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So I have these glass jars that I keep my tea, coffee and sugar in, and they're plain, so I decided to change that.

Masked it off and painted some orange slices, then after many many many many layers of glass paint, I got round to the lemon yellow border and gave it a coat of matt varnish to seal it all in. And I know it's a bit wonky but I like it 😁❤️

Next is tea with lemon slices and a lime border 😁

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Why buy a card when you can faff around making one that won't be appreciated because the recipient is twelve 🤣

And it shakes, and it has the right amount of stars in each ball. I'm impressed, even if my nephew won't be 🤷

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So, I had some spare time between stuff and decided to finally have a go at making a resin shaker.

Aside from slightly underfilling it with oil, this turned out perfect on the first go! I'm impressed with myself 🤣

It's hanging on my bag for now, but that's only because my niece hasn't seen it yet. I guarantee that isn't gonna be mine for long when she does 🤣

I think these small shakers are great for learning how to make them. You've got all the stages a big one has, but mini, so if it goes wrong you haven't wasted a ton of materials.

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Got bored, made a keychain 🤷🤣

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It begins...

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Made something resin-y 🤣

Idk if I'm just buying bad resin but my first bottle was always sticky, and my second warps a little and shrinks, but I'm still not ready to try epoxy so I'll keep trying with UV for now.

These actually came out pretty good mostly. The birds did shrink a bit so I have to hot glue them together tomorrow, and the keyring was a fail on a few parts, but the bookmark is so pretty! Too bad I made it upside down 🤣

It's okay, I turned it into a giant keyring for my spare keys. And it's so shiny and pretty I reckon it could also be a hanging charm since it's transparent and looks great in the light 😁

The birds are hanging decorations too but imma put them on my Xmas tree. Aside from the keyring fail, I think I did pretty good today 😁

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Still no writing, and I put the editing on hold because pain is a thing that dominates my life 😭

So instead I decided to decorate my new dining table! It came unvarnished and had the perfect surface for drawing on, so that's what I did!

It gets better, I promise 🤣

I had an idea for a flower lion with the leaves as its mane. And yeah, I was slightly concerned I was about to fuck up my table with bad art but I really wanted to do this. It won't be just me drawing on the table, my nieces and nephews will too. I thought it'd be a fun family bonding thing for us to do and a nice family memento, plus their moms never let them draw on anything at their houses and I'm the "cool aunt" 🤣

Anyway, I gessoed the area I was gonna paint and redid the sketch. Already looks better, right?

Yup, he's pink. Yup, that's my concept design on the seat to the left. I really struggled with getting the shade of pink I wanted. I never mixed paint colours before to get a custom colour, so this was a learning experience.

Yeah, his mane is big. I tried shading the bridge of his nose lighter, but this is also something I never did before. I never really painted much and my teachers only cared about the students who were already good at art and didn't need help, so this is me learning as a go. And I'm still scared at this point I fucked up the table 🤣

This actually took me like a week to do in total, so it was a slow process of painting bits at a time, stopping to see if I liked it, trying to fix any mistakes I made and then taking another break to rest.

Oh look, he changed colour!

The lighting isn't great, but I mixed another two shades of pink, including one metallic and went over him. Don't worry, imma fix the scruffy parts, but this is a big improvement already 😁

Okay, he's a little scruffy still, but that's on purpose. He has a fluffy texture that's hard to see because of the lighting, but it looks better in person. I decided not to fuss further with the colour and blending because I knew I'd fuck up. I saw a good stopping point so I took it. The inner layer of leaves came together quick although I was worrying how I'd do the veins in them. No matter what I do with leaves they always look terrible the second I add the details.

Getting close to finished now. This was the end of last week. I went with a succulent type leaf and left off fine details. He's kinda cartoony looking so I think it works.

Adding shading and outlines in places just to tidy it up, but this is pretty much done. Pics are kinda bad, but whenever I look at it I'm happy with how cute it is, so I'm happy with the end result.

Got a tiny bit heavy handed with the sealant but this is all done! That's not coming off the table without some effort. I love the shading on his eyes and face, and I think it's a nice contrast to how simple the mane is. He looks like a happy lion and I'm happy with it ❤️

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Aside from editing, I've still done zero writing, but I have a very good excuse besides being tired all the time 😭

My new less stress lifestyle regime is tackle one project at a time and hope I can stay awake long enough to finish it well. So, editing. And then when I'm done editing, it'll be more editing, only for my own WIP.

In the meantime to keep my brain from melting there's random arts projects 🤣

I forgot to take a pic when it was just the line art, but this took a while because I only did a bit at a time and it needed a few layers of paint, but I really love how this turned out! My sis wanted like a cafe style sign to go on the wall so I was limited to the colour palette in the kitchen which is orange and green. It looks nicer than y'all are thinking I swear 😂

Might make a bookmark next 😁

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Got bored. Made some bunnies 🤷

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Still haven't written anything, although I'm hopefully getting back into some kind of routine editing without getting too tired (damn health problems), but I did find time this afternoon to play around with some of my resin set and I managed to make a cute kitty

Tried to get a patch effect by doing the ears and tail first with some white, and then mixed some fluorescent pink with a shimmer for the rest. The face is drawn on with a Sharpie, though 😂

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Yeah, I haven't written anything for ages. My meds come with a side of brain fog, but hopefully I can find the energy needed for more creativity soon.

In the meantime, I made a monster hat template 6 months ago and finally finished it off today!

Haven't used polymer clay since I was 6 so I'm a total noob. I think it's got some good elements to it and it was fun to make. It's gonna be on the windowsill on Halloween 😁

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Imma play!

Nyima from Illthdar

Me from needs-a-nappington 😂

It's been a minute since I've seen a picrew cross my dash so I found one myself!

I made a cartoon me!

And a Vyxen from the Illthdar book series!

Make yourself and your favorite character/OC! (if you want!)

Tagging~

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and anyone else who see's this and would like to do it. And oomph, it's been awhile since tagged people so if you'd like me to not tag you in my nonsense anymore, let me know. If you would like to be included in my nonsense, also let me. Always looking for more people to fling picrews and weirdness on. xD

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I've been making stickers for my niece over the summer to help her remember what she did when she goes back to school 😁

First day she cleaned so she had to have a mop and bucket 🤣

She went shopping, made a mask as a craft project, went swimming a lot, went to the aquarium, the arcade and a bounce day at the he park 😄

I'm not someone who does art often so I'm not very good, but this is fun and I don't need to worry about my lack of skills.

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Hi everyone! I’ve tested positive for COVID and will be quarantining. Since I’m unable to work from home I am opening emergency commissions to make up for loss in income during this time period. Any reblogs are super appreciated! Anyone is also welcome to email me questions about commissions.

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For a fun Valentine’s Day special, I’ll be joining my older brother on Twitch. Be there for siblings shenanigans, feral banter and a walk through a dumpster fire post-apocalyptic world of its own design: Vintage Story. In between that, I will happily answer spoiler free questions about the Illthdar series.

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After a lot of trial and error I think I got something I can work with 😃

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Omg I'm loving this AI ❤️

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