#small things
Jojo - small things (music video ) 2020
Good to know (album)
Ben Howard - Small Things
The first batch of embroidery bobbin charms includes bundles of charms for DIY use in any commercial or personal creative projects, and finished pieces like earrings, necklaces, zipper pulls/cell phone charms, and a small amount of dollhouse sized bobbins.
THANK YOU!! The shop drop for the bobbins was a success!
If you checked out the shop page, ordered something or spread the word on socials, thank you for your support! (There’s still some pieces available! And I’m going to put some up on Etsy if you’d rather shop there.) All but one order was shipped out today. I’m currently going through jewelry findings for the next batch.
Two questions:
1.What type of metal earring findings do you prefer, for pierced ears or clip-ons? The ones from the first batch were some old samples and possibly silver-plated brass. Recently I thought stainless steel was the way to go, but after finding out they tend to have nickel and can cause metal allergies, I’ve been considering sterling silver or even gold. However, those two options are much pricier than either silver-plated or stainless steel.
2.What type of finished items would you like made for round 2 or have available for custom commission slots? (I’ll also be keeping the unwrapped bobbin charm bundles for those who want to do DIY for commercial or personal creative projects.)
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Happy Tiny Tuesday!
Around this time a year ago, my partner and I spotted a fawn in a state park! It was walking by the road with it’s mom. Even though it only lasted a moment, it was absolutely breathtaking to see.
Happy Tiny Tuesday, here’s a tiny quokka!
I actually almost didn’t post this one because I thought it looked a little derpy, but then my husband pointed out that all quokkas look a little derpy which is why they’re so cute. I included a photo for reference!
(Not my photo, unknown photographer)
I love the trope where a character is having a bad day, like stupid small things that add up. Causing them to just want the day to end, then at the end of the day either one of two things happen. All those stupid little things are nothing compared to the bomb about to hit, or they’re friend and family were planing something cool and all that sadness and anger dissipates.
I don’t know why I love this so much. But I always struggle to find small frustrating things that haven’t been done a million times before. So this is a resource for me to list of some ideas.
-Washing your hair but not completely washing out the shampoo. Mostly for character’s with thicker hair, this kills me. I think I got it all but an hour or so after my shower I run my fingers through my hair and under my nails is the creamy texture of shampoo or conditioner. So frustrating. A bad start to the day.
-Being interrupted. Whether you’re taking some time to read, doing important homework, trying to play the piano, having someone interrupt you, innocently perhaps but repeatedly, is so frustrating. Sometimes this can cause a five minute task to become an hour long. It can completely ruin that bit of free time you had.
-There being a constant flow of noise when you just want some peace and quiet. You’re in your room, you just want to read, but you can heard children screaming on the street, there’s some cars in the distance honking at each other, you’re roommates are arguing again, your upstairs neighbour is walking around with heels on. Perhaps it’s not even that noisier, but it just never stops, and you begin to feel overwhelmed. All you want is some peace and quiet. But peace and quiet never comes. Because in this neighbourhood, even at four in the morning the sound of the police and the arguments never end.
-Having a long list of tasks to do, a holiday or something coming up that’s perfect to do it all, and then being ill during that holiday. That feeling of hopelessness as you stare down that list and try to figure out if any of the tasks are easy enough to do despite your exhaustion, not being able to even rest because you’re so stressed with the upcoming tasks. Having the illness hold onto your for longer because as soon as you begin to recover you have to work and lose sleep and eat less. It shouldn’t be such a big deal, but it just is.
-Your usual form of transport is unavailable. Perhaps it’s raining so you can’t walk. Perhaps the battery is dead on your electric scooter. Perhaps there’s a strike and the busses are down. Whatever the case, figuring out how to get somewhere when you had a perfectly good system, having to leave earlier than usual or worse of all, leaving on time but arriving late, are all frustrating.
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