#make stuff

[haylanmakesstuff]

Back to our regularly scheduled programming

Thanks to all of you for following along on my journey this summer and to those of you who helped me raise so much money for the Ehler’s-Danlo’s Syndrome. Now that I’m back home and we’ve hurled straight into spooky season, I will bring us all back to our regularly scheduled programing: Stuff I make. 

So to start off the most wonderful time of the year, I want to share with you a very affordable and easy to make pumpkin arch! Above is our sweet Ms. Nova modeling the finished product for us. Here is it all lit up at night: 

First, we clearly went to the store and got the essentials: 

Side note: we got home and played our first round of Jumanji, and just as we rolled the dice, some raccoons or something in the attic went off very loudly. Coincidence? The game clearly works. 

Another day, after we escaped the perils of the game successfully, I began by removing the handles and drilling a quarter sized hole in each pumpkin (for the lights and pole to go through) and a smaller .5 cm hole for each. The little hole is located in a spot so that when it rains, the pumpkin will not fill with rain. 

Next, I simply strung the pumpkins and lights through a PVC pipe measured to fit the gateway where we wanted the arch -- a very strange size. 

Since the gateway you see is particularly wide, we did struggle with figuring out how to attach it; we could have used weighted pots, but we chose to secure it with metal fasteners to the hinges of the gate. We also found out after a few days that the 100-degree direct sunshine was a tad too much, and it began melting during the day; not the pumpkins, but the pole was drooping. We fixed this by using a black metal bar to hold up the center. I was bummed about this at first, but I decorated it with a giant spider web and spider and it worked out ok. 

As you can see, this arch was SO cheap and simple to make (99 cent buckets, $2 PVC pipe, lights we already had) and so cute! Not everything has to be grand, expensive, or hard to make. Stay tuned for more of my Spooky Season creations! 

Haylan

#halloween #halloween decorations #halloween yard #pumpkin arch #jack o lantern #jack-o-lantern #trick or treat #trick-r-treat #pumpkin #pumpkin buckets #make stuff #create #cheap decorations #easy diy #diy halloween

[smoking-witch]

I follow accts that 1) post original content, or 2) interact w my original content. // I quietly love on accts that reblog content like mine, bc they'll prolly reblog me at some point. // I block accts that post AI art/plagiarize in general, bc eschew bootlickers

#original content #make stuff #artists on tumblr #content creator #content creation #create content #disabled artist #queer artist #art therapy #be creative #writers on tumblr #support content creators #support swers #support artists #support local #support creators #support creatives #crafters of tumblr #support queer artists #support queer business #support queer creators #support black artists #support black content creators #support black creatives #support bipoc #support disabled artists

[evesaintyves]

so a long time ago i took this community college art class just to kill some time. we had to do a final project, any medium, any subject, just produce a work and present it in front of the class. i was working with rich people in newport beach at the time so i sculpted this clay medusa mask based on some of my clients - like think medusa with a lot of facial fillers. this isn't important - the important bit is that when i presented it in class the professor looked it over, gave me some feedback, and then looked me in the eye and said, "you should make about maybe 200 of these." meaning, if i wanted to learn how to do this and refine it into something good, i was going to need to just do a lot of making the same thing over and over.

i think about that advice a lot lately when i'm writing or thinking about writing. i get really uptight all the time about retreading things that i or other people have done before, writing the same stories about the same characters over and over, writing things that don't really break much new ground - like it is a real anxiety i have and it has shut down my creative process before, and made me really worried that my work, and my desire to work, is more of an unhealthy compulsion than something i should put effort into and be proud of. i think i'm probably not the only writer who feels that way. but it really is helpful, for me at least, to think of it like needing to make 200 of the same sculpture before you really know what you're doing: that it's not just okay but necessary to repeat yourself. it's part of learning how to do what you do.

so i'm just passing that on in case it helps anybody else.

#fanfiction #writeblr #art #make stuff #writers on tumblr

[planetoidsfun]

"A little quiet, guys?" If my demons would shut up, I could make shit up.

