Friday, May 2, 2014

You Know You're a Fairy Tale Blogger When...

Graphic by Gypsy using Dore's illustrations & Debbie's vintage dust jacket project from Confessions of a Plate Addict
(text is the opening lines of Le Chat Botté)

I got tagged by Kristin from Tales of Faerie, so now it's my turn:

Gypsy's list:

- You feel it's your job to watch ALL THE FAIRY TALE SHOWS every week (and movies too)
- You get annoyed that googling "fairy tale" leads to sports stories at least half the time
- You feel over saturated by Disney stuff/content and yet you have to read it/check it out just in case...
- Any time you have to buy shoes you get very self conscious that someone will think, that you think, that you're really a princess
- You have always owned, and will always own, a red hoodie
- ... and feel a little bit self conscious/rebellious every time you wear it.
- You find ways to relate every conversation to fairy tales
- You're pretty sure you wouldn't be too surprised if an animal came right out and spoke to you
- You have multiple copies of Grimm's, Andersen's & Perrault's tales but cannot get rid of a single volume
- You have a dream to own the complete AT index one day
- You always have the urge to add a witch when making gingerbread houses
- ... and feel guilty eating gingerbread men.
- Your TBR pile is actually a mountain
- You regularly have 14 tabs (or more) open at once for articles and stories you MUST blog on
- Your drafts folder is full of placeholder topic titles with one-liners/single paragraphs and half-complete essays on fairy tale issues so you won't forget to blog on them... (-sigh-)
Now tagging... HEIDI at SurLaLune!

Fairy tale bloggers' confessions so far (updated as they appear...):
What is this? From Kristin, of Tales of Faerie:After having a fairy tale blog for years, it really starts to bleed into the rest of your life. Gypsy from Once Upon a Blog and I have been enjoying sharing some of these unique results of our bloggerhood and thought some of you might also have some funny and interesting things to share as well!
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5 comments:

  1. SurLaLune Fairy TalesMay 4, 2014 at 7:05 AM

    Thanks, Gypsy! Loved your answers and was relieved that most were different from mine since I wrote my own before you posted. I'm grateful you watch all of the fairy tale shows every week so I don't have to! Here's my post at http://surlalunefairytales.blogspot.com/2014/05/you-know-youre-fairy-tale-blogger-when.html

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  2. Christie @ Spinning Straw into GoldMay 4, 2014 at 10:17 AM

    I actually relate to so many of these it's easier to count the ones I don't do . . . which is, I don't own a red hoodie. At the moment!

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  3. Momma BearMay 5, 2014 at 9:11 AM

    I agree heartily to the point that I crazy quilt them too!
    Does a whole shelf of OZ books count?
    If it does I have 3. not bad for a novice.

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  4. Adam HoffmanMay 5, 2014 at 1:50 PM

    Mine's up! http://www.fairytalefandom.com/2014/05/you-know-youre-fairy-tale-blogger-when.html

    I will admit to embellishing one or two (I don't really own that many Andrew Lang books). Most of them are true, though.

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  5. Shonna SlaytonMay 6, 2014 at 10:40 PM

    I'm following the line of links on this topic. "You always have the urge to add a witch when making gingerbread houses." LOL. I just might have to do this next time we make one. Too funny.

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