#cheap materials

[pj-creativity]

Oil pastels my newest obsession :D

#oil pastels #art #artists on tumblr #artwork #traditional art #my art #original art #new obsession #obsessed #cheap materials #cheap art #cheap oil pastel #rainy day #faces #face art #eyes

[germiyahu]

Actually don't listen to me. I'm an impulse buyer with credit cards. You want a nice looking pitcher and basin to perform the hand washing mitzvot? That's an excellent opportunity to go thrifting! You might even find Judaica there, like a Chanukkiyya perhaps?

You don't want to wait 8 years for Shabbat candles to arrive from Israel? Ask your rabbi! When I asked her if you can reuse a Havdalah candle, she sensed I was worried about the cost of buying all these candles and said her shul has tons of extras.

You absolutely do need a Chumash, a Tanakh, and probably a study Bible too... but Sefaria has all that and more! Especially the Talmud and other Rabbinic sources! It literally blows my mind that this site exists and is free.

But what about all the books on Jewish history and philosophy? What about textbooks for Modern and Biblical Hebrew? See if there are scanned versions online, or go to your local library. Invest in notecards, you're going to want to write down prayers and such, this will especially help if you don't own the books you're studying from.

It's a good idea to have a Siddur, but your shul will most definitely have their own, and as others have told me, you can ask your Rabbi if you can borrow one to take home (make sure to treat it with reverence).

If you want to start baking Challah and are living on your own, or maybe in a dorm room, see if there are community cooking spaces so you don't have to buy your own materials, or just ask your parents if they can gift you some kitchenware because "You want to get into baking."

You literally don't need anything other than a cup that you think is pretty and has meaning to you for the Kiddush. And don't splurge, I've seen hundreds of very attractive Kiddush sets and candle holders and all that for modest prices.

And take it slowly! Don't buy everything at once. We're nowhere near close to Chanukka right now, so don't even put that in your mind. If you want to acquire holiday items, focus on Pesach and worry about other festivals in their due time, let your wallet recover a little. This also goes for Shabbat! You don't need a pristine set of everything all at once, I'm just an idiot. You can slowly build up your perfect beautiful intricate table as the months go by.

#conversion obviously costs more money when it requires study and all the materials therein #but you can do it on the cheap #jewish convert #jew by choice #gerim #jewish #jumblr

[annie-of-the-arts]

[begin id: A drawing reference/fullbody of Doctor Rat, specifically the character (?) he plays in Content SMP. Next to him are design notes, and a color palette of his colors. The design notes read: "-dress looks to be made of low quality, party city material. but, it's actually well taken care of, and clearly has been stiched over several times. -tons of pockets. tons. -oh defintely changes his heels up every now and then. i think he could gouge a man's eyes out with stilhettos. -ngl i think he looks like geronimo stilton." As for the design itself, he is a tall half-rat man with a pink rat tail, and grey fur that covers where regular human body hair would go. He has curly purple hair, about shoulder length, and a grey mask with a blotch of lighter grey near the eyes. He's wearing a maid dress; consisting of a black dress with poofy sleeves, an apron, gloves, and wedged ankle mary janes. The apron and gloves are covered in dark but faded stains, and his dress is covered in scratch marks to indicate consistent and constant repair of it. As for the pose, he's standing straight, feet together. His left hand on his hip, the right standing idly by in a calmed fist. He's smirking. End id]

to people who loved my silly rat sketches. thank you very much. im reminding you all yet again that im a big nerd for character design forever and ever. thank you very much

[reblogs >>> likes | don't like without reblogging!! if you like and don't reblog i will curse your bloodline.]

#artists on tumblr #described art #accsesible art #image described art #character design #character sheet #content smp #contentsmp #doctor rat #doctor4t #the full armor design for rat i think'll take longer just because there's a lot more things to work out when you're designing armor #if people are interested ill make it but!! so far we have just a silly little rat sheet. hehe <33 #also i might take back the party city thing?? but it does look like its made of cheap fabric #first i thought he'd have that shiny party city stuff. you know it its really cheap thin and shiny. #but as i drew i realized he'd moreso have like. cotton cheap stuff. like its slightly elevated above the shiny party city #maybe 20 or 30 dollars on amazon. but still a little cheap yk. #but it is not. its very well loved and taken care for. it mightve been made out of cheap materials originally but its now made of love.

[hellenhighwater]

I've decided Mal and Vice need a floor-to-ceiling cat tree and I think I'm going to get inventive. And also literal, about the tree part; I'm going to find a good bole from a downed tree on my parents' property and use that as the base. Ideally it would have a few branches too, but we'll see what we get. They have a lot of maples and oaks, which would be ideal.

Other materials: a pair of 15-inch hammered copper bowls, which Malice tries to sleep in when she finds them empty (I don't use them for food, mostly table decor); a bunch of colored glass lanterns; sisal rope, which I will need more of; leftover long black feathers from Malice's wings; and a goatskin that I thrifted somewhere. I also have a buffalo hide (also thrifted for $35) but I would hate to cut it up just to use it to line cat beds. I wouldn't feel bad cutting the goatskin up.

I want to make something that isn't screamingly obvious as cat furniture. I don't know what exactly this will look like but I think I can figure something out that will be more sculptural and witchy. Maybe hanging some live plants on it would also be good...but then I might also have to attach grow lights, depending on where I put it.

If anyone has suggestions or ideas from doing this themselves, please do let me know.

#any time i find real fur secondhand for cheap I buy it #it is SUCH a good material to have and use for almost anything

[marzipanandminutiae]

also someone on that post of McMansion getting renovated into a different McMansion was like "people who love old things don't realize that a lot of it was just cheap mass-produced stuff like the furniture and household goods they hate today!!!!"

and like. okay. there are articles on how cheap mass-produced stuff has gotten worse in just the last ten years. is it really that hard to believe that it was vastly better-made 100+ years ago?

also that should make MORE of an impact, I think, than simply assuming it's all the same as exquisite artist-crafted furniture in mansions. even the equivalent of Wish.com housewares in the 19th century were often 100X more durable than what we have today

(and no, that doesn't mean Western Society BetterTM or anything else the marble statue PFPs spout. forms of mass production happened in many societies, from cheap ceramics made in China and Japan for export to copies of ancient grave goods made in Egypt and the Mediterranean during archaeological revival crazes)

I have been living in Working or Middle-Class People's Apartments c. 1910-1920 for the past ten years. one of them was just rendered uninhabitable by fire, but a surprising number of the walls and doors were still standing. I firmly believe you could run a tank into those radiators and not damage them. things WERE often better-made in Ye Olden Times, and it doesn't make one ignorant or a Trad to say so

#history #their 'cheap throwaway perfume transportation vials' intended only to get a liquid from the store to your dressing-table bottle #are now valuable antiques #like. this shouldn't lead you to assume modern society is Morally Degenerate #it should lead you to demand better treatment and pay for workers and better materials to make our things #and the subsequent pay cuts for CEOs to make that happen #taxes on the wealthy were higher in the 1920s just saying

[milkweedman]

Hi Mr. Weedman,

Tl;dr: If you had a more convenient way to do it, would you give tablet weaving another shot?

Long time fan, first time asker. I actually got into textiles/fibercraft via tablet weaving, so even just seeing the warp for the blanket all nice and lined up got me psyched. Someday i wanna try spinning yarn for my own weaving.

While stalking your blog looking at your work I saw you gave tablets a shot, and I was sad to see it gave you so much trouble. Thus, my question.

I started out doing it exactly as you did (but with disposable chopsticks), and got just as frustrated with worse results. I was too deep in hyperfixation to do anything else tho, so after a ton of trial and error I've figured out some cool stuff, like this:

If you attach a weight to the far end of the warp (a partially filled water bottle is nice for adjusting tension) and drape it over something horizontal like the back of a chair, you can sit somewhere comfy and still attach it at your belt.

I'm hoping to make a demo post or video soon focusing on ADHD and financial accessibility. If you're interested I'd love to hear your take on it, either from a dyslexic POV or just as someone way more experienced with textiles.

Thanks for everything,

especially the dick positivity,

Birdie

I have actually been thinking about tablet weaving a lot recently ! i came to the conclusion last time i tried it that i'd need an inkle loom, which i do now have the tools to make (just not the time or the materials at this moment). but your suggestion of adding weight to the other end to achieve the tension necessary, rather than needing to pull against it with one's body, is such a good idea !!!

i'd be fascinated to see your demo on it--please do send it to me/@ me when it's done, and i'd be happy to try it out and tell you my thoughts on itl ! i think i plan on building an inkle loom either way, but i enjoyed the simplicity of backstrap so much, and if there's a way for me to do it without as much pain i absolutely wanna try again. if im understanding you, it sounds like you could have the weaving tensioned on the back of a chair but could also sit in a backed chair while weaving ? that would fix it for me. and even if that setup isn't possible, im still much more hopeful that there's a way to make it work for me.

it's really great to hear about other fiber folks who hyperfixated their way through stuff not working and having a cheap setup, that's how i end up learning everything too xD

this was a lovely ask to receive , thank you for sending it :D

#the OG sparkle penis for you in gratitude :D #gredi-bird #i need everyone to start addressing me as Mr. Weedman from now on forever btw #im also especially interested in your thoughts on financial accessibility re: tablet weaving #i looked into tablet weaving paraphernalia bc the playing cards i used just disintegrated immediately ||| edit: by which i mean they #started degrading immediately at the corners and were bending rather than turning unless i was careful by halfway through project 1 #and were unusable for a second project. and this was just a short band. maybe 4 feet / 1.2m ? ||| #but the permanent ones are either cheap materials at a high price or really beautiful and expensive #and that has slowed me down as well #tablet weaving #good luck with spinning if/when you try it ! it holds a special place in my heart and i always love to see new people get into it

