thegeekstressart:

You ever see something innocuous, minding its own business on the clearance shelf at Michael’s and before you know it, it takes over your life for a few weeks?

So it was with this desktop greenhouse.

I took it home and after taking an appropriate time to “season” my idea in my mind (read: a month or two) I set to make my vision of a mini botanical garden a reality.

I started by removing the heavy glass panels and building a raised floor above the latch. I wanted to use the base as a foundation on the building.

I wrapped the foundation in plastic stone textured flooring (meant for Christmas villages) and built a pond at one end of the same. I then gave it a more realistic paint job and designed a rough layout for my plants and displays.

I also knew I wanted to make the ironwork significantly more intricate, but I wasn’t sure how just yet…

Up next - PLANTS! I went wild making all kinds of plants. Some were specific species and some were more conceptual.

I made several trees with polymer clay and moss, cacti out of beads and flocking, cattails out of raffia, hot glue and coffee grounds, and giant monstera leaves out of paper and wire.

This part should have taken me a long time, but it really came together fast. I loved finding ways to replicate natural shapes and patterns using bits of this and that.

I did make adjustments to my plans as I went like eliminating benches in favor of a simpler overall design.

Then I needed to fill my pond with water. For this I used resin. Lily pads were added to the top layer, and I wired in simple LED fairy lights. The batteries are kept in the box under the foundation.

In a weekend frenzy I added more plants, metal (paper) steps, new (plexi)glass windows, a roof, wrought-iron vines (paper again), doors that open, and a hose reel disguising the latch. Suddenly, a project I thought would take months was finished…

I love my desktop botanical garden. Right now it sits on a simple lazy Susan in my office. But I’d love to get it a proper display box to protect from dust.

Thank you for coming on this little journey with me. This piece packs a lot of joy into a tiny space. I always love building miniatures, and I’ll be doing more in the future I’m sure.

adhdwerewolfgf:

thesylverlining:

redpyros:

man me a sand

Make it the cutest man car door hook hand

i cannot begin to explain the emotions i feel every day knowing that this post i made in the middle of playing tf2 when i was 16 is going to be the one thing of mine that has made the largest impact on the world by a fucking mile

riftclaw:

stonefemmesiren:

a lot of you really need to internalize that acting avoidant isn’t cute at all and that it will cost you experiences and life outcomes if you don’t change course

lacetulle:

Almée Couture | Whisper of the Earth

twentyonelizards:

chibihere:

piece-of-godney:

the guy in the audience SNAPPED

i love this, video

[ID: Britney and dancers performing ‘Gimme More’. Right before Britney can begin, a guy screams ‘WHO IS IT?’. Britney laughs and says ‘It’s Britney, bitch’, resuming the routine.]

rajieeeee:

i’ve been trying to learn blender for the past few years. i still have a lot to learn but it’s been fun :)

reverendharrow:

THIS. is the beast ☝️🤓 that’s a muffin 🤣 i see a cloud 🌥 but with a face 😶 if you take that main squiggle 〰️ for an eye 👁 i thought it was a flower 🌸👶 no yes there’s something …. florescent about it 🤔 thought it was a snake 🐍 in a bush 🌳 I HATE YOU ALL 🤬 I HAVE HATED YOU FOR MILLENIA 🤬 except you my lord 😔 thanks 😊 i merely want to put you in jail 🔒 and fill up the jail with acid once for every time you made a frivolous remark 👌👈 or ate peanuts 🥜during a cohort admiralty meeting or said what would i know 🤔 im only gOD 😇 then at the end of a thousand years you would say mercy 😣 ive learned not to do any of those things 🙅‍♀️ because i haaaated the acid you put on me 😩 and i would say that is why i did it lord 😌 i did it for you and your empire 🙏 i often think about this 😁

jofish42:

countthelions:

countthelions:

ALT

WIKIPEDIA IS 25 TODAY MAKE SOME NOISE!!!!!!!!!!!! [Their celebration article here]

there is not NEARLY enough noise on this post !!! CELEBRATE ITS BIRTHDAYYYYYY

ame-gosh:

what if we kissed 🫣. and we were both lemons 🍋😳

captain-price-unofficially:

Stickers you can immediately hear.

copperbadge:

copperbadge:

acebycircle:

He just sits his ass down on all those buttons that could or could not be firing lasers into space

If we can’t invent a touchscreen that recognizes an ass-dial by the 24th century, we really have no business being in space at all.

Happy 10th anniversary to by far the most viral reblog I ever made. I still see screengrabs of this on my own facebook dash like, once a month.

aceattorneygamesfan:

ALT

guys look how calm he is

coyyfishh:

“Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”

(Apple trend with the Gavins how could I not)

fluffmonster31513:

SO as almost christmas approaches so too does 2026 (the canonical year that apollo justice takes place (yet another reason aa7 will happen this year, trust)) i have codified every event worth celebrating (and times when they’re available) in aa4 into a helpful list because this will be, quite literally, the only year we can do this.

without further ado, i present:

the DEFINITIVE aa4 anniversary celebration guide:

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