I need to show you something.
Shannon, a lovely longtime reader, was cruising through a UK newspaper a couple weeks ago when she spotted a picture of Benedict Cumberbatch, the seriously fetching actor who plays Sherlock Holmes. Not only did Shannon remember that I expressed a certain, ahem, fondness, for Mr. Cumberbatch, she also remembered that I have a Christmas tree covered in birds.
A light bulb went off.
This is what it looked like:
I know what you are thinking.
Dang, I’d like to put a bird on that.
After a sprinkle of glitter, a tuffet of tinsel, and a loooooooongtrip in an envelope from Shannon’s house in the UK, I now have my very first Christmas ornament of 2012. If he plays his cards right, Mr. Cumberbatch might end up at the top of the tree.
Thank you, Shannon.
Merry Christmas!
Vallen Queen
Particularly liked the scene with a bath towel in the palace. Now that was something dreams are made of, what?
Mary Jo at Trustyourstyle
I love these causal leaps of logic (yes my college major finally pays off) + it made my day! Have a wonderful weekend!
xo Mary Jo
Heather
He looks very dashing in glitter! I should make a Zac Ephron one for my daughter for Christmas. 🙂
Jen @ Four Marrs & One Venus
Oh My Gosh- Shannon is Awesome!! haha! Awesome– love that lightbulb invention- Nailed IT!
PeachesFreund
She is going to love it!
PeachesFreund
You said it!
Alittlejunkinmytrunk
I love Mr. Cumberbatch too!! But what, pray tell, are hogwashers?
PeachesFreund
Haha….college pays for itself in the oddest ways 🙂 Have a great weekend Mary Jo!
Hekatesgal
I can’t tell you how relieved I am…my friend and I made Aidan Turner glass plates…(AidAn Turner, from Being Human UK.) THis makes me feel less…strange.
PeachesFreund
Hog washers are short pants suitable for washing hogs. Usually waterproof like a bathing suit, or old grungy pants or overalls cut off at the knee. Hey, you learn something new every day 🙂
nutbirds
He’s an Earth Angel!
PeachesFreund
YOU ARE TOTALLY RIGHT. I’ll have to ask Shannon if I can add a couple of white feather wings…
PeachesFreund
How can you post something like this and not include a photo link? What a tease!
J Hill
Meretricious.
And a Happy New Year.
Nengzhe
Most of what you point out is astonishingly legitimate and that makes me wonder why I had not looked at this with this light previously. Your article truly did switch the light on for me personally as far as this specific subject matter goes. maillot nba
Mirabilis
I wonder if he might want to make an appearance in Union Jack ah… hog washers… that would have gone very well with your Big Liz cocktails
Vixie @ Matin Lapin
That’s incredible! And so glad I’m not the only one thinking about Christmas already 🙂
Katz
UMMMMM! He is rather hunkalicious, isn’t he?!?
Jill Baros
I was sitting across from my hubby when I read this. After I scrolled down & saw Mr. Cumberbatch in his swim trunks, I apparently gasped out loud. So then I had to explain, with a red face, what was so shocking!