#i opened a store!

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

woke up and someone spilled vanilla extract all over my dash, so as punishment you strange little beasties are getting all the VANILLA FACTS i know:

vanilla is the 2nd most expensive spice in the world (2nd to saffron)

which is why more than 99% of what we call "vanilla extract" is actually vanillin (vanilla's dominant flavor compound) and is not extracted from real vanilla.

luckily, even professionals struggle to tell the difference when it comes to things like baked goods. but there is a distinct difference in non-heat treated products like vanilla ice cream. real vanilla has a more complex, individualized flavor profile.

why is vanilla so expensive? because it is a ridiculously delicate & demanding crop. complete primadonna.

vanilla beans come from vanilla orchids. these crazy flowers bloom for A SINGLE DAY and have to be HAND-POLLINATED in a process that is exhausting, delicate, and requires specialist knowledge passed down over generations.

then, if you're lucky, you get vanilla beans.

which then require months of further specialized treatment.

the entire process takes about a year and can go wrong at any stage

vanilla has been cultivated for over 800 years (possibly much longer). the first known cultivators are the Totonac, an indigenous people of Mexico.

the Aztecs used it as a sweetener to balance out the bitter taste of cocoa. it was popular in a drink called xocolatl--the precursor to modern hot chocolate!

it is only pollinated by a very specific orchid bee!!!

which is why no fruit could be grown outside of Mexico until the 1800s

Edmond Albius, born into slavery, invented the pollination method we still use today--launching a global industry when he was just 12 years old.

today, the majority of the world's vanilla is grown in Madagascar

if you want real vanilla, read the labels carefully--it's harder to find than you think!

in conclusion, those tiny black specks you see in fancy vanilla ice cream? those are vanilla bean seeds! itty bitty orchid seeds!!! they are delicious and also a PRISSY BITCH!

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#Vanilla Extract #i open the tumblr app and immediately my nostrils are invaded by the overwhelming stench of vanilla #also if you want real vanilla extract at a discount: check out stores like HomeGoods TJMaxx Marshalls etc #the foodstuffs section tends to have fancy nonperishables for much cheaper than upscale grocery stores #you can get things like saffron truffles fancy oils at surprising prices #still expensive but like. 50% cheaper #or just shoplift if that's your thing i won't tell you how to live your life #did i just spend an hour writing this? yes. why did i do that? i don't KNOW

[lottee-e]

I want to hold Flowers 🌸🌸

#I want to make Some prints of these #going to open my store this Month please look forward to it #art #illustration #sketchbook #artists on tumblr #myart

[egophiliac]

hold on where are you seeing the boys in the basic t shirts i wanna seeeeee

they've been posting them on the twst_jp twitter account, and the merch for them is up on the Aniplex+ store! they're literally just drawings of anime characters wearing black t-shirts, but the art is really cute and, I dunno, there's just something about the Twst boys posing in their little matching t-shirts that is hilarious to me. it's adorable.

and of course, there's something about Mal especially that is just like

#art #twisted wonderland #the group shots look like they're taking their family holiday card photos #i am once again imploring twst to please open an international store #i would buy SO many keychains and acrylic stands if i didn't have to pay 80 bucks in shipping #i mean it's probably better for me that i can't. but i want to. #i am a magpie who loves trinkets and doodads

[bixels]

Every day I feel the vicious urge to start working on a fake opening title sequence to The Grand Galloping 20s' first story, The Witch From Ponyville, as a proof of concept. I've been watching old Disney movie openings.

#personal #delete later #unfortunately this would require an inordinate amount of work #especially for the storybook opening. maybe i could repurpose a book from a thrift store but eh #i'm also a crappy painter eh #i just like it when these projects feel real yknow #it'd be a shame if this project was stuck as character designs and comics forever

[mafuyuakgae]

#persona 5 royal #p5r #goro akechi #ren amamiya #akira kurusu #shuake #my art #i did this last yr but can finally post. leftover sales are open for akeshu zine if u would like to spend ur yaoi bucks #this drawing inspd by bakeries and shawarma stores in subway stations

[nose-coffee]

honestly, i just gotta imagine anybody from the Houses not involved with the Cohort hearing abt tlt events would be wild. like

random fifth house citizen: all....all of the house heirs died?

their random fifth house citizen friend: [nodding] except for Ianthe Tridentarius of the Third and a Ninth nun. they’re the Emperor’s new Lyctors.

random fifth house citizen: [imagining the Lyctor trials as Battle Royale style death matches]....but everyone else died??

