Hobby Holdup!

Merry Christmas!

So, as I am a raging narcissist, I really wanted to show off how I decorated the oil bottle Christmas gifts I made this year. I am really quite proud of how they turned out.

Mostly the bottlecap, as I felt incredibly clever figuring out about the sanding. I enjoy my clever moments. 

Though few and far between they are, they do, in fact, exist. :P

So I used sanding paper to get that misty look rather than that crappy, crappy fake plastic look. I hated that the bottles had those, so decided to take matters into my own hands.

Result. I think this looked a lot cleaner than the original bottlecap.
Which was fugly.

Decided to make more work for myself and spun straw-like rope around the neck. For that pirate-y feel.
Who doesn't love pirates.

DONE!

"Is this OK? Hmmm.... Is that... No... OK! I'll just use a fuckload more of that and this and hate everything."

Adding the goods. I added 2 chillies and loads of garlic and sundried tomatoes to most of the bottles. Needed to cut some in half, that were too big to fit. I hope that doesn't make the oil Inferno Madness Hot...

Finishing up. One more to go! I decided to cut the garlic and chilli and all this in the living room so my darling housemates would get all the joy from all those amazing smells. I am also realizing that I am the housemate from hell. X)

Detail picture. Thought it looked kinda cool. The reflection is probably my soul escaping.

ALL DONE! Quite pleased with how it turned out. I got some happy feedback, so I think they appreciated it. It was a lot of fun to make, honestly. I do recommend giving that if you're pressed for money and stuff. Was rather nice and cheap to make!

Then I made a calendar-ish for my two housemates. A cheap "10 things I like about you" calendar, promoting an unhealthy lifestyle and their best features. All in one. I would have been happy getting sugar at least! Plus they all got homemade chocolate (or I should say home-shaped chocolate. Worst thing I ever did. I hate everyone related to it. Maybe. Maybe I don't.) which was... Interesting... To make... I hated every minute of it. It was actually quite easy, but I will never repeat that. So. Incredibly. Boring. And time consuming! It took me weeks to muster up enough willpower to get this shit done! So be warned. If you ever decide to make 10 jars of remelted chocolate, just don't. Unless you hate your life.

But anyway, I had a lovely Christmas. Was the last one ever in my childhood home, which is insane to me. And sad. We also celebrated with my cousins (on my mum's side) which was fun! Haven't celebrated with them a whole lot. But I am guessing that that will change now, which is nice.
Some positivity is coming out of all of this. I can digg that.

I sincerely hope everyone had a nice Christmas this year, and will get an even better one next year! Everyone deserve a better year than what this soggy bog-year has been like.

Here's a picture for you who actually read this: My gross-ass cat, Kvikk Lunsj, wearing my underwear as a scarf because she is so undeniably weird. It's not dirty. Don't worry. However the pyjamapants have been in use though...
The filth.