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To keep my mind off of my schoolwork and on the loveliness of my life, I have taken up some projects.
The Garden:
My family home had a large yard with a patch that had been turned into a garden. Part of that was some weird staple-like structures that my mother convinced wisteria to climb, but the other part was a small veggie garden. Though not very productive, the garden did produce enough small tomatoes to make me addicted, and made me really like gardening.
I'm in an apartment, so I don't really have enough space for a proper garden (and I've missed the chance to get in on the communal gardening area's alotment for the rest of the year), so I'm going with a small selection of herbs to aid in my new foodie-focused home cooking. I have:
Mint!- this is an actual plant in an actual pot that I purchased cause I knew that I would be ripping leaves off this sucker inside of a day. It's making water tasting that much better, and there is some serious planning going on in my mind about drying some leaves to make tea.
Rosemary!- I am addicted to rosemary, and it's even better when it's fresh. The little plant is zooming happily upwards in its own pot.
Peas!- These are actual seeds, and the first and most vigorous to have sprouted so far. I am planning on putting them in their own pot and trailing them across the railing outside to make them grow upright. I love fresh peas, even if it takes forever to grow them.
Chamomile!- I have hopes for tea, here. And I also wanted something that would flower, since the rest of the garden is herbs.
Herbs!- Dill, cilantro, parsley, and chives. All things that I use and like, and all of them fairly green and leafy. There is no space left on the windowsill of my kitchen, and that's how I like.
The Jewelry:
I have lately been feeling that I don't have enough variety in necklaces- I have a fair number of pendants and a very versatile string of peals, but I don't have enough in the way of colorful beaded necklaces. I have a friend who makes necklaces and her stuff is lovely, but her aunt prices things and this makes it rather expensive to consider. So, I bought myself some stone beads off an etsy vendor and I am resolved to try and Make Things with them. I already have some ideas with regards to combinations, I just need to get some wire and stuff together. I love the fluidity one has when one makes jewelry- you can just take something apart and it's not ruined or lost- it's just in pieces that you can put back together again.
I've also got hopes for some matching earrings, and that would be fine indeed. The total cost of this project is probably going to end up around twice the price of one necklace from my friend, but I will hopefully end up with somewhere between six and eight necklaces and a few pairs of earrings, so I think that it's a good idea.
The Garden:
My family home had a large yard with a patch that had been turned into a garden. Part of that was some weird staple-like structures that my mother convinced wisteria to climb, but the other part was a small veggie garden. Though not very productive, the garden did produce enough small tomatoes to make me addicted, and made me really like gardening.
I'm in an apartment, so I don't really have enough space for a proper garden (and I've missed the chance to get in on the communal gardening area's alotment for the rest of the year), so I'm going with a small selection of herbs to aid in my new foodie-focused home cooking. I have:
Mint!- this is an actual plant in an actual pot that I purchased cause I knew that I would be ripping leaves off this sucker inside of a day. It's making water tasting that much better, and there is some serious planning going on in my mind about drying some leaves to make tea.
Rosemary!- I am addicted to rosemary, and it's even better when it's fresh. The little plant is zooming happily upwards in its own pot.
Peas!- These are actual seeds, and the first and most vigorous to have sprouted so far. I am planning on putting them in their own pot and trailing them across the railing outside to make them grow upright. I love fresh peas, even if it takes forever to grow them.
Chamomile!- I have hopes for tea, here. And I also wanted something that would flower, since the rest of the garden is herbs.
Herbs!- Dill, cilantro, parsley, and chives. All things that I use and like, and all of them fairly green and leafy. There is no space left on the windowsill of my kitchen, and that's how I like.
The Jewelry:
I have lately been feeling that I don't have enough variety in necklaces- I have a fair number of pendants and a very versatile string of peals, but I don't have enough in the way of colorful beaded necklaces. I have a friend who makes necklaces and her stuff is lovely, but her aunt prices things and this makes it rather expensive to consider. So, I bought myself some stone beads off an etsy vendor and I am resolved to try and Make Things with them. I already have some ideas with regards to combinations, I just need to get some wire and stuff together. I love the fluidity one has when one makes jewelry- you can just take something apart and it's not ruined or lost- it's just in pieces that you can put back together again.
I've also got hopes for some matching earrings, and that would be fine indeed. The total cost of this project is probably going to end up around twice the price of one necklace from my friend, but I will hopefully end up with somewhere between six and eight necklaces and a few pairs of earrings, so I think that it's a good idea.
