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@stardragon68

Hello my dudes icon by @thejohnsu

Here’s a “life-hack” for you. Apparently concentrated Kool-Aid can be used as a pretty effective leather dye. I was making a drink while cutting the snaps off some new straps for my pauldrons and I got curious, so I tried it, thinking, “ok even if this works, it will just wash out.” Nope. It took the “dye” (undiluted) in about 3 seconds. After drying for about an hour and a half, it would not wash off in the hottest tap-water. It would not wash out after soaking for 30 minutes. It did not wash out until I BOILED it, and even then, only by a tiny bit and it gave it a weathered look that was kind of cool. Add some waterproofing and I’d wager it would survive even that. That rich red is only one application too. Plus it smells great, lol. So there you go, cheap, fruity smelling leather dye in all the colors Kool-Aid has to offer.

WELL THEN!

this may be important to some of my followers *and certainly not just getting reblogged because of my costuming and my boyfriends desire for leather armor*

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When I was in middle school we used to use it to dye our hair.  Potent stuff.

If you’re dying anything with kool-aid it’s best to use SUGAR-FREE ones otherwise the thing you’re dying might get all sticky

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the flavor only packets where you are supposed add sugar are the best.  they will dye any natural fiber: leather, wool, cotton, hair,  flax, jute, silk and so forth.  heat the dye water so it is more potent.  let dry then rinse excess out in cold water.  there’s  a whole system to this. 

Oh my god

This will prove very useful for any future cosplays I wanna do.

Once you care a little about lettering and fonts there’s no coming back

(Top to bottom fonts are: anime ace, back issues, minceraft regular, white rabbit, vcr osd mono, and determination snas

Part 2 bc I realized I still have some more font stuff stored

Okay okay I think I’m done now

Fonts are Edo and Segoe Print, respectively

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On MangaDex forums there is a thread named "Scanlation Font Resource"

It has a lot of fonts.

important PSA about when your car is smoking

like literally smoking from the engine

white and you smell pancakes? it’s the coolant. panic and pull over, but you’ll live

a slight blue tinge? it’s the oil. panic and pull over, but you’ll live

grey, looks like fire smoke? gasoline; the most combustable and dangerous. pull over and leave the vehicle, pray.

sharing because i didn’t know this when my car started smoking white yesterday and i was so afraid for my life.

Reblogging because a dear friend of my Moms with mechanic experience told me the same thing when I got my license.

White or blue, you’ll pull through. But if it’s gray, get away.

Taako installs a fancy combination bird feeder and fountain near the side of his house. If he and Lup have to move from a reasonable city apartment to a suburb lacking in decent scenic views, he at least wants something nice to look at when he’s working at home. Nature being good for the brain chemicals or whatever.

Taako’s already accounted for the size and scope of the fountain setup—from what Lucretia’s nerd books say, the local bird population consists of larger carrion eaters, mainly ravens. Big birds mean big fountain base, minimal interference, and a wider variety of food. With a little help from Mags, the hard part is already out of the way. The battery powered food bank distributes on a twice daily timer. All he has to do is get the fountain hooked up to a water source and it’s good to go. No biggie.

What Taako has not accounted for is waking up the day after the feeder is installed, just to glance out of his window and see a whole ass man crouched out on the lawn with the rest of the flock.

accidentally left y'all hanging in suspense with this one oops

ID: First image is of Taako, an elven man with a slight build, freckles, and curly hair up in a bun. He is wearing a sweatershirt that says, “college” on the front and holds a mug in his hand. He yawns in the first panel and then stares out a window. The second image is of Kravitz, a half elven man with long locs, facial hair, and a slight build. He is wearing a button up shirt, slacks, and simple shoes. He is couching beside a tall, elaborate bird feeder and fountain. The fountain is surrounded by feeding ravens. One raven in particular is standing on Kravitz’s leg, as he appears to be talking to it. The thrid image shows Kravitz glancing to the side, and then eyes widening in suprise. The bottom panels show a confused Taako staring at Kravitz from within his house. The last panel is of Kravitz turning to runaway, (a small caption saying “shit” right by his head.) In the background Taako reacted by leaning on the window pane and yelling. End ID