Friday, September 18, 2009

Fandom Friday

This project is not something you normally see on my blog. I usually worship the TwilightTuesday.com challenges from afar and the reason why is that I'm intimidated by the work the extremely talented Twilight Tuesday ladies display. Basically I feel like an amateur and am too chicken to play. Ok, so I still feel chicken but I'm going to post it anyway. Sorry, my insecurites are showing.

Today is something new on the Twilight Tuesday site, it's the first ever Fandom Friday. You can read all the challenge details here. The challenge is book 1 of The Black Dagger Brotherhood series called....Dark Lover. Angela and Cele, I thought of you guys when I saw today's challenge because this is the book I bought when we went to the mall for the Archiver's trip in Kentucky. Ya know, Daaaark Lovah.

Anyway, I spent most of the morning digging around on the computer looking for inspiration photos. It was so hard to look through all those pictures of handsome men to find someone who represented Wrath to me. Poor me. :) I made an 8x8 digital scrapbook page that I plan on printing and putting in a scrapbook. I thought a scrapbook of fan art would be something cool to own or maybe I'm just a big nerd and am just now realizing this...

To give you some idea about Wrath, he's the last purebred vampire on the planet and the unascended king of his race. Wrath is a warrior first and a king last. He doesn't want to sit idly on the throne and do nothing but be adored while his people are being hunted. He meets Beth and, well, love brings complications. Wrath is forced to open his eyes, so to speak, and take his rightful place as king. I've given you a simplified synopsis of this book and hope you might pick it up one day and find out what all the fuss is about.

I've been thinking all day about what makes this series so appealing. I can't put my finger on one specific thing, it all just works for me. I remember looking around online at book reviews because I was trying to find some new authors to try and JR Ward kept coming up, so I set out to find the first book, Dark Lover. To me, each book in this series was better than the one before and made the series as a whole even more addicting.


I've blathered enough, so I'll leave you now and wish you a fabulous weekend!

19 comments:

  1. A trip with Angela and Cele- HEAVEN!!! You don't know what bunco is?!?! Such a fun game- it's a dice game and so much harder to explain then it is to play..... actually it's a game that is easier to play once you've had a few glasses of wine! SO MUCH FUN!!!

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  2. Holy COW! You have NOTHING to feel insecure about! This is awesome!!! I completely love it! Great post, too! I SO love Wrath! Great, fantastic job! Thank you SO much for playing along!!! {{Hugs}}

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  3. Oh Leigh Ann....I am so glad you played along with us!!...And hello...YOU have nothing to worry about...ALL your work is stunning and beautiful and this is no exception...!! Fantastic take on the challenge...He is soooo hot!! LOL! Xx

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  4. what a great LO- never be intimidated to share-you do beautiful work :)
    i just started reading the series so i hope i finish in time to join in on the fun :)

    xoxo
    sarabeth

    have a great weekend!

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  5. this is awesome girly...you should not be intimidated you are a VERY talented crafter...i just may have to check these books out!

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  6. What...You intimidated...NO WAY chicky, You ROCK!!!! This layout is AMAZING!!! Hot pics ;) These books just work for me too, I really love them! I like the things you focused on and the quote! I want you playing with us every week, no more hiding...deal? You are talented! Thanks for playing along! :D

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  7. what a fabulous job you did on this page.... you are so talented girl... keep it up

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  8. that is soooo cool looking! I really like it! I salute you with a pumpkin spice frap!!! giggles! :D

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  9. Like the other ladies said, do not ever feel intimidated to work with us TTIC gals! Your work is wonderful! And I think that your Wrath layout is great! I'm so glad you played along! Please join us for another challenge! You do wonderful work!

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  10. Leigh Ann, I just e-mailed you. If you don't get it, you can e-mail me at msadg@setel.com on the details for Sketch Girls! Love your LO for Twilight Tuesday, I'm a BIG vampire fan!
    Hugs
    Amber

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  11. Wow Annie - you have nothing to be intimidated about! This is very cool! I've been looking for a new read, and have been in the bookstore the past 2 weekends - nothing really struck me - but this series sounds interesting - thanks!

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  12. Yeah!!!!! We finally pulled you over to the dark side with us!!!!
    (insert evil laugh!!!) Awesome project Annie. Of course it is!

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  13. Love your layout! Perfect for Wrath, I just love him! :)

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  14. This is so cool! I think my daughter has these books, have to look when I'm done with the twilight series!

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  15. Awesome! I love what you did!! And yes, we've been over this...you are a nerd ;o) I second, third, etc what everyone else said, your work is incredible, so you must share - always!

    I'm intrigued about the series and will have to give it a go.

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  16. Terrific job! Blessings to you!

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  17. Awesome job on your scrapbook page! You have nothing to be worried about. I should be worried. LOL!

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  18. I still completely LOVE this! It really is a perfect project! You NAILED this!!

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