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Sorry I don't have process shots for any of these.

I started this project by finding these beautiful rocks and thinking they would look great with some Elvish runes on them. I quickly switched to Viking, as Viking runes were much easier to research. I made a list of my favorites and narrowed it down to the top four. (One per rock.) They would be placed in my garden.

And finally, since the rocks would be outdoors in the weather, I coated each rock in several layers of triple thick glaze.

Rocks, paint, triple thick glaze, gold and copper leaf, metal leaf adhesive

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My best friend and I went to Goodwill and Texas Thrift and this lovely pile of objects is what I came home with.

Finally I used a sealant over the gold leaf, but it was so textured that I had to go back to Hobby Lobby to find something stronger to seal it all off. I came home with Triple Thick glaze. Somehow the glaze took away the frosted effect on the purple glass, but I still loved it and it finished the vase off rather beautifully!

Black paint, gold leaf, gold leaf adhesive, gold leaf sealer, Triple Thick glaze

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I couldn't get the plant to stop growing, even after I did nothing to care for it for almost 3 months! It just kept growing! Recently, a prolonged frost kicked its butt, and I felt bad and went to save it.

I will leave each "packet" there for a while until I forget about them, and then one day in about a week to three weeks I will suddenly remember them and pull them out. Time will tell if they will press well or not!

Thought it was an herb...turns out it is just an extremely aggressive ground cover plant. Very pretty, though, with soft almost spiderweb like covered leaves.

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I started with some plain white cardstock. I distressed the edges using a foot exfoliator that I bought at Dollar Tree.

I was sending the letter to my favorite author, so I wrapped the letter very carefully in tissue paper and filled a box with bubble wrap to send it off in. At the last minute I added a scrap of paper with my name and address in case the recipient wanted to write back.

Aged paper, fountain pen, twine, wax seal, pressed French lavender

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I included some French lavender that I had pressed over Christmas break in the seal.

(Yellow cardstock, pressed French lavender, wax seal)
I got a wax seal kit for Christmas and I was so excited to use it for the first time! This was a birthday letter for a close friend's 21st.

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The original pile of treasure from Goodwill and Texas thrift. Unfortunately, I forgot to take any process shots on this project, so the only "before" I have is this picture.

The front of the finished bottle

Bottle, gold leaf, gold leaf adhesive, gold leaf sealer, Triple Thick glaze

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Distressed Gold Leaf Skull

I made this. And I had fun with it. For more details, look in the descriptions of the process shots.

Crocheted Blanket

This blanket took me all summer of 2018.

I made the pattern myself based off of the idea of Indian blankets.

It has 151 rows, taking about 15-30 minutes and 76 FEET of yarn to crochet ONE row.

It has 24 tassels, each requiring approximately

12 1/2 feet of yarn to make.

Don't forget the black edged border on the two sides.

In the end, this blanket:

Cost hundreds of dollars and countless hours

Measures around 6.7 feet long by 5.3 feet wide

(not counting tassels!)

Used approximately 2 1/4 MILES of yarn

Weighs a whopping 13.1 pounds

And is the comfiest way to make a human burrito!

Dog Sweaters

I custom crocheted each of these sweaters without a pattern.

I took general measurements

of the dogs, and then kept fitting the sweater on them as the work progressed.

(The bow tie attached to the one sweater was created using a pattern.)

Summer 2017

Summer of 2017 I had the house to myself as my parents spent the summer in Colorado.

I only had two summer classes, and so took over the dining room space and enjoyed spending time on some art projects on the side!

(Mediums are in the descriptions)

Wandering Whims

WANDER WITH ME

Latest PROJECTs

Past Projects

Sorry I don't have process shots for any of these.

Rune Rocks

Cheap Beginnings

Finished Vase

White Licorice

The Finished Letter

The finished bottle

Distressed Gold Leaf Skull

I made this. And I had fun with it. For more details, look in the descriptions of the process shots.

Crocheted Blanket

This blanket took me all summer of 2018.

I made the pattern myself based off of the idea of Indian blankets.

It has 151 rows, taking about 15-30 minutes and 76 FEET of yarn to crochet ONE row.

It has 24 tassels, each requiring approximately

12 1/2 feet of yarn to make.

Don't forget the black edged border on the two sides.

In the end, this blanket:

Cost hundreds of dollars and countless hours

Measures around 6.7 feet long by 5.3 feet wide

(not counting tassels!)

Used approximately 2 1/4 MILES of yarn

Weighs a whopping 13.1 pounds

And is the comfiest way to make a human burrito!

Dog Sweaters

Summer 2017

Summer of 2017 I had the house to myself as my parents spent the summer in Colorado.

Wandering Whims

WANDER WITH ME

Latest PROJECTs

Past Projects

Sorry I don't have process shots for any of these.

Rune Rocks

Cheap Beginnings

Finished Vase

White Licorice

The Finished Letter

The finished bottle

Distressed Gold Leaf Skull

I made this. And I had fun with it. For more details, look in the descriptions of the process shots.

Crocheted Blanket

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This blanket took me all summer of 2018.

I made the pattern myself based off of the idea of Indian blankets.

​

It has 151 rows, taking about 15-30 minutes and 76 FEET of yarn to crochet ONE row.

​

It has 24 tassels, each requiring approximately

12 1/2 feet of yarn to make.

​

Don't forget the black edged border on the two sides.

In the end, this blanket:

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Cost hundreds of dollars and countless hours

Measures around 6.7 feet long by 5.3 feet wide

(not counting tassels!)

Used approximately 2 1/4 *MILES* of yarn

Weighs a whopping 13.1 pounds

And is the comfiest way to make a human burrito!

Dog Sweaters

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Summer 2017

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Summer of 2017 I had the house to myself as my parents spent the summer in Colorado.

Used approximately 2 1/4 MILES of yarn