[chaotictomtom]

tested out the cool watercolours bf got me on my bday with some wee jesses :3 <3

#it's da super grainy ones #i looove them can't wait to be done with this sketchbook so i can try them on the other type of sketchbook i tend to use more #(the cheap ones) bc they're a wee bit thicker and handle watercolours better!!!!! #+ more texture augh i like thsi sketchbook but also kinda bummed it's hard press or cold can't remember the one making it all smooth #anyway 👍👍👍 i hate the fact that sometimes pricier art material is indeed. better </3333 #tomtoms_art #breaking bad #breaking bad fanart #brba #brba fanart #jesse pinkman #jesse pinkman fanart #brba jesse #brba jesse fanart

[dollsahoy]

sometimes wonder if people consider that, decades ago, the "cheapest" and "lowest quality" stuff generally cost more (adjusted) and was higher quality than the cheapest, lowest quality stuff available now

(I said generally)

#sun set malibu barbie cost $5 in the early 1970s #that's easily equivalent to $25 now #malibu barbie is not high quality but does have click legs and a fabric swimsuit #modern $5 swimsuit barbies have painted suits and straight legs #but yeah this is overall related to that post about how craft materials have gotten low quality #because i feel like it isn't exploring just how much *cheaper* 'cheap' is these days #with the corollary that if the equivalent of old 'cheap' prices were paid then maybe the materials *might* be better #so that's why second hand stuff is good because even older and cheaper stuff that's still around is gonna be nicer than modern cheap stuff

[cockworkangels]

little hobbitses magnets made out of air dry clay :)

#more crafts from this weekend :) #another first attempt!! working with clay for the first time in almost 10 years . i also sculpted these before i tried to make gandalf big #naturals. also trying out making something simplified and cutesy another thing i have no idea how to do 😭. but i had fun!!!! #i think i want to make more not that i know a bit more. and also once i get the idea how to sculpt i want to try polymer clay instead of air #dry clay bc it’s probably easier to do smaller stuff. but gotta learn some basic with the cheap stuff first even when the materials are #different but like get the sense of sculpting #my art #lotr #air dry clay #acryllic paints

[trekkiedean]

there are many things we can all learn from misha collins’s mistakes but I’m not sure I could have foreseen “don’t buy sex toys off amazon” being one of them

#seriously though don't do it #as with anything on amazon these days there are a lot of counterfeits and cheap dupes #at best you'll get something that just isn't very high quality #but there are an appalling number of people who've received previously returned (i.e. used) items #and the cheap knockoffs and counterfeits aren't always made with bodysafe materials #jules.txt #con content #spnbur

[diabolicdetective]

I never got a chance to show this off over here so… here’s a pendant i made c:

#the material is nickel! bc i’m cheap <3 #it’s stinky #l lawliet #death note #jewelry #metalsmithing #jeweler #metalswork

[kuntblogging]

I always do drawing projects on the worst material like why cardboard

#i can barely erase it looks bumpy. its cheap ig #my silly little posts #i feel like my brain wont allow me to draw on expensice material

[treewithabark]

Who needs a flirt pole when you have a bunny rope and a lead?

I do. I need a flirt pole.

#the real question is do I buy one or try and make one from cheap materials at the local diy store #could I do it? sure. do I trust myself? no. #it’ll turn into a d-i-why

[aercnaut-archived]

serafina said, " have you been married, MR. SCORESBY? have you any children? "

" no, ma'am, i have no child, though i would have liked to be a father. but i understand your question, and you're right: that little girl has had bad luck with parents, and maybe i can make it up to her. someone has to do it, and i'm willing. "

ind. sel. canon divergent and headcanon based LEE SCORESBY of HIS DARK MATERIALS

personals do not interact

promo credit: @ellevenie

#{GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS LOOK WHAT DUCKY MADE AIN'T IT PRETY????????} #hdm rp #his dark materials rp #independent rp #fantasy rp #indie rp #hdm roleplay #his dark materials roleplay #independent roleplay #fantasy roleplay #indie roleplay #*005. i don’t come cheap and neither should i // self promo.

[gawayne]

yknow I’ll say it. a24 should do a perlesvaus movie I think they could make something incomprehensibly fucked up and we don’t even need to worry about a coherent theme because perlesvaus doesn’t have one

#I love it so much fr #the fact that something like this could get written down and published #it probably took months and months of labour and the materials weren’t cheap either #and it makes NO fucking sense. it’s incredible #and then it somehow survived for 800 years #you don’t get a lot of texts like that

[garunsdottir]

lord aldhelm’s wardrobe 4/?

#the last kingdom #tlk #aldhelm #james northcote #mine #atlaldw #okay let's talk about this look #first how many cloacks the man actually has lol #second i am not quite happy with the costume department in tlk [a ramble for the whole other time] #[it's about fabric colours materials that at closer look seem cheap & clearly done in a haste] #[also silhouettes especially aldhelm's ones -i simply cannot] #ANYWAY #this particular look has a thing that i personally adore #his mail in comparison with aethelred's is long and covers aldhelm's body straight to the knees #while aethelred's mail is more of an adornment on his shoulders #cause he doesn't really participate in the heart of a battle #aethelred has aldhelm to do so #it's a small and obvious detail but i love it nevertheless #oh! and his ring?? #and him wearing that helmet? what a bewitching cutie