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Our deck table had been showing its age already when the wind caught the umbrella and cracked it. I wanted to replace it with a mosaic table because I’d been enjoying that art form recently. But I couldn’t get one the size I wanted so I got creative.

I spent a few weeks looking for tile and figuring out a very loose design concept. I started by picking a limited set of tile shapes and a color palette.

Once the tiles arrived I had a piece of particle board cut to size for the base and I experimented with different motifs until I settled on a selection of floral shapes that gave me plenty of variety to fill space without locking me into one repeating pattern.

And then I was off! I basically doodled my way around the table, attaching tiles with Weld Bond (I went through 4 full bottles!) and rocking out to the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack.

Once the florals were done it was time for the background…

Over 3,800 1cm glass tiles make up the not-design part of the design. It went pretty quickly though because I just had to fill the space, leaving room for grout.

Once I had the tile done, my husband assisted with disassembly and reassembly. We used the legs off the original table for this one (waste not).

One huge bucket of black grout later…

She is finished.

Anything helps in this situation really. She's got a good prognosis with treatment, everything is just expensive. Again, read my previous post for more details or dm me, I'm just so exhausted and brainfoggy rn.

Want art in exchange for helping? This is my art blog, so dm me! Prefer to help via Patreon (where i post personal art) or Kofi? Or GFM?

I love this question! As an audiobook listener, most books I recommend have an audiobook version! But if you are looking for a specific list to go through, I have our queer history audiobook playlist:

But I would love to create some more queer audiobook playlists, so if you have any recommendations or requests feel free to send them in!

Yesterday (August 20), Israel's military spokesperson announced mobilization of another 60,000 reservists and stated plainly "We have begin preliminary operations and the first stages of the attack on Gaza City." Al Jazeera reported that the Israeli military killed at least 81 Palestinians yesterday alone.

The cost of displacement is too high for my friend Mahrah and her family to manage, and the infrastructure and resources are already destroyed in the south where they are being forced under threat of death.

If the Israeli military can succeed in its occupation of Gaza, it will mean no shelter or safety for the rest of their lives.

@mahrahpalestine wrote to me, "Many consequences and indescribable feelings come with the risk of displacement and re-displacement. No one can imagine the difficult psychological state we are going through now: anxiety, fear, and tension."

Please, donate anything you can so they can survive. Her family's fundraising has been vetted by 90-ghost and shared by fairuzfan.

You can donate to her family's campaign here:

GoFundMe (hosted by @cannilyuncanny)

If you voted, please don't scroll without sharing this post. Mosab is raising funds for his wife and three daughters to escape Gaza before it is too late.

Even after months of trying, 75% of the goal is unmet. Lama, one of the 4 year old twins, is sick and in pain. She needs to be treated but the family cannot even afford basic food. Even if you cannot donate, sharing helps this reach people who can help.

Even the smallest support can be the difference between life and death.