dragon Rider trilogy.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
And because I'm finishing a lot of projects and one of them has also arrived, have a second post today! hub.hubzilla.de/hq/d1f30067-... #bookbinding #fandbinding
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
And it's finished! #bookbinding hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Swiss Binding Done!
Final Photos of my Swiss Bind. :D
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Slowly filling my Hubzilla place with progress. I think I really might get used to that as my main place to dump big #bookbinding posts. (It might move some months down the line when/if I get into selfhosting for realz.) Anyways: Today's progress! hub.hubzilla.de/channel/book...
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Quite Some Process
I was procrastinating glueing this, because of my preference for building the case around the textblock instead of first creating the case and then glueing the textblock in. But I'm on a deadline for ...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Finally managed to not only film, but also edit the little catchup of what I've made in the past year. makertube.net/w/q1kX8ESWfY...
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A Little Catchup
So, what have I been up to, this past year of radio silence on this channel? Lots of IRL stuff, and then not feeling like filming and editing. Talking of editing, I still can't listen to my own voi...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
With the books I'm doing for others winding down and being almost done, I went back to an older project, I had lost the drive to continue with. Did some miscutting of coverboards and thus only one was finished and the other remained waiting. #fanbinding #bookbinding
Photo shows three books in various states of finished. One book is clamped with two C-clamps as the spine dries. The other is finished and the third and thickest is just a textbloock.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I wondered if my problem with the index function was due to some weirdness in the file. So I made a new one. And guess what? The moment I click "Insert Index" #Affinity is gone. Poof. Shut down. Disappeared. I'll just recreate the whole thing in V2. Thanks for nothing, V3.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Might be addicted to this 3-signatures bind. Did a little gift I can't post about yet and then had to quickly do a little octavo for tracking dog tricks. (It's drying and being pressed, so photos later.) Cute little octavos are also great for using up leftovers. youtu.be/Yn9Fu5TvlzQ #bookbinding
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
This one I finished a few days ago, but only took photos today while waiting for the hot foil pen to heat up. A sewn boards adventure log for Mum and her dog for Christmas. I would've liked to also use in-boards bradel for it, but as so often, /2 #bookbinding
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
And now, everyone please join into the mantra of "Done is Better than Perfect" But you know, I'd rather have the wonky shit happening on my #BulletJournal than on the books I'll do for others. This is an in-boards bradel bind and I *really* needed a refresher for it. #Bookbinding #BuJo
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Let's try and get those edges to look a little better and less jagged. *makes everything even worse* 😭
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Been a while I posted something, as some IRL stuff paused the bookbinding endeavours for three months at least. So I'm now working on 7 books simultaneously and not taking vids or presentable photos. :P One book's finished, as it's a Crimbo pressy and my new BuJo needs finishing before the 27th…
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
My supervisor, making sure the books come out alright.
An Miniature American Shepherd lying beneath a workbench and sleeping. I'm visible sitting cross-legged on a the chair at the bottom of the photo.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
*cries* It is printed. Finally. If something turns out to be wrong or I do a cutting mishap, I will ugly cry for real.
A stack of printed papers that soon will become a book.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The pages I needed to print vs the misprints because of my stupid HP printer. I should charge them for the paper wasted. #PrintersAreNotYourFriends
Two piles of paper, one slim with only ten sheets, the right one being a lot higher.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Ink Cartridges finally arrived! 🙌🏻 And of course, I put in the already printed signatures wrong, or miscalculated what I've already printed. 🙄 More waste sheets for furture projects!
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Mum found Granpa's old compass during the move and I immediately claimed it as mine. [Photo descriptions: Three photos showing a silver mathematical compass covered by black spots that may be rust.]
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
However, new place new setups. This metal thingy serves as a ruler when cutting signatures, provides something to push signatures against and thriples as a press. #bookbinding
A folded textblock is held by screw clamps between a table and card board and a long metal bar.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
The fuck, printer? #PrintersAreNotYourFriends #PrintersBeingPrinters
A sheet of paper, the lower third has text printed properly, the upper two thirds are covered by randomly coloured stripes.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Once again, the printer taught me to not trust it. Printed AAAALL the signatures in one go. When doing the backsides the printer grabbed two sheets. Thankfully it happened within the very last signature, so only three sheets of paper were wasted. #bookbinding #PrintersAreNotYourFriends