#drawing #demons #shut up #make stuff

[oldtreeinanalley]

i just realised i have ocs in a band WHAT am i still doing i bed

#I MUSR #MAKE STUFF #FOR THEM #OH SOANY DOODLES AND ALBUM COVERS AND LURICS TO WRITE

[larsmerch]

Making business cards by hand because our current printer won't work with thick cardstock, and we have a lot of cardstock.

Plus they're cheaper and super thick af.

We may have gotten a little excited over our tiny corner punch too. 💕

#homemade business cards #homemade #handmade #handmade business cards #business cards #small artist #etsy shop #small business #etsystore #original art #original content #diy business cards #diy #at home #crafter #make shit #make stuff #create things #create #make shit happen #just do it #etsy artist #artist on tumblr #etsy store #etsy seller #etsy art

[banezarian]

Learning how to code shit for streamers is absolutely wild. I’ve got a project for a good buddy of mine and i went to encode all the files for it and

THE TEXT FILE FOR THE ALL THE ENCODES IS 17.5 MEGABYTES. A PLAIN TEXT FILE.

Anyways, hopefully i can record it when it’s done and showcase it for all of you to see! I need to start up a GitHub for all my extensions I’m gonna have made, and once the Spin The Wheel V2.0 is done with the planned custom color shifter button sets, I’ll have that up there too to showcase as well!

#make stuff #maker #creator #SAMMI #Content Creator #twitch #twitch tools

[iiammrandi]

#girlblogger #gatekeep gaslight girlboss #girly stuff #this is what makes us girls #lana del rey #tumblr girls #girlblogging #girlhood #just girly things #2014 tumblr #cats #pink pink pink #sleeping beauty #pinterest girl #anti mansplaining

[variousqueerthings]

we need more dials and knobs and levers again. this world is lacking in dials and knobs and levers. it's one of our biggest issues.

#i think everyone should get a button/pin making machine #and you'll really notice just how lacking in tactile Stuff your life is

[divorcetual]

I am actually so serious I think it really messes with a childs creativity and joy to tell them to never make a mary sue OC. Like that unbridaled form of joy where you make a self insert OC who super cool and everyone loves them and they have every superpower in the world SHOULD be something a kid makes, it nourishes their ability to create things for fun and not be stifled by "oh but what if my character is too overpowered and cringey...". whatever

#^ 10 y/o me was obsessed w/ art YTers who would always talk about good and bad art and mary sues and stuff #I think kids should be encouraged to make bad art and stupud OCs as much as possible abd im so serious about that. i think its actually #amazing for their development as both as person and artist

[corviiids]

my top bit of advice going into the new year: compliment people. especially strangers. literally everyone you interact with if you can. when you buy coffee in the morning compliment the barista's tattoos. when you're chatting with a coworker tell them that by the way you like their outfit. always find something they've chosen to do on purpose. nail polish, jewellery, tattoos, hair colour/style, statement accessory, outfit, etc are all good bets. things people hope will be noticed. things that aren't too personal so it doesn't make them uncomfortable (eg probably not their physical features). i've gotten into the habit of scanning everyone i talk to for something about them that i think is cool so i can tell them. it's a great habit because it makes me notice people and realise just how many neat little details there are in people's presentation of themselves that might pass me by if i wasn't paying attention. and it brings out so much joy. you'd be surprised how much it disarms people to receive an unexpected compliment from someone they don't know. it is the most sincere smile you will see all day long. it feels nice to make people happy but it also means you win the social interaction. establish dominance by complimenting a stranger's earrings and disappearing into the fog

#rookposting #the little 'oh!' followed by a big grin is now my highlight in every interaction i have with a stranger #you can always spot the things people hope will be noticed and you have no idea how happy it makes people when it gets noticed #i find it's always better to compliment things they did deliberately vs complimenting stuff like their voice or their face or other things #that are inherent or they cant change because that can make people uncomfortable for one thing to hear that from a stranger #but it's also just less meaningful imo because they didnt do that on purpose

[tetriminas]

dating Miles Edgeworth headcanons (Miles Edgeworth x fem reader)

