New gardens on facebook!

Perhaps I've always had a streak of whimsy and fairy gardens naturally lend themselves to that but I am having Soooooo much fun putting together themes like Alice in Wonderland and the Wizard of Oz. Check them out on the facebook page!

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Follow me on Pinterest!

If you enjoyed the last post you'll love what I dig up on Pinterest! Between my own projects and school projects AND all the other fascinating things I run across i tend to have quite an eclectic selection of pins. Look for me under the name Agatha Peel...if you find my sweet puppy rosie avatar you found me:)

Borax Beauties :)

I always get a lot of questions, comments, and interest when I use any type of borax crystal in my work.I tucked a crystallized shell into this garden and there was many a question about it's origins.

Although the crystals are pretty simple they do require some adult assistance. I've had amazing success with both pipe cleaners and shells in the borax solution but i've seen all sorts of fantastic things done with books and other crazy objects. I've also seen where you created a shell of sorts from baked polymer clay but haven't tried it.If you do let me know how it goes!

Here's a link to the shell one and i believe it has some other handy links from that page as well :) click here :)

The recipe they use is a bit weaker then what i do but borax can be hard to dissolve especially if not fresh. 

a couple troubleshooting tips

• 1. if you don't have crystals forming after they have been in solution overnight remove shells and reheat solution adding more borax and dissolving completely. Your crystals on will fall off if you put your object back in the solution when its still very hot but they will redevelop.
• 2.metallic pipe-cleaners seem to work the best. they show up for color pretty well.
• 3.make sure your objects don't touch or they will become connected.
• 4. if hanging objects and you plan to cut the string off, use thread  it's much thinner and doesn't show as much.

Have fun, be safe and let me know how it goes! :) 

Thanks for coming out!!!

We had an AWESOME time at Excelsior Flea Market chatting with all the customers and the other vendors. We certainly couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day :) I'll definitely be back especially for Apple Days. Remember if you have something you loved but didn't buy let me know...I'm probably just down the road or down the road from the post office ;)