Sharpie Mugs

Hello world!

It's been a while, but I'm back with more crafts! I haven't uploaded anything in a while because I haven't done anything interesting/new lately. I also have a few craft projects that are ongoing and incomplete. Sooo.... Yeah! Haha. Plus, with Christmas rolling around... I've been focusing my time on making gifts, but haven't been as diligent in documenting and uploading. Perhaps some of them will come out after Christmas. Haha.

This time I did DIY sharpie mugs!! I've been wanting to try my hand at these for a while. I've read so many different blogs on it, I really wanted to try them. Super easy, and super simple and fun. Most of the items needed are fairly easy to access, unless you are looking for specific types of things (like I was... I'll explain later). 

Before I embarked on this sharpie mug adventure, I wanted to make sure I had done my research right. I was a little bit worried because I was skeptical of whether or not the sharpie design would actually stick. Good thing I found this blogpost that told me all the tips I needed! I didn't follow all the instructions exactly, but this blogpost gave me a lot of very helpful hints.

First, gather all your supplies:

- Sharpie(s)

- Cups/mugs

- Oven

For sharpies, regular sharpies are supposed to work fine... but I wanted to be extra sure that mine would stay on, so I bought an oil-based sharpie. They are on the pricier side, so I decided to just buy one color: black. Haha. Maybe if I really like making these cups, I'll invest in more colors.

Since I bought a black sharpie pen, I wanted to find white, ceramic mugs. These were, strangely, the hardest things to find. The blog told me that cheap, ceramic mugs work best... but I went to 3-4 different places... and couldn't find ANY ceramic mugs. I was so tired of walking around... looking for these mugs that seemed to be ever-evasive. Everywhere I went it was porcelain, porcelain, porcelain. So... I finally went with porcelain and hoped for the best. I bought cups that had a square base, and a circle mouth. I forgot to take a picture of them... but they kinda looked like this:

Why are ceramic mugs so hard to find??

After finally purchasing the mugs, I rinsed them and dried them. Then, I let the cups sit for a while to "ensure maximum drie-ness." I'm not sure if that was needed... or even scientifically necessary, but whatever. Haha. During that time, I sat down and tried to figure out what I wanted to draw on my mugs. I thought about freehand drawing on the mugs, but realized that I was overestimating my creative capabilities. Plus, I didn't want to have to get rubbing alcohol to erase my mistakes and start over. Took me a while... but I finally got a design I wanted!

Creativity takes trial and error

Next, I had to carefully draw out my design on the cup. Be careful not to get any oil on the mug, or else if you try to draw over it, the oil will cause the ink to rub off when you wash it, even after the cup is baked. I was extra cautious, and I wore gloves while drawing on my cup. Haha. XD

One thing to consider is which side will be facing outward. If you mostly hold the cup with your right hand, you want to make sure that your drawing is on the right side (when the handle is pointed towards yourself). This ensures that your drawing faces the outside when you hold your cup. A small detail... but hey, if you want others to see your work... you have to consider every aspect. ;)

Right hand

Left hand

After I finished drawing, I set the cup aside to dry for a few hours. The blog said wait 24 hours just to be safe, but I ended up being too impatient, and I put the cups into the oven after 4-5 hours. I followed instructions and baked the cups at 425 degrees F. Remember to put them in and let the cups warm up with the oven, and leave them in the oven afterwards to let the cups cool down with the oven. I let them sit in the oven for about 30 min (start the time after the oven has finished warming up), and then let them sit overnight in the oven to cool down.

The next morning I ran the cups under hot water, and even tried scrubbing them a little. But they looked fine! I'm sure the design will stay for... at least a few washes. Haha. XD I've used one of the cups for a few days now, and still going strong! If it ever starts rubbing off.... I'll be sure to update this post. Haha.

And, there you have it! DIY sharpie mugs. One more craft checked off my bucket list! 

Thanks for reading!

:)

UPDATE:

This is a very, very overdue update on how the sharpie mugs held up... But I'm going to claim "better late than never" for this bit. Surprisingly, I still see people re-pinning this on Pinterest, which leaves me flattered and honored.

But anyways, I'm sure most of you are more curious about the mugs themselves as opposed to my inner thoughts.

