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My 135i... "It's just a daily"...
So here we go again, to those who are reading this please be warned this is going to be a long one. I went though my photos to refresh my memory along with tracing the dates that back logs for 9 months.
As some know by now I have retired the Celica from daily duties so I needed a new car. I toyed with the idea for over a year during the trials and tribulations I came across with it.
I have always had an intention of buying an E46 M3 but after some consideration about the age, potential and after months of failed attempts to find a good condition 04.5+ I started looking into other options that I liked in the past. Range Rover Sports, Range Rover Evoque, BMW 135i, BMW X5, BMW M5, Mercedes SLK55, Nissan 370Z, and even an Mitsubishi Evo X. I knew I had euro curiosity and I feared I would fall into another modification pit if I bought another Japanese car, that is why I considered the SUV options to leave the performance sector all together. I am starting to wish I went the SUV option.
So some time in March I headed out to view a few cars and came across a mint condition 2009 BMW 135i. It only had 20,000kms on the odometer and was quite heavily optioned from factory including the professional sat nav with the updated iDrive/screen. The only issue was that it is a manual example and my original intention was to finally buy an auto (daily). I was given the keys and given free reign to take it for a test drive. Alone. After that drive, a bit of negotiation and quick judgment I went ahead and signed the contract. I am still unsure if I have made the right decision to this day.
Target acquired:
A week went by and the car was ready for pick up. Being the way I am, I did not take time to get acquainted with the car in standard form and already begun purchasing things for it before it was even in my garage.
Picking it up from the dealer:
Little things like orange indicators and yellow lights get on my nerves so I had no hesitation to change them the moment I got the car home.
Assortment of random lights:
Yellow halos gone:
A few days had gone by and I was getting acquainted with the car but I had a developing hatred for the radio/changing disks. Luckily my iDrive/iPod cable finally arrived. I was rather impressed with the integration; it is on par with the Alpine system in the Celica. Additionally another box was ready for collection; this one contained an aFe intake system and AR Design 3" catless downpipes that have been ceramic coated.
Additionally I wasn't 100% happy with white halogen halos so I ordered this:
I didn't install the intake or downpipes based on the fact I was hoping to get a dyno baseline before I started tinkering with the engine. I had to fly over to Malaysia for 2 weeks for work so it had to wait. Upon arriving back in Perth I had a decent haul of gifts waiting at the Post Office for collection. This mainly contained exterior mods such as grills, diffusers, spoiler, and badges. These parts were set aside besides the grills.
Whoops V2:
Chrome kidney grills vs. matte black:
Carbon fibre diffuser, spoiler, and also new plates:
Both life ruining machines at home together:
I didn't manage to get a booking made for ASG once I got back due to Sean's wedding. I was willing to wait but after a month I decided to just install the intake since driving around in a quiet car was making me unhappy. The intake was surprisingly easy to install, the stock items used very few bolts and is put together in a Lego like manner. I did however find wrappers and cigarette butts inside the air box; luckily the filter did the job. The new intake dramatically increased the induction note, the turbo whine and additionally the diverter valve noise came out but it still lacked the low-end note. I miss naturally aspirated induction noise. As expected no performance gains were felt but it is arguable that the dual pods will see benefits when running higher boost.
Stock box out:
Exposing the plastic manifold:
The aFe intake + heat shield in:
Still hell bent on removing yellow lights I noticed BMW sells a LED conversion kit that replaces majority of the interior lights. Further research came up with the result that "eBay kits" are actually the most complete and reliable set. Considering they cost practically nothing I went ahead and bought them to try out. The results were pleasing.
Full "kit":
I also went ahead and did basic stuff such as removing the standard rear mudguards, and performing the "golf tee mod" to the exhaust. Essentially you block off the vacuum line that activates the flap inside the muffler which results in keeping both pipes fully opened at all times.
Disgusting mudguards:
Vacuumed line blocked off:
I also bought carbon fibre roundels aka badges along with a vinyl overlay kit. I didn't want to install the carbon badges whist the car still remained stock on the outside so I went ahead and applied the overlays in the mean time. I prefer this look rather than the standard blue BMW logo, which in my opinion ruined the theme I was going after.
Rear roundel modified:
On the wheels:
Carbon on the inside is fine to go ahead:
At this point the Antilag track night was nearing and I planned to debut the car there along with the Celica. So I finally went ahead and organised a dyno run with ASG. The car didn't show any abnormalities and I was able to get a guideline as to what it runs stock before I went ahead and changed the downpipes/tune. It came out with 260rwhp at the hubs, not too bad for a stock output (with intake).
All bolted in:
Stock chart:
As a safety precaution/requirement Josh from Galvsport found a simple solution to mount a fire extinguisher without cutting or damaging the car in anyway using the stock seat mounts. This made it completely reversible if I decided to remove it in the future.
Nifty hiding spot still allowing full electric movement:
Well as fate has it I crashed the Celica along with grenading the engine. After that incident I decided against testing my luck with the 1 out on the track. I also should mention I didn't manage to fit the downpipes in time either due to the Cobb flash tuner not arriving in time.
The car comes standard with a 4200k HID headlights however I was still unhappy with the colour tone. Whilst driving down the road with Adrian for Shannon's wedding I noticed his E55 had 6000k HIDs and it turns out he just replaced the stock globes with 6000k Philips options. I ordered a set of 6000k Philips replacements pronto the following day deciding against the cheaper options. My car was optioned with the overpriced adaptive headlights so I had no intention on running the risk of breaking them with cheap ballast/globes. When I pulled out the stock units I realised these were identical to them but only with a different colour temperature.
Philips replacements:
Sadly this made me much happier:
Not entirely related to the build I would like to report the fact that entering this car via the boot is surprisingly comfortable. The pull leavers accessible in the boot for the seats fold down are a wonderful feature. It is very necessary when you have shit mates who play pranks that result in you having no possible way of entering through the doors (one being a AL member). I originally started the prank by blocking off my mate making him have to enter through the passenger door… That was until the other guy decided to join in. Karma kicked in fast.
