I am late, as per usual. It's so embarrassing and infuriating that I keep missing the actual dates again and again. You definitely deserve better. Failbot = me. I'm truly sorry about this. :(
Nevertheless, happy birthday, Tammy! I hope you had a lovely day and that the coming year will be filled with happiness and joy and fulfilled dreams! *hugshugshugs*
You're a wonderful person through and through and I'm honored to be able to call you a friend. As corny as it may sound, it brings tears of gratitude to my eyes that you haven't given up on me despite of my long, recurring absences. Thank you so much, you amazing you! Love you loads, I do! ♥
I have a little present for you. I guess it could be called a Spike manip, although in this case I think a well-meaning yet slightly failed attempt at manipping would probably be more accurate. Lately, I've been having a bit of a hard time coping both mentally and physically, which in my case is not a good place to be when I'm trying to get a manip started. My mind was totally blank and none of the base pics I found inspired me. I felt so drained and useless and barren. And then I got to thinking about you - the person this yet to be made manip was supposed to be a gift to - and how you always manage to cheer me up and make me smile. And I realized that if I could give you back even a smidgen of what you've so generously given me; if I could make you a manip that would cheer you up or make you smile even just a little bit, then I'd have actually done something worthwhile. And with that thought in mind I set to work and the results can be seen behind the cut. It's nothing fancy - more like clumsy, I'm afraid - but hopefully the feeling and inspiration behind it will come through. *is hopeful*

The hair - it intrigued me, to be honest. I liked how it was so obviously bleached (just like Spike's) but otherwise quite different from the normal Spike hairdo. I'm glad you think it suits him! And I totally agree with you on that, btw. :)
Thanks so much for your kind words! They mean a great, great deal to me. I wish I could stop being so terrified about posting my stuff, but I don't seem to be able to help it. And I seriously, truly am usually not happy with my manips even when they're finished. All I see are the errors and the mistakes and that's it. And so it makes me super duper happy to hear that you think that my worries were unfounded. *does happydance*
*loves and hugs you back and is waiting eagerly to get to see you again*