The sharpie mugs lasted about 2 years of hot water washing before I started to notice that the drawings were starting to wash off. I would recommend avoid using soap on the actual design (inside is fine), and just rinsing the outside with water. As for those that chuck it into the dish washing machine, I would probably avoid doing so as much as you can.

One of these days I'll experiment again and see how that goes!

DIY Bowl

Hello World!

A few weeks ago, I attended a friend's wedding, and for their wedding, I was commissioned to make another item! This time they asked me to make a ring bearer bowl for the wedding... and I decided to take up the challenge. I hope my friend is okay with me showcasing this item... Haha. XD Anyways, dunno how well it turned out, but you guys can be the judge of that!

Originally the tutorial came from here. My friend sent me the link to the website. The concept is quite simple, and the outcome quite stunning. 

Looking back, I think it would have been wise to do the following:

- Buy a rolling pin for clay

- Buy and use a doily

- Buy a separate bowl to use as a mold for the clay

- Start making the bowl earlier... 

Looking back, I was glad I did the following:

- Create my own design

- Use gloves because... let's face it... white clay + dirty hands = no good

Let's get started, shall we?

First, I started with a generous amount of white clay, which I softened by repeatedly kneading. The only time I've ever used so much clay for something was for my friend's wedding cake topper, and other times I've worked with actual clay -- not polymer clay. So... I had this incredible urge to slam the clay down on the table repeatedly (when working with ceramic clay, you do so in order to get out air bubbles). Unfortunately, I didn't have a sturdy enough working space... Nor did I find it appropriate to slam clay on a table at 10:30 PM. 

I'm not even sure if slamming polymer clay actually helps to get out bubbles out, but in any case, I was left with clay that had bubbles in it, which was kinda annoying to work with. 

Once the clay was soft enough I rolled it out (annnd, since I didn't have a rolling pin... I used a glass jar that I happened to have lying around. Resourceful, no?) to the desired thickness.



After flattening out the clay, I used a circular template to trace out a circle.

This is actually the first bowl that I made...
and some of these pictures are my 2nd attempt at making a bowl... Haha.

Then I took the clay and placed it into my mold in order to hold its shape while I worked on the design. My mold actually is the cap of one of my food bowls.... which I now kinda regret because... it feels "unclean." Haha. I'm pretty sure as long as I wash it a few times with hot water and soap it won't be a huge deal... but I still recommend purchasing a separate bowl to use specifically for crafting.



Oh right, I almost forgot. Before I placed the clay into my mold, I used the end of one of my tools to make two holes in the circle. This is where the rings could be secured to.



Next comes the creative part! When I first made the bowl, I didn't have a doily... and I was far too lazy and cheap to purchase a doily... so I thought it might be easier to "create" my own design...

I actually spent a lot of time carving these images out... Haha. But at least I entertained myself by watching dramas while I worked. XD

I started by tracing out a rough outline of the feather/leaf image. And then I decided I didn't like it being such a flat image, so I started carving out the body of the feather. The hardest part was making sure that I carved out an even amount of space. I left the center of the feather untouched so that it would give off a 3D feeling.

The initials were another issue. I originally wanted the entire bowl to be pure white, but I decided, last minute, that I would add some color to the bowl by coloring in the initials. The initials were originally carved out, and I carefully inserted the appropriate color into the hollowed out space.

After everything was completed, it was only a matter of baking it and sanding it down. I'll admit, I didn't do a very thorough job of sanding it down.... :/

Also, I wasn't super careful of making sure that the bowl was completely flat against the mold when baking... which lead to a bubble forming at the underside of the bowl, making it tilt to the side. When I first saw that imperfection, I wanted to re-do the entire bowl... but my friend told me (graciously) that the imperfections would make the bowl unique. And, at that point, I was so tired that I quickly accepted that excuse without hesitation.

I would have liked to spend more time on this piece. Although I like the general result of this bowl, I think I would have been able to do a better job, had I given myself more time to make practice bowls. But... knowing me, I procrastinated and waited until the last minute to start working on it. :/ Even though I graduated college, procrastination still haunts me. Haha.

Anyways, what do you guys think?

Thanks for reading!

:)

Buuuurrrrrdoooockkk!

Hello, World!

Today I'm going to try something a little bit different. This post isn't about crafting, nor is it a personal rant about my life. Instead... its about food!!

The reason why I decided to post this was because I had far too many people asking me... What the heck is that?? And... how does one cook something like this?

