I decided To make A cake for my valentines. Decorated with hearts and 2 sylesti.

First I gathered all my ingredients


Then I mixed the dry ingriedients together and the wet ones in 2 different bowls.



Then I combined so it was all in 1 bowl



Then I buttered and floured some pans and put the batter in



I turned the oven on and set it to 350 degrees farenheit, and put them in. Now the wait begins for them to cook. While I waited I made the frosting.



Finally after half an hour They are done! now thy are set on the cooling rack



then a 15 minute wait, and its on to frosting them, and cutting out hearts from one of the cakes. This is the final and end result after 2+ hours of work.



The 2 blue animals are supposed to be zolnixi in love, but its hard to draw with frosting

Here's my entry its a sylestia valentines day chocolate box

Decided to take a step into a new hobby of clay crafting using polymer clay. it didnt end terribly! (but not how i had hoped it would) Overall this took several hours, multiple trips to the store, and a lot of hope and fingers crossing as it baked (and a bit of frustration as it fell in the oven and broke a leg off...rip)


I made his head before remembering this contest was a thing and realizing i could use him for it. The eyes will be put on last, as they are plastic and would melt when i baked him.


Finished the body and got the head attached. Still need to smooth the neck out.


Neck smoothed, tail added. Such a weird little puff snake at this stage lol


At this point i got invested in the process and remembered to snap a pic before tossing him in the oven. Him and his little valentines heart ready to be baked. (this is before a minor disaster occurred)

While waiting for him to bake, heard a crash from the oven and came back to find his leg broken off. Fixed it with some liquid clay and tossed him back in the oven a bit for that to cure. Unfortunately, the repair left him a bit...mangled.Poor guy.


Finished project! Even with his leg injury, he still stands on his own. I chose the saying on the heart because he is based off the colors of a frozen moon puffadore. I was only able to add one of the tendrils/tentacles on, because there wasnt a good way to attach a second one and it just looked too busy. The eyes were a tad creepy but im not going to pretend to know how to paint eyeballs on a tiny plastic sphere lol.

Here are some additional pics of the final product. This was only the second thing i've ever made out of polymer clay, and the largest, so i'm overall very happy with it!


(please ignore the drip of liquid clay on the face lol. tried to use it to emphasize the nose while mending the leg, but it was too runny and dripped too much. Live and learn.)

Materials used:
-Sculpey III polymer clay (black mixed with blue and white for the base, beige mixed with yellow for the accents)
-Aluminum foil to make the base form
-Crafting wire for supports in the tail, neck, and tendril
-Acrylic paint for the eye color
-Plastic decorative half spheres for the eyes

So I tried making the Candy Hearts into actual Sugar Cookie Hearts. My icing turned out to be a bit runny, but they still tasted good, despite them not looking the best.

Here is my Loveheart Draeyl plush and heart. Lets just say that my more ambitious project I had in mind did not turn out well. However, this final creation did turn out well, so I hope you like it

Step one: Planning out the design. The first attempt of a two draeyl with a both of their tails combining to make a loveheart turned into a disaster. I unfortunately do not have time to craft multiple creations until a final pattern can be made, due to the difficulty of the design. Fortunately, however, my second idea, while still time consuming, was doable in the time I had left (Things take so long hand sewing instead of using a machine xD )


Step two: Next I started on the head. The draeyl head is its most species significant feature, as the un-mutated long head and front limbs without wings distinguishes it from Ny'vene when made into a plush. I decided to go for a white draeyl to make the red of the embellishments pop more


Step three: Next I designed and cut out the body. The body is a relatively common design used to create lying down plush, but can still take some time to do


Step four: Sewing the body pieces together, adding some love heart embellishments onto the sides, ready to attach to the head. After that all that is left is the sew a soft heart to act as its bed


Finished Product
Here is the finished valentine from different angles with a pleasant wolf puppy background to hide my messy room

Woo finally finished!

Let's goooo

So step one: Pattern.
I used CholyKnight's owl and owlbear plush pattern along with my own tail, a modified owl face, and a modified owl ear tufts


Step two: cut them pieces out.
Minky is incredibly annoying to work with because it's fuzzy if you'd ever tried to trace a piece of paper onto a fuzzy fabric it's just awful.
It looks funny though


Step three: learn to appliqu. I know how to... I just never have lol.

I think it turned out okay though :)

Step 4: Go ham on sewing things
Feathers, face, beak, darts on the body(the little seams at the top and bottom) and claws all sewed together. The tail has been sewn, turned, and stuffed. Both feet have been sewn, cut open, turned, stuffed, and stitched closed.


Step 5: Do a ton of magic in between.
Now make a cute card. It's supposed to be like "you're the night to my day" but I may just pronounce Nyte weirdly *shrug*


Andddd all together now!


And here's a couple pictures just showing different angles because man am I proud of this


It's a little wonky but that just goes to show it's handmade with love :)

Queen of Hearts Valentine/Unvalentine

May have gone a bit dark this year on my Valentine, just a simple one since my craft supplies are low again (darn kids and covid)
Regardless hope you enjoy my ode to our current Villain of the season!

1. Sorting out card shape, kinda mad, no glitter in stock or anything fancy, oof.


2. Making use of skills and what I have.. Original saying too created just for you and the queen.


3. Final Fully pencil coloured, Not as lovely as if I had done it digital but did what I could.
Decided inside would have a string of pop-out hearts to add depth XD, considering she throws one at you every battle I found it poetic.

I was gonna post this on the 21st, but I didn't bc I was a bit busy, but here it is~

Album

I decided to make a pop up card & then I got out of hand & made a plushie as well.

I started this on the 12th I swear- I just miswrote the date.
The only proof I did do this on the 12th is that fact that the brown cutout is supposed to be a Lovely Anarchist Ferrkki :b


Here it is, done. I don't know if you can see it or not, so here's a different link.
I know I didn't take as many progress photos as I normally would, but that's just because I was too invested lol
Anyways I wrote a poem/anagram(?) on the card & it goes like so;

Smile, is what I do when I'm around you.
You smile brighter than a Bulbori's gem.
Let me hold your hand til the very end.
Everytime we're together my heart flutters like a Lunemara.
Standing there, as majestic as a Griffi, atop a mountain.
Truly, heavenly, you are.
Intrigued by your convoluted mind.
After all, there's so much left unsaid; so won't you be my valentine instead?




Since I wasn't satisfied with just a card, I made a plushie as well.
I'll be using this pattern, as I thought it could somewhat resemble a Ferrikki with a few minor adjustments.


One of the said adjustments was the tail.
I wanted it to be pose-able so I added a wire.


I didn't like her face sooo I gave her some anime eyes.


Ok so that may have been a mistake-
(I sorta got used to it though)


Welp, I'll just work on the envelope for the card then.


I technically finished on the 20th but It was late & the lighting was terrible, so I took the pics the next day.
I also finished painting the envelope & gave her an orb~
Overall, I'm fine with how this turned out, mostly the card & envelope :b
_{(I'm not entirely happy with how the plushie turned out, but they are fun to make.)}