Who are the new Secondary Mods?

I and my team of mods have settled on who we want for the secondary mods.

They are GCat (Kit for short) and Erithan along with two secondary mods from the old tinsel thread; Michelle and Evangeline.

Give 'em a congratulatory cheer!

Hope you four enjoy working on the Gifting of Prize Dragons thread!

~Sunny

March 2013 Gifts List! :D

15 gifted Tinsel dragons this month!

Thank you, generous Gifters!

3-2-2013: KatPhipps --> Dame_Jedi --> Gold Tinsel
3-5-2013: Tigersoul482 --> keijaidyyn --> Silver Tinsel
3-5-2013: Dragonsroc989 --> Ethril Dragon --> Gold Tinsel
3-7-2013: Imperialism -->Aquila --> Gold Tinsel
3-7-2013: Helel --> Woof123Albinos --> Silver Tinsel
3-8-2013: Helel -->XiaoChibi --> Gold Tinsel
3-9-2013: Honigdieb --> Katykins2 --> Gold Tinsel
3-10-2013: keijaidynn --> ScreamYourHeartOut --> Silver Tinsel
3-21-2013: Tamahaganae --> Chuint --> Gold Tinsel
3-26-2013: Shalora --> Nazgod --> Silver Tinsel
3-26-2013: Shalora --> Chuint --> Silver Tinsel
3-26-2013: Shalora --> Ruby Eyes --> Silver Tinsel
3-29-2013: Nalyua --> Chuint --> Bronze Tinsel
3-29-2013: Nalyua --> PurplePassion --> Bronze Tinsel
3-31-2013: Rusty Chevrolet --> imperatrica101 --> Gold Tinsel

Past News of March 2013

3/23/2013 - 

Applications for Secondary Mods now CLOSED. I apologize for the lateness!!!! RL went and got all hectic for a few days.

There is new artwork, I will add it when I do the tweaks.

I also plan on more tweaks to the thread - I have gotten feedback on the way things are now, so I am going to do my best to ultimately make the thread pleasing and all that - but know that I cannot satisfy or please everyone. That's just logically impossible.

~Sunny
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3/30/2013 - 

OY! Due to some RL stuff going on with me, it's been taking me a while to get to the stuff on here. I have not yet done the tweaks that I wanted to do with the basic thread itself. That will come later this weekend. 

HOWEVER! This thread now has its very own gmail address! Just in case the pm inbox fills up (which I doubt will ever happen, becuase, hey, I'm someone who archives and stuff to keep it as empty as possible) - but any archiving of the PM stuff will now go to THAT gmail address. The gmail address will be accessible by myself and the primary updaters ONLY. I also will be creating an account with Google's image site to host all of the thread's images. Again only accessible by myself and the primary updaters.

I'm doing these things so that should something ever happen to me or I want to step down or whatever craziness happens - the thread can keep going and going like the Energizer Bunny! I'm looking to see this thread outlast the end of the time! :P Ok, maybe not quite THAT long... but long-term, yes.

We are in the process of speaking with the possible secondary mods and this will take about two weeks. We should have an announcement of who will ultimately join Michelle and Eva as secondary mods roughly around April 20 (maybe earlier). Michelle and Eva have graciously decided to remain with the team. The others from the old thread are no longer mods of this thread other than these two and Coyote/Lady Cat - and myself.

Shortly after that announcement is made, the new secondary mods will need training to get their skills tuned just right for the approval/deny. They have to learn not only just how to approve or deny - there are other things they need to be trained on. 

I don't think it will take much time and very soon after that, the shimmer scale lists WILL open - I will give the warning that the lists will open 7 days in advance. That means you all will have time to study the rules and faq. The proofs will be changed as well sometime during those 7 days, so don't expect to have a copy n paste application ready to fire into the thread. ;)

Cheers!
~Sunny

Pretty busy week!

Lady Cat will not be on much this weekend and possibly not next week.  Internet woes.

Coyote will update when he has time.

I shall be updating when I have time, as well.

Planned for this weekend is a possible overhaul of the rules and faq post as I have gotten some interesting feedback and I think it is possible to modify some things so that it is easier to read, particularly for those who do not have native English skills or are not strong in English usage.

I'm quite pleased with how the thread is going, I believe that this thread has the capability of lasting for a LONG time.

Also, I may be moving this blog to a different account, instead of being on my account, so that in case of me being unavailable, the updaters will be able to take over as needed.

Some things need a bit more tweaking, I think.  Again, will be during this weekend.  :)

Blessed be!
~Sunny

A little bit about Lady Caetlyn

Hi!  Today it's all about Lady Caetlyn.  I also go by Kim, Cat, mom, hey you...

I'm in my early 40's, married for 14 years (been together for 21).  I have one beautiful daughter (who is autistic) and 2 obnoxious cats who are in a constant power struggle to be queen of the manor house.  Demona is a Calico with a bit of tabby striping.  Evangeline is a tortie-calico.  They are exquisite kitties, both shelter cats.  (It helps to have family who works at the shelter and has a gift for matching people and pets).  I am also a major Literature and History geek.

My daytime job is as an Administrative Specialist (aka glorified secretary, babysitter, hand-holder, crisis solver, etc).