Instant karma:
A while later my Cobb AP finally arrived at work. I was previously against pre programmed flash tuners however after seeing plenty of the guys having no issue running them in the US and Australia on 1Addicts/E90 post I decided to use it. The device comes with several maps stage 0 (stock), 1 (mild boost upgrade no mods), 2 (downpipes minimum), and 2+ (FMIC a must). Each stage also has 3 versions drive (95RON mild), sport (95RON bit more aggressive), and aggressive (98RON… Yeah). It also allows custom maps to be made so my intention is to finish my initial bolt on mods and get Sean at ASG to clean up the tune.
I didn't have much patience so during my lunch break I went ahead and loaded a stage 1 map. The car pulled surprisingly better with the slight bump in boost and it also produced an angrier engine note. The torque increase also produced a more "lively" drive that the car needed.
Such a compact unit:
5 minute tune:
This motivated me to play with the car a bit more so once I got home I decided to debadge the car along with changing over to the carbon fibre badges.
Tempted to put a 120D badge on:
More wank accessories:
Since I finally have my Cobb AP I could install the AR design downpipes I had sitting around. During the wait I also picked up a set of Eibach pro kit springs to give the car a mild drop before I went ahead with the next phase of mods. They will be replaced with coilovers in the future. I headed to Galvsport a few days later to install them with the assistance of Josh.
Ready for install:
Surprisingly flat under body:
The downpipe install was not as easy as we first expected. I did a bit of research prior to the install however it was pointed out to me a fatal flaw… I was reading guides from the US that features left hand drive cars leaving them with much more space compared to the ADM cars with the steering column in the way. The space allocated for the stock pipes with cats was very limited and furthermore reaching the bolts to unbolt them proved to be quite difficult. The steering rack required to be loosened to give us a bit more working space. After copious amounts of swearing they finally came out.
Not the most fun:
Stock 2.5" catted pipes vs. AR Design 3" catless (ceramic coated) pipes:
Even though they no longer had the bulky cats, the bigger diameter proved to be just as difficult to install into the tight space. It required lots of twisting and the Tetris theme song playing in my head.
Finally bolted to the turbos:
Unfortunately I was in a rush that night and had to leave right after they were bolted in so we couldn't change the springs too. Furthermore it appears that I had no boost after the downpipe install. After a quick research it appears one of the C clamps on the downpipes was obstructing the actuators causing the loss in boost, this was quite common due to the tight spacing. We decided to bring the car back to the workshop the next day to rectify it along with the spring change. Fun fact I left the workshop with Josh's car keys to the 323 race car in my pocket so he had fun trying to lock the car back into the workshop. I am a top bloke.
The next day I had tickets to the Mundaring Truffle festival so the plan was to leave the car with Josh and pick it up all fixed and lowered that night/the next day. This plan had a flaw… Going by my theme the night before I managed to drive all the way to Mundaring before I realised I had left the 1's car keys in my pocket… I instructed Josh to use the forklift to carry the 1 back into the workshop overnight since I was going to be up in Mundaring for quite a while. But for some bizarre reason he was not happy with this suggestion, which resulted in me coming to pick the car back up at 6pm before I headed back out to dinner that night in the City. Once again I am a top bloke.
A few nights later I went to visit Josh after work for a chat and dinner. We also finally moved the C clamp out of the way, to give me boost once again. He originally tried accessing it from the top of the engine bay with little luck so we put the car back on the hoist and a few minutes later the issue was gone. A stage 2 map from the Cobb AP was loaded and we took it for a spin, the car pulled much harder than stage 1 with the stock downpipes. According to the Internet the car is currently at 330-350rwhp, I am yet to check.
Josh loves it:
Coincidently the night after the power bump along with a less than ideal mood due to work politics the car started making funny whipping noises from the back driving home. I pulled over and realised a belt has parted from the tyre; using the first aid kit supplied in the car I snipped off the detached piece and drove home carefully.
The following day I made a few phone calls asking for pricing and availability for replacement tyres. I wanted to run Advan AD08's however they were quite pricy in Australia (especially compared to US Tirerack) along with the fact of being out of stock for another 2 months locally. I needed tyres and I needed it now. I decided to try out the Federal's 595 RSR after seeing positive reviews. They do not have the best wear ratings but from what I heard they produce very good grip and they are cheap to replace. After driving on them for the last few months I can report back that they grip significantly more than the standard Bridgestone run-flats, I no longer have a strobing traction control light all the time and I am considering running them again after this set over my original plans of "upgrading" to Advan AD08's. I have finally worn out the front set of run-flats too so I will be switching those over to RSR's or AD08's too.
Replacement tyres on:
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Following my theme for random unfortunate events with cars I walked to my car one day to notice half the brake light on the ground. As it turns out it is a common phenomenon for the 135i's to break the 3rd brake light due to a design flaw and that it is covered under warranty.
"Nature of Defect:
Bulletin Number:
Bulletin Date:
Jun 2010
I spoke to Auto Classic about it and they denied this fact and wanted to charge me $500 to replace it. I couldn't be bothered dealing with them since a genuine new replacement only cost $60 online so I might as well cut my losses.
My luck with cars:
The same day my BMS clutch stop arrived in the mail. The original BMW clutch pedal has a significant dead zone beyond the full disengagement of the clutch resulting in an unnecessary long throw. This is resolved by simply replacing the stock stop with a simple BMS item which improved it drastically.
Stock nipple vs BMS stop (I am running 2 spacers):
Installed stop:
I also began removing the standard spoiler:
That weekend I went to visit Josh at Galvsport again to finally fit the Eibach springs. I also went ahead and did something dodgy, I bought set of Macht Schnell spacers to "stance" out the wheels temporarily until I decide on what new wheels to run so they were fitted too. Upon arriving Josh was not impressed with my partial spoiler removal, I gave up on removing the adhesive however he demanded me to finish it off haha. BMW used some nuclear grade tape to attach the stock spoiler; it took a solid 30 mins with Prepsol to remove the adhesive. Once it was clean I installed the carbon fibre replacement.
