I've started collecting bayberries. I doubt I'll get the reported 15 pounds of berries I'll need to make one pound of wax. I'm hoping to gather enough to make at least one pair of dipped candles or even some walnut candles ( Read more... )

I'm going to learn how to knit. The day I announced it, Mom went out and bought me KNITTING NEEDLES (not knitting sticks, they are not knitting sticks). I am going to be making a Dwarven Battle Bonnet! which will complement my multicolored horn hat nicely ( Read more... )

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So after several attempts and a day later, I finally manage to get a working squirrel-hair brush done. It sounds petty when I try to write it out, but it was a lot more difficult than I'd planned on it being. But the new brush looks pretty and the hair is short enough that I'm not going to trim it ( Read more... )

I made myself a paintbrush. Two, actually, but this one is actually usable.


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So I got my coyote pelts yesterday. Not as soft as fox, or as thick -- can any one out there with fox and coyote furs confirm that this is the norm or whether I got duds ( Read more... )

First off, George lost his first scute! Yay! His carapace is pyramided, which I think means that he's not shed in a while, leaving his scutes to stack up under each other. The shed scute was rounded and Frank's carapace is smooth, so it's not Frank's. *happy ( Read more... )

So! I've been eagerly waiting ALL DAY for my funds to show up in my paypal account. I've been refreshing the page every half-hour since 9 this morning and it takes me having lunch for it to update itself. Of course, as soon as I find it updated, I go and spend it -all- (I have exactly .90c in my account now -- good thing I decided to put in the ( Read more... )

So . . . I may be getting a few fox pelts soon -- coyotes if I can pull it, but I doubt that'll happen, sadly. Four red fox (ranched, I think, 'cause they're monstrous 55" long tip to tip) for a slick price that I'll make into a fluffy blanket. My kid sister will pay a small amount for the tail and face of one (she's makin' a costume, so cute!) and ( Read more... )

"Across the city, Lights flickered into existence. No one was out to watch the curious spectacle; no one saw the blue-white glow twink across the dark expanse. There was no order and no rhythm. No majestic flow of a growing, growling pyre, bright and consuming. Instead, there was a dance, pockmarked and awkward, but somehow, somehow beautiful in ( Read more... )