Christmas Present for Himaruya?

[dragonsigma.livejournal.com]

We should do something special for Himaruya this year. What would you guys think about sending a collection of online Christmas cards?  Or maybe even a quilt-type collaboration picture thing where everyone who's interested draws a square?
Any ideas?

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[nodokaotonashi.livejournal.com]

If only I had his address, I'd send him something useful for him...
Photos of Christmas trees ?

[midoromi.livejournal.com]

A quilt-type collaboration picture sounds like a cute idea~

[tehd.livejournal.com]

Hmm I like the online Christmas cards idea! That's cute! (But not everyone celebrates Christmas xD)
How about photos of how our towns/cities/whatever/areas/decorations/foods/etc look for the holidays?
Along with kind messages written on or alongside the photos, sort of like how we've done before I guess. .u.;; /unoriginal though I think photos of decorations and lights would be pretty
Maybe we could mesh that or the Christmas card idea up with the quilt idea?
Coding wise, I think it'd be cool if we did that, and arranged the photos into a heart shape, and you could click each little thumbnail to lead to the full photo and message (along with the username/person who sent it if they want)... I suck at explaining things and I'm getting carried away now. XD But that's something I'd be excited to try my hand at. *_*

Also, not to do much with the post but addressing suggestions I see around these times, honestly, as much as sending him things directly is nice, I'm iffy and think we should avoid things where we need to mail him stuff because I think the most we can do is send through Funimation, and I don't know how many people are 1) Old enough to even be allowed to send things, or even have the extra money/time/etc to do so and 2) Want to lay their trust on Funimation or anyone who claims to have address to Hima. It's easier to have something to send through email because we all can send it multiple times to raise the chances of him seeing it, can monitor it and it goes directly to him so there isn't worry about things getting lost, stolen or damaged.

[dragonsigma.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about the thumbnails for the quilt, but I don't know if there's an easy way to put that together. It would be greatif we could do it.

[tehd.livejournal.com]

Hmmm well
I think I'd be able to do that easily. o/ If you don't mind me helping.

[dragonsigma.livejournal.com]

You could? Awesome! If it's not too much trouble, of course. I'd like to still be a part of the layout and organizing submissions, but if you could put it all together...

[tehd.livejournal.com]

Sure, I'll see what I can do.
Probably best to let me know on Tumblr whenever you need me since I hardly look at LJ. /FOUND THIS POST THROUGH TUMBLR DERP

[tehd.livejournal.com]

oh here look
this is kind of like the idea i had with the heart shape, except imagine it's a heart and not.. lips I: (http://d3vd8b39huo1pd.cloudfront.net/static/uploads/products/images/processed/Boys_Sees_Hearts-MWAH_1-16to9_jpg_700x394_crop_upscale_q85.jpg) This kind of collage, and when you click on each little thumbnail it'll lead to the actual picture, with the message and username of the person underneath it?

[dragonsigma.livejournal.com]

Awesome. That'll be perfect! Is there a program you're planning on using?

[tehd.livejournal.com]

Well, I can do all the photo editing on photoshop no probs
but as for coding, I usually stick to the old fashion notepad pff .u.
Maybe I'll look for something more sufficient xD

I also have a webhost that I've used for the past gift projects for Hima, everything is on that one host so... Will this be too? Unless you have a better idea? Here's like the base page that links to the other projects. S: (http://forhimaruya.web.fc2.com/) I purposely chose this one because it's the same one his blog runs on. .u.

[dragonsigma.livejournal.com]

That host sounds fine.

[heyheyho.livejournal.com]

I like this idea! It's more relevant to the main theme of the series~

[mystofthestars.livejournal.com]

I like this kind of ideas. :D I'd be in!

[heroicalhomerun.livejournal.com]

i would go for the quilt-type collaboration picture~~! :D yes, im so doing it! ^^

[xxdarkangelx15.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of taking pictures on how we celebrate Christmas in our own countries ^.^

[starfox66.livejournal.com]

I like it too, sounds good ^w^

[blondekid15.livejournal.com]

I think it would be cool to do a mosaic time thing OF a Christmas tree, but whatever we end up doing, I'm in ^^

[tehd.livejournal.com]

That would be nice! But the only issue I think of is that since not everyone celebrates Christmas it would be sort of excluding them. TT

[dragonsigma.livejournal.com]

not at all! Any sort of holiday pictures would be fine! It would be incredible to get a whole load of stories/pictures about other celebrations! Hima would love that.

[tehd.livejournal.com]

ah no you misunderstand I think XD
I meant the overall mosaic picture, I don't think it should be a Christmas tree, it should be a shape that's from all of us, not just people who celebrate Christmas you know? thats why I thought of a heart shape
Of course we can put photos of xmas trees or anything WITHIN the mosaic c:

[blondekid15.livejournal.com]

True...Could we make a mosaic of ALL the holidays like Christmas, Hanukkah, etc?