What I'm talking about is... Burdock! (Or, in Chinese 牛蒡 - Niu Bang. Or, in Japanese ごぼう- Gobo). If you want to know more about this root, check out Wikipedia! Can't go wrong there, right? ;P

In any case, I was first introduced to this food from my mom, and it's super easy to make (well... let's face it... everything I cook is super easy to make). I'll put out a disclaimer though... I cook like the stereotypical Asian person: I don't do measurements. My method of cooking is eyeballing ingredients, which I know drives some people crazy. But I'll do my best to try to guestimate what I use in one serving size.

Ingredients:

 - Burdock root (1-2 roots)

 - Chopped garlic (3-4 cloves)

 - Shredded meat (I usually use 1.5-2 lbs of beef)

 - Soy sauce (about 1/2 a cup, or to taste)

 - Brown sugar (1 tbsp packed, or to taste)

Directions:

1: Wash the roots! Typically, when I purchase the roots, they come in packs of 2-3, which makes for a LOT of burdock. But because I hate having to cook a little bit at a time, I tend to throw all of it in the pot... making for lots of leftovers.

2: Chop off the ends of both sides (it tapers out towards the end, which tend to be dry, so I usually cut them off), then section off the roots into more "cutting-board" friendly sizes.

3: Using the backside of your knife, or a spoon, scrape off the skin of the root. You're welcome to use a vegetable peeler as well, but the skin of burdock is actually very thin, and I've found that I usually end up taking off too much when I use the peeler. By using a spoon or the backside of a knife, I only take off a thin layer of skin, which allows me to save more of the root.

4: Slice the roots into thin slices, diagonally (kinda like julienne). The reason that I slice it diagonally, rather than straight through the middle is because I want very thin slices. And, since there is a lot of root to go through, I try to slice it thinly, diagonally, with as much surface area as I possibly can. As a plus, I think the vegetables look prettier this way. \ (^o^) /

5: After slicing the roots diagonally, slice everything until you end up with thin slices, as pictured below. Don't worry if some slices are bigger than others, everything will get cooked in the end. So no worries!



(Tip: If you have a vegetable slicer, now is the time to break it out!! My arm always gets really sore chopping up all these roots. But if you can have a machine do all the work for you... why not?!)

Now, you're ready to cook!

6: Heat up a pan on medium heat, and add cooking oil.

7: Saute garlic until slightly brown, then add your meat (in this case, beef). I haven't tried adding other types, but that's probably because I like beef so much, I don't want to be disappointed if another meat doesn't work as well. Haha. But, pork sounds like it would work well with this dish too.



8: After everything is cooked through, add the roots and saute for another 8 min or so (cover with lid if necessary).



9: Add in soy sauce and brown sugar.



9: Cook for another 5-10 min, until you see all the roots start to take on the darker color of the soy sauce.



10: Done! Serve and enjoy! :)



I realized... I forgot to take a picture of the actual dish when I plated it. Oh well! Sorry! :p

Burdock doesn't soften like other roots, like potatoes or carrots. Instead, it retains a kind of crunchy texture, which I really like. Burdock also has a slightly sweeter taste, so you might find that you don't have to add that much sugar to the dish. Remember, the measurements that I have listed out are only for reference -- tweak them to your own tastes! :) You can also choose to thrown in some green onion for extra color or flair.

Hope you guys enjoy!

Thanks for reading

:)

A Little Piece of Home

Hellloo world!

Happy Labor Day weekend! 

This weekend, I decided to take an impromptu trip back up to my hometown (mainly cuz a friend offered a ride.... And why should I turn down a free ride home?? Haha). I've only been home for half a day and already I have the urge to just stay here and not go back to work (don't worry, San Diego folk, I'm not making any rash decisions... Yet).

I was looking around my mom's home office, when I spotted one of my clay creations I made a while back. It happened during one of crafting sessions with a group of church friends a while back. I made the clay sculpture in San Diego, then brought it to NorCal to show my mom. She liked it so much that I just gave it to her, but didn't take any pictures of it. Haha. But now that I'm back for the weekend, I decided to that I wanted to document it. Perhaps add it to my non-existent portfolio. 

The most difficult part of this creation was to keep it centered and keep the glass itself free of fingerprints. The first thing I did was create the foundation of the sculpture by molding a piece of clay to the bottom curvature of the glass.

