#easy projects

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DIY pom pom picture frame! 🖼

Make any old picture frame just so rad and fresh with this simple pom pom craft.

Collect an assortment of pom poms and felt balls.  

Remove the glass while you’re gluing pom poms, so you don’t accidentally get any on the glass. Using hot glue, attach the pom poms all around the frame, filling in any gaps.  

It is complete! Make sure the glue is dry before putting the glass and picture back in.  ( ˆ _ -) /🖼  

Supplies: - Pom poms or felt balls - Old picture frame - Hot glue and glue sticks

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What you'll need

Stones

Activated charcoal

Potting soil

Pebbles

Glass vessel

Gardening tools (small ones, ones used for bonsai's would be very helpful)

Plants

Guide

Cover the bottom of your terrarium with stones. Make sure the layer is about 1 1/2 inches thick.

Add a very thin layer of activated charcoal. This help prevent bacteria to grow.

Add a layer of potting soil. Recomended thickness of about 2 1/2 inches.

Add your plants. Start with your largest plant first and prune the roots as you go.

Complete the look with a layer of pebbles. Add any additional trinkets for extra personality.

Pro Tip: Water base every two weeks. Place in bright, indirect sunlight.

[teslacoils-and-hubris]

no one understands him like I do

[heartorbit]

figure skating set right now please. thanks

[inkskinned]

one of the things that's the most fucking frustrating for me about arguing with climate change deniers is the sheer fucking scope of how much it matters. sweating in my father's car, thinking about how it's the "hottest summer so far," every summer. and there's this deep, roiling rage that comes over me, every time.

the stakes are wrong, is the thing. that's part of what makes it not an actual debate: the other side isn't coming to the table with anything to fucking lose.

like okay. i am obviously pro gun control. but there is a basic human part of me that can understand and empathize with someone who says, "i'm worried that would lead to the law-abiding citizens being punished while criminals now essentially have a superpower." i don't agree, but i can tell the stakes for them are also very high.

but let's say the science is wrong and i'm wrong and the visible reality is wrong and every climate disaster refugee is wrong. let's say you're right, humans aren't causing it or it's not happening or whatever else. let's just say that, for fun.

so we spend hundreds of millions of dollars making the earth cleaner, and then it turns out we didn't need to do that. oops! we cleaned the earth. our children grow up with skies full of more butterflies and bees. lawns are taken over with rich local biodiversity. we don't cry over our electric bills anymore. and, if you're staunchly capitalist and i need to speak ROI with you - we've created so many jobs in developing sectors and we have exciting new investment opportunities.

i am reminded of kodak, and how they did not make "the switch" to digital photography; how within 20 years kodak was no longer a household brand. do we, as a nation, feel comfortable watching as the world makes "the switch" while we ride the laurels of oil? this boggles me. i have heard so much propaganda about how america cannot "fall behind" other countries, but in this crucial sector - the one that could actually influence our own monopolies - suddenly we turn the other cheek. but maybe you're right! maybe it will collapse like just another silicone valley dream. but isn't that the crux of capitalism? that some economies will peter out eventually?

but let's say you're right, and i'm wrong, and we stopped fracking for no good reason. that they re-seed quarries. that we tear down unused corporate-owned buildings or at least repurpose them for communities. that we make an effort, and that effort doesn't really help. what happens then? what are the stakes. what have we lost, and what have we gained?

sometimes we take our cars through a car wash and then later, it rains. "oh," we laugh to ourselves. we gripe about it over coffee with our coworkers. what a shame! but we are also aware: the car is cleaner. is that what you are worried about? that you'll make the effort but things will resolve naturally? that it will just be "a waste"?

and what i'm right. what if we're already seeing people lose their houses and their lives. what if it is happening everywhere, not just in coastal towns or equatorial countries you don't care about. what if i'm right and you're wrong but you're yelling and rich and powerful. so we ignore all of the bellwethers and all of the indicators and all of the sirens. what if we say - well, if it happens, it's fate.

nevermind. you wouldn't even wear a mask, anyway. i know what happens when you see disaster. you think the disaster will flinch if you just shout louder. that you can toss enough lives into the storm for the storm to recognize your sacrifice and balk. you argue because it feels good to stand up against "the liberals" even when the situation should not be political. you are busy crying for jesus with a bullhorn while i am trying to usher people into a shelter. you've already locked the doors, even on the church.

the stakes are skewed. you think this is some intellectual "debate" to win, some funny banter. you fuel up your huge unmuddied truck and say suck it to every citizen of that shitbird state california. serves them right for voting blue!

and the rest of us are terrified of the entire fucking environment collapsing.

[pearl-kite]

I made a pillow!

It took four months of non-stop cross-stitching, but I finally finished a pattern I bought from @8pxl a little bit ago, and tonight in a bizarre burst of productivity I finally sewed a back to it and stuffed it into a cute little pillow! It ended up being pretty much perfectly sized for a neck pillow, but I'm a bit worried about it getting dirty that way.

I highly recommend the patterns from 8xpl's shop, there are SO many gorgeous ones to choose from. I might end up getting another one soon o3o

[soapyakships]

cheeseeecakkk🤤🤤🤤🤤

[flufflecat]

[frobby]

rhythm gamers will be like "u gotta play this song it's so fun" and the song in question gives u carpal tunnel syndrome

[onenightbreak]

do you think siffrin overheard someone talking about the craftology traits of piercing craft and just completely internalised it

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Terrarium layers and why they work.

Plants and decor

Quality terrarium soil

Horticultural charcoal

Carbon fibre mesh

Drainage layer (rocks)

Drainage layer (rocks): Provides a place for water to drain off in case you accidentally overwater your terrarium (the #1 cause of terrarium death).

Carbon fibre mesh: Keeps the rest of the layers from falling into the drainage layer. Although carbon fibre mesh sounds fancy, it's just the window screen replacement you can buy at your home repair store.

Horticultural charcoal: Prevents mold and root rot, filters the water as it cycles through the terrarium, and absorbs excess water.

Quality terrarium soil: Contains ingredients suited to a closed humid environment that both retain moisture and drain well.

Plants and decorations: Research the best terrarium plants and choose a species suited to the size of your container. Ensure decorations you add are waterproof and won't break down when exposed to moisture.

Planted Glass Terrariums on Instagram.

[zondearts]

The niigo batch for the prsk wof au

[mynabirb]

Dreams

[shrimpfriedeggs]

played imperishable night!!!

[sidoopa]

some selected frames from the upcoming animation!