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Sean Leahy @thepunningman.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Welcome to Bookbinding for Beginners, please make yourself a tome.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
How could one ever do a #bookbinding without your dog?
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
And here we are, a quick little sewn boards bind, just for this Big Bang I've joined. Also, first time attempting more than one colour with my trusty hot foil quills. Not too bad, but precision won't be a thing. 🤪
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Me, yesterday: I *could* use the multi-projects notebook with many blank pages. I also could do a nice little sewn boards things for a dedicated project. Expect photos later on, unless I forget. But so far, I only had to look up one step. Most has been done from memory. 🙌🏻
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Stef @stefanyeah.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
I need to ask for support, because big vet bills happened and are still going to come in. So, I'm opening commissions that I hopefully can fulfill quickly-ish: Chibis, landscapes and handmade notebooks. More info here: www.pillowfort.social/posts/6189851
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Stefanyeah: Emergency Commissions
My dog Gojira decided to try something new and exciting: episcleritis. Which the pet eye specialist says is something auto-immune and will need to lifelong treatment. hoo-fucking-ray…I&#39;ve pretty m...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Last reminder. :D And because I got the very valid question about closing time, I went down timezone rabbit holes, complete with self-doubt and syphilis and… I'll be closing right when Monday ends for me. 0:00 CET, Berlin Time. This should~ also be 8pm EDT.
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Finally filmed and edited the video for the Travelers Journal I did in January. /2 #corkleather #travelersnotebook #travelersjournal #sewing #DIY makertube.net/w/gedbVkYaGK...
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Travelers Notebook — Passport Size
Finally got round to look into how to blur stuff in DaVinci Resolve and now I can show off my Traveler's notebook. (I still can't bring myself to actually watch and listen to myself, though. So all...
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
A little mid-week reminder, that @fandomtrumpshate.bsky.social's Crafts Bazaar is still ongoing till Monday, March 10! :D #FTH #FandomTrumpsHate #bookbinding #fanbinding
Banner showing off some handbound books with the words "Fandom Trumps Hate 2025" on tope
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The @fandomtrumpshate.bsky.social Auctions might be closing today, but the Bazaar hasn’t packed up yet! Come and have a look, if you haven’t already. Many of us are still there till the 10th. #FTH #FandomTrumpsHate #Fanbinding #bookbinding
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FTH Auction @fandomtrumpshate.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
When you go to look at the offerings, please do take note of the sticky posts at the top of the fth2025 offerings blog. There was a significant tagging problem with Dreamwidth this year due to the large number of posts. We fixed it, but the fix does mean that searching is a little more complicated.
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FTH Auction @fandomtrumpshate.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Oh, hey, good morning! Bidding is now open for #FandomTrumpsHate! The offerings blog is here: fth2025offerings.dreamwidth.org Further announcements and updates on our tumblr. www.tumblr.com/fandomtrumps...
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Elhana @elhanaao3.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
My fanbinding auction for #FandomTrumpsHate is now open as well! sunshine304.dreamwidth.org/311355.html
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The Book Cryptid @thebookcryptid.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
@fandomtrumpshate.bsky.social is open open for bidding! Feel the rush of an auction, toss some money towards a non-profit and receive a fannish gift! And for the first time, I’m also offering something on the Bazaar! /Links in the reply #fanbinding #bookbinding #FandomTrumpsHate #FTH
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Swev 💗✨ @sweveris.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
My #FandomTrumpsHate post is up! 💗 Feel free to reach out with questions. I was only allowed to list three fandoms, but tbh Marvel Rivals or Assassin's Creed Syndicate would be fun as well ✨ I'll promo it again when bidding opens! fth2025offerings.dreamwidth.org/tag/username...
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Caroline (was secretthirdthing) @avawtsn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Here’s my #FandomTrumpsHate 2025 offering #1 of 2 #podfic readings in #MDZS/#CQL or #ForAllMankind fandoms. Shoot me any questions here or on tumblr (anons are on, account linked on the offering page). Bidding opens February 25 and closes March 1! fth2025offerings.dreamwidth.org/217639.html
Type of fanwork: Podfic
Fandom(s): MXTX (works): Mo Dao Zu Shi / The Untamed; For All Mankind
Highest rating: M
Minimum Bid: $25
Audience: All ages
Length/scope: 10 - 15k words
Special interests (what is this?): F/F ships, Genderswap/genderbending, Nonwhite characters' racial or cultural experiences

