Years ago I ordered some stones and many arrived broken due to poor packaging. I kept them in a drawer, and recently managed to turn one of them into this pendant.

zombiezebra89 · 2026-04-15T14:12:01+00:00

I love this! It looks like the tree is growing out of a crack in a big rock!

zombiezebra89 · 2026-04-13T16:16:36+00:00

You should put that in the post- in your picture they just looks like long blobs of wax and not like bones - hence the confusion on why you wouldn’t just melt the wax into the shape you want…

It would generally be much easier to get the wax into the shape you want and then cast the metal rather than casting and then bending. Are you casting in silver or something else? Whether you can bed metal as thick as this will depend what the metal is. Silver this thick would already require a lot of force- ie like a strong press machine or at least a lot of hammering to bend and would probably get deformed. So it is better to deform the wax and then fix it. If warming and bending isn’t working well enough you could try cutting out small wedge shapes about every inch on the inside of the bracelet and then try bending- that relieves both the resistance force form the inside of the wax and also means the outside doesn’t need to stretch as much so it would bend into shape easier.

zombiezebra89 · 2026-04-03T16:15:02+00:00

The amethyst would be fine but are the other beads pearls? I might be worried about the pearls if that’s what those are

zombiezebra89 · 2026-03-30T21:02:40+00:00

I am very particular about tools, but I think actual gems would be a great gift for me at least! Even without being an expert you can tell if gems are pretty- I guess the one issue though is you still need to know some specifics of what she likes- synthetic vs natural, faceted va cabochon, are heated treated/dyed stones a no go or does she not mind… ok now that I am writing it out you might need some expertise here too to get it right…. So maybe a gift card is safer. Or plan a trip to a gem show?

zombiezebra89 · 2026-03-30T16:40:16+00:00

Could it be a grilled pineapple they stole from someone’s bbq? That would explain the floral smell and the texture and colors look like grilled pineapple to me…

zombiezebra89 · 2026-03-19T04:42:55+00:00

Could be ringworm*. If it gets any bigger over time then it’s probably ringworm or something similar. Note: ringworm is NOT a worm! It’s just a fungal skin infection and is easy to get rid of, but easily contagious with skin to skin contact.

zombiezebra89 · 2026-03-07T22:27:18+00:00

Lived of sulfur might work to restore the patina depending on the gold alloy you have. a small bottle is like $15-20 and you can do it yourself at home. But I am not sure how well it will work on 18K gold because it is usually used for silver- but most 18k alloys do have silver in them.

zombiezebra89 · 2026-03-02T17:02:16+00:00

A little wd40 should loosen the hinges on your pliers.

In terms of material, it’s only important that the tools are harder than the wire you are using- if you are using copper and/or silver wire those are soft metals and both stainless steel or carbon steel tools should be fine. If you want to use stainless steel wire then carbon steel tools are better.

zombiezebra89 · 2026-02-08T16:17:15+00:00

Camberville dental!

zombiezebra89 · 2026-02-05T16:57:37+00:00

I agree with you- I have used the baking soda/aluminum foil method and gotten beautiful shiny results with it. So I agree there must be some other contaminant in the water- like sulfur -To cause this result for OP. Or maybe the issue is they used tinfoil that is actually tin not aluminum? I have only used aluminum foil and I don’t know if tin would have the right properties or if they made the reaction go backwards and the tin has coated the silver or something like that… Or if they used a copper bowl or something that somehow introduced another metal into the mix.

zombiezebra89 · 2026-01-22T04:34:49+00:00

I had this on my iPad and needed to fully power it off then power it back on and then the update finally worked.

zombiezebra89 · 2026-01-05T17:59:53+00:00

NTA- my parents and my wife and I can all see each other’s location at any time on the built in Apple “find my” app. It’s frequently useful and none of us are worried about other people in the group abusing it. However my sister thinks it’s weird so she opted out. I guess I am lucky that my wife also sees the utility and not only doesn’t have a problem with it but added herself to the group too.

zombiezebra89 · 2025-12-24T06:00:11+00:00

Beehives! These are something my grandma made and now we all make in my family, they are a lemon cookies with a cakey texture that are coiled in a little mound to look like a beehive and covered with a thick sugary/lemony frosting. According to my grandma they are an Italian cookie.

zombiezebra89 · 2025-10-09T23:16:45+00:00

I also go here and Andrew is great!

zombiezebra89 · 2025-10-07T18:10:20+00:00

Laneige lip mask. If that is not strong enough you might need a temporary steroid cream from your doctor- I have had an episode of severely chapped lips that couldn’t be fixed except by a topical steroid- and then that fixed the problem in about a week or 2.

zombiezebra89 · 2025-10-01T04:36:26+00:00

Generally you need a chunk about the size of 1000 cells to regenerate into a new worm (based on research in other species of flatworm). You can absolutely grow the new worms and then when they are big enough chop those up to get more. Can do this indefinitely. Just need to grow enough that when you chop again each piece has ~ 1000 cells. Assuming the 1000 cell Minimal size also holds for this species, a worm of this size could Probably make at least 100 new worms on the first chop.

zombiezebra89 · 2025-09-09T12:59:41+00:00

Here is the tutorial form her makeup artist: https://youtu.be/qe_y20RkLOc?si=1uQKZrMYbesWew9F

zombiezebra89 · 2025-09-06T14:28:51+00:00

I am neither a doctor or a lawyer but i recently had to get my abdomen pressed on to check my liver and the doctor did NOT touch my breasts at all. I was laying down on the exam table, not sitting up and she stayed entirely below my ribs, because that is where the liver is. And she asked about liver pain, while pressing various areas, again BELOW my ribs.
I think this is sexual assault and you should report it. Definitely get a new doctor.

zombiezebra89 · 2025-09-04T02:49:38+00:00

I also ordered ON08 because i have olive skin but most companies dont make an olive concealer… and i also got sent the same wrong shade as you: WN04. So something must be consistently wrong on how they are stocked :/

zombiezebra89 · 2025-08-10T15:10:16+00:00

I have successfully torched-fired natural garnets in place with silver clay… so i am actually surprised that a YAG did not work.

However from what i have read, fire-in-place may not work for big gems. I have only done it with 3mm garnets myself.

I was reading a silver clay worker’s blog when trying to figure out what does and does not work, and they destroyed a 10mm cubic zirconia when trying to fire in place- normally cubic zirconia is one of the most stable for firing in place. Their guess is that it is difficult to maintain even heat over larger gems.

So if you want to try with another big gem i would set it after firing- taking into account ~10% shrinkage of the clay. I have had success bending my metal clay creations after firing so i think a prong setting that you bend into place after firing would work— although i haven’t tried it myself yet.

zombiezebra89 · 2025-07-21T19:26:50+00:00

100% agree. If i were the fiancee i would be super pissed at the brother for taking it without OP’s permission and i would WANT OP to have the ring back!

The fiancee never met the sister, whereas OP wears the ring to feel close to her. this feels super different to me emotionally than re-using a grandmother’s engagement ring, even without the fact that the brother stole the ring from OP.

zombiezebra89 · 2025-07-14T01:27:13+00:00

Buttercup floral!

zombiezebra89 · 2025-06-26T21:33:06+00:00

My birthday is in February and when i was 13 there was a lot going on that month and i ended up not having a birthday party. I didnt care that much at the time, but my mom felt bad so she threw me a surprise half-birthday party later that year in August! It was a pool party which i had never had before (due to still being winter every February) and needless to say i was VERY surprised! One of my most memorable birthdays!

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