-

random fifth house citizen’s friend: hey did you hear? the sixth house installation got cooked in that recent sunflare!

random fifth house citizen: 

random fifth house citizen’s friend: also the Emperor has a daughter

random fifth house citizen: oh shit really? congrats to him. chaotic time to be raising a kid tho, imo

random fifth house citizen’s friend: she’s like, nineteen

random fifth house citizen:

-

random fifth house citizen’s friend: [poking their head into the room] hey, just letting you know, the tomb’s open

random fifth house citizen: the what’s what

random fifth house citizen’s friend: the tomb is open. the locked one. on the ninth house. it’s open.

random fifth house citizen:

#fuck off lou #my post #tlt #the locked tomb #'tombs open' w the same energy as 'moons haunted' #tlt meta #tlt shitposting #honestly i just think abt third house citizens celebrating 'princess coronabeth our darling gone too soon day' a lot #like. you poor fuckers have no clue oh god #i think abt the nine houses nameless citizens a lot. who knows what fate has in store for them

[rose-of-the-valley]

Screencapped the HoL 1st floor map from my PC so it's actually readable!

#4/22/23 update: love how this is still getting notes even now that the game is out lol #pls spread this if no one else has shared a readable version yet lol #ik a lotta ppl have been trying to figure out the layout of the house #(this is from the nightbringer app store listing if anyone's wondering!) #kinda hate that the staircase/entrance hall only opens to one hallway though it looks like? #i do not wanna walk around the house to get to the living room #if anyone figures out if there's a 1st floor bathroom lmk bc i dont wanna walk upstairs to pee in the middle of the night #om #obey me #om!swd #rose speaks

[jyrg0n]

I got hungry

I was rendering a piece that has him involved, and because of the lighting and the way I rendered Wally— I was like "Damn his hair looks like blueberry swiss roll"

It's the middle of the night rn and I want some cake

#im so hungry rn but the stores open at 5 so I have to wait #silly guy and his silly hair #welcome home #welcome home arg #wally darling #welcome home art #welcome home wally #welcome home fanart #4lpas #jyrg0n

[shouts-into-the-void]

I really don't think we appreciate how feral Renee is. Like, she puts on the front of a good Christian girl, and she is trying so hard, but the second anything goes slightly wrong she defaults to crime immediately.

#some examples include: #beating the shit out of kids from Dan's highschool with her bible #stomping on the back of another players knee to break up a fight on court #planning to full on break into the Nest and only not doing that because there were no hardware stores open that early #i really need to finish reading Son Nefes because Renee's perspective is always a joy #renee walker #aftg #all for the game #tsc #the sunshine court #son nefes #lazarus

[may12324]

My Store is now open!

It will be open from the 27th of February to the 7th of March! Or until I get 100 physical orders (Which usually happens after about 3 or 4 days).

I have large scroll prints of my Baldur's Gate artworks, as well as bookmark versions and digital files available of them too!

Some items are only while stocks last, so get in while they’re there! Otherwise I will also have most of these are cons this year.

You can find a link here

#shop opening #store update #baldur's gate 3 #i know it is risking writing outright store and link #in a post #but also #im living dangerously #B)

[motianz]

Do you guys ever think like, in the future He Tian is probably the one who knows more about high end clothing stores (bc let's be honest he wouldn't take Mo to normal stores) and he probably constantly gives Mo gifts from them so like

At some point Mo just looks at his clothes and is like, "Hey Ht don't you think clothes nowadays are really skimpy?"

