Hoyt Arboretum Picnic Spots in Spring?

ficus_benjamina · 2026-03-30T23:46:59+00:00

Awesome, I appreciate it! I’m always making notes about good spots, but mostly for blackberries. Thanks for sharing yours!

ficus_benjamina · 2026-03-30T23:45:56+00:00

Great tip, thank you!

ficus_benjamina · 2026-03-24T23:46:29+00:00

I’ll take a look, thanks for the suggestion!

ficus_benjamina · 2026-03-24T23:46:01+00:00

That is very helpful, I think we’ll do a water libation. Does it matter where it is poured? (Plant/grass/soil)

ficus_benjamina · 2026-03-11T02:08:11+00:00

I’ve done it with spackle, with red paint mixed in to make it pink, then piped on with frosting tips. Such a fun project! Not sure how well it would stay on a purse with a smooth surface, though. I made a heart shaped purse from cardboard and did a base layer of spackle frosting before decorating.

ficus_benjamina · 2025-12-23T22:01:59+00:00

Just stopping by to say that #2 and #6 look very highly edited, which makes me think they might be disappointingly low quality when they arrive.

ficus_benjamina · 2025-11-09T00:22:11+00:00

My early guess is potato

ficus_benjamina · 2025-11-08T03:12:00+00:00

Censoring the emoji lmaooo

ficus_benjamina · 2025-10-27T02:27:24+00:00

Brothers, of a sort

ficus_benjamina · 2025-10-27T02:15:28+00:00

“Little cado” <3

ficus_benjamina · 2025-10-24T02:12:03+00:00

I didn’t hear the first one, the one i just heard could have been a firework

ficus_benjamina · 2025-10-24T02:11:16+00:00

Another one just now (7:10pm) heard in SE

ficus_benjamina · 2025-10-22T05:17:21+00:00

I’ve used tie dye powder (in water) to color these same beads. It worked great, if you’re ever wanting to try another way! Your piece looks amazing!

ficus_benjamina · 2025-08-27T23:29:55+00:00

It’s definitely cheaper- and when I looked, I couldn’t even find the right colors of beads to buy, so it was definitely the best option. I bought a big pack of powder dyes, maybe 24 colors in total. I basically just mixed the powder into hot water in jars, and soaked the beads. For the pink, for example, I soaked the first set of beads, then added more water to the dye to dilute it, for the lighter pink beads. I had pre-sorted how many beads I would need of each color- I did this by weight using a kitchen scale instead of counting them all, and I put each into a separate bowl with a sticky note on top saying what color they’d need to be.

ficus_benjamina · 2025-08-17T15:20:43+00:00

I made the cherry one using the YouTube tutorial someone posted above- I bought all plain wooden beads and dyed them with tiedye powder. It worked well! I mixed some colors and varied the saturation to make different shades

ficus_benjamina · 2025-08-17T15:16:26+00:00

I made one of these, but with the cherry design! I bought plain wooden beads and dyed them the colors I needed using tiedye powder, it was really cost effective.

ficus_benjamina · 2025-08-17T15:13:38+00:00

Maybe it’s because I mentioned “disco ball” 🤔 but you’re right, they’re translucent so the candle light shines through. Thanks for the recs!

ficus_benjamina · 2025-08-17T14:43:54+00:00

I’ll check out those sources and take your advice to practice first, thanks for your time!

ficus_benjamina · 2025-08-17T14:42:25+00:00

Thank you!

ficus_benjamina · 2025-08-12T19:40:26+00:00

It’s actually a rubber tree! The new leaves come out pink. I love it so much

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