Then I made and assembled all the pieces (house, bears, stones, grass, etc.) on the foundation, outside of the glass and baked everything before putting it inside the glass jar.

I glued the clay inside the glass in order to prevent it from sliding around.






Although I had a lot of experience making clay bears... these were particularly difficult to make due to its small size.

They were probably a tenth of the size of the clay keychains I make. In other words... really tiny. Haha. XD But they were fun to make, nonetheless. It was also fun thinking of a scene to put them in. Rather than just having one character, it was an entire scene for me to make: a happy bear family in their new home.



I think I mentioned a couple posts before (DIY air freshener) about the glass etching I did with my friends. This is one of the jars that resulted from that crafting session. The design for this was very simple-- just a few clouds along the outside of the jar. I thought up the design for the inside after I had finished making the jar.



When I purchased these glass jars (in the wedding party favors section) they came with little cork caps and twine and pretty cutout labels to go with each jar. I think adding those elements to this project really completed the look, making it truly seem like a "piece of home" in a jar.

Mmmm... not much else I can think of to add to this post. Haha. XD It's also getting rather late, so I should probably head to bed. :P

Thanks for reading!

:)

Rock Bracelet

I really couldn't come up with any clever titles this time... So it's just straight to the point today. Haha.

Yaaaayyy for meee.... a new post! (Pat myself on my back)

This craftiness happened the same night I made the earrings from my previous post. Since I finished the earrings within 5-10 minutes, I still had plenty of time to make other pretty items.

Here's what I had to work with:

Eye pins, chains, and rock beads!

I got these rock beads, also on a whim. Not really sure how I feel about them... even now. Haha. I was initially attracted to the beads because they looked like rocks and that somehow seemed cool. In any case, I had these rock beads to work with, and I decided to make bracelets. Mainly because my friend made her own bracelets, and so I wanted to make bracelets too. But, the question was, how would I make it?

First, I took the beads and added rings to the side of them so that they would be able to connect to the rest of the bracelet.

Since the eye pins were too long, I cut them short and then proceeded to make rings at the other end.

After making rings on all of the rock beads, I hooked them up to the chains that I had, and laid them out.

Aaaaannnnndddd... here's where I messed up.

I had the idea to make the rock beads hang at different lengths on the bracelet, but then when I cut the chains apart, I forgot that I had planned that. Haha. And I thought I was so smart for finding the very middle of all the chains by hanging the down on the table. Imagine my surprise when I realized that I had to re-string and re-cut the chains all over again because now they were too short. Haha.

In any case, I ended up cutting longer sections of the chain for the rocks so that their lengths would be uneven on the bracelet.

The final step would be to join the three chains of rocks onto one bracelet.

I took a lobster claw and strung all the chains on one side and strung all the chains on another side on a closed ring.

And.... ta-da! Final product:

I guess it turned out okay. :P

I ended up making two more bracelets with the rest of my rock beads. One I made exactly the same, and the other I made the three rocks line up in one row so that it looked kinda like a ladder strung across my wrist (if that makes any sense).

All in all making bracelets was pretty fun. But I think I'm still more of a polymer clay sort of girl. Still, I'd probably still be down to try my hand at other sorts of bracelets when I get the time. Lately, it just feels like I just spend a lot of time at work, and so when I have free time, I just want to relax and play. Haha.

I already have a few posts in mind, so stay tuned! :)

As always, thanks for reading!

:)

Breaking the Hiatus

BOOM.

I'm back.

Haha. I've been gone a while because... well, life kinda got in the way.

I got a job (Praise the Lord!), and it's basically taken up most of my time... and my life. Before getting a permanent job, I've always been told to "make the most of my time," something I truly should have taken to heart. I never realized how tired I would be coming back from work every day. :(

But, that is another post for another day.

In any case, since work has taken up most of my time... I find it hard to find time to sit down and make things, much less find time to document it and post it up.

BUT.

THEN.

I finally downloaded the blogger app onto my phone. And now... blogging should be a little bit easier. I've always been super lazy about uploading pictures from my camera to my computer. However, with the wonders of technology these days, I can now upload my photos from my phone, directly to my blogpost! Granted, if I took nice pictures on my DSLR, I'd still have to face the dreaded tangle of chords and wires, but at least if I make simple craft projects, I can document and post at a much greater ease!

In any case... let's move on to something a little bit more interesting.