Such a pain:
Parts waiting to be installed:
"Hellaflush" (The Celica in the distance):
The spring install was relatively straightforward; the only complication was to make sure we didn't damage the sensors for the brakes and headlight height sensor.
Front struts out:
Stock front springs vs. Eibachs:
Stock rear springs vs. Eibachs:
Rear 20mm spacers:
Front 20mm spacers:
The springs didn't settle for a few days so the pictures aren't the best representation. The drop isn't drastic but it has improved the appearance significantly. Others recommend 15mm spacers on the front and 12mm spacers on the rear. I was happy with my choice of 20mm on the front but I do admit I went too aggressive in the rear using the 20mm spacers given the fact I am running 255 Federals that run wide over the standard 245 Bridgestone run-flats. I went ahead and ordered another set in 15mm to replace the rears.
All these minor upgrades here and there started inspiring me to pick up the pace and install other parts I had lying around. Knowing my luck with hitting things I got the carbon diffuser strengthened before I went ahead and fitted it.
Stock diffuser removed:
Carbon diffuser fitted:
The diffuser has mesh on it that exposed the silver muffler along with some white painted areas behind it. I wasn't happy with how this looked so I went ahead and masked up the area and attacked it with some high heat black paint. It has been a few months now and there are no signs of paint flaking.
Problem solved:
Blacking out the muffler:
Revised carbon rear end:
The Celica has a satin black roof; and since I am such an original thinker I decided to go on a completely different path with the 1 and chose gloss black instead this time around. This actually helps the sunroof blend in much better along with suiting the car more in my opinion. Gavin and Ryan at GT Graphics did the wrap once again and I am very happy with the results. I decided against carbon fibre mirrors for the time being so I got them to wrap the white mirror caps instead.
Déjà Vu:
Blowtorches are totally necessary:
Wrapped mirrors:
Nothing interesting happened for another 2 weeks, except that my replacement 15mm MS rear spacers arrived so I went ahead and installed them.
Replaced rear spacers:
I had a slight rubbing issue after the spacers and lowering so I needed to get the rear guards rolled. After hearing reviews of Des from AutoFX I went ahead and booked him in for the rear roll. He dramatically improved the issue, but he wasn't comfortable on bolting in a guard roller in fear the guards will get damaged. The heat gun and mallet technique was employed instead, but due to the design of the BMW rear guards and his conservative approach I may need to get the guards cut or at least rolled again in the future once I change the wheels to something wider and more aggressive.
Des "rolling" the rear guards:
Now this can't be my patented build thread if there weren't any "incidents". I was driving down the freeway during heavy rain heading to indoor soccer one day and as I was crossing Mount Henry Bridge the curse of the Morgan appeared. A piece of metal fell off the back of a truck in front of me; and with limited space and time I wasn't able to dodge it so it struck my car at a considerable force. I didn't think much of it and continued driving. It was only upon reaching Lords I realised the extent of the damage, the piece of metal managed to create a gash in my bumper. In hindsight I was lucky it didn't land higher up otherwise it may have caused considerably more damage.
Not ideal:
To add salt to the wound a set of Exotics Tuning carbon fibre front splitters arrived a few days later. I didn't want to run the Kerscher or iCarbon front lips due to the common nature of them in the 1 series scene. Exotics Tuning made a carbon splitter that was different and I liked them. The only issue was that they only produced a limited 100 set run. As luck has it someone was selling a set with very minor damage over in Canada. I bought them from him and planned to get them fixed locally before I fitted them. Turns out I had to fix my front bumper before I fitted them too.
Exotic Tuning splitters:
Now we fast-forward a couple of weeks. I was away in Hong Kong and on the day I returned to Perth the car was not running as smooth as I expected. There were a few misfires when boost came on and I thought it was just a case of older fuel and a possible need for a spark plug change. The daily errands continued until this came up.
I was in 2nd gear at the time accelerating at a moderate pace, the car made a loud bang/miss and the warning came up. I pulled over to the side of the road and checked on the car, I noticed the intake was a bit loose so I re-tightened it and turned the car on again. It ran as normal so I didn't think much of it, when I was home I checked the Cobb and it came up with a "P29DC – Cylinder injection shutdown" fault code. I knew something wasn't right. I had the suspicion it was injector failure due to the fact the N54's had a recall a while back for failing ones. The thought of a failing high-pressure fuel pump "HPFP" also came across my mind since once again there was a recall for them too. However there were no obvious codes coming up and the car drove fine for the next few days, I still loaded a 92ron map on the Cobb just in case and waited for some more codes to come up for easier diagnostics.
Fault code:
I organised a time to get the bumper repaired but curiosity got the best of me and I trial fitted the splitters. The damaged edges were already fixed so I wanted to make sure the fitment wasn't effected.
Trial fit:
My trial fit ended up staying on the car even though it wasn't fitting properly, others were not impressed with my dodgy ways when they saw it at breakfast at txtSHOTS that weekend. After breakfast we went to visit Steve at Autopro Innaloo I wanted to see if he had the spark plugs in stock so I could change them that afternoon, unfortunately they weren't but he went ahead and ordered a set for me at a very decent price. It turns out the N54's use a different spark plug socket compared to the norm so it wouldn't of been possible to change the plugs that day anyway. We also went to Galvsport afterwards and it appears Josh stepped it up with customer service. With the money he makes on my breakages he invested in a larger tow truck to fit both the cars in times of need.
How thoughtful:
A week had passed and the car still wasn't throwing codes nor did it consistently show the traits of a failing HPFP or injectors. This was rather frustrating due to the fact it makes diagnosing what to fix quite hard. One night driving home it finally happened, the ECU went into limp mode and the Cobb came up with the same issue "P29DC – Cylinder injection shutdown".
Limp mode:
Same code:
I was happy/disappointed at the same time since I have finally isolated on what needed replacing. Upon speaking to several people very familiar with N54's they suggested this code doesn't necessarily mean it needed new injectors but instead it is an early sign of the HPFP letting go. I started looking into the options of bringing the car back to Auto Classic which required me to remove all the modifications, or if it was worthwhile getting the parts ourselves and replacing it instead.
