“I only cry when ugly people hold me” in pink or blue design. I thought that this quote was funny, so I made these graphics for my sisters, who both had babies within the same week. In fact, they were both in the same hospital at the same time! One had a girl, one had a boy. Click on the images above to go to Cafe Press for baby items with these images.
This is my old Monkeyshines logo, which is based on a picture by art nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha. Click on the image above to go to Cafe Press and buy buttons, magnets, mugs and more with this image.
My own original Celtic Crescent Moon Knot design on shirts, mousepads, mugs and more! Click on the image above to go to Cafe Press to buy these items.
This is my own original Celtic Knot Moon design on shirts, stationery and more. Click on the samples above to go to Cafe Press to buy these items.
FIREFLY TV SHOW
Can’t Take the Sky - Tons of screencaptures, info and more!
The ‘lost’ Firefly episode
Episode transcripts
Serenity Tales: Big Damn Fan Comics
Firefly gag reel - extended version
Five-minute Firefly - very funny
Mal tribute video: Wanted Dead or Alive
Fireflyfans.net
MOSQUITO: Firefly parody
Browncoats.com - Firefly fan site
Firefly quotes
Rescue the Ariel Ambulance
SERENITY THE MOVIE
Serenity: The Official Movie Website
River Tam Sessions
Mal and Zoe get silly
Independent Weekly review
SerenityMovie.net - forums, news
SerenityMovie.org - more forums, news
SERENITY movie props and costumes for sale!
CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES
Exoticcatz Firefly shop - Zoe necklaces, SERENITY-inspired jewelry!
Fan Done - unique merchandise and news
Fashionably Brown: Clothes and more
ARIEL ID badges by John - email to order
OTHER MERCHANDISE
Quantum Mechanix - Firefly blueprints, money
Serenity Stuff - Great resource! Everything in the ‘verse!
Wash-O-Saurus - Goslings, silicone Browncoat bracelets
Serenity ornament
Serenity lunchbox
THE HERO OF CANTON
One of Jayne’s guns I’ve word that replicas are being made…
Jayne hats by Heather Hill
Adam Baldwin interview
An amazing Jayne/River tribute video ‘Behind Blue Eyes’
Jayne cologne
SSDesigner Note: Can take up to 3-4 months to receive the Jayne shirts
PAGES WITH MORE LINKS
I am the ecstatic owner of the actual St. Christopher medal worn by Adam Baldwin in SERENITY! Purchased from Prop Store of London. The pictures are my own scans of it, click on images to see enlargements.
For those who want replicas: I do not make replicas or imitations of this item, but if you want something close, here’s the info. The chain is 24 inches long and sterling silver. Bico F12 stylus chain from Australia looks the same, but is not the right length and not sterling silver. There are St. Christopher medals in pewter (Jayne’s is pewter) which look like the same design - same words around edge, same number of stars, same style St. Christopher image - but they have little areas that are slightly beveled and polished to catch the light (known as diamond cut pewter) - which Jayne’s does NOT have these.
I am not a silversmith or pewtersmith, so I can’t make my own chain or medal. I’ve had a few people suggest making a mold of the original and then making copies with precious metal clay, or hiring a pewtersmith. Thing is, I don’t want to do anything to tamper with the surface of the medal itself. See, the stars and other edges have what looks like white dust stuck in them - I don’t know if it’s dust from the Serenity set or what - it doesn’t look like the usual pewter patina. I don’t want to press it into clay or some other mold compound and lose that. I want to keep it in the exact state in which I received it.
Unfortunately, the clasp in the back is breaking, too. Which is one reason I don’t wear it. I want to maintain the original clasp, not replace it, nor try to fix it and have it break further.
How did I get this? When I saw the Big Damn Movie, I noticed that Jayne wore a necklace in a few scenes. I could tell from the shape that it was probably a Catholic saint’s medal of some kind. But, which saint? Or was it even a saint at all? I wanted to know. Jayne is my favorite FIREFLY character, and the thought of having the actual necklace Adam Baldwin wore just blew my mind. I didn’t expect Prop Store of London to get it, but I emailed them to see if they had it. WOW, did I luck out! Wishes were horses, and I was definitely eating steak. The necklace was on display at Universal Studios theme park, but when the display was over, it would be mine. I had to wait until April 2006, but it’s finally here!
What do I do with it? I display it at Browncoat events, such as the Serenity Now Equality Now charity shindig, and Browncoat meetings.
SAINT CHRISTOPHER
St. Christopher is the patron saint of safe travel. I reckon if you lived your life mostly on a space ship, he’d come in pretty handy. According to one website, St. Christopher ‘was a powerfully built man who wandered the world in search of novelty and adventure.’ Sounds like our Hero of Canton, doesn’t it?
Another website has this to say about St. Christopher: Acquiring in time extraordinary size and strength, he resolved to serve only the strongest and the bravest. He bound himself successively to a mighty king and to Satan, but he found both lacking in courage, the former dreading even the name of the devil, and the latter frightened by the sight of a cross at the roadside. For a time his search for a new master was in vain, but at last he found a hermit who told him to offer his allegiance to Christ, instructed him in the Faith, and baptized him. Christopher, as he was now called, would not promise to do any fasting or praying, but willingly accepted the task of carrying people, for God’s sake, across a raging river. One day he was carrying a child who continually grew heavier, so that it seemed to him as if he had the whole world on his shoulders. The child turned out to be the Creator and Redeemer of the world.
Here are some of my favorite Mal quotes, which I made into graphics for Cafe Press. Click on any image to find cards, shirts, mugs and more!
As best I can tell, it is a long black leather cord wrapped 3 times around her neck, choker-style, then tied in the front (for a total of 4 loops). The ends hang down about 5 inches in the front. In the movie SERENITY, it appears that her choker is made with black bolo tie material (still leather, but with some texture).
I do not make replicas of this necklace because Exoticcatz Firefly shop already makes them, and they are fantastic. Please note: If you click this link, you will be leaving Monkeyshines Beadery and going to someone else’s website.
Here are some items I designed in tribute to the Hero of Canton! Click on any image to go to Cafe Press and buy t-shirts, mugs, magnets and more!
ITEM#FF001INBW $60.00 SOLD
This necklace is inspired by one the character Inara wore in the FIREFLY episodes BUSHWHACKED and HEART OF GOLD. Features 47 gorgeous faceted carnelian stones on two strands of knotted silk cord, and a carnelian pendant. These are real carnelian, which has been used in jewelry for thousands of years and it has many mythical associations, including the belief that it was highly protective and healing. Stone lore also calls this the stone of confidence. Copper chain and clasp at the ends allow this necklace to be adjustable between 16 and 18 inches long. This item is handmade in the Monkeyshines studio, USA.
