48lbs of soap and 50lbs of candle supplies just arrived. *cracks knuckles*
I purchased a new round soap mold of the same diameter as my candle containers so that I could use the same sticker size to label and package them with. This resulted in pretty generous soap-bars, at 3 inches in diameter, 1 inch tall, and 5 oz of shea butter soap.
I’ll be doing many of the candle scents as soap bars. They smell so good! I used the maximum fragrance percentage.
I’ll bring back the dragon shaped soaps closer to the holiday season. The round soaps here have more soap per bar, are an easier shape to wash with, and are much easier to store once made. (no more dented tails or snapped ears!)
I like how the fuzzball obstructs the text so that you can no longer read the fragrance or know what you’re buying. That was a real good decision.
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talk about a short that speaks to every artist out there
(Source: phobs-heh)
Angel - Almond Scented Soy Candles:
These candles were homemade and hand-poured, using eco-friendly soy wax. Angel is a fresh, true almond aroma reminiscent of Jergen’s lotion. Available at my Etsy Shop.
My house always ends up smelling like a Bath and Body Works when I’m pouring candles, soaps, or lip balm. Alex comes home and immediately knows what I’ve been up to for the day! The flower and leaf in the photograph is from my back porch. I have Perennials planted that are mostly bushey green stuff, but they sprout flowers a couple times a year.
I added a betta to my nano-aquarium. My cat approves.
Since this video was shot 2 months ago, I’ve acquired an aquarium snail and an anubias nana plant. I slowed the flow of the filter with strategic sponge-placement and the heater has been removed. It kept the water at a toasty 76, but I was fretting over it; My sister had a bad experience with a mini heater once where it malfunctioned and cooked her puffer-fish alive.
Today I was undertaking the task of syncing my desktop, lappy, external HD I had from 4 years go, and the external HD I use now, so that all the art files them are the same and redundant copies are deleted. This is something of a project because I often saved dual copies of the files while I was working on them. In some cases the newest, most complete version of the file was on my desktop, while in in others the lappy, and others the external HDs, so I can’t just copy things over blindly.
While i was backing things up, I found a few unfinished tidbits from 2008-2009 that I still kinda like.
A pair of hippogryph heads to go with the gryph posted previously.
The finished hippogriff from the livestream earlier today. Thanks to everyone who stopped by. The company was most welcome!
I’ll be streaming my art live here at 10:45AM EST. Feel free to pop in and say hi. :)
Don’t know what this is? Livestream is a service that allows you to broadcast live video. I use it to broadcast a feed of my desktop. This allows me to share what I’m drawing on in Photoshop as I’m working on it. Sorta like Bob Ross videos, only not nearly as cool or hypnotic.
The stream is over. Thanks for stopping by!
Journey Fanart:
I thoroughly enjoyed playing Journey. The game is just beautiful. I’ll never look at sand the same way again. Probably the only thing it lacked that I wished for was a night-time desert segment.
Gorgeous game. Loved every minute!
Fanart of The Three from N K Jemisin’s Hundred Thousand Kingdoms novels.
More crest designs for Banner Saga. They hit their final funding milestone goal with a couple hours to spare. We get multiplayer cities. Yay vikings!