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Shipping day today — getting various Serendib shop orders and flash sale orders in the mail. I *think* I can manage one more flash sale before Valentine’s Day? Maybe? Watch for one on Sunday — it might happen, it might not. But the shop is always open, and I have plenty of signed copies of […]

Oh, these were fun. Gold leaf and moss makes for a slightly bumpy notebook cover, but so pretty. I think I’m going to do the back as just plain resin (maybe with a little gold color or sparkle?). The A5 size works well; the A6, I only had lined paper on hand, with doesn’t look

My plan is to wear something romantickal every day I teach in February — there’s something about observing seasonality that helps to keep me cheerful and moving through the Chicago winter (it’s currently 7 degrees F here). Today, that’s aided by some lovely honeycomb jewelry from Dima Ali — her work is so beautiful, and

More moss & gold paperweights. I do like these. With amaryllis “Spartacus”.

I do various things to avoid bubbles when pouring these, like spraying with alcohol at the start and end, applying heat, etc. But especially with these larger pieces, some bubbles definitely stick around — I’ve decided that’s a feature, not a bug, because they end up looking like water drops, and give the piece a

The disposable syringe makes filling the resin molds quite a bit less messy…but still somewhat messy, because I am messy. I am sure there are people who can make resin thingies and not get bits of resin all over their silicone mat, but I am not one of them. The silicone mat is super-easy to

Chicago really isn’t that cold most of the winter these days, thanks to climate change, but we do get the occasional day like today (and tomorrow), where the cold hurts my face and I come home from work and make a cup of tea and light some candles (mostly symbolic warmth) and climb into the

Fascinating how the color changed on this coleus when it was pressed, bright pink to purple. Both pretty.

I think I might have used a little too long microwave time with these hellebore flowers. (Locals, if you’re wondering how I have hellebores now, Good Earth Greenhouse has some for sale; I’m planning on planting this one out in the garden once spring arrives, and it should come back year after year.) The centers

This rose pressed surprisingly well! It thought it might be too dimensional to press, but nope, no problem!