Sketches of a Life

1. still remain as white as snow, or
2. get heavily sunburnt and flake off, and I would go back to that uninvited whitish hue again.

Oh, the struggle...

1. Put 4-5 green walnuts in a glass jar.
2. Add 1-2 grated carrots.
3. Pour 3-4 dl of olive oil all over it.
4. Leave the jar in the sun for 3-4 weeks and shake occasionally.
5. After a month, filter the macerate and store the resulting oil in a bottle.

1. I guess you can do this with hard boiled or blown out eggs as well, but this time I opted for plastic eggs (bought at a supermarket, 10 pcs for less than €1.50). They are easy to handle, durable (I dropped them a zillion times) and, most importantly, reusable. 
2. Instead of using 3D paint tubes, I made the reliefs with hot glue. The first egg I made (the gold one) was supposed to have a regular shaped pattern, but it turned out a bit messy and clumsy because handling the glue gun turned out to be not as easy as I had thought. That’s why all the other eggs have randomly designed patterns. On the plus side, hot glue dries very quickly and it’s transparent, so you can move on to painting shortly.
3. I painted the eggs with either several layers of model making paint or nail polish. Still, I think it would have been much more easier and quicker if I had some spray paint.   
4. Finally, I emphasized the 3D effect with another layer of paint covering only the relief patterns.
5. To add some diversity, I also glued some rhinestones (from my jewellery supplies) to one of the eggs.
6. Finally, I decorated one of the eggs with nail stickers. They are basically giving these out for free on eBay :)  

There you have it! Simple as that!

 

1. Invest more effort into being a good friend. Even though I use the term “friendship” here, it actually applies to all the people in my life; my family, relatives, colleagues, etc. For me, 2015 was an extremely important year friendship-wise. I learned that one can only have a handful of true friends, and should keep them as the apple of their eye. In my mind’s eye, this means not informing them of important events via social media, refraining from yelling at them if they drive slowly, responding to their stupid snail-mails, and laughing at their puns (I hate puns!).
2. Invest more effort into managing stress: draw up a list of the people who were nasty to me during the past year and get back at them!
3. Invest more effort into my job and hobbies. ‘Cause all I need is a chance to prove money can’t change me.
4. Invest more effort into improving my blog. Or at least do my best not to make it any worse.   
5. Stop making lists. Item #2 excluded.