Characters/pairings of interest:
MDZS: wangxian is my favorite, and I could also read Sizhui/Jingyi or other juniors fic pretty easily, and I expect to be able to read most other ships. If you're concerned or curious, you can message me on tumblr or other socials. Anonymous asks are on also on my tumblr if you prefer.

FAM: I'm pretty open for ships and characters!Subjects/theme/tropes of interest:
I enjoy reading humor and romcoms and really any material that fits well with my very flat American accent. For this reason, I have a preference for modern settings, but it's not required. In general, I like non-neurotypical POVs, pining, "idiots to lovers" and all kinds of tropes in that direction, and diaspora experiences. On the podfic production side, I like opportunities to use sound effects and music.

I'm still not confident I can pull off reading explicit sex, but I did raise the rating to M this year, versus last year at T.

One of the things I can bring to English-language podfic is moderately better quality pronunciation of Chinese names and words, since I am Chinese-Indonesian-American, but keep in mind that my Chinese is not native quality. If somehow you have Indonesian in your fic, I am native quality in that language, but the work as a whole would still need to be English. I have no confidence I could pull off an entire fic in Indonesian, but my accent is good. I also studied Japanese for many years and am confident in pronouncing Japanese, in case that somehow comes up also.

Unwilling to address:
I'm expecting most deeply kinky material to earn an E rating and therefore not fall under the M rating I've set, but that's mostly what I have a hard line about: scat, piss, lactation kink, etc. I also don't do well with major body horror, particularly involving holes or teeth. If your fic candidate involves some level of body horror, please get in touch with me before or soon after you bid. And I also won't do reader insert.
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Elhana @elhanaao3.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
My #fanbinding offer for #FandomTrumpsHate: sunshine304.dreamwidth.org/310662.html The raffle is already open for entry! The auction opens on Feb 25th! The regular #FTH auctions will also open today for browsing so check out all the great stuff! 😁
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Etienne Telling, Erotica Hooligan @tellingetienne.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Hey! Do YOU want a custom fic from ME? I'm offering original fic and MDZS/CQL Kinkcentric fic, 5k-10K! Come bid on me: fth2025offerings.dreamwidth.org/tag/username... #FandomTrumpsHate
Fandom Trumps Hate: Etienne Telling
On Offer: 5K to 10K Original or MDZS/CQL kinkcentric! 
with a little icon of a gremlin/goblin with teal skin and white freckles. Purple hair, rhinestone cateye glasses, and a toothy smile. It's holding a cup of tea.
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celli @aliascelli.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
main #FandomTrumpsHate auction: a BTS podfic, up to 10K words. 🎙️ any pairing 🎙️ up to T rating 🎙️ need author's permission 🎙️ love romance, AUs, humor, and more 🎙️ see post for DNWs my other podfic work: archiveofourown.org/series/3732295 auction post with more details and bidding spreadsheet:
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celli @aliascelli.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
craft #FandomTrumpsHate auction: a custom K-pop embroidery piece 🪡 group of your choice 🪡 we'll pick the photo together examples of my work here: archiveofourown.org/series/4062790 details and bidding form: celli.dreamwidth.org/1571589.html...
An embroidery of BTS's Yoongi, looking up as multicolored confetti falls down around him He's got black hair and a black and orange hoodie.An embroidery of Dreamcatcher's JiU and Yoohyeon.  JiU has blonde and pink hair and Yoohyeon has black and purple hair. They're both wearing blue. The background is pink and there's a pink heart with sparkling beads between them.
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