Given my utter lack of time, social skills, and ability to feel anything for other people around the end of the semester, I decided that this was the holiday to get video game themed soaps for Steven and Kristen.
I looked into a bunch of things and finally went with GEEKSOAP. I originally thought of getting controller shaped soap, but I decided that paying $10 for a bar of soap that looks like a video game controller is stupid. Especially since that bar of soap will slowly gather dust until some sort of bathing emergency (and even then there's a good chance they'd just use shampoo or washing up liquid or something rather than damage SNES shaped soap).
I'll concede that Digitalsoaps look amazing...but I just can't bring myself to spend that much money on soap. Even soap that looks like the Duck Hunt gun I was never fortunate enough to have.
With Steven the answer was obvious. Well, mostly obvious. I briefly considered the life meter bar for contrast (see entry on The Kristen). But it's probably weird to give your brother-in-law something with hearts, and I could at least spring for full health.
The plan: buy soap, make towel and washcloths at least vaguely related to acquired soap.
What's nice is that if you don't want a washcloth, it's a dishcloth! Or a large coaster! Or possibly a trivet! But not a potholder since it's full of holes and made of cotton.
And then I noticed I was cross stitching Purple Link as I pondered this important question.
Late in the project I contemplated making bare-legged Links so I wouldn't have to worry about getting the backstitching to stay in place. This was mostly to distract myself from trying to figure out the mouths and eyes (see Kristen's present). Also, I thought that would be potentially hilarious. Maybe next year.
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