Regardless I still went ahead with getting the front bumper repaired along with fitting the splitters. I had plans on changing the front bumper entirely but was talked into repairing the bumper instead. So far it appears to be holding up and unnoticeable unless you look very critically. If it ever annoys me enough I will change to a new bumper in the future but for the time being, it will stay.
Carbon splitters installed:
Other little things I did was doing a hard wire install for my radar detector, it occurred to me the dash looked much better without the ugly cable reaching into the 12v socket when I drove without it for a few days so it inspired me to finally fit it. The wiring in the 1 is quite tight so for ease of install I bought an aftermarket hardwire kit along with a mini fuse tap.
Stupid fuse box location:
Alternative to splicing wires:
Truth be told I wasn't 100% happy with how the splitters linked to the front bumper, something looked missing. The idea came across my mind of getting the same vinyl on my roof wrapped on the bottom lip of the bumper to create a subtle link. Hiding the white underside was all that was required, in my opinion this would improve the overall appearance. So once again I harassed Gav at GT Graphics and he was happy to do the job for me. Whilst he was working on applying the vinyl on the front I went ahead and removed some vinyl on the back. The car came with clear vinyl protection on the rear bumper to prevent scratches when loading the boot. I always hated this due to it yellowing however I never came around to ripping it off. The noises I was making literally ripping it off created a concerned look on Gavin's face, but miraculously I didn't do any damage.
Gav working his magic again:
Didn't tear off the paint:
Subtle link:
The car required new front brake pads, so showing true form I once again engaged the compulsive idiot mode and went ahead and ordered a few more parts. This consisted of; Ferodo DS2500 front and rear pads, new brake sensors, StopTech braided lines, Hard Brakes titanium shims, E92 M3 front sway bar, 3rd brake light (finally), ZHP gear knob, wipers, filters, and other random miscellaneous things. These were separated into three different suppliers (HPA, ECS, United BMW) but miraculously they all decided to arrive at the same time.
Irony (sway bar into fragile logo):
I was quite excited to fit the ZHP gear knob; during my initial test drive of the 1 my first criticism was the standard M sport gear knob. It is not very ergonomically shaped, it has rough edges, and it feels cheap. I struggled to find a replacement. I didn't want something too aftermarket looking and BMW's have no thread to screw on so there were limited options. The "M sport" ZHP gear knob looked plain and OEM but more importantly it is much more comfortable. Since I was making an ECS order I decided to just give it a shot and I don't regret it a single bit.
No more awkward squared "gooseneck":
The spark plug socket also arrived (traditional left, N54 right):
A few more days had passed and it finally happened. The car was stuttering and went into limp mode during normal driving. As weird as this sound, this was a sigh of relief. It confirms the car needs a new HPFP, which is much easier than changing the injectors or even having to trouble shoot endlessly. BMW has several revisions on the HPFP unit now (5 from memory) and claim the latest version no longer fails. They also brought down the price from $2000+ (crack pipe) to $350 so it is safe to say many others have suffered the HPFP failure. I was actually in the middle of an order getting processed with BMR so it was a case of just requesting an extra HPFP to be shipped with my order. After a bit of discussion we came to the conclusion I should change my brake rotors whilst we upgraded everything else brake wise, I went ahead and ordered ECS 2 piece cross-drilled and slotted front rotors and 1 piece slotted rear rotors. Once again I used the excuse "might as well order other stuff while I am at it" and bought an Evolution Racewerks competition series FMIC kit and also a BMS oil catch can. Once they arrive along with the HPFP the 1 will go into Galvsport to get some love.
HPFP code:
So there we have it, I have finally made a build thread for the 1 and covered majority of its life up until now. It actually took me a few days sparing free time here and there to type all this. If you made it this far I thank you for taking the time to read it. I hope the next update is good news with all the planned upgrades/repairs going ahead smoothly.
Until then, ciao."
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Just kidding . Awesome post man. There are soooo many more things I'd like to do on my car. Just wish I wasn't so poor
Btw, where did you get your replacement wipers?
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Great thread!
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I love detailed stories like this. Not enough people take the time to share like this.
Would love to see some vid of your track days if there is any.
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Thanks for all the nice comments guys.
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Join Date: Jan 2012
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Ahhh you are the guy who bought the car that I wanted :P
Great thread and build . Looking forward to meet you and Josh next time.
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Have you put them on yet?
I purchased a set from there and they sent me out LHD ones which don't fit on our RHD cars. I asked them about it and they said as they're a US shop they only stock LHD and couldn't offer any other resolution other than telling me to remove the blade inset of the new wiper and replace it with my old one.
When I asked them a couple times how to remove the ends of the wiper blade to remove the insert they stopped replying... It was only $13 but still, not very happy.
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Haha sorry Erik. I saw the thread you made along with Josh and Ryan telling me about it.
I see you have chosen a E92 instead now. How are you enjoying it? Quite different from your S2K in the past I would imagine.
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Yeah, it was a hard not to buy 135i but I like 335i styling better and the price dropped a lot from new so it was affordable for me to buy.. it made my decision to buy one easier although can't get manual
It is a much different car than S2K and my old MKV R32 (Boring), so much torque to begin with, handling is pretty good from factory although can't beat my little S2K for fun factor and it's quite spacious inside. I hope it can beat my S2K track time.
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I wish I have the money to do just 50% of what you have done.....
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BTW, who fixed your front bumper? And how much did it cost?
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Haha Erik it would be interesting how far you take the 335. The S2K was pretty insane.
Denfion my friend is a painter by trade. Price wise. He looked after me. I don't want to state prices since painting is one of those things where price varies job to job.
Rey, yep it was on AL. I spoke to Kuek the other day he still hasn't bought the 335 yet. Time to convince him more.
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December 17, 2010
DIY Gift Ideas # 5:: Fabric covered notebooks...