A few weekends ago, I went to Michael's with some friends to pick up some items for a craft project we wanted to work on. While browsing, I happened to pick up two gem-drop pendants, thinking that I could use them, somehow, somewhere, during my crafting career. Each one cost $5.99 (+tax), and I had a coupon that gave me 25% off my entire purchase (I felt like quite the winner that day).

That night, I as I was browsing some online shops... I noticed that Anthro sold earrings that looked EXACTLY. LIKE. THE. STONES. I. BOUGHT. 

Check it out: 

And, it looked super simple.

The next night, my friends and I had a crafting night (a night I desperately craved...) and so I laid out my supplies for the night.

2x gem-drop earrings; 2x fish-hook earrings

Please ignore the small rings and chain. I thought I'd do something fancy and add some silver chains, but it ended up looking too bulky so I thought... why try to complicate my life anyways?

This project took all of 2 minutes to complete. I think it took me longer to take pictures/document/gettherightlighting than to actually make the two earrings. Haha.

Step 1: Take fish-hook earring and open it up.

Step 2: Place gem-drop into earring.

Step 3: Close the earring.

Can it get any easier than that?? Self-pat on the back!

Annnnnd, here is the finished product!

I'll admit, the earrings are a little heavier than I would have liked, but if you're only going to wear them for a few hours... its really not that big of a deal.

But, come on... 30 bucks (including tax) from the store... verses 15 bucks and 1 minute? Plus, you can totally brag about how crafty you are to your friends (not that I'm encouraging bragging... Uhh... let's just kindly inform your friends).

I spent the rest of the night making other crafts (which will come soon... I promise!!). But these were literally the easiest earrings I've ever made. I still haven't decided what to do with these earrings. Half of me wants to keep them.... but the other half of me kinda just wants to give it away or sell it. Haha. I'll guess I'll figure it out in a few weeks.

Well... that's all I have for today. 

I'll do my best to update more often... but like I stated from the beginning... I've never been consistent nor diligent at keeping up with blogs. I do have a few blog entries I have in mind (both crafty and non-crafty), so please be patient with me!

Thanks for reading!

:)

A Fresh Scent

So... a while back I did a D.I.Y. air freshener with water beads as a gift for my friend. It was a long belated Christmas/birthday present. Haha. My apologies. :P

I've been meaning to post up this project for a while... But, as per usual, life got in the way and I got extremely lazy. Mainly because I didn't feel like uploading all the photos from my camera into my computer. Hah. Haha. 

Anyways, here I will attempt to go through the entire process of how I made this air freshener. Mind you, this was a "huge" undertaking for me, because its very rare that I document an entire process. The primary reason for why don't document things is because I don't follow directions/patterns very well. In addition, I change my mind a little too often for me to care to document everything. Plus, sometimes I just get caught up in making stuff that I forget to put down my work and stop to take pictures from multiple angles. Haha. I'm always really impressed by bloggers that are able to keep up documenting every phase they go through. Props.

I originally had the idea to simply spray your favorite scent into the water beads... but after doing a little bit of research, it looked like most D.I.Y. air fresheners used scented oil rather than just a liquid based scent. This is probably going to be a very long post... because I tried to take pictures of each step that I took. Hopefully I won't run out of things to say after a while. Haha. XD 

Let's get started! :)

The items I started off with was this glass container and the cap. When I bought it, it had a cork cap on it, but I decided later on in the process that I didn't like having the cork. You shall all see later what I mean. Haha. XD

The bird and floral design is a result of a crafting session with a few of the girls from my church. A little before Christmas some of my friends and I got together to to do some glass etching. The process for glass etching was rather simple: cut out the design you want imprinted, put etching cream on the cutout, let sit, and then wash it off! And, thanks to a very, VERY useful computerized cutter, we were able to get beautiful and perfect cutouts (had it been up to me, I would have spent a rather long time cutting out my own design, full of imperfections and frustrated failures. Haha). Of course, to get a design that you really want PLUS getting it all clean and pretty is a whole different story. Hahaha. XD

Right then, moving on. 

Now, in order for the scent to be able to come out of the bottle, you would naturally have to create an area where air can pass through the top of the container. I didn't want to leave it open because the water beads would fall out if the container ever tipped over.

