renaissance2010
Turning to photography as a creative outlet during a valiant fight with breast cancer at age 34, renaissance10 survived and set up a photo contest to help raise funds for the Lavender Trust, a nonprofit that provides information and support to younger women with breast cancer. In the first two years, the competition brought in over £65,000 (that's $107,260.73 U.S.!), with entries from 130 countries last year. Renaissance10 recently joined LiveJournal to meet other passionate photographers and find supportive friends.

Tags: cancer, renaissance2010

curiouscupcakes
Holy buttercream frosting! If you have a sweet tooth for sugary goodness or a wandering eye for whimsical confection, this is pure ecstasy iced in deliciousness. Hailing the beloved cupcake as the artisinal canvas of choice, you'll enjoy recipes, photos, and bountiful tips to bake up a batch, whether your taste leans toward French classics or funky and flavorful.

Tags: cupcakes, curiouscupcakes, desserts

mission101
With New Years in the offing, it's an ideal time to reflect on past accomplishments, make peace with disappointments, and refocus the lens on future goals. This community welcomes you to create a bucket list of 101 things you plan to accomplish in the next 1,001 days. Offering support, guidance, and inspiration, this is a great way to jumpstart those pesky resolutions.

Tags: bucket list, mission101

Aurora and Northstar


Quicksilver and The Scarlet Witch

Current Mood: accomplished

Character: Catwoman
Fandom: DC
Rating: G


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Character: Anna Mercury
Fandom: Avatar
Rating: G

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Hope you enjoy!~

Holiday debuggery

We know there were a few kinks with the holiday promotion. We've been working very hard to get them ironed out. If you have a paid/permanent account, keep on sending those coupons. Here's an update:

• If you were unable to send out multiple coupons at a time, please perform a hard refresh, and you should be good to go.
• If you redeemed a coupon to upgrade your account and the balance at checkout was $0 instead of $9.95 or $15, this means your upgrade did not go through (nor were you charged). We've straightened this out, so you can now apply your holiday coupon toward the purchase of an annual paid account.
• If you tried to redeem a holiday coupon and had trouble using a gift certificate to cover the balance of an annual paid account, we identified the root problem. If this happened to you, you can now use your holiday coupon together with your gift certificate.
• If the number of holiday coupons you have available suddenly goes up (instead of down), this might be due to recipients declining the coupons, at which point your pool of available coupons will be replenished and, therefore, increase.
• If you need assistance with holiday coupons or pretty much anything else (well, LiveJournal related), please open a support request and we'll be more than happy to help!

Tweaks

• There were some initial glitches displaying results on My Guests, but we've worked them out. We hope you'll check out who's been checking you out!
• Some of you reported formatting issues using the Rich Text Editor (i.e., line breaks were being removed incorrectly). We've implemented a fix! Thanks so much for your patience.

Give a little extra!

We're pleased to report that we've already sold over 100 virtual red ribbons in honor of National AIDS Awareness month. Remember, for each charitable vgift you purchase for $2.99, we'll donate 100 percent of gross proceeds to IAVI.org (the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative) to fund the development of an HIV vaccine. Once again, we thank you for your generosity.

Celebrate with holiday vGifts!

Stop by the Virtual Gift Shop and share some holiday magic with your LiveJournal friends.

Photos of the week

We're back with more dazzling pictures from around the world. Congrats to marlenemcc, who has been awarded a virtual blue ribbon as the winner of our fourth photo contest. We hope you'll click over to LJ_Photophile poll and tell us your picks in pics!

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Curtains

Thanks, again, for reading. Here's wishing you the very merriest of holidays. We'll see you next year!

Tags: holiday coupons, lj_photophile, ljlimericks, my guests, red ribbon vgift

Title: All I Want for Christmas (part 1/3)

Author: darthbatgirl

Rating: PG

Disclaimer: I own nothing

Characters: Kon/Tim, Cassie/Kara, Zachery Zatara, Dick/Babs, Jason/Cassandra, Stephanie, Damian, the Titans, Bruce/Clark, Ma & Pa Kent, Alfred, Chris Kent, Krypto

Summary: As the Wayne and Kent families spend the holidays together, Kon and Tim try and figure out their place in each other's lives.

Word Count: 2804

Warnings: fluff, angst, boy kisses

A/N: This is my present of all of my friends for the holidays. Hope everyone's holiday is great. This follows this drabble and is also for dcu_freeforall's Winter Holiday Challenge using the prompts holiday party and mistletoe, and for bradygirl_12  Glitter Winter Holiday Challenge and her Cast of Thousands!!!

 

So here is the Drabble:
Title: Mommy
Author: tightshorts
Pairing: lightly mentioned Tim/Kon
Characters: Tim Drake, mentions of his father, mother, Steph, Kon, Bart, and Bruce
Warnings: ... I don't here enough about Tim's mom, so I wrote an angst-y fic
Summary: 'if you died, then everything would be stupid'
Author's notes: This beginning note is longer than the drabble.
Disclaimer: I don't own.

( Mommy )

Title: Prologue
Author: tightshorts
Pairing: Conner/Tina
Characters: Tina Drake, Conner Kent, mentions of Tina's father and mother, and Dick Greyson
Warnings: Gender-bend AU {This idea wouldn't go away.}
Summary: And Tina wouldn't be pregnant with Conner Kent's baby
Author's notes: This beginning note is longer than the drabble. But please, let me know what you think about the prologue.
Disclaimer: I don't own.

( Un-Named )

Current Mood: amused

i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.

Tags: i_hope_that, support, wishes

diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.

Tags: crafts, diygifts, do it yourself