[pixelmicrocat.livejournal.com]

I third/fourth the pictures-from-various-countries idea! :D
It would be best if we can send Hima-papa something truly interesting and attention-catching for him, so photos of particular things people do for Christmas in their countries/regions, or any Christmas themed photos from around the world would be awesome ^^
We could all include a line at the bottom specifying the place and date, along with a little description of what's going on in the photo (drawings are more than welcome too ^^). For example: 'Christmas decorations in Randommarket in Whatevertown, December 10th, Randomcountry'; 'Ice-skating in Hmmmmcity, December 14th, Hmmmmcountry'; etc. Of course, aside from that everyone would be free to write/draw whatever they want in their postcard, but it would be nice to put the most important information in one place (and keep it legible, since Japanese people really aren't that good at reading hand-written stuff).

[wakalakaosaka.livejournal.com]

I really like the pictures-from-various-countries idea as well, but I'm totally down with anything as long as Hima-papa gets it :]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee you guys are getting me into the christmas spirit ;w;

[rubyconcream.livejournal.com]

I love the quilt idea too and I'm ready to draw at anytime. Just decide a due date.

[wishywashie.livejournal.com]

I'm up for anything!
We need to give Himapapa something! He always gives us a lot for the holidays...
but I think tehd is right about the sending cards idea - I think it would be a lot of mail, and besides, it also might cost a lot, we don't know his address for sure (do we??)...
so I 'd rather we do something online! ^_^

[dorkishgrin.livejournal.com]

I believe pixelmicrocat's idea would be nice, with pictures from the holidays and captions on them, like how Hima does that~

Does anyone know if Hima has ever replied or say something about getting the gifts we sent him? Like the Thank You Map during Hetaween? I wanted to know his reaction(s) to our presents of love, lol.

[tehd.livejournal.com]

Hmm I dunno about if he replied to all the other recent gifts
but the first gift we sent him was the kitty site last christmas and he replied to that with this (http://i.imgur.com/b3OAc.jpg)

as for the thank you map, i have no clue. /wants to know too ;u;

[dragonsigma.livejournal.com]

So we've agreed on a mosaic/quilt type thing in the shape of a heart (How about a snowflake?)(kudos to Tehd) with pictures of worldwide holiday celebrations and cards for Hima?

I'll make an "offical" submissions post if that's the final plan!

[tehd.livejournal.com]

I APPROVE! *U*/
Though as for the snowflake.. erm. It sounds lovely but to be quite honest that would be kind of a pain for me to get the shape right. T__T;;;;; orz

[dragonsigma.livejournal.com]

Ok, that's fine. We can use the heart.

[heyyl0.livejournal.com]

Yes, please!

[dorkishgrin.livejournal.com]

I second this approval~

Do you think we can make it into another shape? The heart is always used, but if it's too much of a pain, I understand xD

Maryuu Kaite Chikyuu?

[aibinina.livejournal.com]

I kinda think it would be a cool idea to do it in the shape of a circle.
'Cause that's the ear--*shot*

Re: Maryuu Kaite Chikyuu?

[dorkishgrin.livejournal.com]

Pfft <3

But in all honesty, this would be a good idea~

Re: Maryuu Kaite Chikyuu?

[tehd.livejournal.com]

I'd be up for making it a circle too. :D Whatever you guys think is best!

[xxdarkangelx15.livejournal.com]

I'm up for the quilt/picture idea, so do we put our country and location in the corner of the picture we take?

[lametowelette.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking something I've heard before... Himaruya likes seeing what goes on around the world, right? I think we should either draw or take a picture of how we celebrate the holidays...

[wishywashie.livejournal.com]

Oh the circle thing filled with pics from us (instead of a heart) is better, I think!... I guess we can put the pics from wherever they come from ( as in, pics from America are on the left side of the circle, coinciding with the hemisphere, and then pics from Europe and Asia are from the right side, and stuff like that! XD Though that may become kinda hard... )

[tehd.livejournal.com]

omg that is such an epic/ideal idea!! but
arranging/trying to figure out where people live (granted they want to tell, because I know some don't want to tell esp when they live in tiny countries) sounds really hard... @___@;;;
and recently we did the map thing so I think that one conveys really where we all live ^^

[dragonsigma.livejournal.com]

I love that idea!

[midori-shiki.livejournal.com]

I'll be in Shanghai for Christmas, so I can give pictures of 2 cities XD

[tehd.livejournal.com]

S-Shanghai.. *___* I look forward to see them!!!

[dragonsigma.livejournal.com]

I've posted the submissions thread! http://hetalia.livejournal.com/11792621.html