GOOSEBUCKET

Another doodle of my sister’s cat named Moon.

It’s a GARGLE… wait what?

I thought if I stuffed the solar lights inside, it could look like cool garden lanterns but on the cheap.

BY GOLLY, IT TOTALLY WORKED.

Soothing music. Check.  Comfortable position. Check. Closed eyes. Check. Okay, breeeeathe... Inhale, exhale. Focus on your breath.  Inhale, exhale. Focus on your breath. 

Inhale, exhale.

Inhale, exhale. ...is my breath too deep and too slow? Should my inhale be slower than my exhale? Or faster and then slower? Or the same? What’s the right way to breathe for meditating, anyway? What if I breathe too slowly and I pass out from lack of oxygen? Maybe I should breathe faster. Is my heart beating weird now? Yeah, it’s definitely beating weird now and my lungs are... noticeable? I never noticed my lungs before when breathing. This isn’t working. Maybe I should start over again. 

Okay, I’ll just start over by breathing normally to get a baseline tempo so I know how much slower to breathe for meditation. 

Inhale, exha--Wait, how do I normally breathe? Just go back to breathing normal OMG I CAN’T REMEMBER HOW TO BREATHE NORMAL WHAT IS NORMAL BREATHING I can’t breathe right WTF is wrong with me, just breathe like a regular person, you spaz! i can’t remember how i used to breathe and now i’m hyperventilating a little i think i might pass out is my heart beating weird again it shouldn’t be this hard to remember how i usually breathe without thinking about it okay so just stop thinking about it and it will go back to normal just stop thinking about how you breathe BUT I CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT NOW I’M OVERTHINKING IT AND HYPERVENTILATING AGAIN WTF i give up

Finally done with this “ground beef” and “smoked sausage” upcycled grocery toys for my Niece’s birthday! Reusing foam trays at the base for both, the beef is pink yarn I got for $1 at the Dollar Tree, soaked in water and ModgePodge, shaped, dried, and the sausage is just old Schnucks plastic grocery bags stuffed with painted cotton balls and yarn, and the bags were fused together using an iron to give it that tight “skin.” Both are wrapped in a Glad ziplock baggie, doubled over (for extra strength against toddler mayhem) and fused with an iron. Custom label designed by me and covered with clear packing tape for protection. So much fun making these, but much more time consuming than I anticipated- plus a LOT of trial and error. Cost? $1 plus the small jar of ModgePodge which I’ve used for many of the other crafts. So maybe like $3 total. The rest was all stuff I already had around the house.

Done! Finished my upcycled-junk-around-the-house toy sushi for my niece’s play grocery store. This is made from: junk mail, old gift wrap tissue paper, black duct tape, bits of a pool noodle, dish sponge, packing foam from a recent delivery, an old bandana, cotton swabs, and of course, a to-go sushi container from dinner that nearly made it into the recycling bin before the idea bulb turned on. Very happy with how this turned out.

DIY magical glowing garden orb. I’m so happy these turned out. I got the old light fixture bulbs from a thrift store and then stuffed them with solar string lights.