Making these was so much fun!!! I collected the empty seed coats on a walk in a local park and pretty soon knew I wanted to make some kind of ornament with them.
Because they were empty I took a wooden bead and wrapped it in wire, with little beads threaded onto each wire string. It was a simple process of stringing the beads and wrapping them through the wooden beads opening, but still time consuming. For me it was relaxing and fun to see the berry form with all the beads attached to the wooden bead! I hot glued the beaded berries into the seed coats and also hot glued red satin ribbon onto them (for hanging them up) and added some red velvet ribbon shapes into bows (for further decoration and festive cheer)!
I really adore how they came out.
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Picture 1: Picture 1 and Picture 6 are basically identical, they are just slightly different in zoom and are there to show of the pretty seed berry ornaments twice. Because, why not! They both show the finished seed berry ornaments, made with empty seed coats I found on a walk in nature, they kinda look like flower hats in my opinion. A berry made from different red-and-black beads has been glued inside the empty seed coat as a new berry and the ornament is decorated with a red satin ribbon loop and a red velvet bow.
Picture 2: Two empty seed coats, one laying on it's side and showing it's cap/hat like shape and one standing on top of the table. Two wooden beads wrapped with wire and beads are laying next to the seed coats, looking very much like red-and-black sparkly berries.
Picture 3: A close-up of a finished bead "berry" placed into an emtpy seed coat, showing how cute this ornament will look once I glue everything together!
Picture 4: A wooden bead wrapped in wire and covered with little beads is laying on top of a table. It looks very much like a sparkly berry in different shades of red and some black beads. Next to the wire-wrapped berry lay the used tools: two kinds of miniature-sized pliers and one miniature-sized wire cutter, the collected empty sead coat and a little transparent tin with a red-and-black bead mix.
Picture 5: A close-up of one wooden bead that has been completely wrapped in strings of wire with various shades of red (and some black) beads threaded onto the wire. The final look resembles a sparkly berry.
Picture 6: See picture 1. The picture almost look identical. I just wanted to include both! [/image description]
I spent some time outside in the gloomy weather today and found a shit ton of old peach pits laying in the dirt. I'm gonna make them into buttons, I think
I just finished thoroughly washing them, I'm gonna put them in the freezer for 24 hours, dry them for a few days, sand the sharp parts with a dremel and then seal them with mod podge or resin. I'll probably drill the holes before I seal them that's probably a better idea
[Image ID: a stained yellowish towel on my counter, with 24 old peach pits that have just been washed. Most of them are halved, some of them are still whole. End ID]
post-drive sketch commissions fulfilled so far! for Cookie Nomie, A. Peake, @azaelyas, viviiyon on twitter, bxby_ashhh on twitter, tsunesama, @trucbiduleschouettes, and Anna.
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Here's the description for it.
A unique handmade sea themed suncatcher windchime.
Suncatchers and windchimes are a personal favorite and I wanted to make some. This one is vibrant and fun. It's perfect for anyone who loves ocean themes. The sun catches the glass, shiny wire, and gems perfectly. The wooden pieces at the bottom make a gentle sound in the wind. It's large enough to hang in almost any window or porch.
Product Details-
Total length while hanging- approximately 36 inches
Total width of the hanging stick- approximately 18.5 inches
String length (longest)- approximately 26 inches
Weight- Approximately 1.5 pounds
Number of strings- 9
Time spent crafting- approximately 24 hours over the span of a week.
Materials-
1 maple branch fallen naturally from a local maple tree.
Rope for hanging.
Burlap net ribbon.
Silver plated sea green copper wire.
Various metal jump rings.
Crimp beads
9 polished agate slices wrapped in the wire.
1 colored agate slice.
4 hand polished natural quartz spires wrapped in wire.
Small conch shells
Blue dyed quartzite, blue dyed quartz, multi colored jasper, green aventurine, rose quartz, citrine, lapis, red agate, and turquoise gem chips.
Turquoise colored stone starfish and sand dollar beads.
Red dyed bamboo coral beads.
Fluorocarbon nylon clear fishing line
9 mini glass bottles wrapped in wire, filled with sparkling mica rich native sand.
Colorful glass fish beads.
Colorful frosted glass beads.
Colorful crackle glass beads.
4 hand carved sea creatures made from reclaimed wood and painted with glitter infused blue paint.
the abyss but what it looks like is based off of the hunters memories. it expands with each death in a vault, taking bits and pieces and building, creating something that should feel familiar to the hunters, something they should want to trust, something that is every so slightly Wrong
sparkly doesnt die in the abyss in the funky abyss au but he is in there fairly willingly and the abyss is able to poke around his head and go shopping for landscaping ideas. helps that he remembers the forest of the abyss fondly
If you can remember it what was like the gateway thing for you to discover furry/anthro stuff. For me it was finding costuming vids on youtube specifically clockwork creature suits in 2008 i was obsessed with those
I had a vision in my head for these pine cone goblins and wasn't satisfied with the outcome of these. Don't get me wrong, they're certainly cute but didn't mash with the picture in my mind. So, these are the first version of pine cone goblins/imps I tried to make. Figures that they would be mischievous and give me trouble. For the advent calendar swap I made a second version that I sent to my swap partner, because they came closer to what I envisioned.
But these are very cute as well and got to stay with me!
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Picture 1: Three pine corn imps in a test state. White papermache balls have been places on the pine cones as heads. The middle imp has a simple face sketched out in pencil. Because those pine cone imps can't stand on their own, they're resting against sand-coloured cotton yarn (which will be used later to add loops to hang the imps up as decoration).
Picture 2: Five chubby pine cones laying on a brown table top.
Picture 3: Three papermache balls (which have been painted green) stuck on toothpicks, which in turn are stuck into two cleaning sponges. This construction holds the papermache balls up while the paint is drying. Two wooden disk have also been painted green and are propped up at the side of the cleaning sponges as well. A plastic file and some newspaper keep the table top clean from paint!
Picture 4: A tilted image of one finished pine cone imp. It's got a green painted head with a simple face drawn on in kind of thick brown brush strokes. On it's head the imp wears a red felt cap, with a sand-coloured string coming out of it, so you can hang it.
Picture 5: All three of the pine cone imps (version 1.0./first try). Two of them are hanging in a way that they're not facing forwards but rather to the side. [/image description]
I'm very normal about nettles. I found a patch of winter retted nettles that were the perfect level of dead for fibre extraction! Will do an update video about what I make with it soon :)
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I made a Tiger and Bunny bookmark, I drew op fanart, I made a real life version of my Sona's mask and I started crocheting that cute bunny from Tiger and Bunny... I just love the creation juice that just posseses my hands and things come out of it. It's purely insane. Purely joy. Half magic and half sorcery with the finest flavour of oh shit i fucked that up oh shit oh fu k