Believe it or not, but it's only recently that I discovered Vliesofix also known as bondaweb, fusible webbing that sticks on two sides. Also recently, I bought Kasja Wikman's book Scandinavian Stitches. Inspired by the wonderful projects in the book I had to find Vliesofix right away. I was lucky to find some at the mercerie around the corner. The same evening I whipped together a Christmas themed drawstring bag, which didn't make it to the blog because it's simply not me. The girls think it's cute, but I'm not sure I like it.
Anyway, a couple of days after making the bag I saw the most wonderful (and also pricey) fabric covered envelopes at a store here in Paris. Seeing this was immediately followed by another one of my aha-moments which made me rush home. To make a long story short - I had plenty Vliesofix left. I also happened to have a couple of Moleskine notebooks. That combined with pieces of leftover fabric and you have fabric-covered notebooks! I finished them in no time and I think they look totally cute. The possibilities are of course endless. Make a couple in assorted colors and you have a nice teacher's gift, stocking stuffer, or just to keep them in your purse...
Here's a short description of how to make them. I didn't have time to make step-by-step photographs, but I believe it is kind of straightforward. So, here we go:
What you need:
- fabric, big enough to cover a notebook
- Vliesofix
- notebook (Moleskines are great for this)
- good sewing scissors, pencil, ruler
- iron
1. Cut a piece of Vliesofix slightly bigger than the notebook you want to cover
2. Iron the Vliesofix onto the wrong side of your fabric, paper side up. Cut fabric to size, along the outlines of the Vliesofix.
3. Peel off paper and place on top of your notebook. If your fabric has a pattern make sure to align perfectly - once the fabric sticks, it sticks! With your iron, press to fuse the fabric onto the cover. Let cool down a bit. Check if it sticks really well everywhere.
4. With small sewing scissors trim the excess fabric around the edges... and done!
Now, don't you think they look awesome!?
If you're into Moleskines also check out this post, from last year!
Please note, this tutorial is intended for personal use only. Therefore, do not reproduce, sell or commercialize in any form. Thanks for understanding!
If you made something using a tutorial found on this blog or if you got inspired by something you found here, make sure to post your pictures here.
23 comments:
- jane said...
i´m off to make a tote with fabric flowers. you have so many great ideas here. thanks for the tutorials!
warm hugs!
- December 17, 2010 at 7:28 PM
- meisje van vervlogen dagen said...
Ik ben ook een vliesofix-fan. Ik had niet gedacht dat je het ook op papier/karton kon gebruiken. Bedankt voor de tip.
- December 17, 2010 at 8:30 PM
- Laura said...
They look amazing! The fabric covered envelopes sound intriguing too! Just off now to Google Vliesofix. :)
- December 18, 2010 at 1:32 AM
- Noga said...
I love it. Not only for a gift, I would be happy to have one myself..
Lovely idea and well done!
- December 18, 2010 at 9:14 AM
waar blijf jij het halen, zo'n prachtig idee, en zo mooi afgewerkt, echt iets om te hebben!
- December 18, 2010 at 11:39 AM
- Lisa said...
Hi there-- I'm new to your blog, and it's wonderful. So many beautiful photos and beautiful projects. I may get ambitious and make a bag this weekend!
- December 18, 2010 at 12:22 PM
- Jackie @ craftonmymind said...
Wow, I've had some Vliesofix sitting rolled up on my shelf so long its falling apart - looks like the perfect way of both using it up and creating something beautiful. I'd never thought of ironing it onto anything but two layers of fabric - thanks for the inspiration!
- December 19, 2010 at 1:22 AM
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I love decorating Moleskine notebooks.... and I love Vliesofix... Can't believe I haven't thought of this superb way of combining the two! Thanks for sharing, great idea!!
- December 19, 2010 at 4:01 AM
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of course i love these!!!!
thanks so much
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love these pascale!
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These are awesome! thank you so much for this tutorial... will definitely be giving these a go :)
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cute! and what a precision with the green checked one!
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... ahaaaaaaaaaa! Merci!
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I LOVE THIS! It's so cute!!
Thanks so much for sharing.
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congrats! keep up the good work/this is a great presentation.
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I LOVE little notebooks. I've created a couple myself on my site. I had never heard of Vliesofix. Can't wait to try it. Thanks for sharing!
- February 1, 2011 at 4:47 AM
leuk zeg!!!
waar vind je vliesofix?
- March 10, 2011 at 9:48 PM
- Pieces of Sunshine said...
Great idea. Simple and effective.
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- Mie said...
En rafelen die randen dan niet?
- November 29, 2012 at 9:37 PM
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@Mie: Ik heb er nu een paar al een hele tijd in gebruik en dat uitrafelen valt nogal mee. Af en toe komt er een draadje los, maar meer is het niet. Na een jaar in de handtas, zien mijn schriftjes er nog goed uit. Als je helemaal op zeker wil spelen, kan je de stof natuurlijk ook in biais knippen, maar dan heb je natuurlijk meer stof nodig...
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Nobody has any idea if this team will be good or not. Just like last year. Until the big money comes off the books, they basically did what they could. That doesn't necessarily mean they will be better or worse than last year. There are players I look for improvement from (Reed, Santiago) and players I expect to perform to a lesser degree (Rios), but I have no idea what will happen. Neither do you.
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John Danks.
The bullpen is better.
Reed should improve.
I personally think Viciedo and Beckham will get better at the plate.
Robin Ventura gaining a year experience.
We have two options at the #5 spot in the rotation rather than Phil Humber.
Keppinger is better than Morel and possibly better than Youkilis.
Rick Hahn has also said "we're not done" and Jerry Reinsdorf had said that our payroll still has flexibility.
The bullpen is better and Reed should improve are really the same thing. I don't think the bullpen was the problem last year though, and it's debatable how a better bullpen improves us.
I like our #5 options better than Humber. Keppinger is a better stick than Morel and probably Youklis, but he's even more of a defensive black hole than Youk was. And his addition does not compensate for AJ's loss.
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Why do you think Beckham will get better at the plate? He's had over 1000 plate appearances and has only regressed.
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Answer to all of your questions! Or rather, a few.. >__>
Okay... Just because I think you guys are in need of answers..
1) Beyond(Bb) has shinigami eyes, because his parents had shinigami body parts. That's all I know of, as of late. .~.;; Sorry.
