Fandom: Donald Strachey Mysteries
Characters: Donald Strachey/Timothy Callahan
Rating: G
Notes: This fandom is a mystery series, but it also qualifies as romance. Especially in movie fandom, Don and Timmy are a romantic, sexy couple, and that’s what I tried to convey in this mixed-media project. Also, this little story is told from Timothy’s point of view.



Collage is quite fun to do, especially when I use the ideas offered by mixed-media artist Jane Davies in her book “Adventures in Mixed Media.” This project is called “box within a box,” and it can be used for so many things — a tiny book, a place to collect bits and pieces you can’t bear to throw away, a gift box and more. I used it to describe the four romantic symbols we see in all four of the Donald Strachey Mysteries movies. For my purposes, I stuck to pictures from “Third Man Out.”

I used heavy cardstock and acrylic paint in metallic blue and metallic gold for the scribble-painted base. Other materials include tea-stained paper, silk flowers, ephemera, movie screencaps and a wee gold key.



When you open it, you can see four sections with three pages each. The symbols I used are flowers, candlelight, music and a martini glass.

So as not to bore everyone to death, I’ll only show one set of pages, starting with the martini glass.









Here’s the text for the entire thing:

music

He leads when we dance. Always. For him, it’s important that I follow, to let him know I will always be with him, wherever he goes.

flowers

One day they’ll be roses, he told me, and they won’t come from the grocery store. They won’t be wilted, their colors unnatural. Never bring me roses, I told him. Just bring me yourself.

candlelight

His pale skin glows in the flickering light. His eyes glitter, his lips curve as he regards my naked body. He is beyond beautiful, and he is mine.

martini glass

Belvedere, chilled glasses, a jar of olives and a key in the front door. He’s home, and the night can begin.

Update: Here are photobucket links to the other screencaps I used:

http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy221/storyfan/third-man-out69.jpg

http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy221/storyfan/2012-04-20014414pm.png

http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy221/storyfan/2012-04-20014037pm.png