Been there, done that.

I was really excited to work on the broom shop painting but my hand started hurting from the repetitive strain injury. This happens pretty often, and when it does, I like to switch from SAI on my desktop tablet to Procreate on my iPad. The change in posture between these two methods lessens the hand pain.

I don't like to make big details paintings on a tiny iPad screen so for now I'm jotting down my broom ideas for the shop :D So far we have Celestial Oak, Spying Aspen, and Heathland Shroom. What other brooms would you like to see?

Previously predicted by theoretical models, we now have the first experimental observation of plastic Ice VII. That might sound like a low-budget franchise movie, but it's actually an exotic phase of water that scientists think could form in oceans on alien planets.

How exotic are we talking? Well, plastic Ice VII needs incredibly high temperatures and pressures to form. As temperatures and pressures rise, water molecules are forced into a variety of configurations and dynamics.

Just a reminder that all of our designs are available as 1", 1.25", or 2.25" pinback buttons, magnets, or keychain bottle openers. A few of our designs are also available as hand mirrors.

Check out our selection of almost 200 designs available in the Spiral House Shop at Portland Button Works!

Moldavite crystal wing drop shape. No damage. 19 grams. Chlum, Moldav River Valley, Czech Republic 

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Money Cat 🐈‍⬛

Also known as Alta Major chakra, this is the place where all our past life memories are stored, the conscious mind connects to our higher mind and the dreams we see during sleep time are processed.

The well of dreams produces internal visions from the sub-conscious mind, it is also a gateway for memory flashbacks to be replayed from our Akashic records.

Healing this chakra can help us gain clarity of the higher mind and also improve our sleep by clearing foggy thoughtforms.