Farm chatter

[CluckNDoodle]

Link, link, link!

I know you posted it earlier in the thread but I'm a bit lazy.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/DandelionWishGifts

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Oh my! How the heck do you do this! This is incredible!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/937618...d-natural-stone-quail?ref=shop_home_active_11

These quail in particular were hand carved in Peru. I didn't make them. I do have a growing collection of lapidary equipment to make my own things though. Flat lap, wet saw, rotary tumbler, and I'm on a waiting list for a vibratory tumbler that I will be able to polish my own carvings in!

 

[ackie]

I can make these woven belts things but they take like forever to the point where no one is gunna pay for the work that goes into them

 

[CluckNDoodle]

@CluckNDoodle where do you find these incredible stones and crystals?

All over the world actually. I recently bought 90lbs of geodes from some mines in Mexico and Morocco, lol! The Trancas geodes are really cool because they're fluorescent under UV light. I actually have a few that are phosphorescent too. The Moroccan geodes are all beautiful with some of the most sparkly clear to milky quartz. But yeah I end up getting stones from all over the place. I'm currently drilling some pendants for necklaces, they're Golden Rutilated Quartz and Scenic Garden Quartz. Really cool stuff!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I can make these woven belts things but they take like forever to the point where no one is gunna pay for the work that goes into them

I find that's the biggest struggle with hand made items unfortunately. You rarely can get the money out of them that you put in. It's more of a labor of love that makes a little money. Fortunately working with stones nature does a lot of the work for me!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Gonna try the expansion of the bantam coop before taking an drastic measures.

 

[ackie]

I find that's the biggest struggle with hand made items unfortunately. You rarely can get the money out of them that you put in. It's more of a labor of love that makes a little money. Fortunately working with stones nature does a lot of the work for me!

yeah. these are just tedious

 

[EmmaRainboe]

I find that's the biggest struggle with hand made items unfortunately. You rarely can get the money out of them that you put in. It's more of a labor of love that makes a little money. Fortunately working with stones nature does a lot of the work for me!

Yup. I do a lot of rock tumbling - although, the other day my tumbler broke.
So now I'm stuck trying to find another one.

But it's always so satisfying and exciting to open the tumbler and see all the different shapes and colors of the different rocks.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Yup. I do a lot of rock tumbling - although, the other day my tumbler broke.
So now I'm stuck trying to find another one.

But it's always so satisfying and exciting to open the tumbler and see all the different shapes and colors of the different rocks.

I agree! It's very satisfying to work with stones, albeit a slow process. Lol

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Yup. I do a lot of rock tumbling - although, the other day my tumbler broke.
So now I'm stuck trying to find another one.

But it's always so satisfying and exciting to open the tumbler and see all the different shapes and colors of the different rocks.

It's interesting that you mentioned your tumbler broke. I noticed mine was turning pretty slowly yesterday. I think I'm going to have to open it up and put some kind of grease in there.