2) Misa...IS DEAD. K? Dead. She died on Valentine's day, one year after Light dies. Yeah. I know. Tragic.
3) No one likes Near. I mean, I like him, but really, I've asked everyone I know, and out of, like...20 people, including myself, only 3 like him. .-.;; So tragic.
4) However you may think, there IS the possibility of another Death Note series; because Death Note is NOT about Yagami Light, as much as you may think it be so. It's about a HUMAN, obtaining a DEATH NOTE. Hence, the name, DEATH NOTE. So yes, there is a possibility.
5) Obata is working on something called RasGald, or something.. I can't remember. I'll post it up when I find it.
6) Blue Dragon is by someone else entirely. .-.;;
7) The successors of L were raised to be the greatest detective in the world. Bb mistook this, believing that he should BECOME Lawliet(L). That's why he's like that. He wanted to BE Lawliet, NOT a copy.
8) In Death Note 13: How to Read, Ohba states that they all have something that they absolutely love. It's a genius thing. Oh, it's also rumored that there are things that they are deadly afraid of, like Lawliet being deathly afraid of salt, and Mello being deathly afraid of broccoli.
9) Beyond isn't JUST "Backup", he's successor #2. Actually, the successors of L are alphabetically ordered, starting from A and ending at Z. The first successor, Autumn Ayers(Aa), committed suicide after Lawliet revealed to him of the successor stuff.
.~.;; I'm not exactly sure that I've answered your questions... Tell me if there are more, K? I'll TRY to answer them.. >___>
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^ LOL, thats what my friend does since she owns the book. She reads it like all the freaking time now. Today I am letting my other friend read it, but she hardly read any of them (which makes me worried) because i might want to read it again soon .
And recently, I made a brief book review on it. It is for class though (and I'm curious if I did good ><)
Spoiler for Death Note: Another novel book review:
So yeah. Tats the review I posted up on librarything.com.
OMG, I have a grammar error in the review xD.
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I am currently reading the Death Note: Another Note novel at the moment. I had to wait for it to be back in stock on Play.com before I could recieve it though.
'tis amazing. I now know a lot more things regarding Death Note, L, and L's whole background after reading some of this book, things that I did not know before..although his could be due to the fact that I have not finished watching nor reading the Death Note series all the way through. It was also interesting to learn more about Naomi Misora too. I also adore the twisted plot in which it posesses.
I will read the final chapter tonight.
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I finished reading it last night, and I must say that I did not expect that. What an amazing finish to an amazing novel. I want to read it again now that I know the amazing twist to it. It was quite expected but I did not actually see it. 'twas a very clever novel.
I also loved that one line near the end of the story, although I will not state it just in case.
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I suppose it was good to make it a seperate project to the manga though. It just gives it that nice feeling of extra story. I was quite hoping that they would make more novels based on the other cases written in the back of the book, on the conclusion page. That would be good, I would definitely buy them.
|2009-02-11, 17:14
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I just finished the book and I enjoyed it very much. I didn't know what to expect since it didn't involve a Death Note and I don't usually read mystery novels, but I thought it was well thought out and written well, too. As I read it I kept wanting to know what would happen next.
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This novel was excellent.
It did such an amazing job of transferring Anime style imagery into written prose.
There are a few laugh out loud parts around certain descriptions of characters mannerisms and personalities which are as close as I've seen anyone get to recreating the visual equivalent of the animes.
The plot twist is EPIC and will evade even the most accomplished until very near the end. It's got an excellent pace. Very un put downable.
I bought it from manchester airport and finished it before I landed in amsterdam.
If you like Death Note and can read this is balls out essential.
Anyway , I only intended to post here to enquire if another one is coming out.
The interweb rumour mill seems to be dry. =(
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well i loved it and all but i dont think that there will be another one
the story line was to well plot out and takes a long time to organized thoughts like that but it is likely as well as the death note thought. there are many ideas like that but none are confurmed (sp?) just yet or at all ^_^
just wanted to say my thoughts ^_^
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Jefferson County, Arkansas was created on November 2, 1829 and was formed from Arkansas and Pulaski Counties. The county was named for Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, and contains very fertile agricultural lands. The county seat is at Pine Bluff.
The act creating the county provided that "the temporary seat of justice shall be at the house of Joseph Bone (Bonne) until otherwise provided for by law." Two weeks later, another act authorized the election of commissioners to locate a permanent county seat, but as the county records prior to 1837 had not yet been preserved, it was not known who the commissioners were.
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[Nicole Youngman is a sociologist at Loyola University in New Orleans. She's been Pagan over 20 years and is active in a grove of the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids. She also does volunteer work with the Master Gardeners of Greater New Orleans.]
Listening to fundamentalists talk about the looming threats of "witchcraft" and "paganism" can be a decidedly surreal experience. They use the terms in a variety of ways: sometimes they're talking about actual Witches and Pagans, sometimes they mean anything that doesn't meet their definition of "Christian," and sometimes they mix it all up willy-nilly and throw in a few Harry Potter references for good measure. Despite our best efforts to explain who we are and what we do (and don't do!), they never seem to get their facts straight—or they get things halfway correct in all kinds of weird ways—and they still can't manage to pronounce "Samhain" correctly. How are we supposed to make sense of all this? I think the core difficulty we're facing is that it is simply not possible to educate some of these people about our beliefs and practices in any meaningful way, because their underlying belief system renders them incapable of accurately processing and absorbing the information we're trying to get across. There is no way to convince them that we're not really a threat, because they perceive the fact that we even exist as deeply threatening.
Fundamentalist Christianity is at its core a deeply dualistic worldview: there is God and there is Satan, there is heaven and there is the world, there is righteousness and there is sin, there are Christians and there are those who follow Satan. From this perspective, we mere mortals are constantly forced to choose sides: we're either for God or against Him. With no middle ground and no shades of gray, the battle between the people of God and the people of Satan is an ongoing zero-sum game in which one side must ultimately destroy the other and rule the cosmos. One of fundamentalists' central beliefs is that everyone in the world must be converted to Christianity—not the wishy-washy "lukewarm" variety, mind you, but the good God-fearing "Bible-believing" version. In this worldview, Christians' primary job is to fight Satan's influence by following what they call the Great Commission: using the authority given to them by Jesus to convert all the nations of the world to their belief system.
