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Should I even post while on vacation? 🤔

Why not!

I’ve read a couple of books (a 1 star and a 3 star) and started another for Goodreads challenges. I want those bookmarks!

I also did several mini kits today and I’m working on fixing some of my other projects like the elven swords.

I’m not taking in-between pics because that would be far too long of a post, so it’ll just be before and after!

I’m not a Beetlejuice fan AT ALL, but these Halloween ones were on sale and I figured I could use the pieces for other things.

I did make the drinks, but the gummy bugs (intended to be inside the drink) I’ll be using for a garden/plant thing in the future. I think they’ll be cuter that way.

The little ghost glows in the dark!!!!!

It’s supposed to be used as a handle for the display sphere, but I of course have better plans for it!!

This cake was a little easier if only because of my trial and error with Hello Kitty. If I get another cake set though I think I’ll use a toothpick to get the frosting to fall down the side.

The prosciutto was a NIGHTMARE!

They give you three slices and you’re supposed to roll it up and cut it in half to put on the board. They wouldn’t stay rolled up!

I tried just resin to keep it held together in the rolled shape but it wouldn’t hold long enough. I finally asked my brother for a clear straw and you can see what I did.

It worked, thankfully, but I still used extra resin to secure it!

Finished! I like how the honey started to slightly pool as if it’s coming off! One of the only times I’m glad resin doesn’t cure so quickly!

That’s all for this week because it’s a lot!

I’ll post more next week!

Have a fabulous week everyone and don’t forget to do some learning! (Even if only how to resin tiny things!😉)

It was a REALLY good book!

That I happened to keep reading until 1am and I have a dentist appointment soon and then work…

‘House of Fire and Magic’ by Sherrilyn Kenyon is to blame, not me!

Till next week, enjoy that book!(or more!)

I was thinking of calling this one ‘tiny crafty’, but honestly, what other kind of crafty is there?

Tiny birdhouse!!!!!

This one was super simple of course, but I added my own twist to it since I didn’t want the bird and eggs to roll around.

The intention is that they just sit in the birdhouse. The problem with that is they’re not kept in place and since I move my stuff around quite a bit I’d forget and they’d go everywhere.

I had some brown resin left from a boba set (I hadn’t cured the resin yet and haven’t taken a pic) so I used a very little amount and put it on the eggs to keep them stable.

I had to use my new uv nail curing light, but I’m super glad it worked!

Finished product!

It’s so tiny!!

I’ll see y’all next week!

Keep praying!

Hasn’t happened yet, but I can see it coming!

End of February I have vacation and SO many plans!

I’m actually hoping to be done with my first scrapbook and onto the next one by this point so I can knock another one or two out.

I’m also hoping to get my mini kits done too and start the Easter surprise for work!

To say I have plans is an understatement…I also want to read of course.

Guess it’ll depend on how I’m feeling though. Still have some residual ick from last week. *le sigh*

I’ll see everyone next week! Should be another crafty one because I got more tiny things made!!

Bye for now!

I’m sick with something. I’ll post next week. Sorry!

First of all, I love mini things!!

Second of all, due to my mamas genius idea I decided to do a few of the MiniVerse kits on my birthday and randomly grabbed these.

Candles!

They’re supposed to glow gently but I haven’t tested that yet.

I don’t know what happened, but after I let them set in the sun a couple of days there was a random hole in both. It’s about the size of the wick so I think it just moved and left an air pocket.

I’m just going to fill it in with clear resin. The smaller one will get a little sharpie action to look like it’s been burning, but the taller one I’ll leave as is since I filled it higher on purpose.

I found Nemo! That newsletter is adorable, and a part 1? Hopefully they actually did part 2, etc…

I didn’t use all of the pebbles because it would have filled the tank too high. An actual fish tank wouldn’t be that full since the fish needs enough water to swim in. Not sure what I’ll do with the rest of it, but it’s pretty!

*le sigh*

I was going to get another small fish and put it in the bag then resin it shut, but as you can see the ‘bag’ didn’t close all the way. Still cute though!

The fish! It had this stand that you’re supposed to nestle into the pebbles so the fish is ‘swimming’.

But the fish comes off!

I used a bunch of resin to make water and then added the fish and cured it before adding more resin.

You can see the demarcation line where I did the first amount of water, put the fish in and added more water.

I wasn’t too careful about bubbles for obvious reasons. The resin did clear up a bit more so the demarcation line isn’t as noticeable anymore.

These were absolutely the best!

I laughed when I opened the fish tank one and it was so fun!!

Next week will feature a plant and a cake!

See ya then!

Y’all remember last weeks post about the MiniVerse plans?

What about a couple weeks ago when I mentioned the Easter plans?

My mama, who is fabulous!, asked me what I did with the plastic ball parts the MiniVerse came in. I told her I wasn’t keeping them at the moment because I’m trying not to hoard craft stuff again, but that if I ever have an idea for using them I’ll start keeping them (instead of just throwing them away).

My mama, the absolute genius!, suggested I use them in lieu of plastic eggs for my Easter surprise!!

Y’all!

Not only will that save me $30-$40, but they’re bigger than eggs and their shape is more conducive to multiple items in one!!

All this to say, I will unfortunately be working on the massive amount of MiniVerse I already have so I have enough empty for Easter.

Oh darn.

😁😁

I love tiny things!

See ya next week with some pics!

Mwahahahahaha!!!

I have been collecting these MiniVerse resin kits for a year now and have a BIG box full!

My plan was to fill a box and then take vacation and do nothing but these absolutely adorable mini kits and read.

And the reading wasn’t a sure thing either!

I almost had an entire box full (thanks to my family and Christmas!) when I came across these.

The pink one on the bottom itself usually goes for $9.97ish and the other two are just slightly below $7 (before tax, over $7 with tax).

So I got some.

And then I got paid again and got some more.

My box is now FULL!!

And I had one tube extra but it’s all the big ones I combined into one tube so I actually don’t know if I was a whole tube over or not.

Anyways!

Sometime in March I plan to have time off for this and I will keep y’all posted!

Until next time, stay warm!

We did not get a chance to celebrate Christmas at actual Christmas time due to differing work schedules so we just moved it to this past weekend.

It was AWESOME!!

I didn’t get any books, however I did get B&N gift cards which is the same thing!😍

I also got a ton of the MiniVerse sets!!

My box got an upgrade and is almost full again which means I need to pick a week to take off and play with those!

Speaking of presents!

My mama also got me a MiniBrands Create (the Master Chef) for me to try.

I was vastly unimpressed with the MiniBrands Botanicals because they were just clip into place sets and not actual resin sets. I did want to try a food one though and see how it did compared to my enjoyment of the MiniVerse sets.

Here’s what I made!

We begin! The little hat is actually a UV light which is pretty cute tbh.

Everything unpacked and ready to go!

The whip cream was a really cool feature (it’s some kind of glue) and the only problem I had was that it was immediately covered up and you couldn’t see the design anymore so seemed useless.

I still have some left though and can use it for actual whip cream effect on something else!

Next set! Got another UV hat light which seems like a waste since it was a double pack and I shouldn’t need 4hrs of light to cure these.

It’s a MiniBrands thing though. The grocery/food ones have a bunch of bags, carts, etc… in the packs in lieu of the actual mini foods.

It’s not that they aren’t cute and usable, but in this case it seemed like a waste of space when they could have added something else. Like maybe I could have made the pastry myself!

The puff pastry is ready!

I forgot to take a pic after the first set with the white cream and strawberries. This is after the second set with the chocolate syrup and mint sprig.

Behold! The finished products!

These were FAR more enjoyable than the botanical sets. I’m disappointed that there wasn’t extra for me to play with like MiniVerse, but I fully intend to buy more to try and get the whole set!

I’ll try and do a comparison between the two brands when I have that week off. I just can’t guarantee I’ll take pics for every step!

Till next week peeps!

Okay look, several months ago when we were doing ‘blind date with a book’ at work we were still buying lunch bags to put them in (didn’t realize yet in house bags worked just as well!).

The problem, is that we kept forgetting what size we needed.

I ended up getting a size too small, but didn’t realize until I’d already popped the package open.

I know I probably could have returned them anyway, but I figured I’d have use for them.

And I did!

For Christmas last year I did goody bags (using the too small bags) for everyone at work, and it was fantastic and SO much fun!!

But I still have a ton of the bags left.

Thus, Easter bags!

I am entirely too gleeful with my plan for Easter this coming year y’all!

I have candy and stickers planned, those little spinning tops, these tiny glow in the dark resin rubber ducks along with some other (non glowing sadly) rubber ducks, I’m hoping to get those tiny parachute men too and maybe bubbles!!

I also bought Happy Easter cards that were on sale last year and totally intend to put bad egg jokes inside along with egg puns!

Not to brag or anything, but I think it’s an egg-celent idea…

🤣

If I remember I’ll take pics and let y’all see how it turned out!

The idea is to get random cheap toys that we’d get when we were little and absolutely loved them!

I’ll make a sign explaining things and also make sure to let them know that if they don’t want any of the things in their bag (only the candy will be different and that’s because of allergies) to leave it for me and I’ll donate it to the library for their kids programs or maybe one of the churches near me.

Nothing will go to waste!

Until next week, stay safe over New Year’s and have a blast with your friends and families!