And Ht just

"Idk honey, anyway here's another totally normal pair of pants that give me full access to your upper thights"

(Plus as many belts and straps as a person can possibly wear)

#thought about it after seeing that first official art again #mo guan shan was NOT the one to find that store #i love thinking that Mo grows into his style and choses more daring and confident clothes #but I also think its really funny to think of he tian just giving him several pairs of fully open pants #tianshan #he tian #mo guan shan #19 days

[missing-sock-misto]

Starry Night Cuddles

#cats #cats the musical #cats the musical fanart #tuggoffelees #missing sock misto art #cats fanart #mr mistoffelees #rum tum tugger #misto fanart #tugger fanart #tuggoffelees fanart #cats musical fanart #artactualcats #starry night #I will never get tired drawing sleepy cuddles LMAO #(good god the fur rendering on this one was a Struggle XD) #like #[sigh] I wish I lived in a world where I didn’t have to protect my art from AI thieves- it messes with my brushstrokes and colors #art #digital art #also I’m thinking about opening a store for selling prints? maybe? if there’s any interest I’ll start actively considering it

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

epic fail <3

#howdy: im about to be soooooo smooth <3 #howdy five minutes later: *putting up a 'Store Closing: Everything Must Go' sign* #all he wanted was to give barns an opening for pickup lines... smh... #while i love the idea of howdy being rizzed as fuck #cause realistically he probs would be #i also like the idea that hes so Cringefail when it comes to romance #he's constantly tripping over himself #luckily for him barnaby loves him anyway! #either that or he Is rizzed. but barnaby is really good at misinterpreting everything he says #both are Amusing! #scribble salad #welcome home #laughingstock #barnaby x howdy #howdy x barnaby #theyre both Such Disasters in my mind #like they both try soooo hard to Convey Their Feelings and they both consistently miss by a hair #and yet half the time they're both still like 'haha nailed it' #babes you did Not. you didn't <3 #I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM THEY WONT LEAVE MY BRAIN I LOVE THEM-

[kiitoskiitos]

main characters of a comic I'm hoping to dedicate a lot of my time to this year

#currently still untitled. i've been wanting to make a comic for so many years but been kinda too fucked in the head to #actually bind myself to a long project. we'll see how this one goes. not putting any pressure on myself. #it's a old-ish concept which sparked first from that old skephalo au i had. but is nowadays more about actually learning to live #i may hav posted angel here before.. but yeah more to come some day. next up is opening my etsy store again :'''D #but yeeahhhh happy new year everyone! <3 #angel demon dichotomy as always babeyhhh

[elfkissing]

[ID in alt text]

He talks like a gentleman, like you imagined when you were young

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 #wyllstarion #astarion #bloodblade #wyll ravengard #astarion ancunin #my art #my god this piece fought me until the bitter end #I could open a candy store with the amount of fudging I did on the lighting #whatever it’s worth it I’m incapable of being normal about them literally ever #go through my bg3 tag you will see. it’s half me trying to spread wyllstarion propoganda #oh also the gratuitous song lyrics in the desc are from when you were young by the killers. wyllstarion song forever to me

[gotticalavera]

On Firelord Zuko's birthday, someone gave him some silver wristbands. When giving jewelry to the noble family (and more so to the Firelord) only gold can be used, due to the estus and symbolism it represents... Giving jewelry made of any material other than gold is considered rude and an insult.

To the surprise of many, it was the gift that Zuko treasured most and he uses it quite regularly. No one knew who the gift was from or why the Fire Lord used them so much.

Nobody understands it, until at a party, Avatar Aang is seen and on his necklace there are two gold beads as shiny as Firelord Zuko's eyes.

#I imagine this was all a domino effect... #Aang asking Zuko if he liked the color gold... #Zuko sending a hint that he likes silver better because it is similar to Aang's eye color... #Some time later Aang sees some silver wristbands in a store... #He remembers his conversation with Zuko and that it will soon be his birthday... #Zuko opens his gift and thinks 'well. It is rude not to accept a gift'... #He also thinks about how he will have to 'return Aang's gift'... he gets some golden beads for Aang's necklace... #avatar the last airbender #avatar aang #fire lord zuko #zuko x aang #aang x zuko #zukaang #aang love #aanglove