At first, I thought it might be cool to just puncture holes in the cork cap, but the more I tried to pierce holes in the cap, the messier it got. I realized that, because the cork was really thick, the holes would have to be unattractively large. Haha. So, I thought of something else. (On a side note... I have no idea where that cork cap went. :( )

My brilliant idea was to cover the top with something similar to cloth caps that are used to cover jars and stuff. I happened to have some extra mesh lying around, so I decided to try to make a cap out of that mesh. If you're wondering about the mesh, it was actually extra mesh that I took from home. My mom and I put a new screen on our backyard sliding door, and we cut off the excess mesh and I took it because I thought it might eventually be useful for something.

And voila! Useful! :D

The mesh needs to be at least an inch wider than the diameter of the top. The reason being that the mesh needs to not only cover the top, but also come over the edge of the top to wrap around the top, and still have extra mesh to spare. After cutting out the square of mesh, I took thick thread and doubled it, then threaded it through the mesh. 

It took me many tries to thread the top correctly, actually. Every time I threaded the cap, it was too short and small, and when I tightened the threads, it would be too small and fall off of the top of the container.

It also took me a while to figure out how to tie the threads together. Both ends I used a simple double knot. I ended up using the adjustable sliding knot for the area where the threads crossed in order to allow for the cap to be tightened and loosened at will. I wanted to be able to take the cap off because then it would be able to refill the container with water beads and mix in difference scents, if necessary.

When I finally figured out how to put the cap on, the hardest part was finally over.

Now, it was time for the fun part! :)

If you're never played with water beads, its a lot of fun, especially if you're not working on a craft. ;) I actually first purchased these water beads a few years back in order to plant things in it. The tricky thing is, you need to regularly change out the water, or else mold starts to grow on the water beads. :( I learned that the hard way. Haha. But I had so many water beads, that it didn't really matter if I had to throw some away during my trial and error phase. Haha. 

Fun stuff.

Apparently you can make your own water beads as well. But, I don't really know how true that is. So, if anyone ever tries it... let me know how it turns out! :P

Here's what the water beads look like when they are dehydrated. You can purchase water beads fully hydrated, as well as dehydrated ones. I happen to have blue and green beads cuz... those two happen to be my favorite colors (not particularly in that shade, but I tend to favor blues and greens more than other colors).

And all you gotta do is put them in water, and wait for them to grow! I'm always fascinated by the beads cuz, when they are expanding... they actually don't expand like the way a water balloon would (swell up). Instead, if you look closely at one bead, it actually looks like a bunch of other tiny little bubbles grouped together and swelling up at the same time. Weird but strangely fascinating at the same time.

Here is it still in the growing phase. I had to add more water at this point because it was running low on liquids to suck up and expand on.

I probably waited roughly an hour for these beads to grow to full size. I probably didn't need to wait that long, but after the beads expand to their full size... it's not like it explodes or anything if there's too much water. So I just let it sit in order to ensure that they had reached their maximum capacity.

I completely overestimated how many beads I would need, so I ended up having quite a bit of extra water beads. Those I ended up playing around with for a while (longer than I care to admit. Haha) and I finally just left them on my counter to dry out and return to its original dehydrated state. It took quite a few days, actually. I even spread them out in order to allow for more surface area in attempts to dry them out quicker. I supposes it would shrink quicker if I placed a paper towel under it or something.

Then, all you gotta do is buy an essential oil scent, and add in a few drops! Mix it around until you think that its well infused into the beads, and then you're pretty much done! I went with my friend to Bath & Body Works and she picked out the scent she wanted. In this case, I used approximately 5-7 drops of Caribbean Escape.

And finally, simply put the cap on, and tighten the strings! Yay! Air freshener complete!!

It was kinda funny working with the essential oil. I was trying to test out how strong the smell of the air freshener was, and to see if it would be able to actually "freshen" the room. However, I think by the end of the project, I was so used to the smell, I couldn't tell what I was actually smelling. I also put my nose up to the opening of the bottle way too many times, which probably dulled my senses even more. Haha. XD

All in all, this was a pretty fun project to do. I found out that the glass etching that I added on the outside of the jar became pretty much invisible after I added the water beads into the jar, which was slightly disappointing. I think, if it had been a solid wall of color, rather than individual beads that were placed in there, it would have been more visible. Perhaps I can try making one of those gel candles or something else next time. :)

Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this post! More to come! I promise!

It just might... take a while. :P

Thanks for reading!

:)