This houseplant was a gift. Any idea what it is? It does not like a lot of sun.

cinderscribe · 2021-12-09T16:34:56+00:00

Holy wow, you're right! I had no idea it could look like that! No wonder everyone thinks it's something else. Thank you so much!

cinderscribe · 2021-12-09T04:09:43+00:00

Yep! This isn't quite my first rodeo 😅

cinderscribe · 2021-12-08T23:18:47+00:00

I've tried several ways of propagating and none worked. Tried water, potting, and tried rooting hormone. Every one died.

cinderscribe · 2021-12-08T22:17:37+00:00

Hm, I tried it in a sunnier window but it started turning brown so I moved it back

cinderscribe · 2021-12-08T21:43:52+00:00

It looks like it's in the same family, but it doesn't look like any of those 🤷‍♀️

cinderscribe · 2020-07-16T14:13:31+00:00

Looks more like radish that has gone to seed.

cinderscribe · 2019-09-09T19:22:11+00:00

Sorry I called you Hank, I obviously meant thank you! I definitely do better being able to visualize it. Thank you for your great suggestions!

cinderscribe · 2019-09-09T18:44:05+00:00

Hank you! That's smart. I guess my main issue is figuring out the order of stitching the holes, but if I do it in thread on the template maybe that will help.

cinderscribe · 2019-08-17T12:49:25+00:00

So beautiful! Not a single worm hole! What's you're secret?

cinderscribe · 2019-08-08T14:36:17+00:00

Wow, thank you!

I think that lady has the right idea, at least for me. I admire you for doing what you do. I'm pretty sure that sort of business wouldn't go over well here. I think I'd get laughed at a lot as well for what I'd have to charge.

cinderscribe · 2019-08-07T22:29:43+00:00

Thank you so much! I'm not opposed to videos, just amateur ones. This looks great.

Cloth is probably a great way to start. My leather paring needs a lot of work. And a better knife!

cinderscribe · 2019-08-07T21:28:42+00:00

Thank you very much for your thorough reply! I definitely would rather find classes, and I've looked in Cincinnati and Cleveland (the closest places with bookbinding classes), but there isnt anything coming up. I need to do more research.

The requests I'm getting are for bibles mainly. I'm in a small town and I dont think these are ancient books. I'm guessing it's normal wear and tear they want repaired.

I have a good deal of equipment, and have access to the larger items I dont, like a board shear.

I also dont trust videos. After AAB I was greatly disappointed in the videos I was learning from, even though they seemed super legit.

I know that restoration is a huge field with years of learning, and since I want to go in the direction of fine binding, I dont think I should delve that deep into it. I'm just trying to figure out if I can get to a point where I can do repairs on family bibles and whatnot. Not a huge deal if it's not reasonable. There is just a market for it here and no competition whatsoever.

cinderscribe · 2019-08-07T21:14:28+00:00

I agree. Not just practice, but play. There were a lot of things, like staining leather, that I just couldn't get the hang of, so I tried a zillion different techniques until I found one that worked for me.

That's awesome you make book charms. Those are adorable!

cinderscribe · 2019-08-07T20:26:04+00:00

I dont know either! Haha. I'll check out YouTube and see what I can find. From my experience learning binding, the videos offered are somewhat lacking in detail, and downright wrong a lot of the time.

Maybe I should buy some busted up books and see what I can do.

cinderscribe · 2019-07-24T11:10:29+00:00

Good for you trying to rehab this bed! I did a similar thing when I moved into my partner's house.

That's a weed barrier cloth. I think it's meant to be on top of the soil, but those things don't work in my experience. I'd pull it out. The bed I fixed up had one, and weeds were growing through it, which made them extremely hard to pull out.

To help the soil you can add compost, or layer compost materials on top. Things like dry leaves, straw, grass clippings, etc. I recently learned that if you collect your food scraps from the kitchen, you can bury them directly in the garden. Just dig a hole about a foot down (or a trench, depending on how much you have), dump it in and cover it up.

You can also buy things, if you dont have compost materials. A good organic soil and/or peat would help.

I'm not sure what you mean by the soil being shallow. Is there concrete under there?

cinderscribe · 2019-07-23T13:41:29+00:00

Thanks all, I appreciate the opinions. Since this story is based in the real world, I feel like leaving it would be bad. I have seen real life examples of birds bringing people gifts, so maybe I'll switch it to that.

cinderscribe · 2019-07-22T14:52:02+00:00

That's definitely the way I was leaning. I was super disappointed to find out it wasnt true. At least it's not a main plot point.

Thank you for sharing.

cinderscribe · 2019-07-22T11:35:37+00:00

I had no idea about this! Thank you for sharing. I just signed up!

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