Avatar

absolute e-diot

@ignoranceishibiscus / ignoranceishibiscus.tumblr.com

21 (11/13) | any pronouns | audhd (autistic + adhd) |

disclaimer: i do not get paid consistently enough to comfortably donate to people a good 95% of the time, and on the off chance i'm able, it will only be in small amounts. i probably won't be able to financially assist any fundraisers sent to me, sorry. i WILL, however, happily share your campaign or even make my own post for you if you have proof of vetting and are willing to take me up on it!!!

hi, i'm hibiscus

or hibi...or pixxie...or pix...

i collect a lot of posts i think are neat. if i follow you, it's probably because i think the posts you have on your blog are neat. there's no deeper "theme" on here, this is just my remarkably well-kept digital houseplant.

"what tags do you use?"

uuuhhhh i'm really bad at using tags for organization/filtering purposes, but i do tag the following:

#hibiscus's buds - original posts from me

#for future reference - posts i want to find again because there's practical stuff in them

#my fun touys - posts that amuse me

#my thought cabinet - posts that contain a Thought i would like to hold onto

#my collection of shinies - things that are just plain cool/beautiful

#posts to remember - old tag for posts i want to find again because there's something nonpractical but fascinating about them that i want to revisit, i will eventually clean this up and split it into a few smaller tags for more specific purposes

#true! - posts that i think are just so true on some level. be it literal agreement or just....an acknowledged truth it finds in my soul....yea...

#lost cat in the alps - any post where the punchline is some variation on a young witch finding her neighbor's lost cat in the alps. because i think it's funny.

#slay the princess spoilers - spoilers for the game slay the princess (which you should play)

#stp spoilers - see above

#arcane spoilers - spoilers for the show arcane

#severance spoilers - spoilers for the show severance

#unreality

#reblog bait (and any variations)

...and almost every variation of slay the princess related tags under the sun! if you're a mutual who needs something tagged for filtering purposes, please lmk!

This is 100% the gay supervillain music video I’ve been waiting for.

I love campy gay villains, but gay villains of this type are amazing too and sorely underrepresented.

…Oh, so by “gay”, you mean. Actually gay.

I don’t usually reblog stuff like this but tbh this is the kind of content I live for.

Happy 10 year anniversary to these two, specifically

(single dropped Dec. 3, 2015, music vid hit youtube Jan 12, 2016)

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.

Strong contender for most depressing thing Charlie Brown has ever said

Strong contender for

most depressing thing Charlie

Brown has ever said

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

Sponsored

You are using an unsupported browser and things might not work as intended. Please make sure you're using the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge.