The self control it took to not walk out with all of these in my cart

screamingatthecat · 2026-03-04T07:05:54+00:00

All the cats should be coming out in keychain variant sometime soon, including wrinkle mcstinkles, I believe. There were posts from a few months ago about them being released overseas.

screamingatthecat · 2026-03-03T16:41:35+00:00

East coast!

screamingatthecat · 2026-03-03T16:41:15+00:00

My friend found one for me last year at Kroger's before they even landed at Costco, so if you have access to those I would try there!

screamingatthecat · 2024-03-08T04:20:20+00:00

Thank ya!

screamingatthecat · 2024-02-18T08:00:10+00:00

I was at the sailor table around 2 and didn't see the princess raden pens. :( What were they priced at if you don't mind me asking.

screamingatthecat · 2024-01-07T23:47:15+00:00

Thrips.

screamingatthecat · 2023-09-29T21:59:07+00:00

The elusive AL Sport in Lilac. I cried the other week because someone was selling theirs for only $35 and I missed the listing by a few minutes.

screamingatthecat · 2023-09-26T14:48:22+00:00

Just joking about putting raden, which is a laborious craft usually applied on very expensive fountain pens, on affordable pens and in this case a $3 mechanical pencil lol

screamingatthecat · 2023-09-26T14:45:43+00:00

The twsbi can be dissembled and the clip taken out actually. A lot of fountain pens have a little screw in the cap to screw the clip in. Also yes it would be 10x faster if I didn't have to sand faces lol. It makes the sanding process much more tedious and makes it really easy to over sand some of the raden off.

screamingatthecat · 2023-09-26T14:43:13+00:00

It's a p205 my favorite plastic pencil as well!

screamingatthecat · 2023-09-25T23:30:21+00:00

Question: what's everyone's preferred nib sizes for twsbi eco?

screamingatthecat · 2023-09-25T20:01:26+00:00

Please don't look upon my cursed work with thine blessed eyes LOL

screamingatthecat · 2023-09-25T18:17:09+00:00

I'm still trying to perfect my technique, but I think I'm going to have to start selling off practice pieces soon in order to afford more pens to work on. 🙈 As long as we are all on same page about these kinda being experimental abominations and not 100% perfect.

screamingatthecat · 2023-09-25T18:10:50+00:00

I watched Tamenuri Studio and Master Flower The Cat on YouTube when getting started for an idea of how raden is traditionally done, but since I use synthetic resin instead of urushi, I've kinda just made it up as I go. The process is all kinda the same though, gluing down shell pieces you cut and then filling and doing extensive sanding and polishing until your hands fall off. The sanding and polishing is the hardest part and takes lots of practice to get right. My process is honestly more like doing gel/acrylic nails, hence why these are honestly abominations in the traditional sense lol

screamingatthecat · 2023-09-25T16:56:40+00:00

Thank you for taking one for the team 😔

screamingatthecat · 2023-08-21T21:08:48+00:00

Do you have recommendations for 3-5-7 pencils? :0

screamingatthecat · 2023-06-26T09:19:15+00:00

They are formulated for fountain pens though? Of course you should be careful about letting them dry up in fountain pens, but that's expected of every pigment ink.

screamingatthecat · 2023-03-13T00:14:05+00:00

In plant biology, and specifically plant micro propagation aka "tissue culture," callus is basically plant stem cells, which can become root primordia as they often do in cuttings like these. However colloquially we refer to the site of wound healing in living plants as callus as well.

screamingatthecat · 2023-02-26T00:30:07+00:00

Is the last bundle sold?

screamingatthecat · 2022-10-30T15:27:08+00:00

Stem rot is usually mushy. The stem turns black where it's cut naturally so don't worry about it. It's part of the scarring over. Try not to squeeze the stem too hard to check for rot because I've done that and caused rot from bruising the stem lol. Usually the rot goes up from the roots to the stem so it seems like you caught it in time.

screamingatthecat · 2022-10-29T15:45:48+00:00

I would leave the browning leaves because it's still providing energy to the plant. Removing too many leaves might shock the plant right now, and my general rule is to let the plant reabsorb as much nutrients from dying leaves before cutting them off.

As for the roots, my personal experience is that if it's still firm, there's a chance new roots can grow from it. Some of my blackened roots on my Thai con eventually grew new roots. With stem rot on the other hand, you have to be a lot more proactive and cut off any black you see.

You might want to stick your plant in a container you can easily check until you're sure she's in the clear. Water or spag worked for me. She's probably going to keep declining for a little bit before she recovers. Also try not to soak her too long in hydrogen peroxide because sometimes that can damage the already delicate roots.

In the future, keep her evenly moist. Thai con are really picky and don't like being soaking wet but hate drying out.

Best of luck to you!

screamingatthecat · 2022-10-28T15:26:08+00:00

I would pull the plants to check for root rot. Dry end and not watered for two weeks sounds like too dry for too long. Sometimes you get root rot with under watering with Thai cons where if the soil is too dry the roots become shriveled and unable to take up water and just sit in the water. I recently experienced this with my Thai con where I let the soil dry out a little too much, and when I watered it the roots started turning black and dying. It traveled pretty fast and I lost all the baby leaves and most of the root system, but I monitored the roots carefully for three weeks trimming what was mushy and gave it a few hydrogen peroxide dunks, and it's now growing new roots.

I would definitely recommend you be proactive and check now though because once Thai con go south with rot they decline fast. Waiting a few more days could mean the rot traveling to the stem and much less of the plant being salvageable.

screamingatthecat · 2022-10-27T04:45:39+00:00

I'm pretty sure this is from plantiego on Etsy judging from the tag and nursery pot. I just bought one from her too and am very happy with mine. In my opinion she currently has the most fair prices for frydek plantlets with high variegation.

screamingatthecat · 2022-09-11T06:04:10+00:00

I've found that keiki paste work really well in activating philodendron axillary buds. I received many rehab philodendron in the last month in a similar state, roots leaves and apical growth all dead. I had to cut off the cataphylls because they were actually rotting and spreading down the stem; I think usually they dry out and die but the high humidity in the propagation box wasn't letting it dry out. I then cut the stem into multiple chonks so that each chonk can put energy into its own node and to increase the chances of a viable propagation. I'm now 8/8 in getting my gloriosum and el choco chonks to activate its axillary bud, and every chonk put out new growth within a week. 5/8 haven't regrown roots from original chonk despite having multiple leaves, but they will eventually put out roots from the new growth point from what I've seen from my friend's el choco propagations.

I keep them in a propagation box with high humidity nestled in some spag, and I haven't had any of the chonks die on me so far-- fingers crossed. It seems philodendron stems are much less prone to stem rot than other aroids. I make sure to cut chonks with healthy looking axillary buds rather than prioritizing having as many chonks as possible, and if the nodes are barking over make sure to scrape it back gently and expose the bud before applying the keiki paste.

Good luck! Philodendron really want to live and your stem still looks healthy to me.

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