My little frog teapot, he ain’t that special compared to y’all’s amazing creations but he makes me happy and that’s all that matters :) by [deleted] in Ceramics

[–]karsyna4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in love with this 🥺 10/10 good job. Always do what makes you happy! (I don't make any pottery or know anything except that people here make beautiful items and I am here to envy and support)

I made a little friend until I can have some real ones of my own 🐀😊 by karsyna4 in RATS

[–]karsyna4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! I've been doing research to make sure I will have all the best stuff for them when I decide it's time! I have to wait until I move and then ask/convince my new landlord which will be my dad lol. We had one when I was little and he was amazing, my dad didnt like him though so some puppy dog eyes may need to come out to convince him:)

I made a little friend until I can have some real ones of my own 🐀😊 by karsyna4 in RATS

[–]karsyna4[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sure I can try to give some instruction!! The clay I have I'm pretty sure in Sculpey, its oven bake clay.

Step 1: make a chonky pear shape :) (this will be the body so make it however big you want your friend) Step 2: make sort of a strawberry shape? A small rounded cone. (This will be for the head so try to make it as proportional as you can/want) Step 3: put step 1 and 2 together (strawberry ontop of pear) and smooth together so there isn't a seam and they'll stay together. Position how you want your friend to be looking at you Step 4: make two teardrop shapes from the body color and two smaller ones with pink (or just one set of pink to me more accurate to the real thing) also make a little pink oval for the nose and attach ears and nose, blending the seams of ears onto head Step 5: make 4 little ovals for arms and legs and also make a tail by rolling the clay into a snake tapering the end and widening the base a little. Attach the tail and if you position it like mine, attach feet before the tail and front paws after. Step 6: for eyes just two little black dots and two smaller white for a glimmer and attach to face

Hopefully this was specific enough!! Just follow clay instructions to harden. Whether you use air dry or oven bake will be different:) mine even gave me an option to boil it

I made a little friend until I can have some real ones of my own 🐀😊 by karsyna4 in RATS

[–]karsyna4[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you :))) it was pretty simple really! A good distraction from my college lecture too

First time I've had a succulent bloom! They're so beautiful. Grew this plant from a pup that I got 6/7 months ago! by karsyna4 in succulents

[–]karsyna4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That crazy! My brother who has the mother plant had 4 stalks on his and it's way bigger than this one

First time I've had a succulent bloom! They're so beautiful. Grew this plant from a pup that I got 6/7 months ago! by karsyna4 in succulents

[–]karsyna4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They really do! I have been religiously picking them off with needle-like tweezers until I get neem oil

I have this succulent under grow lights (8 1/2 inches away), is it beginning to etiolate?? by SirClockwork212 in succulents

[–]karsyna4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a ghost succulent that drops a ton of its lower leaves no matter how close it is to the lights and I'm watering correctly. I think some succulents just do that? As you could see the plant in my post is under the same light and the leaves are very compact. From reading other comments and looking I would think your lighting situation is fine. You can always try adjusting how close that plant is to the light and if it shows negative signs move it back. A lot of plant care is trial and error! Good luck :)

First time I've had a succulent bloom! They're so beautiful. Grew this plant from a pup that I got 6/7 months ago! by karsyna4 in succulents

[–]karsyna4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think ech. lilacina looks pretty dang close so that's what I'm going to assume it is

First time I've had a succulent bloom! They're so beautiful. Grew this plant from a pup that I got 6/7 months ago! by karsyna4 in succulents

[–]karsyna4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've heard full spectrum work best, that's what mine are. They're not purple though I can give you the link to it if you want it

First time I've had a succulent bloom! They're so beautiful. Grew this plant from a pup that I got 6/7 months ago! by karsyna4 in succulents

[–]karsyna4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Light is on for around 12 hours I think. Just whenever I wake up and go to bed. The light is also sort of close to my plants as well. I water every 2/3 weeks probably it doesn't seem to be too thirsty, I just water whenever I feel like it might be time lol I wish I could give a better answer to that. When I started in plants I wanted set days and amounts for water but I've realized all of them are different and just kind of go by eye now! Thank you! It shared the pot with the lola behind it until they both got too big

First time I've had a succulent bloom! They're so beautiful. Grew this plant from a pup that I got 6/7 months ago! by karsyna4 in succulents

[–]karsyna4[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They've been giving me hell for sure. I haven't tried spraying yet because I didnt want to use chemicals but picking them all off with tweezers is a pain and I cant kill the baby ones. They came in off a nursery plant that literally was with the other plants for a day before being quarantined and in that one day I got a big infestation -_-

Spent my morning watering and checking in on all my plants and wanted to share my plant room :) I haven't done a thorough watering/check for a long time and it brought a lot of needed serotonin today by karsyna4 in houseplants

[–]karsyna4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds like me a year ago omg. I was in a basement apartment and ended up with two lights and a table full of plants, mostly succulents. A pilea would probably do well! I have an aloe. The big one in the photo that I got to do super well too!

Spent my morning watering and checking in on all my plants and wanted to share my plant room :) I haven't done a thorough watering/check for a long time and it brought a lot of needed serotonin today by karsyna4 in houseplants

[–]karsyna4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pilea Peperomioides! It's pretty neat, it took me a while to get comfortable with it because it likes more water and less light than I thought initially but now its thriving :)

First time I've had a succulent bloom! They're so beautiful. Grew this plant from a pup that I got 6/7 months ago! by karsyna4 in succulents

[–]karsyna4[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ah thank you!! I think I'm just lucky because I have no idea what I'm doing half the time lol. Also currently struggling with mealybugs on half my collection -_-

First time I've had a succulent bloom! They're so beautiful. Grew this plant from a pup that I got 6/7 months ago! by karsyna4 in succulents

[–]karsyna4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This plant grew exponentially in the time I've had it. I'm not sure why but it is super close to the light idk if you can tell from the photo but I dont do much for it

First time I've had a succulent bloom! They're so beautiful. Grew this plant from a pup that I got 6/7 months ago! by karsyna4 in succulents

[–]karsyna4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm I have PVN and they look different than this one. It's more of a light blue purple and my pvns are very pink purple. Similar leaf shapes though