sheaymin:

30 Years of Pokemon - dev GAMEFREAK /do not reupload.

apeofnaplez:

doggosource:

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.

red-taileddolphin:

prokopetz:

prokopetz:

Today’s aesthetic: fictional characters whose whole deal is an allegory for the struggles faced by a real group that they’re actually part of.

It probably says something about this blog’s followership that half the people in the notes’ first thought was Madeline Celeste and not, like, a gay X-Man.

thememedaddy:

vamprire:

being online is so scary aren’t you guys worried about the world wide spider

funny-tik-toks:

greelin:

yeahawvampire:

greelin:

greelin:

(guy who is wearing all yellow voice) Boy i sure hope no one looks at me in a noticeable way

like can we be serious for a moment please. Use our brain

How’s Curious George doing btw

hey. That was devastating

citruscubes:

nobody asked but its very funny that this is the top post of all time in the adhd women subreddit