Pagan belief systems are, of course, entirely outside of this framework, but trying to get that point across to fundamentalist friends, family members, or co-workers—most of whom have been immersed in this worldview their entire lives—is invariably frustrating as, well, hell. We don't even believe in Satan, we keep trying to explain; how could we be worshipping him? We don't see reality in terms of a great cosmic war between ultimate Good and ultimate Evil, and we certainly don't mean Christians any harm by wanting to live according to a different belief system. On the contrary, we'd really just like to be left alone to follow our religion while we leave them alone to follow theirs, and it would be awfully nice if they'd stop harassing us about our beliefs every time we're in the same room. Maybe we do wear funny robes sometimes, and our jewelry may look a little strange, but we like kids and animals and plants and books and computers and ice cream and all kinds of good stuff; if they'd just let us live our lives in peace we'd be quite glad to return the favor.
With more liberal Christians, this approach can actually work—once they figure out the basics of who we are and what we generally believe, they're fairly likely to shrug and dismiss us as eccentric but Mostly Harmless. A few of the more thoughtful ones might even find us interesting, and be willing to have a genuine dialog with us, at which point we'll be quite glad to return that favor, too. Fundamentalists, however, cannot do this. It's literally impossible for them—it would require breaking out of their either/or theological and conceptual framework, which would send their entire belief system tumbling down. Meanwhile, the fact that non-Christians and non-fundamentalist Christians continue to exist around the world, living out in the open where everyone can see them, presents a real problem for fundamentalists, whose "dominion theology" –most recently manifesting in the "New Apostolic Reformation" movement—clearly states that other religions are to be wiped out and that Jesus has given them the authority to rule the world.
But while these "Bible-believing" Christians are busily trying to spread their gospel to all those other "non-Christian" nations, they're having an increasingly hard time enforcing it in the parts of the world they thought they had already conquered. Europe and the predominantly English-speaking world—regions having what we refer to loosely as a "Western culture" or "Western civilization"—are showing serious signs of backsliding into multiculturalism. More and more, people of quite different religious belief systems (or none at all) are managing to live peaceably together, working towards a common set of shared moral precepts on which to base their government policies and everyday cultural interactions. For fundamentalists, these changes mean that they are no longer allowed to be in complete control of Western societies' public or private spaces, and can no longer expect their own worldview to be constantly and unquestioningly mirrored back at them. Fundamentalism thrives best when its adherents—particularly children—simply aren't exposed to any alternative ideas that might lead to questioning and analytical thinking; when people who are different from them live openly and outside of their control—however peacefully this may be occurring—such people are seen as an invasive threat that must be fought against at all costs.
Actual Pagans and a more generalized "pagan worldview," then, are seen by hardcore fundamentalists as an invading force that is out to destroy their world, both in the sense of attacking their churches and families and of bringing about the downfall of Western civilization itself (which for them is synonymous with Christian thought and social order). They make no distinction between efforts to limit their right to control all aspects of our culture and social structure and a concerted effort to wipe out Christianity that would deny Christians' right to exist at all. This longstanding theme in contemporary fundamentalist thought was nicely articulated by Peter Jones during his appearance on Janet Mefferd's radio program a few months ago:
And the problem for Christians is simply this: that for 1700 years, the state defended and supported the Christian faith, and really all these radical Pagan groups of the mystery religions of the ancient world disappeared, and I believe we are moving into what I like to call a post-Constantinian age and I mean by that the government is no longer defending the Christian faith but is actually promoting the Pagan faith… I think in the future it will be very difficult for Christians to speak clearly the worldview of the Christian faith without receiving all kinds of sanctions… So don't be surprised as this pagan ideology takes over our world that the classic distinctions we have known for 1700 years begin to disappear and we find ourselves totally marginalized as a group of right-wing cultists. This is coming and it's coming very quickly, and we have to learn how to survive as the early church did in that kind of a culture.
The possibility of peaceful co-existence is never entertained here; Christians are either entirely in control of the government and the culture, or they're being actively persecuted by those who do not share their worldview. Because their theology insists that Jesus has given them the authority to be society's ruling class, denying them the right to have control over all aspects of society is perceived as denying them the right to practice their religion at all. When we non-Christians claim the right to exist openly and without discrimination, they turn around and frame our efforts as religious persecution directed against them. Because they have always striven to wipe out any competing belief systems—sometimes by force—they project that motivation onto us, insisting that we must be out to do the same to them and will gleefully do so as soon as we somehow gain the same power over them that they have for so long held over us.
In discussing what Mefferd describes as paganism's "threat to the Christian church," Jones also explains a common distinction fundamentalists make between "small-p paganism" and "capital-P Paganism." When fundamentalists use the term "pagan," it is important for those of us who are actual Pagans to realize that they are not always talking about us specifically, but rather about more generalized "non-Christian" ideas that have infiltrated society and thus threaten to infiltrate their own carefully guarded world as well.
One is the sort of radical small group…of Pagans who meet together in forests and worship some kind of pole or tree, and are very tied to the seasons like Samhain [mispronounced "Sam-hane"] and other times of the year. That's a very specific form of Paganism that enjoys being called Pagan, and you have within that system the whole Wiccan movement, witchcraft, and they are very easily identifiable… But if we were to think that that is the only kind of paganism it seems to me that that would be missing the whole point of what is actually happening, because while they are known for their specific rites and practices, there is such a thing as a world-view of paganism, and really that statement covers every religion and every human being which does not and who does not affirm God as the creator of heaven and earth. So you have a much larger category of people who would be aghast to hear you call them pagan who in effect really do worship nature in some kind of way. [emphasis added]
Jones goes on to explain that the small-p paganism is actually much more dangerous and insidious than the self-described Pagans; while you can see the latter coming and stay out of their way (I guess because of the poles?), the "pagan worldview" is what is really starting to take over the West, spouted by dangerous types like Oprah, postmodernists, and yoga teachers.
Because fundamentalists cannot parse anything outside of their either/or worldview, they try to explain the existence of "Pagans" and "paganism" by concluding that there are only two possible religions—those that worship "the Creator" and those that worship "the creation" (extrapolating from one of Paul's letters at Romans 1:25). Any religious perspective with a concept of immanent deity—animism, duotheism, pantheism, panentheism, some forms of polytheism, etc.—must then fall into the latter category. Deity and "the world" must remain forever separate—there cannot be anything sacred about the physical world, because that is Satan's domain. Unlike other Christians (and Jews and Muslims) who more logically conclude that because God made it, the world must be essentially good—even given that humans have screwed up a lot of it—fundamentalist Christians argue that because the world is ruled by Satan, it must therefore be essentially evil. Asserting that the world itself is divine and sacred is therefore the height of Pagan/pagan heresy. From Jones' perspective, then,
paganism as a system wants to get rid of distinctions [i.e. between men and women, acceptable and abhorrent forms of sexuality, etc.], and my hunch is it wants to get rid of distinctions because it finally then removes the distinction between God and the creation. The fundamental evil in paganism is the statement that God, the creator, is distinct from the creation…So that's the conflict that's always been, but in the Christian West that conflict seemed to go away for a long long time. And now it's back with a vengeance, and we as Christians need to know how to be faithful to the Lord, speak the truth, live the truth, whatever that costs.
Again, there is no possibility of peaceful co-existence in this perspective, no acknowledgment of the potential for practitioners of different religions to have an interesting dialogue and learn from one another, no prospect of someday creating a government that truly allows people of all religions (and none) to practice openly without fear of persecution.
What are actual Pagans—and whoever fundamentalists are considering "pagan" these days—to make of such nonsense? How can we be a "threat" to the "Christian church" when we feel like they're threatening us? I think we need to begin by understanding that our fears—and our definition of "threat"—are very different from theirs. We're deeply tired of being verbally harassed and insulted, of having our rituals disrupted, of being afraid we'll lose our jobs, of having to worry that so-called Christians will be vicious to our kids or even try to take them away. Despite their ongoing persecution complex, Christians simply do not have to worry about any of these things happening to them just because of the religion they practice; they can go about their daily lives safe in the assumption that the vast majority of people out there will perceive them as normal, ordinary, nonthreatening regular folks.
What fundamentalist Christians are afraid of is that they'll no longer be able to take their cultural and political dominance for granted—that, like us, they'll become just one of the world's many subcultures, and have to deal with the fact that most of the other folks out there in the big wide world don't share all of their beliefs. We Pagans are used to that, and I daresay that as long as we're treated respectfully and left to practice our religions in peace, we really don't mind it at all. Life's more interesting in a diverse crowd, after all, and Paganism itself is nothing if not diverse! Those of us who are parents also have less of our identity and emotional energy wrapped up in trying to ensure that our kids will grow up to be just like us than fundamentalist parents do. While I'm sure most of us would like for our kids to choose to be Pagan, I think we're generally comfortable with the idea of exposing our kids to a variety of belief systems so that they can find out for themselves which path "clicks" for them. Fundamentalist parents, however, live with the constant fear that their kids will be led astray by "the world." When the rest of the world no longer echoes their belief system back at them over and over again, they have to work harder to keep their kids tightly encapsulated in a bubble that doesn't allow the penetration of any other ways of life or thought. So they send their kids to Christian schools, listen to only Christian music and radio programs, watch only Christian TV and movies, and spend hours and hours in church, all in the hopes that they can shut out all those small-p "pagan" influences that might invade their homes and go after their children. With any luck, their kids will never have to actually see any big-P real-life Pagans out there, either. You never know, we might smile at them and say hello or something, and heaven knows where that might lead.
This, then, is why Janet Mefferd and her colleagues are so terrified of the thought that "paganism is mainstreaming." With the age of Christian dominance of the West starting to come to an end despite their best efforts, other people are no longer easily bending to their authority, and some non-Christians are even insisting that the government should protect their rights to be different. Fundamentalist kids are increasingly likely to be exposed to ideas their parents don't like, and might even find some of those ideas worthwhile and interesting. More and more people are walking around in public with pentacles and triskeles and Thor's hammers hanging around their necks, daring to assume that they will be treated civilly by everyone else out there. Life gets more complicated when yours is literally no longer the only worldview in town—pretty soon, you end up having to deal with the real world the way it really is, just like everyone else.
So are we big-P pagans, or those amorphous small-p "pagan" ideas, really "a threat to the Christian church?" In terms of Christians' right to exist, to follow their own religion in the privacy of their own lives, of course not. Despite their silly ideas that we're somehow after them or their kids, we don't go around seeking converts in their schools or hog-tying them in front of Harry Potter movies. We're really not that interested in them, truth be told, and we'd be more than happy to just leave them alone. The key difficulty here, however, is that they will never be willing to do the same for us because their core theology simply will not allow it. They can never be satisfied with the basic right of being allowed to live their own lives as they see fit; they want power and control over everyone else's public and private spaces as well. By simply existing out in the open, Pagans and people interested in "pagan" ideas do in fact present a substantial challenge to the fundamentalist Christian worldview. We are living proof that not everyone agrees with their theology and not everyone will tolerate their continued efforts to maintain an oppressive, monocultural society "in Jesus' name." We don't proselytize, but we do write and teach and share ideas with anyone who's interested—and THAT is what these people are truly afraid of.


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Photos: Past menorahs from the Chabad Jewish Center
Photos: Past menorahs from the Chabad Jewish Center
The traditions of Judaism get a fanciful update every year from the Chabad Jewish Center in Needham, with its annual menorah lighting ceremony on the Town Common. Last year's menorah theme was glow-in-the-dark.
The wooden menorah in 2010 was the winning entry in a townwide menorah building contest.
the 2009 menorah was made of ice.
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The 2007 menorah was made out of balloons.