Paperwhites are fragile! It’s tricky to press them; I’m not sure I’ll ever get one that’s perfectly formed on pressing. But I don’t really mind — they sort of remind me of Brian Froud’s pressed fairies. Love how translucent some of the petals get.
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Okay, I may be madly in love with my new Microfleur press. Thank you to everyone who purchased items in the mid-January flash sale; you made it possible for me to justify buying this ($65) press, which I’ve wanted for months (if not years). 30 seconds in the microwave, followed by another 20 seconds, magic.
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Slightly more complex rose paperweights, with gold leaf and a sort of thread-y white botanical added to the roses and opalescent glitter. I like the sense of motion the threads give, and I continue to enjoy the roses protruding (escaping?) from the resin…
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Morning unmolding of resin paperweight experiments: salvia from my garden and opalescent purple glitter. I like them fine, I think, but not my favorites so far. Nice for the person who loves purple, though.
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Mostly offline today, had a nice TV + crafting + cooking day. Made a great chicken curry, that will be a good accompaniment to the various vegan dishes I’ll be making this week (cabbage mallung or green bean curry tomorrow, I think, if you have a preference for what comes next, holler). Finally finished and
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Okay, so resin folks, advice, please. When you sand resin, it gets cloudy, right? Maybe if I get better at pouring, I won’t have to sand so much, but right now, I definitely do. I don’t love the look of it. Can I paint over the sanding? I was thinking a little bit of gold
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Kavi and I agree that so far, we like the moss-in-resin best out of the experiments. With added gold flake in the paperweight and the pendants. I’m a little worried about how much sanding the rings are going to need to be smooth, though — maybe I’m just super-messy, but I can’t seem to fill
Unmolding resin is just fun. Like opening little presents. I tried some dried roses and opalescent glitter in these paperweights — Kavi loves them, which I kind of thought she might. Opalescent glitter is very unicorn magic-ish. I love the effect of the roses partially emerging from the resin block — I’m poured resin over
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Locals, quick note that I’ll be at this market on February 12th, along with lots of other cool makers — I’ll have signed cookbooks and homemade curry powder, of course, and then we’ll see what else. FB event link in comments!
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Two more zippered bags, so cute. Pop of pink with the zipper on the vintage book nerd, went more classic and neutral for the book covers. What next? Should I try to learn how to make tote bags? I kind of want to try sewing something for kids. Headbands? Clip-on hair bows? (I don’t love
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