I am the leader of an awesome Junior Girl Scout troop.  I could wax eloquent about how awesome my girls are and how wonderful the parents are.  Scouting has been a great thing for my daughter.  I am also a PTA parent.

My other hobby is the Society for Creative Anachronism, which is a worldwide non-profit, educational, middle ages re-enactment group.  I have been playing since 1994 when I started at UCSB.  My main interest in the group is cooking and researching period recipes, and am beginning to learn to do card weaving and lacemaking.

I love playing Dragon Cave, and have a weakness for Silver dragons, though I like most of the breeds equally.

My favorite food (which I shouldn't be eating) is potatoes; followed by chocolate and the Thin Mint and Tagalong (Peanut Butter and chocolate) Girl Scout Cookies.  (The Lemon cookies are quickly becoming a favorite of mine).  In my copious free time (what on earth is that), I like to read, sew, embroider, and cook.  I like D&D (most of my dragons are names from characters and inspired by the Forgotten Realms).

Feel free to ask me any questions, though there are certain things I won't share ;)

Thanks for reading!

March Madness!

We've started a new month already!  The tinsel breeding is slowing down, so I suspect we'll be seeing more people on the lists soon (hopefully).

You guys have been so wonderful about adhering to the rules that I just must give a shout-out to all of you!

The same goes for all you wonderful Gifters!!!

We gifted 38! gifts last month.   Let's see if we can't beat that this month, yeah?

I'm so blessed to be able to give you all a venue to find people you want to gift.  Or want more tinsels, etc etc.

On a side note: two more weeks are left before the moderation application deadline.  March 19.

So far I've gotten some excellent ones.

I need mods, not because of how slow the thread is moving along at this time, but because of the madness that will occur when I finally open the shimmer-scale lists.

So yeah.

Nothing else to say that I can think of.

Don't forget to adjust your time on March 10 - set it an hour ahead.  Yay to no more darkness at 5 pm!

Oh yes, March 20 is the first day of spring, and accordingly, the seasonal dragon will become spring that day until Summer kicks in.

~Sunny

February 2013 Gifts List! :D

38 gifted Tinsel dragons this month!

Thank you, generous Gifters!

2-3-13: Caught in AP --> MsRose --> Gold Tinsel
2-4-13: AngelKitty --> attackfish --> Silver Tinsel
2-4-13: Kaelaboo24 --> Slytherin7 --> Bronze Tinsel
2-6-13: Tridymite --> Nimir --> Gold Tinsel
2-6-13: tjenni --> Vampiresswolf --> Bronze Tinsel
2-6-13: Kayote --> titinian.masquerade --> Gold Tinsel
2-7-13: Kelan --> Night_huntress30 --> Silver Tinsel
2-7-13: codyne --> Dellessa --> Gold Tinsel
2-8-13: Flamingo --> Elachu --> Silver Tinsel
2-10-13: Ketrilla --> Shato --> Silver Tinsel
2-10-13: Karobb --> Night_huntress30 --> Gold Tinsel
2-10-13: Jazeki --> GCAT --> Silver Tinsel
2-10-13: Tamahaganae --> reithemalkavian --> Gold Tinsel
2-11-13: Karobb -->michiyoLove --> Silver Tinsel
2-11-13: Karobb -->laelly --> Gold Tinsel
2-12-13: Bloodyrose13 --> RulenneClarissa --> Gold Tinsel
2-12-13: Sturmschwinge --> michellechan2211 --> Gold Tinsel
2-12-13: Rusty Chevrolet --> Coronaviridae --> Gold Tinsel
2-12-13: Rusty Chevrolet --> ldwoodcock --> Gold Tinsel
2-12-13: Rusty Chevrolet --> GCat --> Bronze Tinsel
2-15-13: simkim --> Aurvandil --> Gold Tinsel
2-15-13: simkim --> Dismissed --> Silver Tinsel
2-15-13: mpolo --> Honigdieb --> Gold Tinsel
2-15-13: simkim --> GCat --> Gold Tinsel
2-16-13: Jazeki --> wtf --> Gold Tinsel
2-17-13: flaming-june --> Aurvandil --> Silver Tinsel
2-19-13: airaani --> Aquila --> Bronze Tinsel
2-19-13: Tamahaganae --> waywardnonnie --> Gold Tinsel
2-20-13: tjenni --> Danielle02212001 --> Gold Tinsel
2-?-13: ? --> Kaylion --> Gold Tinsel ?link? -- since you got a gold tin but haven't reported it (as you had applied for a gold tinsel list...) 
2-21-13: KatPhipps --> Ysabeau --> Silver Tinsel
2-22-13: Dismissed --> Strife's Lady --> Gold Tinsel (for freezing)
2-25-13: Mysfytt --> Fevahpytch --> Bronze Tinsel (Gifter gifted via thread, giftee was not from this thread)
2-26-13: LaHaine --> Aquila --> Silver Tinsel
2-26-13: keijaidyyn --> Cassiel --> Silver Tinsel
2-26-13: Helel --> Flamemynx --> Gold Tinsel
2-27-13: Shajana --> waywardnonnie --> Gold Tinsel
2-28-13: Rainstar13 --> happydiamonds --> Bronze Tinsel