He leaves you for a man

#tetri.txt #ace attorney #miles edgeworth #miles edgeworth x reader #sorry. no im not actually. make more x readers for men or even just gender neutral #im actually genuinely baffled at thw amount of fem reader miles stuff when 90% of the fandom sees him as gay. its nuts #1k #10k #20k

[lipglossuser]

#girl blogger #coquette #gaslight gatekeep girlboss #girlblogging #this is a girlblog #coquette dollete #lana del rey #female rage #female manipulator #femcel #divine female #divine feminine #female hysteria #girly stuff #girl interrupted #manic pixie dream girl #girlhood #girl interrupted syndrome #this is what makes us girls #girlblogger #hell is a teenage girl #it girl #film photography #film #marie antoinette #the virgin suicides #priscilla movie #girly #girlcore #gaslight gatekeep girlblog

[gerardpilled]

soooo much of the modern conception of gender is based around products and consumerism that people can’t even identify actual misogyny anymore. People reply to posts “It’s sexist to hate on something so many women enjoy” and that something would be a Stanley cup

#I feel like this stuff is gateway terfism because they just keep pushing the goalpost of what qualifies you as a woman 😭 #And it’s all imaginary and made up and based on how you look and what products make you look like that !!!

[midnightmindcave]

i’m trying to figure out if the interfacing i already own will work to make a hat brim and all i can get (even on duckduckgo now) is complete horseshit shit AI websites that advise me to choose my interfacing wisely and the appropriate interfacing will make my hat comfortable and fashionable and absofuckinglutely useless information like that. even reddit isn’t showing up until the third or fourth page of results.

God help me. The best information on the internet is now contained in fucking VIDEO FORMAT.

Watch me buying up craft and sewing books like they are literally going out of style

#make stuff #preserve the old ways

[theshadowrealmitself]

I like to think that Vulcans who come to understand that Humans just can’t try to process emotions the same way as them, it’s just healthiest to let it out in harmless ways, decide that venting and stuff should be taken just as seriously as Vulcan’s meditation time, and will encourage the Humans around them to complain about what’s upsetting them

People who are used to aloof Vulcans who avoid Humans at all cost running into one comforting a Human

“-and then they said my cheesecake was subpar, and they didn’t even bring a dish!!!”

“The purpose of this event was that every participant brings a food item of sorts, correct?”

“Yeah!!”

“And they did not follow this rule while insulting dishes that were brought?”

“Mostly just my dish but yeah >:(“

“How illogical”

“That’s what I’m saying!!!”

#star trek #Vulcans #Humans #not based on a specific thing #but I used to know this annoying couple that were ‘family friends’ #who would show up to potluck dinners and the like and would either bring nothing or bring something really just. out of left field? #like a bag of frozen chicken to a bbq #and then proceed to make sure they are first even if it was stated to let kids go first #would take HUGE amounts before anyone else got a chance to get a plate #and then make off with the leftovers again even if they were already claimed for #and it wasn’t a food insecurity thing trust me I would never speak bad about a person getting food if that was even a remote chance #the adults who raised us knew them really well and we’d been to their house a ton of times #they were just dicks #and yeah. they’d occasionally insult the food. while eating the MAJORITY of it. #it was so weird at their home they would go out of their way to get the healthiest options possible #you know the really bland tasteless expensive stuff that apparently was healthier #but then if they were visiting our house they would. eat all our unhealthy snacks. #that always pissed me off so much as a kid because we actually had a food insecurity thing going on #and also a variety of other reasons that are a bit too depressing to bring up on this post #but anyways we’d hardly ever get to have nice snacks #and this couple would just take them all??? even after we’d tell them repeatedly that it was ours and those snacks weren’t gonna be #replaced #hated that couple #if you’re wondering why they were ‘family friends’ it’s because the couple who raised us #(it feels weird to type it out like that but apparently legal guardians doesn’t fit since they never finished petitioning 💀) #liked having them around because it made them look like ‘such great Christian’s’ being nice to the people #that no one else wanted to be friends with #I always thought that was a really weird and fucked up reason to be friends with someone #this got long sorry 😭